i can't believe its almost here

i am writing in blue today because it is micah's favorite color. we spent the morning shopping for new tennis shoes and the exhaustive school suppy list. i know my son is a true guy because of his shopping technique. it is tax free weekend in texas and the best time to shop for things we have to have for school. we walked into kohl's, went straight to the shoe department, looked at the variety of shoes offered in micah's size, and tried on one pair. micah liked them and we were finished! end of story. there was no, "mommy, can i try these others on, too, just in case i like them better." we were finished. he is just like his daddy, and i am glad!
now on to the school supply list. its just crazy! $52 for it all and i got the most inexpensive brand i could when there was a choice. we are supplying alot for this classroom. i guess that's ok. as long as micah always has what he needs throughout the year. when micah had a choice of color he always chose red and blue. those are his favorite colors. how neat. he was so excited about choosing everything and i let him pick it all out and put it in the shopping cart. he felt very big and special. it went exactly like i wanted it to. he is really getting ready and i think i am, too. i have been a little worried about sending him because he just turned five and some other mom's in the same boat are choosing to wait one more year. i just couldn't do that to micah. he is desparate to go to school. i am confident in his academic abilities. i am pretty confident in his social abilities. he is reading (three and four letter words) , writing, telling time....the kid soaks up everything i tell him. he has very neat handwriting, counting and writing numbers way past 100 and recognizing them and naming them correctly. he knows all the calendar stuff. he has to tell me what day and number of the week and month it is all the time. i guess what i am trying to say is that i am not trying to brag on him but i am just hoping this is enough. he seems ready to me, but expectations for kindergarten seem to get bigger and bigger all the time. i pray he is ready and that this positively affects him rather than negatively.


i took them to mcdonalds today for lunch for "oldtime sake." i've been feeling very nostalgic lately. while they were playing at mcdonalds, there was a little boy who looked a lot like micah, but he was about 2 1/2. that was one of the sweetest ages ever in micah's life so far. i miss him being a toddler, but he is going to make a great school ager! anna told micah today that she was going t miss him while he is at school. how sweet. i am so proud of my kids.

last night bret lead a devotional time for the National campus minister's seminar. our church and SMU are hosting the event this year. it was so neat because we saw several people we knew from former years...sarah johnson--one of my Bible teachers from lipscomb who is now the campus minister at MTSU, lauren and dan--people from PBC that are working with the Clemson campus ministry, brett and amanda--people who were in school with me at lipscomb while we were Bible majors at the same time, and ed humphreys--one of our great friends who was in youth ministry while we were in paducah. we just sat around in this rotunda, kinda like the old tuesday night devos at lipscomb, and sang whatever song came to us. there were times when i thought the rotunda was going to shatter because of the volume. it was so fun and i am glad i went. (i took the kids with me, obviously, since i don't have anyone to watch them and they were pretty good, but i almost did not go because i didn't know if it was the best thing to take them out at 9 o' clock at night for a worship time.)they really enjoyed it and we sang alot of their favorite songs so they joined in fairly often. i guess that's just part of being a MK (minister's kid). after it was all over lauren came up to me and wanted to tell me something. at first it was one of the first comments i've received to make me feel really old, but by the end i was so honored, i was almost speechless. she is 20 and i am 28. i was her councelor her first year of camp when she was 10 and i was 18. bret and i had just gotten married and she said that our influence was one of the greatest impacts anyone had ever had on her life. she is in ministry today partially because of our influence on her.-------------I MISS YOUTH MINISTRY!!!!!! i want to go back to the days of impacting kids lives. yeah i have major influence over my three and my husband, but its different. i was good at that. really--and its hard for me to admit that--something i'm good at, i mean. anyway, maybe i'll finish my Bible degree soon and we'll move to a new church for MY job--hehehehe. probably not for a while!

oh well, that's enough for now. ya'll have a great day. we're planning on going swimming when the kids get up from their naps so i need to get a couple of things done before they get up.
love you all,
summer