1st day of school!

Wow, I am still in shock that our Big boy had his first day of pre-school today! Everything just felt so weird - one little peanut to take care of, a much quieter house to come home to for 2 1/2 hrs, and having to worry about things like remembering to bring snacks... I feel really OLD today! Our little peanut was pretty distraught at having to wait another year before his pre-school days start, he wanted to go with big brother and learn a bunch of new things.

I must say, though, that Big boy's whole year of pre-school learning has really been a huge blessing for us. First off, we have one of the best teachers any parent could ask for teaching our little guy; Mrs. Blair. She is one of those women figures in your life that you want to be when you grow up! She has successfully raised 4 kids, all of them love the Lord, and have distinct futures grounded firm in faith. She just has such a neat family, and we love that our boys get to be involved with such wonderful adult mentor-figures!

Secondly, another reason why pre-school with Mrs. Blair has been such a blessing, is that she is one to trade services. SO, I was able to trade creating wedding invites, thank you's, and favors for Mrs. Blair's 2 kids that got married this summer for Big boy's whole year of pre-school! So, for those of you keeping up with our rocky financial year - you can totally understand how a new $120 a month payment being traded away-so that he goes essentially to school for free is HUGE!! Praise the Lord for trading one another's gifting. I am such a huge believer :)

Anyways, we just got back from a 4 day weekend in McCall - where you just feel cleaner because everything seems so clean and fresh up there! We were able to help out on my parent's cabin remodel by helping with their kitchen cabinets and tile (pics to come!). And we got in a little relaxin, a little hot-tubbin, and of course some huge helpings of ice cream from Ice-Cream Alley! Yum!!

Ethiopia Update*-Korri and Scott now have more and more time spent with their kids, and it sounds like things are going awesome! Keep praying, though, as tomorrow they will have their kids full time - and then especially for the 26 hr flight home on Thursday/Friday with Sid and Sophia. Yeah!! So exciting.

Well, I'm off to do something productive now that the boys are napping....not really sure where to start!
Big boy is so excited to get to school!!
Big boy at the front door of Mrs. Blair's house ready for school! *Sob* He's so big!
Teacher Mrs. Blair helping Big boy put his school supplies away...
1st day of school pic-classic!!
Picture of my guys up at the cabin vegging in front of the tube :)