Summer fun

I have been so busy even though VBS is over. Yay! Don't get me wrong, I love, love, love VBS but it's so consuming. It's nice to have my life back.

As soon as VBS was over I started an online class, Variety of Beliefs. Very interesting- studying religions around the world. I love it! It's keeping me very busy. I stared the Colloquy program a few years ago but then stopped to get married and have a baby. Now, I figured I'd finish before life gets any crazier. I should be done by end of the year.

Colloguy is basically an addition to your bachelor's degree when you attended a secular university and now want to complete the theology course work to be in church work. Not mandatory, obviously since I've been working at the church for 10 years. I've taken 5 of the 8 classes and they're all on line. I'll have a final paper to write in the fall and then I'll have my final interview. I'm already scared!

Now lets talk about the fun stuff!

A couple of weekends ago we went to Gruene with the Hamann's and McIntosh's. We had a great time in spite of the outrageous HEAT! Nothing a little mint chocolate chip ice cream can't fix.
This was Amelia's first taste of ice cream. She loved it! Can't you tell?
We ate lunch at the gristmill. It was yummy as always. I highly recommend the steak salad. Juicy cuts of steak on a beautiful plate of greens. Amelia eats all of my avacado, though. Good thing she's so cute.
Fourth of July was a great day! Amelia had a fun day of celebrating. We went over to see grandma for a quick pic in her July 4th t-shirt...Then at night we tried to meet the Hamann's and Wenthe's out at Randolph AFBbut I think everyone from the panhandle down to the border was there! It was insane. We just pulled over into a field off of 1604 to watch fire works and they were beautiful. We sat out on the hood of the car and enjoyed the moment and the festive atmosphere. Amelia slept the night away in the car. Maybe she'll stay up for it next year.

On the 2nd we celebrated Ashley's 8th birthday. She's getting so big. I can't believe how fast she's growing. Happy Birthday, Ash!Here's Amelia and Boops!

I'll close with some cute pictures of Amelia and Jayla playing. They're such cute little friends!