We are back in California! We feel so lucky to have been able to come home for the summer and see our friends and family. It was great to be back. Our summer was so much more busy than we had expected, but it was good. Eli got to work, and I even got to work. We got to see some friends and most our family. And the kids loved being back. Zayin spent most of the summer with Grandma Sally at Castle Rock and was in heaven getting to run around and do boy stuff. Zoe grew like a weed this summer and just blossomed socially. She loved all the attention she got from family and friends. But back to the real world...or California.
This year we are hoping for a year of transformation! Last year was really tough on us, but we made it. We consider last year as our year of transition. This time we want to get everything we can! Eli is going to school for his second year and is loving it so much. He is also auditing the morning track, that way he gets more classes in. So he goes some days from 8am- 5:30pm. He also gets to lead a small group of first years this year. All this plus the required services add up to about 70 hrs a week of school, homework, groups, and services! Yikes! There are also conferences we both want to attend this year. So many things we want to do, I just pray there is enough time for it all.
I am going to Raising Tomorrows Leaders which is a mommy group and the speakers include Bill Johnson and his wife so it should be completely amazing. I'm really excited about that one. There is also a event coming up called Children's Leaders Transformation School that I'm trying to attend. It's a five day, all day workshop and conference. The speakers include: Seth Dahl (the Children's Pastor at Bethel), Amy Gagnon (the nursery, and pre-school pastor at Bethel), and Brittany Serpell who is Danny Silk's daughter. Plus a few others. I can't even fathom how amazing this is going to be. There are other things always coming up and I will update everyone when we hear about them, or decided to go.
Zayin and Zoe are doing amazing! Zayin is in Pre-K this year and his teachers say he is doing really well. He has come home with projects and is so proud of them. His drawing and coloring is getting so good! I wish I knew how or had the equipment to scan his drawings and post them. He is getting more and more into music, dancing, and singing. We are still trying to find someone to work with him on dance. Uncle Dan said he would teach him drums, we just have to figure out a place to set them up that our neighbors wont be upset with us. A drum set in an apartment complex just doesn't seem to be the best idea ever.
Zoe is still our little mama. According to her teachers in kids church, she helps take care of all the kids younger than her. This week she was trying to get this baby's socks and shoes on and then she was leading another little one around almost the entire time. She is just as girlie as ever and becoming quite the little drama queen. I think we are definitely going to have to get her into some acting classes or something. She follows Zayin everywhere and is his little shadow, which sometimes is not the best thing, but I guess it's better than fighting all the time.
So over all the first month back has been really good. We are all just about back into the groove and I think October is going to be amazing. I'm excited to get everything we can, and just busy ourselves with learning and experiencing Papa. Hope y'all have an amazing week. Lots of Love!!
Crystal
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