Abigail is 9!

 opening gifts

 Breakfast and than a morning
walk on beach

 Lunch celebration at the American Girl Cafe!

 cake!

 Then we looked all over the store!

Daddy found a place in the mall to take Asher for a haricut!

More time on the beach that evening and the girls were given flowers from a wedding that had just taken place!

Hurricane Irma

The waiting time is strange...preparations are finished, we have supplies, and we are staying home. But in the calm before the storm, we are enjoying this time.

Glowsticks at bedtime. 
Lots of wind and rain and under tornado warnings. We still have power but we're sleeping in our "hurricane party room" (safe room) tonight (Saturday).

Hadassah's art/journal

Abigail's

We are safe and doing well!
Lots of wind and rain, tornado and flooding warnings, and we lost power early this morning (Sunday). But our home is safe and filled with laughter.

 flooding on our street

Chris and neighbors clearing debris from drains- after they did so the flooding began to recede!

We are safe and very thankful! Yesterday (Sunday) was a long day. 

We still do not have power and phone/internet has been inconsistent. No damage to our home and through our neighborhood we see several trees fallen but none on homes or major damage.  We spent the day talking to neighbors, picking up and playing outside.

breakfast on the grill

Today's (Tuesday) update- still no power. We spent the day at the library and mall/restaurant to charge electronics and enjoy A/C. 

This evening, the other side of street power came back on. Ours has not- but kind neighbor brought over generator so that our fridge/freezer stay cold and we can have a couple fans on for sleeping tonight.

Today's (Wednesday) update:

We are so thankful for the kindness of many friends and neighbors! 

We still don't have power...but Chris was able to book hotel today and we are enjoying the evening with A/C, hot showers, tv, internet, mini fridge and even a walk on the beach!

 Thursday- the Science museum reopened and we spent the afternoon there.

Beautiful sunrises over the beach from our hotel room!

more fun on the beach!

more September pics

 snuggles and silliness

Double date night with our best friends!

September school

Monday- Corban, Abigail and Hadassah do SAINTs P.E. program in the afternoon

Tuesday- Corban goes to Equip classes

Wednesday- Abigail and Hadassah have Selah dance classes

Thursday- Corban has piano, Abigail guitar and piano, and Hadassah violin and piano
(Mr. Charles comes to our house for lessons

Friday- twice a month MOMs meetings (main and steering)

This month the girls studied,  

Bible:  Yeshua is the Light of the World and the Bread of Life

History:  Christopher Columbus, Native Americans (Pocahontas and Squanto), the Mayflower and Pilgrims

Science:  Air, Stars and Bread
Together we read Farmer Boy and The Courage of Sarah Noble

They made models of Columbus ships to sail across our pool.  Hadassah's was the fastest, but sank just before reaching the other side.

Abigail and Hadassah started dance at Selah Academy!  Both girls are taking Ballet, Jazz and Tap with Miss Brittany and Miss Mackie. 

Abigail also started rehearsals with CBT for the fall Cinderella production.  

Hadassah finished her first Explode the Code and Pathway reader
and has started on book 2 of both.