Skip to main content

Church Fall Festival

Carlie with her best friend since preschool, Heather

Makena with her friend, Mady.  They are the same age, in fact
Mady is actually 2 months older than Makena :)
Most of the kids that attended the FF.
The girls who stayed for the sleepover. 

Mady and Makena crafting with their tiles.

Girl Talk!

Friday night was the Annual Fall Festival at our church.  We had games, a devotional, and of course we ate!  In preparation for the FF, I injured my back, so I wasn't exactly myself that night, which is the reason why I didn't take very many pictures!  Both of my girls invited friends to stay the night at the sleepover following the FF.  They both picked their best friends, Heather and Mady from school.  The sleepover was at my parent's house and it was super fun for all the girls.  They crafted , talked, told stories, played Judge Judy (?), watched a movie, and drank WAY too much Mt. Dew!!  Like I said, my back was hurting pretty bad, so I had taken a muscle relaxer.....needless to say I was pretty useless at the sleepover.  I could barely hold my eyes open, so at 11:00 I went to the back bedroom and went to sleep.  They were extremely loud, but that nice little pill helped me to not care!  Finally at 2:00 I got up and insisted that they turn the lights out and try to go to sleep.  I didn't hear much out of them after that, but the other adults said that some of them stayed up until nearly 4!
While we were having our sleepover, the guys and boys were camping out in the pasture behind my house.  Carl had several tents set up, and ended up having about 9 boys (counting T) and 3 adults (counting Carl).  They had a blast playing spotlight and testing out coffee!  It was so cold that night, I was a little worried about T sleeping outside.  He loved it and him and Carl slept in the same tent and let our dogs in too!  I think the dogs kept them warm:)
On a completely different subject, Friday was Parent Teacher Conference day, only I did my kids conferences while I was working on Wednesday :)  One of the perks of being there all the time! 
Here are the reports I got on each of them:
Carlie:  Made all A's on her 9 weeks tests, very nice and helpful to others.  Complete teacher's pet (I added that part!).  Had all A's on her report card and the teacher said she is doing great!  
Makena:  Made all A's on her 9 weeks tests!  We were really expecting to have a B (would've been her first one EVER) on her report card in History, but because she made a 98 on the 9 weeks test, she pulled out with an A (90)!!  So she ended up with all A's again :)  We were both so excited! 
Her teacher also said that she had a 100% average in Spelling (Mady was the only other person with that average!)!! 
Trey:  Mrs. Odom said that Trey is doing very well, and is one of the best behaved in the class!  I know, I was so shocked about that too!!  He doesn't like to get in trouble and hardly ever gets a stick pulled, but when he does it's for being out of his seat or talking :)  He had all S's.  They either get S's or U's in Kindergarten, so he did the best he could!
We were very pleased with each of them.  Some may think that I'm too hard on my kids, thinking that they have to get all A's.  But that is not the case.  I don't demand A's, I just want them to do their best, and I try to do my part by making sure they are well prepared for each day. Makena was super upset when she thought she was going to have a B, but for some reason that 4th grade History is awful.  Carlie made A's last year in it, but she had to work hard for them.
I guess that pretty much wraps up Friday. 
Saturday the kids came home and played with their friends and we all went to Mrs. Lena's to eat lunch then we took Mady and Heather back home.  Carl worked pretty late Saturday night and Sunday was church day.  We rested most of Sunday afternoon, trying to catch up from Friday night!  I guess we are getting old :)

"...My grace is sufficient for thee:  for my strength is made perfect in weakness..."  2 Corinthians 12:9

Beth

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Friday Favorites

  Happy Friday, friends! Today I'm linking up with  Andrea  and  Erika  for another Friday favorites. And here they are in no particular order: Last week our preacher told us that he had a surprise for us next week.  I had honestly forgotten about it until Carl mentioned at lunch on Sunday.  Trey said he knew what it was, but he wasn't telling.  It still didn't occur to me what it could be until we arrived at church on Sunday night, and I saw that Trey had a notebook along with his Bible sitting next to him on our pew.  It was him. Trey was the surprise.  He gave a short devotion before our Business Meeting.  He did well, considering it was his first time.  He said the congregation was a lot scarier when you are the one being stared at! This is a big deal because about 7 months ago he realized that he needed Jesus as his Savior.  And that came after about 7 months of me worrying about him, while he was trying to stretch hi...

Friday Favorites

 It's been a hot minute since I've linked up with  Andrea  and  Erika  for a Friday Favorites! This is me trying to get back into my blogging groove :) I came across this little dress last year when we moved, and I knew it would be fit Wrenley this summer! It was Makena's circa 2004.  I just love it when a plan comes together.  A favorite for sure! Look at those babies. Twenty years has flown by. Miss Wrenley Beth. She doesn't look a thing like her momma, but definitely has Aunt Makena's sass! Hopefully as her hair grows, she will get Carlie's curls. We have been doing as much outdoor activities as possible.  That includes one of my favorite things...fishing! Carl, showing off his big bass. We weren't technically bass fishing, but whatever bites. It'll eat! Of course we have also been going to the river.  Our kids weren't able to go with us, so we just took the jet ski.   It has been raining so the water is a gross brown. I didn't s...

What's Up Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! Today I am linking up with  Shay  and  Sheaffer  for a What's Up Wednesday.   It has been a while since I have done this particular link-up.   What We're Eating This Week... This week, we pulled out one of our very favorites: Ritz Cracker Chicken.  We all love this, but it is Trey's very favorite meal. Not only is this recipe super easy, it is also a quick meal with a simple ingredients list: Meat • 4 cups Chicken, cooked Produce • 1/4 tsp Garlic powder • 1/2 tsp Onion powder Canned Goods • 1 (10.5 ounce) can Cream of chicken soup Baking & Spices • 1/8 tsp Black pepper • 1/4 tsp Salt Snacks • 1 1/2 sleeves Ritz crackers Dairy • 1/2 cup Butter • 1 cup Sour cream Mix your chicken along with your other ingredients and spices and then pour them all in a baking dish.  Bake on 350 for about 15 minutes and viola! We usually eat ours wi...