I'm terrible about updating this thing:-) I'm trying to do better, but times creeps up on me!
Chloe was saved on Mother's day and baptized on July 7th. I was caught by surprise a bit, but was gently nudged by God that "age" or "maturity" simply has nothing to do with it. She had just turned 7, but being the "baby" of the family is often thought of to be younger in some ways, I guess. We have been tremendously blessed in 2013! We are at a new church and have 2 new Christian girls! What could be better than seeing your kids born into Christ's kingdom?
This summer has come and gone. We took a Hughes family trip to Tybee Island for a week in June, Jamie and I celebrated 19 years of marriage while we were there (sort of...I don't think we ever officially celebrated), the kids have gone to 3 VBS's, they made new friends, and played a lot outdoors as usual during this mild and less humid summer break! Good ol' summertime fun!
Again, we started our school year in July. We began our 5th week today and I have an 8th grader, 6th, 5th, and 2nd. It is going well after several technical (frustrating) difficulties. I think we are getting our groove now. Our history is derived from the American Girl Novels, so you can imagine the girls' interest and soaking it up like a sponge. So what if the Revolutionary Period is better known as "Felicity's time period" if they remember it?
Jamie completed his first 5K, which was his gift for Father's day and we made it an overnight trip. I hung out at the hotel while he ran in the dark in Nashville. He enjoyed it and was all pumped ready to do another.
We joined the YMCA after vacation to keep up with the kids' excellent swimming! Naturally Jamie gravitated to the treadmills. After a 2nd teenager in our church was admitted to St. Jude's, we signed up for the St. Jude Family Fun Run in Memphis in December. Our little mission project for the year. Our hotel is booked, our running shoes are bought, and we are practicing for our (whopping) 1 mile walk/run. I was so afraid I would be the dead weight that I have been working out 5 days a week, cut out sweet tea (gasp!), donned some new running shoes and am hitting the parks early in the morning and the treadmills when weather doesn't permit. My stamina is increasing, I feel more energetic, patient, and am making better food choices. Jamie is still holding out that I will want to do a 5K. At the rate i'm going, perhaps that may happen in a couple of YEARS! I'm slow, but can see steady progress for ME (unimpressive by most). Time will tell, but it has been something new, for sure. My goal is just not to be the slowpoke at the Fun Run!
2013 is chalking up to be one of our best years yet!
