Bragging

Today we went to Julia’s school for the awards ceremony.  I expected a few awards but she walked away with many.  Here they are…
Highest academic average in…

        Bible
        Algebra
        words per minute
        Physical Science
        English/Literature
        WV History

A/B Honor Roll
 She also took first place in the monochromatic drawing, for the state of WV, at fine arts.

Sadie?

Look what we brought back with us from SC.  This is our new little dog Sadie.  I think.  We are still tossing it around to make sure we all agree on it.  As many of you know, we went to SC this weekend for Meredith’s shower and Hannah’s graduation.  While we were at the graduation, [...]

Blessings

My dress for Nathan’s wedding finally came last Friday after more than 4 weeks on order and it is beautiful.  But boy is it “fitted”.  When I measured for the size, i even went up a size and it is a good thing I did.  I would definitely not be able to get in a [...]

My Mother’s Day

Nothing could be more thrilling than to have all your children with you on Mother’s day.  Nathan and Meredith surprised me by showing up late Friday night and stayed for the weekend.  We had a few things we had committed to Saturday, but were able to go to the park to walk the dogs and [...]

My Future Best Friend (repost)

Yesterday I bragged about about my boys and no doubt they are special. But as a mom I realize that as my daughter grows up she will probably be the one I develope a close friendship with.  I am aware that at this point in her life her need is for me to be her mother [...]

My Favorite Friends

Several years ago during a meal at a restaurant,  I realized something I had never realized before.  Both my sons were now adults.  Not only were they adults, but they were just great people.  Now let me assure you that raising them was not the easiest task in the world.  They talked a lot, they asked a [...]

The Best Job in the World

Sunday is Mother’s Day and I wanted to just let you know that for the next couple of days I will be doing a couple of re-posts that I  did a while back, in honor of this holiday.  I will probably do the first one tomorrow. 
I really do feel blessed to be a mom.  No matter [...]

Precious Mommy Moments From the Past

With Mother’s Day coming up, I wanted to do a little something in honor of my wonderful children.  Though I know Mother’s Day is to honor those of us who are mothers,  I just have to say that my children make it more of a privilege.  They are wonderful and have blessed by life beyond what I [...]