Summer is over and school has begun . . .

Gateway Vacation Bible School 2011
Colin enjoy VBS so much this year! He made crafts, played games, ate snack and lunch, watched videos and learned about people of faith. He was worn out by the time we got home that Saturday ;) Miss Debbie was kind enough to let Colin go around with the 3 yr olds even though he's 2 yrs old! He really had so much fun and enjoyed the interaction with the "big kids." Colin thought that he was "big" too! Wonderful VBS this year, the Lord truly blesses this ministry each year at Gateway.

Colin, Dee, and I did some back to school shopping a few weeks ago during the "no tax" weekend. It was crazy, the mall was packed just like it was the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas! We got some good deals on a few things for CMW and Maddox. The big purchase was Colin's new tennis shoes for school :) Below is Colin enjoying his favorite food at the food court, chicken teriyaki, he loves loves the fried rice and chicken!!!

Colin was so excited about his new shoes that of course we had to wear them out of the store! He then had to be the "big boy" and carry his shopping bag along with his backpack. He is really independent and wants to do everything by himself, NO HELP ;>)

Colin's first day of school August 2011
Colin is attending Gateway Christian Preschool again this year, he is in the 2 year old class with Miss Joan, Miss Kim, and Miss Alishia. It is a huge blessing that Colin and daddy can ride to school/work together :) This is their bonding time, if you didn't know my son LOVES his daddy, they are best buddies!! (Yes, Bubbas had to come to school too!!)

Sean snagged these pics of Colin in his classroom :)

Once we were all home after the first day of school, we celebrated with a little relaxation and a movie!

32 wks and counting!
I had my 32 wk check up a couple of weeks ago. Everything looked great, blood pressure, weight, measurements, Maddox was super wiggly that afternoon and it was hard for Dr. Hoffman to get a good reading on her hear rate, but she finally did and MJW is coming at about 142 bpm, which is perfect! I am happy to announce that I DO NOT have gestational diabetes this time, praise the Lord :) My only hang up is since starting back to work my feet/ankles have decided to rebel, see the pic below! (Trying to stay off them as much as possible, but with my job that is a hard task)

Random cute pics from the last couple of weeks of summer!

Gateway COC Youth Camp 2011

We had our camp the middle of July, in Mississippi, at Gulf Coast Bible Camp. It was a wonderful camp experience, Sean did a fabulous job running everything and we had over 80 campers this year. This was a great year! Colin loves camp, he enjoys every minute outside :) The heat and dirt don't bother him, it just bothered mommy! HA! But we had so much fun!! We brought our ipad and Colin watched movies before nap and bed time, he loved being able to do this. I love how big he looks in the above and below pics, man he is growing and time is flying . . . definitely exciting but a little sad . . .tear!

One day during lunch it started storming, which put a kink in our nap time. So we improvised to stay dry and make it to our cabin for naps ;>) Colin watching Hercules before nap and actually napping.

Below are Colin's many ways of entertaining himself ;>)

Dirty enough???
This year at camp the boy would get soooo dirty, I starting calling him Pigpin. Still cute though!!

Colin enjoying some "Good Morning Camp" fun and activities with Jo Jo!

Colin hanging with Mr. Carl and Colin swinging with Dee :)
Thanks Dee for coming and helping with Colin, it was nice to have a break every once and a while!!

Seeing his daddy on stage with a mic so much makes CMW think he needs to talk in the mic, too ;)

Colin and mommy playing with sidewalk chalk and bubbles, keeping ourselves entertained during bible classes.

Listening to music with daddy, whatever daddy does Colin has to do to! He is his daddy's boy, no doubt about it!

Colin loves John William and John William loves Colin. Thanks JW for playing with CMW so much!!

Sean does a great job being the director of our camp, he is totally awesome at what he does! God has truly gifted Sean for youth ministry. I love you honey!

Shauna, Mary Beth, and Sean hanging out after lunch.
Caroline, Me, and Shauna were volleyball refs every night after dinner, it has become a tradition :) We love volleyball!

One of the things we did for some fun was ride the golf cart. Colin loved this so much! It was a good way to get a break from walking for those of us who are pregnant, and it is just fun to drive those things, especially on the rough camp grounds :>) Colin rode with Mommy and Dee many times, Daddy, and Big Daddy (Steve Hancock)

So I mentioned the heat already, and what other way to beat it than to enjoy some popsicles :) which we did every day!!!

We also went swimming or played in the kiddie pool, totally up CMW's alley! It was hot and we had to cool off so how. I love the pic below, Colin looks so big swimming around. We usually had our own private swim time before lunch, it was nice having the pool to ourselves. Normally we would have swam with the girls, but that was always during Colin's nap, so we altered our swim time :>)

Colin and Jane having fun!

I am sure you can tell from a lot of these pictures that my son has figured out how to "cheese!!" He is really good at it :)