Early in the week we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong who had just returned from their adventures out west to visit Sean, Max, and Charlotte in Arizona and the Scotts in Texas. Finn was really excited to see them! He spent some time on Grandma’s lap looking through photos of his cousins Max and Charlie. And he really loves his dinosaur shirt and hat that Geema and Papa brought back for him. He’s been sleeping every night with his new mammoth too (I think sleeps with at least 7 animal friends now!).   On Wednesday Griffin and I headed to his preschool orientation at Northwest Presbyterian Christian Academy.  It was a short visit where he was able to meet his teachers, see his room, and play for a bit to get familiar with everything. He walked right it and started playing with the toys they had setup in various areas. His preschool class, the Guppy’s, meets in one of the rooms he has been in during the nursery hour at church on Sunday mornings so he is pretty familiar and comfortable there. I didn’t take any photos, other than this one of a perfect rainbow that we saw on our drive over to school. This was taken right by the zoo at Riverside Drive and Powell Road. We had a super busy weekend as we hosted a cookout with family, friends, and neighbors on Saturday. We all had a really fun time and I just didn’t make a point of snapping any photos – though I now wish I had! On Sunday we hosted another cookout as a kick-off for our new church C-group that is forming. That was a lot fun and we got to know our new pastor and his wife and kids as they are going to be in our group. We’re looking forward to this new group as the format will be a bit different than we’ve done in the past. The women meet once a month, the men meet once a month, and we will have one family gathering a month.

And here are just a couple of random shots from the week. Finn has been back to really liking and asking for his “nola” bars, Cam is hanging out on her bed, and Lily strikes a pose. Cam has actually  been doing really well lately. Both days during the cookouts she walked all throughout the yard (to scavenge for food) and was pretty active for those several hours. I was impressed! And Lily remained in our yard even with people coming and going and the gate being open the entire time.