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Ok, first of all Wow!  I did not realize it has been so long since I've blogged!  I've had several requests lately to "keep up with the blog", we're missing what's happening with The Livingstons!  So here's a quick over view....

Our summer officially came to an end on August 15th when Emma & Anna started school!  Emma is in 3rd grade and Anna is in Kindergarten!!!  They are loving school!  This year we were able to put Lizzy in preschool at church.  It works out so well, she rides with Jody to work in the mornings, and he takes a late lunch, picks her up and heads home to eat with Jack & I.  She only goes to school Monday-Thursday which is perfect because Jody has Fridays off too :)  Lizzy is absolutely LOVING preschool, she missed the cutoff for Kindergarten by 1 day, according to all her testing she is really ready for Kindergarten.  We could have pushed the issue and started her this year, but she and Anna would have been in the same grade and Jody & I decided it was best to leave her where she technically belongs, cutoffs are for a reason :)  Jack is potty-trained!!!  Can I get a woot-woot?  I had decided we would start "potty training" when Lizzy went off to preschool, but the Thursday before she started he decided he wanted to wear underwears...he really had few accidents during the day and was definitely NOT waking up at night so I put pull-ups on him at night and at naptime.  But he's been "underwears" only (all the time) for about a week now & he's done great!  He still has a problem with code browns, he must be scared of the potty because he goes in the bathroom a million times before he code browns :/  Jody has slowed down a tad at the church, we now have a middle school guy and he has taken a little bit of the load off Jody!  He's also been busy fixing things around the house, like our garage door, camper, Suburban (both), etc.  He is becoming quite the handyman :)  And I've been making bags!!!  Reusable Snack & Sandwich Bags as well as Sandwich Wraps.  I saw them on Etsy and decided I could make them, sat down one day and whipped some up (not as fast as they sound).  I made a set for each of the girls and people started seeing them and wanting to buy them!  So now I've added them to my Etsy site HERE :)  I've also still been couponing and keeping busy with Pampered Chef!  I'll try to get some more updated pictures on here of the kiddos and maybe change the layout a little bit...Jack has become really clingy since all the girls are at school and I find myself being pulled around like a freight train, impersonating "Emily" or "Percy", making trains out of laundry baskets, coloring pictures, all right next to my buddy who doesn't let me out of his site!  We're doing well, staying busy and ready for Fall!!!  Things are going really well at church, we're finishing up our Lesser Things campaign (paying off building debt, new canopies, basic church maintenance), 4 months early I might add :)  And we're going to gear up for our Greater Things Campaign starting soon to build!!!  Don't lose hope, this Mama is working on getting back to some of my old routines and making new ones now that I have only ONE at home with me!  Thanks for not exiling us, namely me for not updating, yikes!  So here are some recent pictures of the kiddos...