First Day of School!

The girls are so happy to be at the same school this year.  They're having fun seeing each other in the cafeteria and crossing paths during the day. It's so nice for us to have them all on the same calendar and to only have to do one car line during the day!  K was so excited to get her selection of "LCS Shirts" and uniform dresses.  They all have great teachers and we just love their school!

Mary Nanette
Mrs. Frost's Class
Age: 9
Favorite Color: Sorrell
Favorite Song: The National Anthem
Favorite Food: Injera
Favorite Book: The Bible
Favorite Movie: Flicka 2 and Flicka 3
Favorite TV Show: Anything on Animal Planet That's Not a Bad Show
Things I Love: Singing, Art, Acting, Horses, Going to Haiti
Best Friends: I have a bunch of friends but my best friend is Katherine Miller
What I Want to Be When I Grow Up: Not So Sure

Amelia

Mrs. Sligh's Class

Age: 7

Favorite Color: Hot Pink

Favorite Song: Inside My Heart (a song we sing at school)

Favorite Food: Chicken Wings

Favorite Book: The Bible

Favorite Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks

Favorite TV Show: Jessie!

Things I Love: Going for Walks, Riding my Bicycle

Best Friends: Emerson Valenti, Emily Crawford, Lauren Jones and Hope Hill  

What I Want to Be When I Grow Up: A Pet Doctor  

Kiya

Mrs. Harrell's Class

Age: 4

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Song: Shake Your Bootie

Favorite Food: Fry Fries

Favorite Book: The Spanish Picture Dictionary 

Favorite Movie: Woody Buzz 

Favorite TV Show: Jessie!

Things I Love: Mother, Daddy, Animals that I take care of, My Sisters, Mommy's Bed 

Best Friends: Claire Petro, and Jolie Holmes, and Chublet (Joscelyn) Arnold

What I Want to Be When I Grow Up: A Sister

I love letting them pick out their own backpacks, and how their selections are always such a refection of their personalities.

    

Smells Like Haiti!

Damion and the girls are driving down the road in his van (no a/c!) with the windows cracked.

They get behind a semi truck and a burst of exhaust fumes come in.

Amelia, riding in the back seat, sits up and looks around and says "What's that smell?  I love it!  It smells like Haiti!"

We can't wait to go back!  

MNB's Trip to Colorado

Mary Nanette spent a week and a half in Colorado with Pa. D flew out and spent the first few days with her, then he came back and she came back a few days later with Pa.  

Enjoying a yogurt parfait while laying over in Dallas.

Gig was flying out the same day they flew in and had arranged for a big family farewell/welcome gathering at Pass Key that afternoon.  

Gabby drove with them from Colorado Springs to Howard and spent several days with them at the cabins.  

Edelweiss and the Weasel!

The Twin Sisters

Chad and Bonnie and their children joined them at the cabin and Gavin stuck around and hung with Mary Nanette for most of the trip.  They fished in the creek and tried out Pa's zipline (an idea I had last summer that Pa ran with!).

They did another mountain trail ride, which was one of the highlights of the trip for MNB.  

And St. Elmo's always another highlight.

Bonnie: At least his hair got cleaned!
Damion: That was the ONLY thing that got cleaned!

MNB and Gavin did a lot of bonding that week.  Although at one point he said she was the bossiest person he'd ever met and at one point she told him he wasn't as funny as he thought he was, they were pretty much inseparable and shared lots of laughs and fun times.  He even gave her a knife from the knife collection he proudly showed her (that D remembered used to be Chad's when they were children).  

I love that our girls have cousins on D's side of the family to grow up with.   She was even able to spend some time with Devin and Erika's kids and Ali and Beth's little ones.  Grandma Bee, Honey and Skippy Pippy, too!           

Twinsies by surprise!

The whole trip was a great experience.  From riding to fishing, ziplining to hiking (they hiked up to the cave off Highway 50), she had a wonderful time and seemed to grow and mature so much.

I'm so glad she had so much fun.  I know it will be a special memory for her and great preparation for three weeks away at camp next summer.