3 of 4 kids launched this week

School started this week for 3 out of the 4 kiddos.  Monday night was orientation at Trinity, the Christian school where Carter, Abby, and Hudson attend.  They had a prayer time for the senior class, of which Carter is a member---can it truly be???  The dads prayed aloud over their kids and committed them to Christ for their last year of school. TEARS!  Oh man, this will be a rough year for momma. (Wasn't it just yesterday that I carried a chubby 1yr old Abby to escort Carter to Kindergarten and he asked me "Momma, do I look cool?")

Carter told me a wonderful Biblical application that came to him that night.  He said that he could hear all the other dads praying around him.  But, when his daddy started praying, all he could hear was that one voice, because he knew that voice.  Carter said it was just like the verse that talks about the sheep knowing their shepherd's voice. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me" John 10:27. 

I pray he always distinguishes his Father's voice over the murmur of the crowd!

Hudson began Kindergarten today.  He has been over the top excited and this morning came running into the kitchen at 6:15, waving his hands over his head saying "I'm so excited!" Good luck Kinder teachers....Hudsey can already read and is raring to go!

The yearly first day photo.  Abby begins Jr. High!!  Man, I am praying her Jr. High years are not as icky as mine (mostly self-inflicted ickiness, I confess).  She is excited and loves school.  She is taking pre Algebra as a 7th grader and I look forward to seeing her soar.

Dillon is living it up at my mom's this week since childcare was not working out with the conflicting school schedules (I miss that angel and smelled his pillow last night to make me feel better).  He is attending a cooking camp with cousin Lexi and doing all things grandkids:  eating pizza, riding horses, and who knows what else.