Catching Up With The Curtis Family: God is GOOD!!!

This weekend we have been praising our good Lord above that Doug got a job! He was hired at South Side High School on Friday afternoon to teach Math. We also are pretty confident that he will be coaching the Northrop girl's basketball team as well; however, that will be determined after he has the opportunity to talk with the administration at South Side to confirm they are okay with him teaching at South and coaching at Northrop. We thank all of the wonderful family and friends that have prayed for something good to happen this summer. He will begin his new position starting Monday with professional development.
Meanwhile, we already had plans to have a back to school party with family and friends at Randy and Marilyn Dunbar's home. It ended up being a great evening to celebrate. We had a fun time with everyone and the food was delicious! Thanks for being great hosts, Randy and Marilyn! (I have included a few pictures of the little kids from the evening.)

Garrett (McKenna's future boyfriend! Ha Ha! Boy, he is cute though!)

Brielle sitting on Memaw's lap doing sparklers

Shannon and Camden loving on one another...chocolate and all!

Today, McKenna returned home from her dad's! I am so happy to have her back as this past week was her last week being there for the summer. I had a day of back to school clothes shopping planned for her so we spent all afternoon together trying to find a few things. I didn't go too hog wild because she really needs more winter clothing than anything, so as those clothes become more readily available we will go again. We were on a mission to get two more school suppy items that we hadn't gotten prior...a lunchbox and a (cheap) pair of gym shoes. We were successful with both. We actually got a Vera Bradley lunchbox and then ended up buying a matching tote to go with it. I am a sucker! However, we did find Nike shoes for $19.99. (Now that is my kind of shopping.) Everything else was extremely cheap too. Jeans at Old Navy for $10.00, etc. Below are some pictures of her posing with her new items. I think she is officially ready to go to school. In fact, she has all of her clothes picked out for the week! She is growing up so quickly right before my eyes.