A few BIG things have happened since my last post. I turned in my letter of resignation to the school in March and as of May became a SAHWM (stay-at-home-wife-mom for those of you who get lost in this new age of acronyms). I am so very thankful to have the opportunity to stay home with Mya and get extra time with Ally after school!
We started our summer off with the purchase of some rental property and then spent the entire month of June and the first week of July renovating one of the houses that was in total despair. At that point in time Nick and I heavily questioned our decision for me to quit working. I think we heavily questioned many things...such as if we would make it though the month without severely injuring one another! We also coined June as the "month o' weddings"! One of Nick's best friends got married first and he was a groomsman. Then Nick's brother got married the following weekend and we were both in that wedding.
We finished weddings and renovations just in time to pack up, leave the girls to spend some time with their grandparents, and skip the country! Nick and I traveled to Haiti on a work trip with 4 other people from our church. I know everyone says it and it feels so cliche...but it was a very rewarding and life changing trip. Our church partners up with Haitian Christian Ministries and we stayed with Pastor Manno and his wife who are the spearheads of this operation. We had it really good in terms of "roughing" it in a third world country. Actually, I think Haiti has fallen into the category of fourth world country. We stayed in a wonderful complex and a very spacious and comfortable house. The two things that we didn't have were hot water (which who in the world wants a hot shower when it is a million degrees outside and the humidity levels are topping out at 100%?) and air conditioning. We had lots of fans so even the no air conditioning wasn't all that bad. HCM has a complex with a school (currently grades PreK-9th grade), a medical clinic, and a church. Our job was to fix up some school buildings that needed a little TLC. We met some really great kiddos, including our sponsored child, Joralson. He is going into 1st grade this fall. It was a great trip and very bittersweet coming home. I definitely left part of my heart there. I know another cliche thing to say, but it is true!
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| Our Group with some sweet kiddos from Laurie |
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| Meeting Joralson |
After we got home in mid July, I think I blinked 5 times and summer was completely over. Ally is off to first grade and loving it! She has only had one day where she wanted to just stay home with Mya and I. Last night was Preschool open house for Mya. At first she was very excited to be there but it quickly turned into meltdown city when it was time for her to go to her class for a few minutes with her teacher and friends. We are praying that she out grows this separation anxiety quickly. It has plagued her for over a year now and is starting to worry us.
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| Ally's first day of 1st Grade |
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| Ally and Mya on the first day of school! Ally - 6 Mya - 3 |
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