Abby's 7th Birthday

{SEVEN}

September is always a fun

month in our house, school is

in full swing, we all enjoy getting

back in to a regular routine!

Don't get me wrong--summer is great and all,

but I do love having a regular routine! 

Regular is a relative term I suppose, 

being that Ritchie spent the first 2.5 months 

of our 'routine' in Fort Worth finishing up his job,

as well as a few other 'honey do' things that needed

to be done as we listed our house on the market.

--Did I mention that he is working full time,

and he's also finishing his masters degree?

All while being a wonderful husband and 

the worlds best Daddy! 

We all kinda like him! ;) 

Ok, back to September, and our special

September baby, Abigail Elizabeth! 

Also known as Abby Beth, or Bethie! 

We asked Abby what she wanted to 

do this year for her birthday. She smiled 

thoughtfully, and quietly said, 

'I'd like to go camping'

Seeing that we have packed most of our entire

house there was no chance of that happening

since all of our camping gear was packed away.

So...we decided the next best thing to camping

{or even better in this Momma's opinion :)}

Was to go to our family cabin in Angel Fire! 

LaneCrew News!

We've got some exciting news~

some of you may know, or have been

speculating from fb...

We are moving home, to Amarillo!

It's bittersweet.

We love FW.

We love Amarillo.

We prayed about it.

Knew that this was what God 

wanted for our sweet family, 

and loaded up the kids, new school

clothes, supplies and all and drove to
Amarillo to let Emma & Abby start the first 

day at their new school. Instead of starting at our 

beloved Lone Star, falling in love all over again

with everyone there only to move a month later.

Whew! Life has literally been a 

whirlwind that past couple of weeks! 

The Wednesday before school started 

Ritchie got a call and an offer from 

Pantex, {back home in Amarillo}

Let me back up a bit,

Back in July Ritchie got a call 

from Pantex asking him if he wanted

to come interview the following week.

They worked out the details and Pantex

flew him in the following Tuesday for a 

Wednesday morning interview. 

The interview could not have gone better,

two of the people interviewing him had moved 

from Keller to Amarillo to work at Pantex 

{small world...}

AND they both were Texas Tech grads

{double whoa!} 

Needless to say they had a lot in common!

They told him to expect to hear from them 

in 1-3 weeks...

In Pantex time that actually meant 5 weeks...

Anyhoo, we went about our normal lives, 

but in the back of our mind we dreamed

of the possibility of moving home! 

We have missed our sweet little home town 

since the day we moved to Lubbock,  

and then to Keller!

Fast forward, 5 weeks. 

We got a call, he was their 'top candidate' 

and to expect an offer the following Monday

{YES, Monday, the 1st day of school Monday...}

Imagine my freak out...

The girls started school on Monday, had a great

first day and Tuesday Ritchie and I drove back to 

Keller with E & S to start packing/decluttering/purging

and getting ready to list our house :( 

We LOVED our little neighborhood and LOVED

our school. That has been, hands down, the hardest

part about this whole process! We loved the teachers, friends,

amazing principal. Lone Star is the best school in the world as far

as we are concerned. But we have dreamed of,

 {and prayed for} the day that we could

move home closer to friends  & family!

Everything so far has gone seamlessly. 

Answered prayer. 

The girls love their new school!

Ethan loves his new school!

Answered prayer.

We are so thankful for our parents

who have graciously opened their homes

to us while we are in the in-between stage of 

selling our home/searching for our new home!

They've volunteered to be taxi drivers,

baby sitters and so much more and we could not be more

thankful to be blessed with such an amazing support system! 

Answered prayer.

Ritchie has several more weeks in FW before he'll 

be able to join us in Amarillo, for now  

he is living for the weekends

when he gets to see us! 

He's coming to Amarillo this weekend

and we cannot wait! 

Here's a few pics of the first days/week of school for 

Emma, Abby & Ethan!

Our back to school Mani/Pedi tradition with Mammy!

 Precious Abigail on her 1st Day as a 1st grader!

{kinder and 1st graders have to wear tennis shoes

  every day to school :( bummer!} we are adjusting!

 Precious Emma Grace on her 1st Day as a 3rd grader!

{I still cannot believe that my baby is a 3rd grader ;( 

when in the world did she get so big!}

Sweet sweet sisters who are pretty much inseparable! 

 morning cuteness!

and then there's this adorable little fella...

Ethan's 1st Day of PreK! 

{Little Ritchie...literally, he's totally his mini!}

Ethan & Molly are so excited to be 

at the same school this year!

 couldn't love them any more...<3 

<3 <3 <3 <3 

We are excited to see where this new 

path that the Lord has placed before us leads!

Fort Worth friends, you will all be missed!
Thankful for our time we got to spend with each of you!

Amarillo friends!

Excited to see more of you!

Hurry up October! 

:)

Winding down!

This School year is winding down

and quickly coming to a close!

I can't believe that Abby's almost not 

a Kindergartener anymore, and that Emma's

almost not a 2nd grader anymore. 

{sniff :( }

I am excited for a summer spent 

with my precious girls! 

This blog post is just a little of this 

and a little of that, catching up!

{a day in the life!}

Pedi's with my girls!

 {they only had one Hello Kitty 

chair, so they took turns :)}

hiking at the Fort Worth Nature Center!

sweet snuggly sisters! 

Sophie & her sweet little friend, Ryan! 

Mammy & Juju came and had lunch with E&A! 

Such a fun treat!

Bedtime Stories with Mammy :) 

Ethan & Abby were fighting, so their punishment,

hugging and touching noses! 

{Ethan loved it, Abby, well, not so much! Haha!}

Sweet Emma Grace moved up a level in Kumon!

Smarty Pants! 

'E'than day in PreK! 

Morning E&A pics are my fav! 

Easter egg ahuntin' with the #lanecrew6 

Precious babies! 

FW Bontanic Gardens! 

I'm obsessed with these white trees! 

cuteness overload! 

cannot believe she's an almost 8 year old! 

E & S  

 I love this 'down on one knee' pep talk from Baboo,

Mammy said this was a view she knew well, but 

it was Poppy & Baboo many years ago!

The kids found 'Poppy' flowers! 

Emma's Bestie, Harper's birthday party!

Abby got a pet hermit crab...

{no, we do not still currently have him, 

nor will we ever own one again!} 

#emmabby 

Zoo fun with Bubbie & Soph 

#emmabby 

working hard on her Kumon! 

Sophie & Ryan! 

#bubbiesoph 

Lunch fun with the Kinder crew! 

bring on summer! and more Melanie Shankle! 

hiking at Bear Creek Park trails! 

Ethan spotted a 'Poppy Truck' as we were 

leaving church! He was so excited!

Now anytime we're driving anywhere, he 

is constantly talking about trucks!

Cute little mini Ritchie/Robert! 

Finally able to fit Minnie in the garage!

Yes! 

this baby... 

Emma was having a spectacular day! 

#bubbiesoph 

Family Date night to Movie Tavern!

After dinner & a movie, we explored along the river!

Dowtown FW is lovely!

 so there's this boy... <3 

Claire & Abby

Bestie dinner at Lone Star Chickfila night! 

beauties! 

 Science museum fun with Sophie!

#canthandlehiscuteness <3  

Birthday fun with Claire! 

#emmabby 

Little fish!

#thisbaby

Girls day with Juju! 

 Jenna's Bridal shower!

3 of 4 passed out in Mammy & Poppy's bed! 

this was hilarious, it is a website that

looks at a pic and guesses the ages of people 

in the pic, it said that I was 25.

Yes.

I'll take it!

It also said Ritchie was 35! 

haha! 

again, I'll take it! 

{I only give him a hard time bc he's actually a few months 

younger! AND he never lets me forget it!} 

It also said that Ethan was a 4 year old girl...#timeforahaircut

 The other day Ethan packed himself a 

snack to take to the park...haha, if anyone

needs any spoons, we've got them! 

 #bubbiesoph

The Splash pad is finally open! 

Yay!

{sidenote, this was the only day in May that it didn't rain...}

Abby's precious Kindergarten program!

THE cutest Bunny in Kindergarten! 

#wildhairdontcare 

Abby even had a few lines!

Cutest Bunny & Fox around!

 #bestkinderteacherever! 

We are going to miss Mrs. Coker!!

After the kinder program we got to see Abby's 

special watercolor art! 

Impressive for a 6 year old!

Abby & Claire on their field trip 

to the Perot Museum in Dallas! 

sweet little class! 

 

 Miss attitude...

#stud 

Sophie & Ryan helped deliver Sonic 

Drinks to all the teachers at LSE during 

Teacher Appreciation! Cute little buds! 

cupcake date with Daddy! 

Warning...extreme cuteness overload!

Abby's dance costumes are so ridiculously cute!

This day was picture day!
Her recital is coming up in June!

she says this one is her fave!

LSE's Field Day! 

 Ethan even got to join in the fun!

Abby's sweet little friend Claire is moving to 

a nearby town, they are both so so sad they

wont see each other as much next year :(

but they will be forever friends! 

And there's always playdates :)

{at least its not China!} 

2nd grade cuties! 

Emma & her sweet friend, Sara!

Ethan joined the kinder boys for the 

boys vs girls competition! He did awesome!

 Sweet friends!

Training him early!

His future wife will thank me some day!

One more week of school 

and then we'll blow this popsicle stand 

and we'll be Amarillo Bound for 

Juju & Seesaw's Wedding!!

Can't wait!!