One more week

I have one more week of summer before classes start next Tuesday. As I think back on it, it's been a really good summer. I took two classes (4 more credits behindme--yay!), relaxed a lot, got to take two vacations to see family, and watched Abbie grow up sooo much. It's been so much fun watching her learn to stand on her own, stand up on her own (with toys in each hand for balance, of course!), and even start to walk! She's not a baby anymore--it's a little hard to accept. On the other hand, I am looking forward to having a new little baby in just a few months :-)

As much as I've loved this summer, I am really looking forward to starting classes next week. I'm taking Basic Christian Doctrines (Tuesday nights), which I'm expecting will give me a solid foundation in Wesleyan theology (a nice balance to my Calvinist college doctrines classes); Assessment Inventories in Counseling (Thursdays and Saturdays), and Crisis Counseling (Wednesday afternoons). I'm not that excited about Crisis, but Assessment sounds cool (in a nerdy way!). What I'm most looking forward to is the challenge of all this work during my last trimester of pregnancy. I think I can do it. I just hope Karis decides to wait until AFTER finals to be born!

Free stuff rocks!

I've gotten some pretty awesome free stuff lately, and it totally rocks! First of all, a friend from church dog- and house-sat for us for the entire week Matt and I were in Jersey. For free! Horray for awesome friends!

Second, at Mother Nurture's 2nd anniversary celebration a few weekends ago, I won a super awesome door prize: 12 one-size Bum Genius cloth diapers! Considering that the best price I could find for this quantity of diapers was over $200.00, this is a HUGE blessing! Also, these diapers keep Abbie dry, which is great because she's had mild diaper rash for a few days due to her orange juice consumption.

Third, on my way home from WalMart today, I decided to stop by Fazoli's for a few breadsticks. The drive-thru guy said it would be a few minutes because they had just put some fresh bread in to bake (no prob!!!! Even better!). When they were finally ready, the guy said "They put some extras in there for ya." I checked and saw... two extra free breadsticks! Score!

sweet kisses