Day One. School began on a Tuesday which is kind of nice to have a short week the first week. The kids had a wonderful day! They got to see all their classmates and get to know the ropes of 5th grade. 🙂 After I dropped them off at school I went to the Day One mother’s prayer breakfast. It was a wonderful time gathering with over 300 moms in our district and praying for our children, teachers, and staff. 




After school we grabbed smoothies to talk about the day and met daddy for dinner after work. 🙂 


Day 2 – Wednesday. They had another great day and we grabbed snow cones afterwards and chatted about their second day of 5th grade. 🙂 
Day 3 – Thursday…I love getting pictures and videos from their teachers. 
FRIDAY! We made it 4 days of 5th grade. 🙂Â
Sunday after church Anna Claire and I headed to NC to a baby shower while the boys had a fun afternoon at the batting cages and playing golf.


First Monday of 5th grade was great!
Pictures before school on Tuesday – just because I think they’re cute!
Just a peek into the life of a PTA mom – buying fruit snacks and a helium tank to decorate the cafeteria for the kids and give them a sweet treat as a welcome back to school.
We bought $50 worth of items off of each teacher’s amazon wish list. This is just one of many deliveries! 🙂Â
Just a quick thank you to UPS for attempting to disguise our new tv that was delivered so people couldn’t easily see it and be tempted to steal it.
Pelicans with the Broadwells on their last night in our neighborhood. We’ll miss having them down the street!
Happy Wednesday! Our sweet girl is an anchor on the morning news show for her school. We are so proud of her for trying out and getting selected. I totally parked and sat in the front office to watch her on the tv. 🙂 
I can not say it enough about how thankful I am that my kids have this opportunity to attend a great school and learn so much, make so many friends, and grow in more ways than just academically! 🙂
FIFTH grade!
Last Week of Summer Break
We started our last week of summer break at the skating rink with some friends. 
Then got ice cream at McDonalds.
Tuesday morning started with an outdoor scavenger hunt before we headed to the movies to see the new Dora movie. Y’all! It was really so good.





That evening we grabbed some chick-fil-a (tried the new mac-n-cheese too!) and met daddy at the pool for a swim!
Wednesday began with a visit from Aunt Spencer and Owen. We sure do love that little guy! And even Uncle Devin swung by the house during lunch to visit. 🙂 








That afternoon we went to the Whittington’s. AC was happy to see Emma. Charlie stayed while I took AC to gymnastics and they brought him home that night. Love these sweet friends!


Thursday was “meet the teacher.” We are so excited about 5th grade!


Pa cooked us dinner. 🙂Â
Our girl has been working hard at the gym!
Friday morning we had fun hanging out at the park with the Broadwells before running errands. 🙂Â
Friday night, Devin and I had a date night while the kids had a cousin sleepover at Nana and Grandpa’s house.



When they came home Saturday, Devin took AC out for pedicures while Charlie played with some neighborhood friends. We met them for an early dinner then played 9 holes of golf together. 🙂 









Sunday we went to church then headed to the lake for lunch with the Winn side of the family. It was a beautiful day. Devin and I left around 4 to head home and get ready for a work dinner with Devin’s co-workers, so the kids stayed and spent the rest of the day at the lake then had dinner with Granny and Papa and visited Pa.
















Enjoying some lazy morning snuggles before the early alarm clock goes off for school!
Monday before school started, we fed the teachers breakfast with the PTA then hung up new tether balls and basketball nets. 
So proud of Devin! He won administrator of the year at work!
These two pictures are from a few weeks ago when Devin took the kids to Frankies. They had so much fun!
We had a wonderful summer break together and are looking forward to a wonderful school year!