The Lake Life

Lily got her first taste of lake life. Her favorite things were...

Napping

Sitting on the dock in the early morning and watching the fog lift off the water

Napping 

Swimming in the monkey pool (how stinking cute is that!)

Watching the water while chewing on stuff

Hammock time

And napping 

Obviously napping was a big hit. This girl understands the meaning of the word vacation. We had a great time and we are excited to spend many more summers at the lake!!

Back To School

It's that time of year...when the air smells like fresh reams of paper and tennis shoes just taken out of the box. Back to school. You remember that smell. It can't exactly be described but your nose knows and it's shoved in the back corner of your brain somewhere.

It's weird to not be going back. I feel a little glad...all the anxiousness and uncertainty that comes with new classes and students. But I also feel sad. When God made me, He somehow looped teaching and kids around my DNA. It's part of me and to not be in a school at the beginning of a new year feels weird. 

I don't know what the future will hold. Maybe someday I'll be back in a school or maybe my classroom setting will be a little less conventional. But I know this year I am going to be teaching my favorite student and that's pretty awesome. 

Outside Fun

Even though it's crazy hot these days, this little enchilada loves her outdoor time.



 

We listen to the birds and the dogs and the neighbor in his loud truck.  "Hey!  Pipe down over there!"

 

We cool off at the pool with friends.

We go for walks but make sure we are all covered up because that is how white girls roll.

Speaking of rolling, we work on our rolling skills.

But with all this heat, we sure are ready for fall.  Seriously. 

1/2 Year Review

Tiny baby!!

One month old

Two months old

Three months old 

Four months old

Five months old

Six months old

Six Months

She was just born last week and we just brought her home a couple days ago...but everyone is saying she is six months old? How could that possibly be true? How has her lovely face already been here for half a year? If the rest of her life goes by this fast, she will be 16 in about three days!

Some of the days have gone by slowly but every week has ticked off the calendar at lightening speed. It needs to stop! I need to remember these moments! I need to somehow capture them...put them in a bottle...keep them in my wallet. 

Everyone says to enjoy every precious minute. I didn't understand when she was a tiny, fresh baby full of screams. But now I understand. Those days of newness and bewilderment passed more quickly than I thought. And now she rolling and eating and smiling. I should have enjoyed those moments more. Why didn't I enjoy those moments more? Why didn't I take every opportunity to snuggle her tiny body? Now those moments are gone. But thankfully there are many more moments to come. More snuggles and more opportunities. Thanks, God, for more days.