Evan's First Field Trip

Yesterday I had the honor of going to Huber's with Evan's class. It was so much fun!

It was Evan's first time riding a school bus, and boy, was he excited!


We went to Huber's, where we got a tour about how they pick and package their apples, then got to go to the pumpkin patch. Each kid got to pick their own pumpkin to take home.

Here is Evan with his pumpkin.


After picking pumpkins, we had lunch, then play time. I was responsible for keeping up with Evan and his classmate, Abdullahi.

Here are a few pictures of them having fun.

After play time it was time to go back to school for their "fall party". I stayed and helped out with the party. It was such a fun day! I am so blessed to be able to do things like this with Evan. I look forward to many more class parties and field trips with both Evan and Gracie! :-)

STUDENT OF THE MONTH!!

This past Friday we had the honor of going to Wilkerson Elementary School to see our awesome son receive the Student of the Month award!! He was chosen by his teacher and the award was given based on "respect and effort". So cool! We are so proud of him! Congratulations Evan!!

*****BIG BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!*****

After a year and a half of prayers by a lot of people, it has happened!!!!
NICK IS GETTING TRANSFERRED TO LOUISVILLE! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
We are so excited. It could happen in as little as five to six weeks-yay!! Thank you to everyone who prayed for us. We are truly blessed!!

One Week Later...

One week later and still no big news! Well, we did have another fish die. That makes 3. "Anakin" decided to be adventurous the other night and jump out of the fish tank. How he found the two inch open spot in the lid is beyond me. It was very traumatic for me to be walking across the living room Monday morning to find a dried out Anakin on the floor. My plans to let Nick sleep in quickly vanished as I ran into the room and woke him up. (You didn't think I was going to be the one to pick him up and flush him, did you??)

Evan seems to be taking the death of the fish well. Actually, it doesn't seem to phase him that much at all.

So, Monday Nick went to Feeder's Supply and bought three new fish to replace the three dead fish. We'll see how long they'll last! :)

Been a while...

Well, since being home from Florida, we haven't had much excitement! Let's see......what has happened around here?

*Gracie went poo-poo and pee-pee on the potty :)...one time, no more. :( She loves to go sit on the potty, but most of the time she tells us she has to go she has just gone in her pull-up. We'll get it down soon (I hope)

*Nick started a new shift at work. 8:30-4:30-he started yesterday. It was different having him home for dinner! We are really excited about him being home on weekends and in the evenings.

*Today was Parent-Teacher conference day. I met with Ms. Johnson, Evan's teacher. She had a lot of good things to say about him! He seems to be doing great. She said he knows pretty much everything that he should know at this point, and is doing great with attitude and work habits. His daddy and I are very proud of him!!

That is about it for now. Like I said, not too much excitement in the Rice household at this time.