McPherson Marathon: Lots happened in a month!

Ok so it has been a month and for some reason I don't have too many pictures but I do have some stories so here goes.
1. Kelly got to meet her Nene and Papa when then came for a visit with Aunt Jenn and Lucky. It was great because every girl grabbed a person and didn't let go all weekend. Riley loved sitting in Papa's lap and would only jump off occasionally when she noticed Molly who loved talking to Aunt Jenn and chasing cousin Lucky the dog. Kelly found her rightful spot in Nene's arms and would scream when you tried to pry her out. It was a crazy weekend since Jon was on call chaplain, on funeral duty and got to preach but we are so thankful that the grandparents got to visit and the girls got loved on!!
2. VBS - Molly got to go to the preschool class in Vacation Bible School this year and loved telling me what she learned everyday. The second day was a little hard at drop off but by the end of the week it was like see ya mom I want to go to class. We learned to TRUST GOD this year and she would sing to me her trust God song and it was so fun to see her learn things. I got to be in the theatre with Karlyn, my friend who I asked to help me, and we got to see all 200 kids each day and talk about God sightings before showing our video. It was so fun to be able to hear kids seeing God in their life. Also I loved getting to work with Karlyn because she is so fun, loved on Kelly and is really an awesome lady to learn from since she is one stage ahead of me in life.
3. Single Soldiers Retreat - we went with 49 of Jon's single soldiers to Charleston, SC and that was quite the experience. We stayed for part of the night Friday to watch the soldiers play minute to win it games and then well a room full of 49 18-20 year old guys on a Friday night is not the place for 3 young girls since the vocab was not exactly what I wanted them to pick up. The girls loved talking to the guys Saturday morning and afternoon at meals and giggling at their antics.
4. WILD Training for PWOC - I got to go to a training with some leaders in my women's bible study (Protestant Women of the Chapel) in the mountains of GA. WILD stands for Women Intent on Leadership Development so we were taught some leadership skills and mostly that we need Jesus to be the center of everything!! Our theme this year is generation 2 generation and we will be focusing on the goodness of the Lord and how he is faithful from generation to generation - Psalm 145:4.
5. Jon had a weekend alone with the big girls and I got a few texts of funny things: Molly found the marker and drew all over Riley, he had to keep them busy so in 1 day he took them to the park then Monkey Joe's bounce house then Taco Bell then Walmart and then home to sleep, the girls are eating machines, Sunday morning a girl in chapel gave her live to Jesus
6. Jon left for Pre-Ranger School Monday at 2am, if he makes it through the next 16 days then he gets to leave for Ranger school 3 days after he gets back.
7. We got family photos taken by our friend Erica who is a photographer and I am glad we had someone to take them all since with 3 small kids you have to take 20 crazy ones to get 1 good photo! Below are a few of the outtakes and a good one of the girls
8. We have awesome neighbors who have been taking Molly around dinner for an hour or two to play so that I could cook when Jon was here. Both of our neighbors have a girl close to Molly's age and it seems like they alternated who would take her and it was so great!! So one day I braved having 4 kids and took Mikayla with us to Fascinate-U to play with the girls.
9. The girls and I are adjusting to life without Jon and will soon be traveling up to DC to see friends to make the time fly.