Back to School Part 2- The first day

Luke gets on the bus at about 11:55 so we have to be home from outings & have lunch before the bus comes. Is kind of a crunch sometimes. He was really excited to go today.

Finishing up PB&J with Quinn on the porch before the bus comes.

Daddy even came home for lunch to see him off on the bus.

Ms. Sheri is his busdriver again this year. She's really sweet. Doesn't he look soooo small getting on the bus.

All in all it was a good day for him & me :)

Back to School Part 1 - Open House

So, we went for our back to school orientation this week. Luke is in the early childhood program at our public school. He says "I go to Pre-K now Mom, not Preschool". He's so funny. It's hard for me to believe we have a child old enough to go to school. Time is already flying.



There are 8 kids in his class. Max of 10. There's always a teacher, assistant, and either speech or OT in the class about everyday so there's lot of one-on-one attention given to the kids.

Checkin' out the tool bench.

Computers, looks like a big ole Mac screen. I've managed to keep him off my computer up to this point. Guess that will be changing.

Silly boy!

More coming soon about the first day....

Trip to TN ~ Whitestone Inn

Earlier this month we took some extended time to go to Tennessee to visit family, go to Brent's 20th high school reunion and we took a night away to stay at one of our favorite places back home. Whitestone is a beautiful place. We got married there 6 years ago this upcoming Saturday. Yes, we got married on Halloween. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon, Whitestone was unbooked so we took it. It was perfect. The Inn has a really neat story. A christian couple who had been in ministry & the business world for years had a dream to open an Inn. They are very generous in letting pastors & missionaries stay there for reduced prices (so NICE for us). So when it works we take a night away to celebrate our anniversay. Thanks to Mamma & Pappa for watching the little ones.
Here we are enjoying an amazing dinner - the food is fabulous.


We got married in the chapel on the right and our reception was in the "Lion & the Lamb" building on the left.

Our view from the room. Sunrise at around 7A, was just beautiful!

So when you hear me talk about how beautiful East TN is, THIS is a slice of what I'm talking about.