Wow...I'm really pathetic at this...

Okay, so I doubt anyone is still reading this thing, but just in case...here goes...
This summer went by way too fast. On June 30th, Asher turned two and on July 19th, Brayden turned 4. They are getting so big! Trent turned 33 on July 9th. And we celebrated our 7th anniversary on July 26th. Throw in several other family member's birthdays and well...that's about how our summer went :) Trent is still in school, so he did a lot of homework and I did a lot of editing over the summer. Fun times! When he finally finished his summer session, we were blessed to have the opportunity to go to Disney World for a week! The kids had so much fun with all of the characters and Brayden even rode the Tower of Terror! I think I was more afraid for him than he was. He didn't care for the ghosts, but he loved the actual elevator ride and the going "up and down." Asher slept through the Small World ride yet again. It was his favorite thing when he was 2 months old and he hasn't seen it since b/c he's slept through it every time! He and Brayden both loved eating meals with the characters, but I do believe that it is much easier to eat dinner when there aren't any characters to be seen anywhere! Now we're back to the real world. I started school today with kids, but this year I am no longer a Ram, but yet an Archer Tiger! I love my school colors (red and silver), the sense of unity among the staff members and my room (I have two large windows in my room!). I do miss several people that I left at Grayson, but hope to get together and do lunch sometime soon! Oh and we just did the most amazing thing ever with our College & Career program...we had a Giving Back(pack) day at our church and we were able to help 19 + families that were in need of some help this year by providing them with a backpack and some basic essentials to start their school year! I am so thankful that I am able to be part of such a loving group of people. Well, if you still care to know what's going on with me, hopefully this has updated you a bit.
Until Next Time...and who knows when that'll be???

God's Blessings...

Okay, so I just looked and my last post was pretty negative, so I feel that I need to step back and just look at the blessings in life for a minute. I realize every day just how lucky I am to live where I do and have the freedoms that we have. I also want to take a minute to say just how blessed Trent and I were this weekend to have wonderful family that knew just the time to lift us up when we needed it. Our pantry was bear, but thanks to wonderful parents and parents-in-law our pantry is no longer bare! :) And God has blessed our ministry with some visitors recently that we enjoyed having and hope to see again soon! And the moon last night...I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the moon was absolutely beautiful! It's the little things in life that can bring us so much joy if we just stop, take a step back and just look at the beauty of God's works! He is so amazing! And another blessing...Asher went to the ENT last week and his ears looked GREAT!!! There was NO mentioning of him needing his adenoids removed or anything! I just can't believe that our God is so faithful to us even when we are unfaithful to Him. Even through the storms of our lives...He is there! It actually IS in the storms of our lives that we realize just how present He really is!
Just a short update on the family...Trent is still unemployed, but is in school full time and part time on staff at the church, I am still working full time at Grayson and helping with the ministry, Brayden is now 3 1/2-growing like a weed! He is memorizing verses like crazy for church and singing songs that make me cry!!! He is also writing his name now on dotted lines and is starting to understand the concept of "connect the dots" Asher is now 20 months and is doing great! He is starting to talk a lot more (still babbling, but I usually know what he's saying), playing baseball with brother and he likes to draw while brother is doing his homework-it's SO cute!!! Well, I need to go for now...until next time...may God's blessings be with each of you!