August 2013

August was a very busy month, and lots of fun.  It brought the beginning of school on the 5th, Katie's birthday as well.  Stephen started kindergarten.  It just so happened that on his first day of school Zach wore a matching shirt.  So, before Zach headed to work and Stephen began his first day we shot this photo.

Here are the other students in our school on their first day

The biggest event, however, was Beth's trip to Texas for the birth of our newest grandchild.  She left August 17th and stayed just past Labor Day in September.  So as not to lose momentum for school, Stephen joined her, along with Johanna to be monitored for her medications and seizures, and Charity to keep Mom awake on the 21+ hour road trip both ways.  We  had a blast with all our children Nathan, DIL Hannah, her sister Stacey, Katie, and granddaughter Lydia.  Because baby Audrey decided she liked it in the womb, we did lots of things and went lots of places.  It was super great fun being together.  Here are a few of the things we did.

Katie, Nathan and Hannah.

We visited Splash park several times since it is so close we can walk to it and it was hot!!

field trip to an old farm now a state park

Lydia's new bike and helmet

Having fun at Katie's gym.

Lydia and Uncle Stephen love to snuggle in the morning in "Grandma's bed."

Our next field trip was to the Ft Worth Stockade where most of the cattle were driven to market in times past.  It was super hot at 105 degrees, but we had fun.

Then the best was yet to come as baby Audrey entered the world.  She arrived on 9/4 at 2:38am, weighing 9lbs. 1oz, and 22 inches long.  Beth got to witness her birth too!  We all got to see her before we left to drive home to Florida literally an hour and a half after her birth.  God be praised that Beth stayed awake on no sleep for the 22 hour drive.

On our way home we snapped a shot of the Mississippi.  It was a great time.

These all fit in September, but they ended our trip which mostly took place in August.