Discovery Club

Joe went to Discovery Club.

DC is a program at church on Wednesday nights at church.

All last year, Sam was able to go, but Joe was too little.

He would hang his head and make his arms drop exceptionally low

and stand there all droopy and bummed out.

We repeated this drama most Wednesday nights

while we were with the youth.

But last night was different, Discovery Club started after the summer off

And Joe is 3 and ready to go!

He was very proud of his first picture from DC!

Super cute idea, it is their thumb-print..says I can be thumb-body with Jesus.

Birthday Cupcakes

Tuesday was filled with celebration.

My friend and coworker Allison turned 21.

I hired Allison when she was like 14 {not really}

but it seems like it and it was fun to celebrate her!

I picked up and extra shift Tuesday and I thought it was going to be at another pharmacy,

but turns out I was able to make a trade and work with Allison,

so at 10p on Monday night I whipped up some cupcakes

And then after work we went to Mi Pueblo

with all our coworkers to get some yummy mexican!

Happy Birthday Allison!

An End and A Beginning.

Friday marked our last day at a very familliar place.

Mi Mi and Nae Nae's to be exact.

This has been our child care

 since Sam came home in 2006.

These are the people that I prayed for

when choosing the place to leave Sam

as I returned to work.

As we began to make decisions toward Sam going to K next year

we realized that we needed to make a change to accomodate

bus drop off next year.

Again we prayed, Sam does not like change.

We prayed for a suitable alternative.

We prayed for his acceptance

and also for MiMi and Nae Nae. 

You see, these girls are dear to me.

They love my boys. 

They celebrate victories with them,

and help them when they are down.

They teach my boys to say grace.

And

Share their toys.

God placed this family in our paths to care for our children at just the right time.

We are so thankful for all they have meant to our family.

So we made warm brownies on Friday morning to take on their last day.

And they were so proud to share them.

And today

we began at our new place, Mindy's.

This place is familiar too, Mindy has been our back up for almost 2 years.

We love Mindy too {she is my cousin}.

We called in reinforcements this morning

Sam's blue bear and a quick call to Daddy

as we were on the way in.

And tonight Sam was happy to report that

for lunch he had

crabby patties and pumpkin pie.

Thank you Lord for safe, caring places for our children when we are away.