Reflections...

I was thinking as the children left for school today...

Where did the last year of school go?

I can not believe that after today

Christopher will be an official Junior Higher!

Rachel will move on to 5th Grade,

Katie to 3rd grade,

and Jacob will start Kindergarten!!

And then it made me

REFLECT!

We had some important things we prayed for each morning before

going to school this year,

Christopher...to find good friends. I knew this was the AGE when things start to turn from family to friends, and friends are an important thing to choose.

But he surprised me when,

he ENJOYED spending more time with Ron

doing what boys' love to do,

and being sad when Ron had to work.

And then I realized, our prayers had worked...and he had chosen the RIGHT friend!

(Christopher & Ron - May 2009 at Saguaro Lake)

Rachel...to find herself and to know that she IS a beautiful child of God. Rachel struggles with her self-esteem and she doesn't like to make a MISTAKE.

And BEING a good friend this year wasn't always easy,

especially when girls aren't so NICE at the age of 10.

So she learned what having a TRUE friend and being one back

means to her being a child of GOD.

Our Prayers are working...

Thanks to SUMMER for knowing how to be a true friend.

(Rachel and Summer, May 2009)

Katie...to learn how to READ and to be BRAVE!

Katie moved from the bottom of the reading groups to the TOP...but the coolest thing we learned this year about Katie,

she LOVES math.

Her teacher was so excited to find out, that Katie was her top MATH student when Katie was BRAVE enough to shout out the answer.

So she tested her...TOP of the class!

You go girl!

Prayers definitely answered!

(Katie made this hat in school, May 2009)

Jacob...that him and I would ENJOY each day together!

And to JUMP right into the idea of

BIG SCHOOL next year!

Looks like this prayer is working!