Happy Birthday Alyssa!!

WOW -- Alyssa is 9 years old this week!! Isn't it amazing how time flies. She has brought such joy to our family and a smile that will light up the room. Alyssa started gymnastics this summer and is doing so good, but her favorite things are still art and dogs!! She is off to 3rd grade at her new school and we can't wait for the first day!!



We took a quick trip to Galveston this past weekend. This is about as close as we got to the ocean -- but the kids had to stick their feet in the sand. We headed to Rainforest Cafe for Birthday dinner with a chocolate volcano for desert!!

The girls wanted to check out the putt putt golf and we had a blast. Look Abby made her first hole in one!

After a quick stay in a hotel we headed out for Schlitterbahn the next day. Abby and Alex were big enough to ride everything and the higher and faster the better. We had a great time together. Our favorite was the lazy river which was not lazy at all, there were huge waves and drops and rapids, we laughed, the girls screamed and we all had a blast!

I didn't get any pictures of the Transformation house we have been working on, but I'm still trying to hunt some down so I can share them with you. We had an awesome weekend and the reveal this past weekend was amazing. Lance is still doing a little bit of finish work on the house, but the family has moved in and is loving it. Lance is starting a little bit of a job shift -- he is part of the weekend teaching team and will be preaching most weekends. We are starting a new campus September 2nd and have merged with another church in Missouri City (SW of Houston). Lance, Mark Shook and Damon Shook will have some sort of rotation with the 3 campus'. It is very exciting and Lance is very excited about the opportunity!!

And did you know school starts next week!!!!!

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