the weekly recap {August 17-24}

This post is going back a bit to August 17th. This was the day after C Girl's birthday. It is also Tim's sister, Karen's birthday!!! I went to eat lunch with my newly 10 year old girlie!!!

She was also "celebrity of the week" at school. This is student of the week, but with a cool name change.

That week, I had a painful cold sore, crazy allergies (ended up having to go to the dr and get a steroid shot) and I had to get an old filling replaced. Some weeks it all falls apart!!!

 However, the weather has been AMAZING lately. We are used to hot and muggy August weather and it has been cool at times and so nice to be outside!

We started doing a Bible devotional at night when we have the opportunity. I've really enjoyed this family time together. It definitely makes bedtime go smoother and calmer. I love watching C Girl get her Bible, journal and pen out! She started this for camp this summer and she has continued using it!

I had meeting with my mentor and we always have such a good time visiting! I also visited the older gentleman from church that I visit. He will be 99 years old in October and still goes to work at his jewelry store everyday!

The kids have had a great first few weeks of school!

 On Friday night, we went to pick up a desk, try out Moe's southwest grill and visit Cavender's for the first time. I amazed by the sheer number of boots there! Tim ended up getting a pair!

He got them just in time. Aunt Karen came up to watch the kids on Saturday so he and I could go see Hank Williams Jr. in concert. We also stayed the night at Embassy Suites and had a nice little night away!

We had a really yummy dinner at Carrabba's!

.38 Special opened for Hank Jr.!

On Sunday, I attended the Northwest Arkansas Women's conference at Cross Church. Margaret Feinberg, author of Fight Back with Joy was the speaker.

I enjoyed hearing from her very much. I'm currently reading Fight Back with Joy and it has been great so far!

On Monday morning, B's class led the weekly Rise and Shine at school. He had speaking parts and did so good!

On Tuesday evening, B Boy had his first fall baseball practice!

It is boy pitch so that will be something very different than what he has done before!

the weekly recap

I've decided to start titling these posts, "the weekly recap." It just makes it easier for me because it is so hard to find a title for a post that is full of lots of different things.

Soo, it's been about a week and a half since I've really updated on our life.  Last Monday, school started for our entire district, so Tim's kids were back in school and full bus service started! No more car line! I spent most of Monday poring over 4 calendars to make sure that all of our stuff was on one central calendar. I have learned the limit of my sanity over the past couple of years. I can only handle so much going on before I become overwhelmed. I have struggled with this because I want to do more, but I feel like I'm being called to get myself and home in order right now. Having anemia, IBS and a herniated disc all do not help my cause either. But, I just got my cervical linear traction neck pillow in the other day and I have high hopes that it is going to help alleviate a lot of the pain!

This happened the morning after the birthday party!

I learned on Wednesday afternoon, that B Boy had been selected to be student of the week  last week. He got his button on Monday and didn't tell me until Wednesday! Boys!

We had some free tickets for the Natural's game on Wednesday night, so naturally, we went! We had a great time and C Girl even got to spend some of her birthday money on Dippin' Dots. HA!

Thursday morning, I watched 2 sweet little boys for a friend of mine. I'm glad I was able to help her out so she wasn't stressed for her OB appt.

Thursday evening, the ladies from our Sunday school class got together to watch an episode of House Hunters that was filmed here in Bentonville! It was neat to watch and it was hilarious to hear some of the things that the husband said! One of my friends even drove by the next day and took a photo of the house. Rumor is that they will be doing a follow up show of the remodels that they completed on the home!

On Friday evening, C Girl was invited over for a sleepover with her sweet friend from school and church! They went to a carnival at school before heading to her house!

They had a lot of fun, but I don't think she got as much sleep as normal! She took a 2.5 hour nap Saturday morning, and that NEVER happens!

B Boy had his soccer kick off on Friday evening and his first practice Saturday afternoon. This is his first time playing team soccer, but so far, he loves it!!!

 On Sunday evening, I attended the NWA Women's Conference at Cross Church with some ladies from church.

Lysa Terkeurst was the speaker and what she shared was SO incredibly good! I have had so much I have been going over in my head. It really confirmed a LOT of things that I have been considering the past few months.

 There were around 2000 ladies, the worship is awesome and if you ever have a chance to hear Lysa speak, I highly encourage you to do so!

On Monday morning, B Boy's class led the rise and shine at school. He had a couple of speaking parts and I'm so proud of how well he did! He spoke slowly and clearly for everyone to hear and did not seem nervous at all!

I then had a BPTO meeting, visited Mr. Overstreet, and had lunch with a dear friend! 

Great Monday!

We had cable installed Monday afternoon.  We have not had any TV except for an antenna for local channels since the first week of March in 2012. I had forgot how long we have been without. I really haven't missed it, but we opted to do this for football this year instead of buying our usual season tickets. I will miss going to the Razorback games, but it will be very nice to be home most Saturdays now! And we will get to watch lots of other games!

Yesterday, I had a meeting with a school PTO to help them plan their year and I did Tuesday folders for B Boy's class.

Today, I have been working on cleaning/organizing the house but my stomach is very upset.

We are about to go swimming with some friends so I hope to be feeling better while we are there.