It's fall y'all!

We've been back to school for five weeks now. Maverick is finally in kindergarten and is doing very well. Matthew is really working hard this year and has a much better attitude towards his schoolwork. Hmmm, maybe he's just happy that his little brother has less full time. Justin is in 8th grade and his favorite subject is science. I got to meet my youngest nephew for the very first time on Sept. 18th. My brother and Jacy came out to California for 5 days. Jacy is 12 and in 7th grade. He lives with his mom and two sisters in Indiana. He is on the cross country team and plays the clarinet in the band. He also has a girlfriend and a myspace page. He's looking forward to going to New York with his band next spring. It was so fun spending time with my brother getting caught up again. His job is going well and he was just got a promotion. He's also leading a mission team and going on a two week mission trip to St. Vincent in January. We had a busy time while they were here.
We had a BBQ and swam at my folks house, went to La Jolla cove for exploring and snorkling, they went to Hollywood and Santa Monica on their own, followed by a day at Sea World, and the last day a trip to an indoor go-kart race track and a final dinner together. I put together a photo book as a gift to them using mypublisher.
It only took about an hour to choose the photos and arrange and place the order. The books arrived today and I was very pleased with the quality of the book and the photos. I got the paperback version that has 20 pages. It was only $10 plus shipping for each book. Last Saturday, Sept. 29th I went with a group from my church including Dan and Justin, to help a mission in Tijuana, Mexico. This was my very first mission trip and I hope it won't be my last. 180 kids attended our one day VBS at the communtity center. The children left with big smiles. We gave them a bag of food and a goodie bag and another church gave them lunch and a backpack full of school supplies. We hope to go back before the end of the year.