It's still August but the end of this month, it's time to start thinking about going back to school. The middle school principle, Dr. Hurst, planned a Western Back To School night. This was a fun night to see old friends, meet new ones and meet new teachers! Themed parties are always a fun way to kick things off in fun fashion!!!!
After the school event, we rushed off to Ashlyn and Matthew's baptism class. Both of them are getting baptized soon and they were sharing their testimonies this night! Mike and I are so happy and blessed to watch our children make good decisions like this!!!! Praise the Lord!
We planted watermelon in the garden. Ashlyn carried one of the ripe watermelons inside the other day and we cut it open! At first Austin was not happy about all the black seeds inside but when they had a seed spitting contest, it wasn't so bad after all!!!!
I had a really busy day in the kitchen with a double batch of marinara sauce cooking and sourdough bread rising and baking and cooking up some pasta so the family has an easy meal of pasta, chicken and sauce to eat as they ride off to horse riding lessons! Mike told Ashlyn that if she really wants a horse, she needs to take some horse lessons first! So we signed the kids up and Mike takes them to each lesson!
I've been having fun trying new recipes! The herb bread is a good one! I cut fresh rosemary, thyme and oregano from our herb box and mix it into the dough! This week I also made a cinnamon sugar and a chocolate with espresso beans! This is delicious toast and so delicious with butter and jelly!
We are hanging on to summer but we are getting excited to start thinking about the new school year starting soon!
