I have no pictures but lots of thoughts. Last weekend I had a great get away weekend with one of my best friends in DC. It was truly relaxing and fun to reconnect with her, without the distractions of life. Well, my life. It is a beautiful city, I enjoyed the buildings, museums, and food. I drove past Chantilly, and thought sooner than later, there would be some more good reasons to visit. I guess it also made me realize I am not as much of a city girl as I thought. Or maybe God gives you the grace to live where He puts you to live. I did enjoy all that cities have to offer, and do plan on visiting again, was just as happy to have some one else do the driving, and parallel parking :-)
On the flight coming home I had the most interesting conversations on the plane. I wasn't looking for a God talk, I wanted to work on the new stitch Jenny had shown me with my knitting, but the young lady had some very pretty sparkly shoes, so I opened up the conversation. She got talking about her family, her religion, and how nobody should home school their kids. It turns out she is a part of the Pentecostal religion that is pretty strict, and she was working through the things she was brought to believe, like wearing pants is a sin, and her love of God and what the Bible says. I tried to encourage her with comparing what she was taught with the nature and character of God, and go back to the basics of prayer and the Word. We had a good talk, and as often I think about her, I pray for her.
That leads us to this past week, my first week of Kindergarten. It was good, although we all seemed to get a bad cold halfway through the week. That is life. Daniel still has soccer, and he is starting music lessons this week. I found a closer dance class for Rachel to be a part of, and Noah is entering the terrible 2 stage. Maybe he is not so terrible, but he is very questioning, and I am not used to a boy this age talking to much and interested in everything. I need to stop complaining about it, these stages don't last long, and these are good issues to have. I am glad to have this blog to put my thoughts, one day I want to print it out for me to look back and remember God's faithfulness, in the big and little things.
My favorite picture of the kids right now...yes they are all naked...
Kevin and I doing our first 5K together. We finished in under 30 min, not bad for us out of practice runners. 
I wanted to get this post in before October. I am finally feeling a little older, but learning to grow out of perfectionism. The more I know, the more I know I don't know. Looking forward to posting next family highlight...Rachel's 4th birthday!
