Rio women's retreat

Mommy went to our church women's retreat (the first I've been able to attend!).  We stayed at a hotel in Deerfield Beach and the theme was "Laced with Grace."

Sarah, Brandi and I shared a room and went to the mall together during free time on Saturday.

Beautiful flowers in our room from our husbands!

Happy Laughter

This boy...his smile!

climbing "his" mango tree

Fall Feasts

 Rosh Hashana apple tasting

apple juice (and honey sticks) tasting

For Sukkot, Daddy got new bikes for Mommy and Corban, a seat for Asher to ride on Mommy's bike,  and Hadassah moved up to Corban's old bike and got a new helmet (and Abigail got a CBT shirt!).  Now our family can go on bike rides together!

 We all went out for nitrogen ice cream!

September dates

Corban's September and October dates are being combined, they will be with both Daddy and Mommy and we will be...

Abigail and Mommy manicure date!

After dinner one evening, we went to get manicures together.  Abigail picked the polish colors for both of us and we had fun being papered together!

Hadassah and Mommy had a flip a coin date
(for 15 minutes, heads turn right, tails turn left!).
We finished at a Publix- inside she chose a cute notebook and a waterpaint set.  We also got chocolate chip muffins to share together!

We usually have Friday family dinner and movie night- but Daddy planned an amazing themed dinner to go with the new Jungle Book movie.  We had Mogli's mandarin chicken, Kaa's ricccccce, tiger tails, tree vines, snake eggs and jungle juice!

Dinner date!

 Strikeforce 421 Giving Event-
a women's giving circle that I have been a part of for 2 years now,
this year $110,000 was given to
4 local ministries!
The event was held at the NSU Ocean Campus, overlooking the water on all sides and with beautiful coral displays inside.

September school

Classical Conversations started this month!

We are again a part of the CC Davie community, but have moved to a new church location.
It is great to be back with our CC friends each Wednesday!
Corban, Abigail and Hadassah are in Foundations in the morning
(Corban and Abigail have the same tutors as last year!),
Corban is in his 2nd year of Essentials in the afternoon,
Abigail and Hadassah are in a CC enrichment class
(crafts/projects/activities built off the Cycle 2 material),
and Asher is in the nursery!

 Apple gifts for their tutors and banana bread for Asher's nursery helpers!

Corban with Mrs. Maxine

afternoon fun in Essentials (with Mrs. Michelle)

Abigail with Mrs. Mindy

Hadassah with Mrs. Christa

Abigail started dance- she is taking Ballet III, Jazz II, Tap II, and Modern II
with Ms. Brittany on Thursdays. 

Abigail also started rehearsals with Children's Ballet Theatre for Sleeping Beauty.  She will be in 2 performances in November.  Her group will be rats in Act 1 and butterflies in Act 3!

Abigail and Hadassah have started American Heritage Girls.  It is a girls, Christian, scouting program and they are both super excited!  Their troop will have meetings every other week, as well as service/enrichment activities.

Corban, Abigail and Hadassah are all still really enjoying SAINTS!

While they are at SAINTS, Asher and I have fun together!