Tubing in Helen

I have always said how lucky we are to live where we do. Unless you have lived in a small town where it takes you 30 minutes to get to your local wal-mart (becuase there was not a target) you can not truly appreciate everything that there is to do in this area. We can be in the mountains or in the city in no time at all. One of our new favorite things to do is to go tubing in Helen. We went recently with some of our extended family and had a great time. I did not get many picture while tubing because I did not want to risk drowning my camera :)! I would be LOST without my camera. Afterwards we had a picnic and the kids threw rocks in the water. So much fun and another great family memory.

Falcolns and water fun

A few weeks ago we took the kids (or should I say the kids took Robbie) to a scrimmage game to see the falcons play for free. This is the second year that we have done this and again we had a lot of fun. They play a game and afterward they set up several fun things for the kids to do. You can get players autographs if you are willing to stand in a forever long line. If you know us well you know we are very adventurous and are always looking to do something fun. especially if it is free. After we did this we took the kids to play in the fountains at centennial Olympic park since it is right across the street. They got to play with 3,258,235 of there closest friends. :)!!! Needless to say it was a little busy as usual.

My first born enters the 2nd grade!!!

On August 11, Lydia made her debut in the new adventures of 2ND grade. Every time I think about this it makes me very sad. She is an amazing little girl (although she would say that she is not little)and I am so proud of her. She is so smart and it is some what strange to see her mature into a big girl. She is reading fluently and will begin to learn how to write in cursive this year. She has a huge heart and is always willing to do and give to others. We are always trying to instill in each of our kids to put others first even when it is not easy. She absolutely loves her school and we are so thankful that she can go there. She goes on Tuesday and Thursday and we home school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Many people have a hard time understanding why we do this, so to put it simply this is a choice that we have made and we can only hope that others with respect our decision. We feel that a majority of your learning in life happens outside of the classroom and at the end of the day whether you go to a christian private school, a public school, or home school you are going to end up being who God wants you to be no matter where or how you were educated. Our desire for our children is for them to love Jesus and to treat others the ways that we think would make Jesus smile.