Hall Happenings

I had to look at my memory card to remember what all has been happening lately!  The last few weeks feel like a blur! 

Last week we finished Awana for the school year.  We had our awards ceremony/family night.  Since this is our first yr there was lots to do to get it together.  There will be every yr but just figuring out how it all should go took more time.  We were supposed to have a bounce house and big water slide and the wind was terrible that day so for safety reasons the guy who does them would not put them up.  SO, you can imagine the disappointment of the kids.  It was a crazy day!  But, we made it through and we have a little break.  Of course, I am already planning for next yr.  I teased A that I was resigning as Commander at the Awards Ceremony.  He told me NO!  It has been hectic and at times very frustrating but above all it has been wonderful to watch God work! 

Lizzie and Millie were both Cubbies this year.  They learned 27 verses of scripture and they recited one each aloud during the Awards Ceremony.  Next yr Lizzie will move up to Sparks and Millie will still be a Cubbie!  Once again, another transition for them.Sallie and Hanna!  They will move up to Truth & Training next yr.  Not looking forward to that either!Elleigh and her friend Alexis.  I only got a few pics.  I always have to rely on others for church pics because I never have time to make any.  Thankfully there are a couple of people who take a lot and are always good to give them to me.Sallie’s homeroom teacher is having a baby in Sept.  so we thought it would be fun for her class to give her a Baby Shower before they got out of school.

I made the cupcakes and normally I am such a perfectionist that I am always finding something wrong with whatever I do but I was actually pleased with them!  A’s mom gave us the pampered chef decorator for Christmas and I love it.  I have my icing recipe down, now I just need to work on a good cake recipe.  Mrs. Davis and I.  This is their first baby and they are so excited.  Her husband is a PE teacher at the Elem School and football coach at the HS. This is their first yr here so she and I have figured out a lot about how they do things here together.  She is a precious Christian young lady and I praise God for allowing Sallie to have her as a teacher this year!  I get very emotional thinking about how HE worked it all out.  She is her general ed teacher but she has a huge heart and special way with special needs children.  She is fabulous!!!Opening her gift from SallieThe kids had a great time!  I had them to bring her gift to her one at a time and they felt so special!Several years ago A began going on a Father/Daughter campout with some friends from our church in Fort Worth.  The last time he went Lizzie and Millie were babies.  He is always looking for ways to build relationships with those from church in a setting outside of church.  So he decided to do the Father/Daughter campout this year here.  We were unsure about the response but 7 men and 13 girls ended up going and they had a good time. Ell said she really realized how her Daddy is always the pastor no matter where they are.  She said it was “Bro. Aaron can we do…., Bro. Aaron can we do….?”  I think sometimes she just wants him to be her Daddy!  I understand!  Sometimes I just want him to be my husband!The state park they went to has a lake so they loved that.  BTW, I am impressed with the # of pics they took!  I send them with the camera and always accuse them of not taking any pics for me to see so good job!Lizzie and Millie have plenty of older girls who LOVE them and see about them like they are babies!

Sallie’s Field Day/Water Day was this week and she had a blast!  Here she is getting off the water slide (same one we were supposed to have at church last week!)I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!  Her face makes my day!  I love to see her having fun!Looks like they are letting Layni (in front of Sallie) do all the work!Coming out of the obstacle courseSallie and Hanna doing the 3 legged race

AND Sallie’s last day of 2nd Grade…AND Elleigh’s last day of Junior High…  I refuse to let it sink in right now that she is going to High School! 

SO, here we are!  Our first day of Summer “Break”!  Sallie and Lizzie were up at 6:30 with the TV blaring and fighting!  The high temp today was 104 and it is not even June!  HAPPY SUMMER!!!