September 26th-October 2nd

Highlights from this week include:

*Baby Cullen's death

In my last weekly wrap-up post,

I mentioned he had been born early.

He was only 1lb and a few ounces at his birth.

He had good moments,

where he tried to nurse off his Mommy's finger.

But he was not strong enough.

He had bleeding in the brain,

and went home to be with Jesus

after being here for only 4 days.

I was heart broken for this family.

I went to his funeral,

and because the family members are believers,

the funeral was full of

HOPE.

I left the funeral sad but

HOPE-filled.

I am so thankful for the peace that passes all understanding,

and honored that I was able to witness

it in action

through this sad life event...

*Completed a cut little handprint owl craft

with our Parents Day Out preschoolers

and displayed them on the hallway bulletin board

*Met with the Lemonheads

and worked on apple tasting and apple crafts,

in honor of Johnny Appleseed's birthday

*Watched our dog, Schroeder, kill a groundhog

in the back yard

Oh, the circle of life-

YUCK!

*Little Wild Man went to another UT football game

with Super Dad

This time,

they were given tickets to sit in the box seats.

He LOVED it because he could have all the free ice cream

that he liked.

Oh the finer things in life... 

;0)

*Baby Girl helped celebrate a friend's birthday

by attending her

Minion birthday party

*Jungle Girl went on her first Middle School Youth group outing

to play Lazor Tag

*Got the call that I made it into the ensemble

for "Annie!"

Baby Girl did not make it,

and was disappointed,

but she told me she was fine with me

being in the play.

I am glad,

because I must admit,

I am very excited to be in a musical again!

I have not done one since high school!

Oh,

I hope my 36 year old body is ready for this!!!

*Finished up the letter F

and moved on to the letter G

with the littles

*Went apple picking with the Lemonheads

The orchard I have gone to in the past 

is free and open to the public one or two days a year.

Unfortunately,

this was NOT a good year for apples in general.

So even though we did have fun picking

what little apples there were,

there were not enough to make my usual

big batch of Apple Butter this year...

:0(

*Ended the week with a surprise pizza lunch

brought by Marmee-

with Oreos for dessert!

This was one weird week

full of highs and lows...

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