Busy but Thankful

Wow it is hot, hot, hot here. We are breaking records. Our yard needs watering and my flowers look pitiful. I am ready for fall weather. Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the weather, the fall holidays and the fall foliage is beautiful here where we live in the mountains.

We have a busy weekend planned after a busy week of VBS. Eva enjoyed VBS and wanted to go every night. She was really shy and clingy when we would arrive but by the time we were ready to go she would be having fun. I helped teach her class of 3-5 year olds. One night we had 22 students in our class, which was too many for the size of our classroom and for the age we were working with. It was pretty much chaos. The other nights we had 17-19 students, that was still a big group of preschoolers. VBS is always hard work but rewarding when it is over. We asked the students each night if anyone wanted to say a prayer and I almost cried every night. It was so sweet to hear these small children being thankful for their families. I know some of them were probably just repeating what had already been said but it was still sweet to hear.

One night we traced their hands and wrote "we have helping hands" and then ask each child what they do to help others to write on the paper hands. Eva said, "I help plant the garden," we don't have a garden, "I help daddy on the tractor and trac hoe, " "I help Nana plant strawberries and Memaw make my lunch." It was so cute.

Eva went to lunch with her aunt Stacie today and I went for a pedicure and done a little shopping. It was nice to be alone for a couple of hours. I just shopped for Eva though, found an adorable bathing suit for her on sale and some cute little flip flops. It is so fun to buy for little girls.

I have a great life. I am soo thankful that I can stay home with my daughter everyday, I have a wonderful husband that I love with all my heart, a loving family ( in-laws included) and we are all relatively healthy. I am sooo BLESSED.