September 2022

September is such a great month because the weather starts to cool off a little, holiday fun begins and Cowboy football season starts too. 

One of my favorite things is introducing partners so that they can befriend and support one another. 

Madelyn loves one on one dates and especially going to Pink Wasabi for some pink noodles. 

Another meeting with wonderful women. 

We usually paint pumpkins at the beginning of September. 

Madelyn made the fox, I made some minions and Ezra made Snuggles, our dog. 

We love fall crafts. 

For my birthday we had a coffee table made. It is beautiful and the chairs underneath it are so great functionally. We have already played lots of games here. We didn't have a coffee table for the last 8 years because the kids needed the extra space to crawl and run around but now that they're bigger we do more activities at tables. 

All the fall decor that we have gathered over the years. I love pulling it out at the beginning of September and decorating the house. 

Madelyn's class went on a field trip and I joined as a chaperone. 

They went to an archeological museum. 

This is Madelyn and her very best friend from school, Shireen. 

We love having the guys over for Cowboys night. 2 are from Texas and 1 from South Carolina has converted to a Cowboys fan. 

We always make fun desserts and good food. 

Pumpkin Spice Lattes arrived to Starbucks so we had to go have our first fall drink. 

I love taking the kids out to the village with me. This day we went right after school. 

They changed into play clothes once we arrived. They love all the animals. 

They also love jumping in the watering hole used to irrigate the fields. 

Madelyn is all about nature. 

Enjoying a cooler morning with the dogs and the plants. 

Ezra loves chicken pot pie, but Luke does not, so when Luke travels I usually put it on the menu. I like to use cookie cutters for the biscuits to make it extra festive. 

Decorating cookies with school and church friends. 

Madelyn had a presentation at school. 

So did Ezra a different day to show what they are learning and gain public speaking skills. 

I love being on the golf course with this crew. 

A photo we sent to Luke while he was traveling of our fall themed mug cakes. 

Another beautiful day on the course. 

There is a new trampoline park that opened and we are so excited!! 

 

August 2022

After a long, amazing family vacation, we settled back into life in Chandigarh. 

The kids were so excited to start back on their soccer team. They are on the same team alongside other kids from their school, grades 1-5. They play for Striker's Football Academy. They even got uniforms! 

Most Fridays they play a "friendly match" with another academy that is run by their coaches brother across town. I never imagined my kids would be on a soccer team and play games. What a blessing! 

We almost always go to Casa Bella Vista for dinner when we first come back to town. They have a real brick oven and make great pizza. 

 

Madelyn working hard on her UpWords Reading workbook. 

When the weather is beautiful we love to sneak away to the golf course together. 

We were in the States when Sadie turned 5 years old so we had a belated party for her with our traditional brownie cake and pup cakes for the dogs. 

The kid's school had a party for August 15th, which is Independence Day. They got to wear "traditional wear" and pack a party tiffin. They both looked SO adorable. 

On August 15th they had a school holiday. We made our traditional orange and green pancakes and wore orange and green shirts. 

Madelyn is my helper in the kitchen. 

Making our traditional Independence Day cookies. 

We had our friends over for dinner and played games.

The adults played games too. It was a BLAST! 

Our cute pups. 

Madelyn loves walking Snuggles. 

The kids and I like to go to Oven Fresh together. We order dessert first then share the pasta for our meal.  

My garden helper. 

Another evening at soccer practice. They play on an astroturf field that is on top of a cross fit gym. The trainers at the gym are also the coaches for the kid's functional fitness class (PE) at school. 

We still love going to Chili's for a night out. The fact that the decor is the same as Texas is just wonderful. 

It has been so amazing to have the kids in school regularly and be able to get out regularly with ladies again. 

Our team mate and a partner both had their birthday the same week so we celebrated with cake, dinner out and bowling. 

We have gone to a few great PGA tournaments this year and the kids worked hard to get a lot of signatures from the players. We hung them in our upstairs middle room and it looks great. 

A lazy afternoon of painting with the kids. 

Luke brought home some light sabers for the kids. 

Fall is around the corner which calls for mug cakes with Reeses's Pieces on them.