Preschool Orientation

Preschool Orientation....what?! I can't believe I'm even typing this! Our baby, our little girl, just had preschool orientation.

 

To get to this night was so amazing for our family. We desired for Kerrington to get to go to preschool at church since the beginning of this year. We weren't sure if it would be possible, but trusted that if it was God's will, it would work out. We are so blessed to have the opportunity to send her to school this year. Our God is good!

 

We have been 'talking' up school to Kerrington for awhile now, hoping it would ease any anxiousness she might have had. Thankfully, the school is where she goes to 'class' on the weekends, and she is very familiar with her settings. Tonight, before we left for orientation, I was telling Kerrington that we were going to go see her teacher. She has been telling us (whenever we talk about school) that she would go 'when she was bigger'. She said to me tonight after I told her we were going to see her teacher, ' but I'm not big yet!'. I could tell she was getting a little anxious. Thankfully, she did GREAT! She met her teacher, Mrs. Opal and teachers assistant, Mrs. Deeanna and walked right in her classroom! No tears, to looking back! I was so thankful!

 

I'm so incredibly blessed and so excited for Kerrington!

 

K with her buddies Becca and Ty

Melissa, Emily, and Britt...pre-k for Emily this year!

 

Bryson and K. We were hoping they'd be in the same class...no such luck, but we were happy to see them there!

Mrs. Opal (K's teacher) and Mrs. Deeanna (assistant teacher)

 

Such a special night!

 

Daddys and their daughters

Poor girl...

Well, we seem to have a yearly tradition with Kerrington. Breaking bones. Yeah, not the type of tradition I'd ever hope to start. If you're wondering how this tradition started, let me take you back to January 2010. Kerrington was a mere 10 months old. Our baby had her leg rolled over on my our humongo dog and she got a spiral fracture. Luckily, she was healed within a week or two.

 

Let's move forward 1 year and about 5 months. In late June 2011, Kerrington flipped out of a buggy at Publix and smacked her head on the floor. This, obviously, was a much more substantial injury and required a stay in the hospital. We were extremely anxious that our girl was hurt, but praising God that His had was with her, and of course, she came away from that injury with no lasting side effects.

 

So, here we are, July 2012. We were just 1 year and about 14 days out of her last injury. Wednesday night, Drew had the kids out shopping for my birthday while I was at a get-together for MOPs. It was a pure accident (as was all the others), but she fell running around the van to get to the stroller (she wanted to push her brother). She fell, right on her shoulder. Drew said she cried instantly and was pretty hard to console. I honestly thought there was no way we could be going through this again, and really, really didn't want to spend the rest of the night in the ER. I knew (from my experience) that if she had really hurt something (like her collarbone), that there wasn't much they could do that night, so we decided to wait out the night, and if she still hurt in the morning, we'd take her to the doctor.

 

Morning time came (she slept in our bed just so we could keep her an eye on her) and she still was in pain. We get to the doctor, go get an x-ray, and of course, our poor baby has broken her collar bone. After a visit with the orthopedic doctor, we were given a sling, and instructions to not use her left arm for 4 weeks. If we could keep her immobilized for that long, she can have it off!

 

So, here we are...for the next four weeks! We are up for the challenge! 

 

 

We've determined that this girl is just plain clumsy! We hope to BREAK (pun intended) this tradition next year...

(quick) Orlando trip

 

Every year ther is a North American Christian Convention. This year, it was held in Orlando and we had the opportunity to take a quick trip down there (since it's only a short 4 hours). Drew was able to get us in to a character dinner, and let me tell you, K was thrilled! We were able to dine with Goofy and Pluto. Kellan, wasn't as thrilled! He didn't know what to think. Silly boy.

 

So Happy!

Um dad...get that thing away from me.

Yup, this about how she looked the whole dinner!

Our buddy, Pluto!

We took a stroll through Downtown Disney afterwards!

Sis gave Cinderella a hug!

Fourth Fun (staycation, day 3)

Happy Fourth! Today was day 3 of our staycation. We had a great morning at the dollar movie. The movie, it wasn't the greatest, but the memories were what counted!

 

That evening, we were invited over to our friends, the Reed's to celebrate our independence. It was a fun night full of food, golf carts, bug spray, football, glow lights, sparklers, and of course fireworks!

 

 

My littles....loving the golf cart!
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K with two handsome Stone boys, Davis and Harrison.

Our lil Drew

Football!

Sparkling beauty

"Ball!"

Fireworks...so neat!

Staycation, day 1

The week of Fourth of July we were blessed with some time home with Drew. Instead of traveling somewhere, we decided to have a staycation here in Savannah, and do some things we normally don't get to do. First thing Monday morning, we headed to downtown Savannah and were able to hop on a Trolley! We toured downtown Savannah like we never had before. It was great to hear some history!

My baby (She always says she's my baby, and daddy's girl)

Kerrington was the picture-taker, pretty good job!

Arrrrrg! We ate lunch at the pirate house, and my mateys enjoyed some yummy pirate mac n cheese!

Whats a visit to downtown Savannah without a stop at city market and a run through the fountains?

We had a really fun first day of staycation, I must say, getting out and 'vacationing' then being able to come home was pleasantly nice! Looking forward to day 2!

SURPRISE!

Drew turned the big 3-0 while away in Africa. He joked that because he was out of the country, it wouldn't count. Well, once he got back, I made sure he didn't forget he was turning such a monumental (aka OLD) age! He had thrown out clues to me that he'd want a big to-do party...well, we're working on a budget here, so, I decided to throw Drew a SURPRISE Mask-erade party.

The party was scheduled for the Friday night after he returned. The premise was that I was taking him out to dinner for his birthday. I blindfolded him so that he wouldn't see cars coming our way as we were leaving Richmond Hill. As we got closer to downtown, my mom called and said that Kellan, who had just busted his lip a few days prior, had again, busted his lip and she thought he might need stitches. The ploy to get us back to the house was successful...and the picture will tell the rest of the story...

Some of the masks awaiting the guest of honor

Scary man!

It was a H-O-T day, so thankful to all of our friends who waited out in the heat for us to arrive!

Waiting...

Waiting...

Waiting..

Here HE is!

SURPRISE!

The first to run and wish him a 'Happy Birthday!'

And the best mask goes to...the Sullivan family! They all had a different "Drew" as they came in!

What would we do without all of these wonderful people?

Friends

But wait...the surprises weren't over...we asked Drew to come out back so we could sing him 'Happy Birthday', but there was one more surprise out there...

Mom and Dad drove down to get in on the surprise!

30 candles wouldn't fit on the cupcake...

Whats the party without games? This was "Pin the Microphone on the DREW!"

Kellan has a girl-fran, don't tell her husband though...

And the last game, "Drew impersonations". Only one person got in on the fun, but it definitely was worth it. Dear ol Sean Reeder had lines and all. His outfit was Drew's and he even fixed his hair like Drew's to complete the fun.

What a night! It couldn't have been pulled off without the help from our family and friends. I am so thankful to everyone who came out to celebrate with us. Most importantly, "Happy Birthday" to my best friend! I love you Drew. The words I spoke on our wedding day still remain true... one of the things I love most about you is your joy, and love for others, no matter what. You teach me new things every day. I'm so happy to be here on this Earth with you.