Waiting for our girl...

No, not us but my great friends (who also happen to be my aunt and uncle) are going through the process of adopting a baby girl from Kyrgyzstan. It is a very expensive process and she is selling her wares and photography services (in Minnesota!) to help differ the cost. I just added her blog to my blog list so go check her out and help their family. Can't wait for my newest little cousin to be here!! http://waitingforthegirl.blogspot.com/

Weekend in San Angelo

We made a quick trip out west to visit Nathan's parents while Ike was looming over north Texas. We figured if it was raining and we were without power we'd be miserable so we got outta dodge before it started.

We took the kids to the San Angelo Art Museum and they had a great time. It's right off the Concho River and they have it beautifully landscaped with some neat structures.

We also went to the Trees house who are close friends of Grandma and Grandpa. They have three children right around Robbie and Jack's age so they have a wonderful time going over there. They have goats galore and plenty of room to run around in. Jack had so much fun playing out in the country...Robbie did too but she was butted in the face by one of the goats and didn't like that too much!!

I forgot to add that we didn't see any of the storm up our way. They were predicting 4 to 5 inches of rain and power ot be out everywhere but we came home and couldn't even tell that it had rained at all. Some of our friends down in Lufkin were out of power for quite a few days and had some tree damage but thankfully nothing serious (Heather and Hunter in my blog list). To see some of the pictures of the devastation around the coast area, go to:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html

Homework already

Jack had his first take home assignment this week. He was very excited about it

and finished it right away. They're learning to write in lower case, "sight words" like "the"

and "all" and working on numbers to 100. He's been doing a wonderful job at

school and has a green smiley face everyday (the best on the behavior chart).

Baseball's started!!

Jack had his first game of the fall season on Saturday and did an awesome job. He's been practicing some over the summer and his coach said he can really tell a difference. We're on the Diamondbacks again this year (we wanted to stay with our team and coaches since they were so great last season) and everyone's doing a great job with coach pitch. I'm so proud with how far he's come, especially since he doesn't have depth perception due to his eye condition. We played a double header and didn't keep score but I'm sure we had it in the bag!! And sorry, but there's no pictures because I was running the line-up (which is about like herding cats!) and Nathan was home running our garage sale. I'll post pics from the next game in two weeks.

Robbie's first day of pre-school

Our girl has gotten so much better at adapting to situations. She used to flip out at any sudden change in routine or schedule but she's quickly grown out of that and has become quite a big girl. At school today she just walked right in, found her spot next to her friend Stephanie and was ready to kiss me goodbye. She fell right back into place as though she hasn't been gone for three months!! She's in the two's class now and her teacher is Miss Jenny. Most of the children in her class last year were all put in the same class again since they all know each other and Rob was excited to see them. She was so interested in what was going on around her and wasn't real interested in me hanging around taking pictures!!