Fall Fun

Some of the fun we've had since school started back.

Lily's friends painted tote bags at Selah's birthday party. I loved the one Lily made!

Mia got creative too, and made these embroidery pieces for her small group leaders at church. Katie's had beautiful mountains and flowers on it, Anna Michelle is filled with Harry Potter items, and Amanda's is all about Disney. Love to see her express her appreciation for them like this!

The Upper School took a few days to go to Camp Highland for some fun and bonding. 9th-11th goes Wednesday through Friday while 7th-8th comes up Thursday and Friday. Since Ryan is a teacher at the school now, he came up with 7th and 8th graders.

Some of the Upper School teachers all sorted into their house colors. Ryan is repping black for Cambridge's black and gold house!

Mia and a few of her 8th grader friends having fun together!

We are thankful for these kids!

Decker and I had some good quality cuddle time together while Ryan and the girls were at Camp Highland.

The monthly ladies Bible study at school, Abide, has started back. I enjoy studying the Word with these ladies, and I'm thankful for how much this has grown over the last few years!

The school hosted it's first Cultivate event of the year, and it was about the purpose behind reading good books that seek to show truth, goodness, and beauty. It was great to hear several of our teachers talk about they are doing this in their classrooms and encourage the parents to join in. I was excited to win one of the door prizes which was this book called Breaking Bread with the Dead!

Lily and I had a fun time shopping and snacking at Town Center Mall while Mia was having fun at Aubrey's escape room birthday party nearby. I always enjoy one on one time with my girls!

I love that Ryan and I pass this little heart back and forth to one another. We surprise the other with it every so often, and it will show up unexpectedly. I sure do love that guy!

The Upper School has partnered with new teacher, Jordan Lyrerly, and his lovely wife, Eliana, in an outreach ministry to the kids in their apartment complex. Each week the kids come to the Upper School to hang out, read with Stonehaven kids, or receive tutoring. This has only been going for a couple weeks at this point, but Lily is really enjoying it.

Lily and I went to Taste of Smyrna for lunch recently. We enjoyed tacos from Zama and a funnel cake for dessert. So yummy!

Ryan and Mia didn't join us, so we picked up these cute and tasty cookies for them.

Lily's Spanish class has been working on cooking instructions recently, so they took one class to make guacamole and another class to make corn tortillas. What a fun class!

The girls had a ton of fun at the church's back to school event at Round 1. Mia loved taking on Charles in Guitar Hero! They enjoyed being with friends, playing laser tag, and just having fun.

The Braves recently had Spanish night at the ball park to celebrate its players and fans from Latin and Central America. Hannah Hanbury, the school's Spanish teacher, had a great idea of inviting all the Spanish students to go to the game together. Unfortunately, we couldn't get enough tickets, so we decided instead to watch the game together on the big screen tv on the green outside the stadium. It was a lot of fun to hang out at the game with friends and celebrate the Spanish culture with Los Bravos.

Even better, the Braves got the win! The Friday Night Fireworks show started as we were leaving, so we watched from our car as we drove away. This was a great evening!

Mom and Dad went down to Gulf Shores for a few days, and Dad sent this picture of Mom while they were dining at Tacky Jack's. I thought it was a great picture of my beautiful Mom so I wanted to include it here.

Lily made the Varsity volleyball team this year, and she's having a lot of fun (and working really hard!) with them. We're thankful for Coach Anne and this team. Here's to a great season!

We're loving this fabulous fall!