October 09

This blog is dedicated to Nana and Pop!! For those of you who may not know Richard's dad is going through Radiation and Chemo for 7 weeks for throat cancer. Clayton and Ashlyn are missing their Nana and Pop GREATLY! Almost every morning they ask me on the way to school if Pop is ok and if it is near time to see them. I explain that Pop is still taking medicine and hopefully it will make him well enough for us to see him at Thanksgiving. Please pray for Jim Faucett you can see how he is doing on his caringbridge site http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jimfaucett . I am going to try to keep this up to date so Nana and Pop can see what the kids are up to because I know they are missing them GREATLY also. They usually come to all of their events so hopefully the videos will help a little.

We have been EXTREMELY busy during the month of October. Tonight is Halloween so watch for cute Halloween pictures coming soon!! This month we have had Ashlyn's second gymnastic meet, revival at the church, and the kids have sang in church.

Clayton's class had cowboy day at school and here is a picture of him dressed like a cowboy. Clayton is still enjoying school. He is learning so much. He loves to do homework with Ashlyn. He has workbooks at the house that he sits and does his 'homework'. He is growing like a weed and is obsessed with pregnant bellies :) He was very sad to know that Friday was the last time he would see Amy's pregnant belly.We then had Ashlyn's gymnastic meet in Valdosta. The meet was held by Dream It out of Tifton and it was in the Lowndes gym. Ashlyn did really well and tied her all around score from the previous meet. This was despite a fall on floor (freak accident) but she was ok. It looks like her arm just gives way under her. Her scores Bars 8.35 (her highest bar score), Beam 8.1, Floor 7.350, Vault 8.5, and AA 32.30. She placed 4th on Vault, Bars, Beam and 3rd on AA. She did not place on Floor :( .

This is a picture of the gym we were in:

Here are the MG Level 3 team being introduced Ashlyn is second on the right.Here is where she got her medal for All Around (3rd place) in the 7 year old division

Clayton did VERY good watching the girls compete but he did not like the awards.

Next we had a wonderful, well needed revival at the church. It is really awesome how God is working within the men in our church. It makes me very excited about the future of our church. The first night of revival the children sang. The first video is of Ashlyn's choir and the second is of Ashlyn's and Clayton's choir singing together (Clayton's choir did not sing by themselves). Ashlyn was singing on the second video but she is too far right for you to see. I was sitting in front of Richard helping direct and he could not see her from where he was sitting.

We got to go see our precious little gift from God today!! I stayed strong and we did not find out if it is a boy or girl. Everything looked good! It is so awesome to see the works of God that he is growing in me. I am VERY excited!!

SUMMER UPDATES, NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND FIRST GYMNASTIC MEET

Ok I know it has been WAY too long since I have blogged but there has been a lot going on in the Faucett family. Summer vacation came and went WAY too fast and yes I do love summers off with my kids so I pray that will not be taken away! Here are some of my favorite shots from this summer.

We spent part of the summer

Spending time with family.

Chilling in the Grass and Playing in the Water

Looking for Fireworks
Attempting Swimming Lessons

Being SerenadedCompleting Home ImprovementsAnd Finding Out We Were Expecting A Surprise From God Himself

Then started the new school year. I must admit I was quite nervous about how Clayton would settle into PreK at RB Wright. He has far surpassed my expectations. He loves school (even though he does not like the ride on the bus to my school in the afternoons). Here is a picture of Clayton's first day of school.
Ashlyn started 2nd grade this year. She is doing great!! She loves her teachers even though she complains about having to do work sometimes. She has matured a lot in the last few months. Here is a picture of her first day of school.

Clayton's First Field Trip

Last but not least Ashlyn just had her 1st gymnastic meet of this season. It was a home meet and I could tell a BIG improvement!! She was able to get her leg through for her shoot through for the first time in a meet even though she fell backwards. Her score was rather low on bars in my opinion seeing she had never done that skill before and it was her next to lowest score but hey I am not a judge. She had her highest beam score 8.5 for 2nd place, her highest vault score 8.5 for 6th place, on floor she made a 8.1 (she looked GREAT one little problem with her hands) for 3rd place, and a 7.2 on bars for 4th place. She had her highest all around score 32.3 for 4th place. Next stop is Valdosta in a few weeks! Sorry the Vault video is blurry.