School Days Take Two

Our beginning theme for this year at UCS was the ocean/beach.  I have had such a fun time decorating for it.  I searched Myrtle Beach shops for an authentic fishing net.  Some of the shells also came from the beach there.

The underwater ceiling was so hard to hang!!  It took seven rolls of blue cellophane to cover the ceiling.  I went from ceiling tile to tile, on a ladder, weaving the cellophane in and out. It took hours!!  After the cellophane was all up, I then went back between the waves and did the same thing with two colors of streamer. Needless to say, I was not ready to hop on a ladder again anytime soon!  The large fish/whales/sharks are each 54 inches in length and were found at one of my favorite stores:  Dollar Tree.

This is my little fella fishing. Note the blue and orange UCS colors. :) The blue plaque above his head says "Fishers of Men". I found the plaque on clearance at a store in Gatlinburg on our trip at the beginning of the summer.

The halls at UCS have all been decorated to go with the beach theme.  The energy level is so high in celebration of the 20th year.  I am so excited to be a part of it!

School Days

It has been forever since we have posted! I have been so busy with the start of school.  It's always a challenge switching gears from the summer time/keeping the house clean/errands to full time work/keeping the house clean/errands. 

Gabe started Kindergarten this year!  We are a month into school and he is absolutely loving it.

I absolutely LOVE being just down the hall from him.  It is truly a highlight of my day to be able to pass him in the hall and give him a hug or to help him open his lunch at lunchtime. 

Sometimes I almost can't believe that he is old enough to be in Kindergarten. Surely it wasn't five years ago that he was a happy, bouncing baby!  Time certainly does fly!  It seems like I just turned around and in an instant that little baby turned into this funny little man who always makes me laugh.  I am so enjoying the young boy he is. He has a strong character, albeit a bit stubborn at times, and he asks me such thought-provoking questions.  My answer many times is, "I don't know, but we'll find out."

As he enters this time in his life, that of "real school", I have found that my prayers for him have increased.  My heart aches for those moments when he will be saddened by the actions of a friend, or hurt when he is not chosen for a game.  I pray that God will give me wisdom during those times to guide him.   Raising a child is such a joy, but it certainly is an awesome responsibility at the same time.  I pray that David and I are doing a good job of being Christian role models for Gabe so that he will one day be a strong Christian man.  My utmost prayer for Gabe is that he will always love the Lord, and walk in His ways.