this week.

Hi friends! Sorry I’ve been MIA. My laptop has been at the computer doctor (a.k.a. my brother’s house). It was struggling, to say the least, but he worked his magic, and now five years’ worth of stuff is stored safely away on an external hard drive and I have a new operating system. Hooray!

I’ve been working on some posts about our house and organizing, like I promised. In the meantime, here’s a few photos.

David and I got a date last Thursday night. We went to Five Points for Ethiopian food, then parked on Sumter Street and walked down to the State House to scope out the pre-Confederate flag removal festivities.

We finished off the evening with small-batch ice cream at Sweet Cream on Main Street. Yum. I love date night.

A sweet couple in our church gave us a family membership to the children’s museum, Edventure. We had a membership a couple years ago and the kids loved it. We had a great time showing Gabe and Noah around last week.

Speaking of fun gifts, David’s childhood friend from Maryland, Dan and his wife Katie, sent the kids Terrapins t’shirts. Go Terps!

I’m not a fan of snakes in general, but how cute is this baby one that David and Ams found in the backyard!?

This past week my three big kids went to VBS for the first time! Lexington Pres Church does a Marketplace VBS that immerses the kids in biblical times. This year’s theme was Galilee by the Sea. They all had a wonderful week. Linda kept Noah two of the mornings so I could have some time to myself, then the other two mornings, he and I had adventures with friends in Lexington.

This morning we celebrated our friend Soren’s half-birthday because her birthday is right at the beginning of January. We loved the slip-n-slide and the breakfast theme: chocolate chip pancakes, donuts, fruit, and bacon, with iced coffee for the grown-ups!

And finally, one of these two cuties.

Happy Saturday!