Everything is now in full swing. Fulton County schools started back today. Last night groups from our church met at several of the local elementary schools (other churches from the community were assigned the jr. and high schools) and did prayer walking. Ella was my partner so praying was quite challenging-she had a million questions to ask. They ranged from "Are you praying mom?" to "Can we go back now?" to "Is this penguin real?". We did have a great time together.
We are back to school too. The kids are back in Timothy Ministry on Tuesdays and Owen starts soccer practice tomorrow night. He is playing Jr. Academy here in Roswell. He will have practice on Tuesday and Thursday nights and then have games on Saturdays. We have officially moved from soccer "just for fun" to "serious business." Just one more evidence of the fact that he is growing up. He is so excited... He loves soccer so much.

This week has been very busy. Lettie said that she was ready to get started back to school. Yes, you heard me correctly. She was ready but Owen and I definately were not. So we compromised. We are easing back into it. We have started a few subjects but not all of them. On Tuesday the kids started back to Timothy Ministry at FBC Woodstock. Owen and Lettie were so excited to be taking more than one class. That meant that they went from one class to the next on their own. No help from Mom or anyone else. Guess it made them feel grown up. It made me kind of sad because I realized that they were growing up. Anyway, they loved it. Ella is also taking a ballet class there so she feels big because she is going to "school" too this year.
Our friend Mark Gore came down on Wednesday afternoon. He was meeting family in Atlanta and so he stopped through to say hello and drop some things off that we had forgotten in Danville. We showed him around our church and just had a good time catching up. Today I had some friends over for lunch. The kids were glad to have some friends to jump with them on their new trampoline.
Excited to go to the outlet mall this weekend with some friends from church then off to Jackson Ward's birthday party in Peachtree City. One other fun fact is that the Turners are moving to Georgia this weekend. We are so excited to have them here.
Things at Northside are going great! God is blessing tremendously. We are having so much fun! We are in awe of what God is choosing to do here. Owen is going to be baptized next month, actually it will be on September 12, Ella's 4th Birthday! He made a testimony video last night that will be shown the day he is baptized. Jason said he did a great job. I cannot wait to see it. Hopefully, I will post it here on our blog too.

New Trampoline

We finally got the kids the trampoline that they had been asking for. We kept telling them we would get one when we moved into our new house here in Georgia-well that has not exactly happened as we had planned it. So we figured why put life on hold while we wait on our Danville house to sell. Therefore, we went ahead and bought the trampoline. The kids were so excited. I wish I had taken a picture of them riding on top of the box on the flatbed at Sam's. They were grinning from ear to ear. You know when an adult gets a new car: he drives down the street knowing everyone is envious of this new "toy." Well, that is exactly how it was. They were so proud.

We got home and out of the box it came. Jason had ALOT of help putting it together. I did get pictures of this process. There are also a few pictures of them enjoying the spoils of victory. Even Jason had a turn. The kids have been so sweet about it. I know that they have thanked us 100 times. That makes all the money and time SO worth it.

Ballet Begins

This Tuesday was Lettie and Ella's first day of Ballet. They were excited to say the least. Lettie has missed it so much and Ella has been waiting for the day that she could take ballet like her big sister. They were so precious. Ella asked her daddy that morning if he wanted to watch her dance on the stage because she was growing up. He said that made him sad. She told him not to be sad becasue she "would always be his little girl."

They both had lots of fun and did a great job. There is a viewing room where I can watch them on a tv screen. God bless Ella's teacher-Can you imagine trying to teach a room full of 3 year olds how to do anything?! It was really cute and she was so patient with them.

Lettie is also taking a Tap and Jazz class. She says that she really likes Jazz. They are growing up so fast! Hope you enjoy the pictures.

6 Flags

Thursday we made a trip to Six Flags with our good friends the Wards. I am sure that we picked the hottest day of the whole summer. The heat index was 110 degrees. Needles to say we were HOT! We had a great time. The kids are starting to ride more and more. Owen even got on a roller coater this time. Lettie is definitely our thrill seeker. Ella wanted to ride everything but her height kept her from doing so. The water rides were definitely favorites-Thunder River and the Log Jam. It was so fun watching their faces. We stayed there from the time the gates opened until they closed.

Owen's Big News!

This morning Owen told me that he had asked Jesus into his heart last night when he said his prayers. Wow! Jason and I had been praying for Owen about this. We both sensed that he was really close. We talked for a while and I asked him questions concerning the decision he had made. He was so sweet as he answered my questions, tears began to fall from his eyes. How precious to hear him talk about how Jesus saved him from the consequences of his sin. Such a wonderful time, yet heavy responsibility of making sure they understand. We had a good conversation and then he told his Daddy and they talked some more. We are so glad that He has made this important decision. Thank you Lord for so many blessings! You are so good!