August 31

"I am a star...."

writing assignment for Back to School night~

So this pretty much made my day!!

August 30

sweet
 girls...lucky Alabama...

August 29

Looks like her high school books will sit on this shelf at home another day...

"because of ongoing widespread power outages and transportation issues, all Anne Arundel County schools will be closed again tomorrow, August 30"

August 28

The whole backyard looks like this~

I am so thankful this is the extent of our damage from Irene

August 27

Perfecting her bun~

final preparations before Nutcracker auditions

August 26

The water shelves are looking a little empty at Safeway....

August 25

August 24

Happy First Day of Bess' Last year of Middle School

August 23

~Emma's first day of high school~

~Bess' last day of summer~

~Mom's first day with first graders~

~Our family's first experience being shaken by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake~

August 22

The huntress strikes again

August 21

I am a proud and grateful wife~

August 20

~enjoying a yummy summer treat with my girl~

August 19

caught in the rain

August 18

~Thankful for my two special helpers in the classroom this afternoon~

August 17

numbering my blessings~

inspired by Ann Voskamp's one thousand gifts

August 16

My identity for the next few months...

So thankful for a long-term assignment at our girls' former elementary school!!

Hooray for getting to work with wonderful, sweet teachers!

August 15

August 14

I suspect it was Mrs. White in the Conservatory with the knife....

August 13

~arming ourselves for the upcoming school year~

August 12

August 11

an inviting, cool breeze left us no choice but to have dinner on the back deck

August 10

not the moon.....

August 9

I thoroughly enjoy sitting in the backyard, catching up with Scott,

 and hearing about his day when he gets home from work. 

August 8

 family movie night

~encouraging and inspiring~

August 7

Sharing Memories

August 6

such fun working with my friend and amazing photographer, Stacy!!

She'll go to great lengths in ANY kind of weather for her brides!!

August 5

David gets a few last minute instructions before his big battle with Goliath

August 4

Thank you, Martha for visiting us and 

teaching us the importance of taking time to sit at Jesus' feet.

August 3

So it was kinda an eventful day at EOJ....

 everything turned out to be A-OK

August 2

preparations are well underway....

August 1

~our first homegrown tomatoes~

very yummy with dinner!