Rachel's teacher

Hello everyone! I just wanted to show you Rachel's new teacher this year. Her name is Robin Michaels and she is one of the sweetest people I have met. She is so excited about teaching Rachel this year and already thinks our little girl is very smart. She tested her a little to see where she is at and was impressed that she was already reading, counting, knew all her letters and numbers and could count money. She said that she has a good foundation for this year and can't wait to build upon it.

Rachel was a little nervous, but did great. This is on meet the teacher day with her uniform on. She has red ribbons in her hair which totally made her look like a school girl. She will start on Sept 2nd. Please pray for a quick and easy transition and she will make mandy new friends. She will only have 6 kids in her class which will be wonderful because she will get lots of 1 on 1 time.

Please also pray for Brookie in that she really wants to go to school also and can't this year. She will probably be a little sad for the first few days.

Thanks again for your love and support!

Cute aren't they?

Well it has been a long week still in the Renfro house. I took Mandy to the Dr today because she has been NOT sleeping well and last night started having a rash on her face. She hasn't been very pleasant. It is so hard to know what is wrong when they can't tell you. She is normally such a great and content baby that it is hard to see her as anything but. But today her being like this reminded me of how I am towards God.

Most times I try and be content with everything that he puts in front of me, but then there are those times when I am not feeling good or exausted that I totally turn and become an angry, ungrateful human mommy. Rachel asked me today why I was so cranky which I proceeded to tell her that "I'm not" I am just in a bad mood. But then I see myself standing in front of God and saying "yes God I don't care how I am supposed to act, but I want to do it my way. THat is ssoooo hard for me.

Brooke being so much like me I find that I am frustrated alot of the time with her. So please pray for my continued work in this area. Tonight in fact she said that she was going to fill up her water bottle and I gave her the benefit of the doubt. For a 3 year old that was pushing it a little. So after 10 min I went down the hall to check her. She was sitting in the sink washing her feet because they were "dirty". To this I couldn't say anything, but just laugh and smile at this cute innocent little face. She is such a little pixie it is hard not to smile most of the time.

So when you are down this week or next just allow God to take control and he will show you how to control the being frustrated and help with the feeling that nothing is going your way.

Little cutie

Hello all! I know it has been a while since you have heard from me, but I just wanted to let you all know what is going on with us lately.

Brooke was diagnosed with having some leg,muscle,ligament and ankle deformities. So she is in physical therapy to hopefully help correct this situation before it becomes difficult. She is taking it in stride for now, but on Sept 2 she will be fitted for a shoe insert to help correct the feet and ankle deformities. Pray that she will be accecpting of this and it won't affect how she does things.

Rachel will be starting school again on Sept 2. We have already met and talked with her teacher Mrs. Michaels and she is one of the sweetest women I have met. I know that she will be an awesome help for Rachel this year.

Rachel has been reading already. She is sounding out the hard words, but already recognizing words by sight. Pray that she will continue to be strong and want to learn all there is to learn this year.

Mandy is now 8 months old. She is now cutting her 7th and 8th teeth. AHHHHH! Lets just say that sleep is not really happening. She is getting so big. She does the army crawl which is so cute. She can sit up from laying down now and can say HI and MAMA! Not overly clear, but there none the less. She is such a joy to us. Her hair is now and auburn color and is starting to curl on the ends. So now we have a blonde, brunette and a red head. God so has a sense of humor.