Well, for those who didn't know...School has started at WBA. Woo-Hoo! This has been an amazingly fun, crazy start to a school year. Our 2nd grade position became, well....available...unfortunately, so I stepped in until they could find someone. Let me tell you...this has been an awesome experience. I loved teaching these baby dolls. It was wonderful. But, tomorrow I go back to teaching 142 sweethearts. And, I'm excited to get back to Music. La...la....la...la!! :)

Sir Will started Kindergarten! What a monumental occasion in the Neimer Household! It was full of fun and total excitement from Willie Pie. He LOVES it. And, of course, loves his teacher. (She's fabulous!!) I feel SO blessed she is his teacher.

Taylor is a 3rd grader. Where did my baby go?? She has a fabulous teacher also and is looooving 3rd grade. Tay will learn SO much this year. How wonderful we 3 are together at WBA!!

I'll leave you all with some PRECIOUS pics of my baby dolls. God is good...always.

Here are some pics from Tay's bday party. It was absolutely fabulous! We had the best time.

Tay created centers and even an obstacle course. She is such a little ray of sunshine. Afterwards we all went to Rosati's. Yuuummm!!! Then on to ice cream! *If cake wasn't enough for that one day....ice cream surely would set us over the top!*

My sweet girl is now 9. Wow.

God is good....always.

We got a new patio set. It's really quite wonderful. Our little area is well....little. So, we needed something that would fit. We went to good old "Wal-Marts" and got this little set. Isn't it cute?

Dad and Brad put up a outdoor ceiling fan. I LOVE it! I'll have to get a pic of it soon...It's just so wonderful!

We went and visited with sweet Lindsey and her family. Of course, we had a blast.

This coming week we are going to Corpus with my parents and Brad's parents. We absolutely LOVE the beach and love the condos we are going to. It's literally across the street from the beach....Just pray that hurricane is either GONE or not near us!! We NEED a break before school starts.

God is good....always.

Well, the kids finished swim lessons. Wow...oh...wow! I am so thrilled at their progress. They did so well.

This was Taylor's last year of swim lessons. She can do strokes, dolphin dives, and needs no assistance. So, I feel like her "skills" are up to par if I say...let her swim out into the ocean without me. Wait...I'd NEVER do that!! hahahah But, I do feel confindent with her swimming skills.

Will, on the other hand, has always had a healthy fear of the water. And, he has struggled trusting another person with him in the water. So, on their last day when we could all watch, I was THRILLED to see him ACTUALLY swim to the teacher WITHOUT ANY HELP!! Woo-Hoo! Praise the Lord!!

It was an awesome "Mommy Moment" for me.

God is good....always.

I love cards. I love getting cards. I love giving cards. I love notepads. I LOVE Christmas cards. I love business cards. I love postcards. I love it all. I love giving people a card and they....Ohhhh!! That's so cute!! And, I love to say..yes! Yes it is!!

But, more importantly....I love the story behind the card. I love the meaning of why I am giving it. I love getting a special card from someone and knowing they truly mean their precious words.

I still have the card from Lindsey she gave me moons ago. She was thanking me for loving her...for loving Tay. Sweet baby Taylor was just an infant. I still have the card from my friend Jalayne congratulating me on "expecting" Will's arrival. Brad still has the cards I sent him from England while I was student teaching....

So, if you are given a card from me...it's from my heart. My cards now come from a friend...who is part of our adoption story. She was the social worker for Will's adoption through Buckner. She is now a SAHM and a card-entrepreneur. She's made our Christmas cards, my Mommy business cards, cards for fun, cards for encouragement, notepads, teacher gifts, and soon to be Tay's bday cards. I love her designs and more importantly I love her heart for Christ.

Go check out her link in my favs and tell her Shelley sent ya.

God is good....always.

Georgia was amazing. I am in awe of God's goodness when we travel to different parts of the country/world. As we drove through northeastern Georgia the kids were so incredibly shocked at how magnificent the terrain was. I kept asking...does this look like Waco? Both kids would yell...NO!!!

We went as fast and furious as we could while in GA. I mean, you only live once...might as well get all the fun in while you can! We went tubing in the Nantahala River. Brad took a bit of a "tumble" out of his tube....you might want to ask him about that yourself. We saw the Biltmore Estate in N.C. Did you know that there are approximately 10,000 volumes of books in George Vanderbilt's Library? That's just a tad larger than the Neimer Family Library....

We panned for gold. The kids thought this ROCKED!! We rode a train from a cute, tiny town called Dillsboro to Bryson City, NC. Tay and Will loved it!! Once we stopped in BC, we went to a train museum and got ice cream.

In Atlanta, we went to the World of Coca Cola. How delicious!! We drank more Coke products than we thought HUMANLY possible. We all felt water-logged. Or Coke-logged I suppose. We drank drinks from every continent. STEAR CLEAR from a product called Beverly.

And, to top it all....we got to spend time with my college roomie...Angela and her family. Ask my kids...what was your favorite part? And, they'll respond...Auntie Angela!! Their home is so warm and inviting nestled among the trees in Dahlonega. The kids played perfectly together. Will cried as we left...he missed his friends. It was such a blessing to spend time with them. It was good for my heart.

Oh, and Sir Brad went white water rafting with Chris, Angela's hubby. They had a BLAST!!! And, he didn't tumble out of this one...like he did in the tube.

God is good...always.

Well, here it is! My first entry into my new blog! How fun! I debated on a title for this blog. I even asked Taylor her opinions. But, wouldn't you know? My opinionated daughter didn't have an opinion! So, I ended up with Matthew 6:26 which is my verse.

Matthew 6:26 - Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

I adore this....when we were trying to have a baby...I would recite this verse and look up to the heavens and say....God, you love those dumb birds...I guess you love me! :)

This post is short and sweet. I will post more later when time allows. Allowed time? What is that? Who has free time running around??? Hmmm....that is something I should investigate....