Meet me at the fair.

A few {hundred} pictures from our fun at the local fair last week.

Good eats.

A good time

*****

“The area was encompassed in a bubble of warm, fragrant steam from the funnel cake deep fryers. It smelled like sweet vanilla cake batter you licked off a spoon.”  

- Sarah Addison Allen {The Sugar Queen}-

Goooo Wildcats

A week or so ago it was the other boy's turn to head to a football game with dad. 

{Nora said she wants to wait for basketball season for her time....true story.}

They headed to cheer on Kansas State this time.

Three of my boys, ready to go.

Both of my in-laws are K-State alumni, and have been indoctrinating the kids in the ways of the Wildcat since they were born. ;o)

Heading up with Papa J.

 Excited.

He was having a good time. Promise.

Taking it all in.

Showtime.

Two {sweet} happy boys.

And silly ones at that.

A good full day.

A great memory.

*****

There's no place like home...

Another...

Tooth lost!

Shep came running in yelling "Mom! Mom! Mom!",with Sam right behind him holding his bloody mouth. Apparently, the boys thought it would be 'fun' to start punching each other. Sam got it square on the mouth and it took out, his already loose, tooth. 

Nice. 

{Please come to our house if you need a good punch and/or have a loose tooth}

It's too bad the blow made him swallow his tooth.

{No, we're not waiting for it to 'show up'}

We are leaving a note with the tooth fairy, explaining the turn of events.

We are confident she will understand.

This kid is thrilled.

That toothless grin does me in.

Completely.

******

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.  

-Miguel de Cervantes-

 {Don Quixote}

AWANA

The first night!

{Well, technically, the second night of AWANA. Mom wrote down the wrong start date, whoops!}

And these boys? 

Are all geared out and ready to go.

So ready.

And this one cannot wait to get in the mix!

{Next year sweet girl}

Praying for a good year.

Praying for the Word to be written into their hearts and minds.

*****

Memorizing Scripture

GO BIG RED!

Game day for my biggest boys.

{Sam's 1st game!}

 And game day....

...for the biggest J men...

Excited for the new football season.

Go huskers!

The Homestead School....

is back in session...

And the students...

are....

ready...

 to go.

{Why yes, those are pirate pants he has on. Picked out. All by himself}

AND excited.

Really, really excited.

We made it through the first day. 

A little rough at times but overall a decent start.

Prayers appreciated for our school year.

A lot of them.

{Please.:)}

Diving into a great year of learning..

******

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. 

-William Butler Yeats- 

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Hard to believe THIS was just last year.