Schmindergarten...

{kindergarten: noun, a school or 

class for very young children}

or as Ethan would say...

schmindergarten!

Well, we've been just started our second week

of kindergarten!

{LOVED our long lazy weekend 

in Amarillo, pics to come!}

Here's a look at Miss Emma's 1st Day of Kinder!

About to be a big Kindergartener!

{In bed early, teeth brushed, clothes laid

out, bedtime story read!}

 We got up bright and early to eat 

some yummy breakfast burritos,

and to take lots {and LOTS} of pictures!

Ritchie got Emma her very own string 

of real pearls for her special day!

{He's THE BEST Daddy!}

 I've done some research on George A. Rush on

ancestry.com and found that he IS in fact Emma's 

Great, great, great, great Grandfather!

{How COOL is that?}

George's daughter, Mary D. Rush married

Christopher Lane. They had a son named

Joseph, who had a son named Thomas {Tom}

who had a son, Robert Alan Lane{my father in-law} 

who then had my handsome hubby, 

Richard Thomas Lane + Jennifer Ashley Lane =

*Emma Grace Lane

*Abigail Elizabeth Lane

*Ethan Thomas {after Roberts dad}Lane

*Sophie Belle Lane

Sorry to bore you, I just find that fascinating!

I also find it interesting that all of the land that

present day Texas Tech University is on was

once Rush Ranch, later donated to the University

by the Rush family. Our neighborhood was also

once Rush land! Just neat how we are connected to it!

Our house, Emma's school, all Rush land!

The Lord definitely had his hand

 in the purchase of our home! :)

Okay, back to the pics :)

 Cutie 

 Trying to sneak a pic of Emma & Ethan

{he's in the anti-pic stage of life, you know,

the terrible two, drop to the ground screaming

stage any time a camera is in sight-stage :/}

 Off she goes...

{at this very moment I wanted to grab her, freeze time,

and keep her this way forever, sweet, innocent little girl.

She'll never not be in school again til after college :/ 

Slow down time! You're just flying by!}

I'm not emotional about it at all... :/

 3 of my little loves!

 This is the 'before' Abby pic...that smile

wont be around long... :(

 Little Miss Emma Grace

Enjoying her breakfast at her desk

{They serve breakfast in their

 class every morning!}

Daddy getting his 'goodbye hug'

I totally held it all together until Ritchie had 

to carry Abby out of Emma's class sobbing 

and sobbing....literally one of the saddest moments 

my memory :( I lost it as we walked down the hall

and out the door. And the tears didn't stop there...

we {Abby & I} cried all day long :(

Change is hard, on everyone. Even if its 

a good change. Realizing that our little girl

is growing up, that she's in school now til

she graduates from college and is out of our home.

I know that she is going to flourish and learn

so many wonderful things! It's just hard to

let them go!

And the 'after' Abby pic.. she was SO sad, 

wouldn't even look at the camera :(

 Getting our minds off of missing Emma

at the Science Spectrum!

I laid Abby down for a nap in her own bed

and found her like this :( she really missed

her sissy!

Sweet Sophie Belle napping away!

I counted down the minutes til I could go

and get her! And finally...

my first glimpse of her!!!

 she already looks bigger!

 my beauty!

the Reunion!

 Emma & her baby sis!

Well, we had a great first week, both

Emma at school and Abby, Ethan, Sophie and

I adjusting to our new routine! I started 

my Fall Bible Study at FBC, we are doing 

Esther and I am LOVING it! Abby starts PreK-3 

tomorrow...pics and an emotional blog post are sure

 to follow!