37 Weeks!

 

36 Weeks!

 

Park

It has finally cooled down enough to enjoy being outside. I love how green and beautiful it is here as we head into fall! Makes me happy! =)

35 Weeks!

Crossword Puzzles

Working on crossword puzzles together....so cute!!

Field Trip

The kids and I went out on the first of many field trips we signed up for with a local home schooling support group here in our town. Most of the trips I signed up for, I had no idea where it was or what it was for! We are just anxious to get out and explore the surrounding areas. Today's trip was at Cheekwood which is a historical home and TONS of botanical gardens. They also have some art on display throughout the gardens called Chihuly and it is beautiful blown glass sculptures. The home belonged to the Cheek family who was very wealthy - they "invented" Maxwell Coffee and sold the secret recipe during the Depression and made lots and lots of money! =) Cheekwood is the mansion they built with the money and it has since been donated to the city of Nashville. We all had a great time exploring and could have spent a lot more time there if it wasn't 90 degrees and I wasn't 8 months pregnant. When we arrived, we couldn't find our group anywhere so we hooked up with two other gals that had been left behind same as us and went out exploring. Jordyn made a new friend, she is in a few of the pictures. The crazy thing was that the two girls had apparently met before in the hallway outside my doctors appointment!! Turns out, her mom and I had both been in to see our doctor a couple weeks ago and had made the kids wait in the hallway during the exam!! The girls had met then and reconnected today - without us moms having any clue! We hope to meet up again next week at the park for a playdate. I love how God works! =)
Here are some pictures from today - I am just going to throw them all out with no explanation because to be honest, we had no clue what we were looking at most of the time! Just enjoying the beauty.

Jordyn picking apples

Sunset tonight

34 Weeks!

 

33 Weeks!

 

Jordyn's room

We finally unpacked the last couple of boxes in the kids room yesterday. We haven't hung anything on the walls yet but here is a tour of Jordyn's room.

Frog

Tracy caught the kids a frog today. Caden held it, Jordyn wouldn't touch it, and I only got close enough to snap a few pictures!!

The pie that brought us back.

When Tracy and I first traveled here to Tennessee to interview for the job, we had dinner one evening at one of the elder's home. His wife served us this yummy pie that I have not stopped thinking about since we ate it!! I tried to find the recipe online after we got back home and was unsuccessful. Now that we are back - she kindly shared the recipe with me!! And I made it tonight so it's on my mind again! =) I thought I would share it because it is so yummy and there is no way you can mess it up. You can also make it in about 5 minutes! I don't have a name for it, any suggestions?

1 can sweetened condensed milk
8 oz. whipped topping
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup chopped pecans (I only had 1/2 cup and it turned out well)
1 cup cherry pie filling

Mix above ingredients together and put in a graham cracker crust. Freeze for about 2-3 hours. Eat!! You could also freeze overnight but you would want to let it thaw out a little in the fridge or on the before serving.



The only downside is that my kids wont touch it with the nuts and cherry chunks. So looks like it will be sitting in the fridge tempting me for a few days!

32 Weeks!

 

Carnival

The kids and I went to an area home school support group carnival this morning. The kids had so much fun...I on the other hand was ready to pass out from the heat! It was so hot here today and there were so many people! We waited in lines for balloon animals, cotton candy, games, hot dogs...it was exhausting!! But so encouraging to see how many families home school in the area. There seemed to be a over a hundred people there. We signed up for a lot of field trips and are looking forward to connecting with people in the area. On a side note, I could defiantly use some prayer - this move has been so much harder than I was expecting and effecting me in ways I hadn't imagined. I feel so unmotivated to start school with the kids and am really missing my support group of friends. The kids are having a hard time adjusting as well. We are happy to be here and excited about many things - it's just one of those days!

 

 

 

 

Rain

We have been having a thunderstorm here almost every afternoon and yesterday's came with a downpour of rain! Jordyn had her swimsuit on already and took off in the rain as soon as we opened the door. I was the party pooper who made her come in when I started hearing the booming thunder - isn't that dangerous?