A little bit of life lately

Time is marching on y'all!  It's so hard to believe it's late November - in some strange way I feel like I've been waiting for this year to get started.  Such a weird feeling!

It's been a fairly eventful month at our house. One of the highlights was getting away to San Antonio for a few days; Jon scored a great deal at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country where we had spent a weekend in 2019 while he was at a conference there.  We've looked at going back several times, but it was too pricey.  I guess we can thank covid for rock bottom prices, ha.  We all feel like we've maxed out our touristy options for SA, so it was a nice change of pace to stay somewhere that felt all inclusive.  We only left the hotel once, and that was to use a gift card at Texas Roadhouse (thanks, MB!), otherwise we just hung out, playing games, hiking, and swimming.  Just what the doctor ordered.  

We recently took advantage of free museum day to visit the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Henry is working on a persuasive speech and was tasked to choose any piece of Renaissance art, speaking on whether it has a Biblical message or not. It was fun to wander around and be tourists at the museum.  Even more fun to have Jon along since we went in the evening.

Another high of the month is Havalah was accepted into her college of choice! She submitted her application in October, had her interview, and received her acceptance letter a few weeks ago.  We are so proud!  It's a classical Christian college in Houston, and she'll be living at home to save money.  She'll major in English, and hopes to focus on her writing, trying to get a book published before she's 25.  Super proud of her and her strong direction and what she hopes to do!  

A few pics from the month...

Keeping my hands busy on our drive.  With the kids watching dvds in the back, Jon and I listened to Michael Berry on the radio.  

I came into the room and saw these two sitting together, and chewing their lip identically.  Two peas.

This sweet girl is hanging in there! She's nearly 12 and is always by my side. She doesn't make an appearance on the blog very often because she looks away when I pull out my camera lol.  I love this  scottie girl so much. 

And there's this looker.  He's the resident heart throb :)

And my minnie me - we came out of our bedrooms dressed in the same shirts, and with plaid masks :D
  

 My people! :)