Lucas lost the first of his front teeth last night. The other one is about to go… Stay tuned…

The boys are back in town.

This pic was taken last Sunday when we dropped the boys off at Pilgrim Pines. It was Lucas’s first time at camp and Jacob’s second. Lucas was a little concerned in the lead-up days, but got right into the swing of things the moment we arrived.

We really missed them during the week. What a hole in our lives we have when those two guys aren’t around. Micah was completely baffled about what to do, especially since we had Christi’s parents in town all week the week before. Now it was down to just us and he was rattling around calling for someone to pay attention to him. “Mom?” “Dad?”.

We just got back from picking up the kids. Today is supposed to be a record-setting day of heat and things outside are frightful. We are so thankful for the air conditioning in our new place today!

The boys were so fired up, they talked for an hour straight when we got in the car. Telling us so many short stories about the week’s events. They had a GREAT time. That camp is truly fantastic. Just like our experience with Jacob last year, both boys seemed to age a year in the week they were gone. The camp inspires confidence and they seem so bright, cheerful, and mature. It is truly awesome.

But we are sure glad to have them back.

We are so proud of our Jacob. He received a wonderful honor at the Lowell Elementary Awards Ceremony. The Presidential Excellence Achievement Award. He had to meet some pretty difficult criteria to make it and it is completely a testament to how hard he has worked all through middle school.

I think you can see how much his mom is beaming in this picture.

The crowning moment, however, has to be the fact that he received a letter from (as he put it) “dubya”.

That’s my boy.

Jacob has played five sports in a row at College Estates Park so at the last banquet (at the end of Indoor Soccer) he was awarded the “Pentathete Award”.

We’re really proud of him for sticking to it. He set his mind to doing this after playing his first sport at CEP and he played 6 straight (softball didn’t really count toward the award). Go Jacob go!

Jacob and Lucas appeared in the church carol choir musical called “Amerikids” last weekend. They were both great. I will post a few videos of the performance here shortly. Jacob played Robert E. Lee and Lucas was a delegate from Texas.

Taaaarnation!