So much Fun

What a great week. Only thing missing was Kevin (he was in Chicago for the weekend)

So Happy to be So Blessed

I usually get choked up at church on days like today -- I'm feeling so blessed -- not just for my family, but for my faith and our God! Simple as that. I have a new student this week who is dying of a brain tumor and just breaking my heart. There are lots of ways for people to go, but this particular scenario has me so grateful for every stinking minute with my girls and Kevin and friends and our country and our weather and my job and the strength God gave me to lose 36 pounds and chocolate Easter cupcakes and raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens....

Lifetime!

I finally made my lifetime goal with Weight Watchers and here are my actual before and after photos!

The Ultimate Peep Show

The Ultimate Peep Show

I used to be into all sorts of cerebral stuff....

I used to be into all sorts of cerebral stuff like reading grown up books (I started to write the word 'adult' books, but that sounded wrong ...) and watching the news and attending speeches on topical political events.... now I think about show and tell (sea shells), insurance claims and pre-k registration, among other things. I also think about my child going through anesthesia, like this morning, when I couldn't be there for her! I know her Dad was there, taking care of her, but I still want to be there to cradle her and give her kisses all over before they wheel her back -- okay, okay, so it's just an ear tube replacement procedure, but STILL!!


Little Peanut playing peekaboo with Dad

Such a Perfect Day

We had such a good time at the Braves game yesterday! The girls are getting older and not quite as needy at the games so I could actually watch the game itself. If you want to find bargain tickets to ANYTHING, go to wwww.stubhub.com. We got last-minute tickets for $3.95! In total, we paid $21 for our tickets and the Braves website wanted us to pay $27 each for crappy seats.

Such sweet Turner Field people let us into the Golden Moon Level (thanks Jamie) and the usher let us sit next to Kevin (thanks Kathy) and Noreen joined us for a beer too! The weather was actually chilly, a far cry from two years ago when Frannie and I both almost upchucked from the heat. It was a double header and the girls were starting to tire out so I packed them up during the 9th and Grace started crying, she didn't want to leave her Dad OR MISS THE GAME. She is so related to me. PS She now asks to watch the "blood show" because she also likes emergency room shows. She pulled up her little mini Victorian chair in front of the tv and sat transfixed while they shoved some guy's brains back into his head, I could weep with pride.

Making the most of Spring Break

We went to church yesterday early, out to our favorite Eagle's Landing for breakfast, shopping, to the park, home for nap, to the carnival for a few fun rides (thanks Dawn) and Kevin came home for dinner, yippee!!

It's Always Nice to Be Home

We had a very, very good time in Florida (I don't always say that), but my ailing father and I got to spend some good time together, discussing the meaning of life and how everyone would be so much better off if they would only follow OUR advice and be more like US. Ha ha. My Dad really misses my Mom and is not too sad about the prospect of leaving this Earth to be with her and Jesus. I'm so blessed to have two parents with such strong faith - neither one ever had any doubt (in the slightest) about where they will spend eternity, thanks be to GOD.

We stayed with my cousin Denise and her very thoughtful family. We were treated like royalty! We got to spend some time with my buddy Laura (my friend for 33 years now) and the girls are still covered in tattoos, thanks LaLa (ha ha).

I'm so thankful for my husband, my girls and all my blessings. I wonder what I've ever done to deserve such a rich life. All the hugging and giggling and love we get to share blows me away sometimes. Grace really loves to look at pictures of Jesus and studies him hanging on the cross, so innocently saying things like "his head hurts" (oy, you're not kidding) or she points to her own hand and says "ouch." I bought them a book of saints for girls and Grace went immediately to the page on St. Terese and squealed "Jesus!" pointing to the crucifix she is holding on the page. When she leaves church she always waves and says "Bye Jesus!" Both of my girls teach me a lot.

Today is a snow day. Nah, it's not snowing now, but I'm at work (working real hard, as you can tell), making up for the week of the snow storm we had in January. Our principal gave us the option of making it up as we want, which was awfully nice. He is retiring in May and I for one am going to be sad to see him go. See pic here


We do have a wonderful replacement in Sara Clifford, also an adoptive Mom, who knows and loves our students like David. Bittersweet. Only 7 more weeks of school (then I get to cruise on Carnival .....yeah! Ooops, I mean, I'm going to miss my husband and girls horribly...)