A new picture for my blog page

The new picture for June is a yellow Lady Slipper. I snapped it last June at my mom's house.

I had to lay down on the ground to get this shot. My guys just roll their eyes and shake their heads at me.

Taking pictures makes me happy :)

A graduation party

We celebrated Clay's graduation last night. Lots of good food, laughter and fun.

Adam and Jared. Jared will be entering the military in August.

On the front porch, the guys were discussing past escapades and planning future ones. There was some mention of jumping off bridges....I gave them the "evil eye" and reminded them of Darwin's law. My heart always skips a beat when I hear these stories....

Zach and Grayson.

..but I'm truly grateful that my boys have good friends. Tried and true friends who stick beside each other. They have strong values and are remarkable young men.

Cage and Colton were fascinated with this pretty young lady.

I realize we all say that the years fly by and babies grow up overnight. Looking at the memory board that I had made for Clay really brought home this fact. Lots of great memories. It seems like only last week I was stressing over a four-year old thumb-sucker....I remember being so worried that he would suck his thumb forever :)

While his dad gave the blessing for dinner last night, he thanked God for protecting Clay all these years and blessing us with a fine young man.

I agree.

Congratulations Clay! May your future be filled with love, opportunities, and adventures.

Graduation 2010

A quick picture before he heads off to Honor's night.
Clay and his Papa.
Me, Clay and Adam. I think I'm the only one in the family that knows how to smile :)

Graduation party is tonight. I'll have more pictures to post tomorrow.

This week...

This week is kicking my rear-end.

End of year standardized testing (thank you NCLB- you big stupid piece of legislation), graduation commitments, a graduation party to plan for, a house that refuses to clean itself, and a laundry pile that seems to grow overnight.

Two more days with students, lots of cooking today after school, graduation cards/presents to purchase, and a million little errands to run.

Top it all off with a possible move at work....which means boxing up all my stuff and moving classrooms....again.

Fun times people....fun times :-)

A graduation quote....

Clay's graduation quote: "Either do it right the first time or don't do it at all." ~Dad

Happy Mother's Day

Please disregard the slice of cake that is missing in the back...I couldn't help myself.

I baked a Sour Cream Pound Cake today in honor of Mother's Day. The recipe came from a treasured cookbook given to me several years ago as a Mother's Day gift.

Adam made the book in 2nd grade. He was so proud of the cookbook. The week before Mother's Day, he kept hinting about a "special" gift he was making at school.

The one recipe from the book that he really wanted me to make was the Sour Cream Pound Cake. I'm not sure why that particular recipe was the one he wanted me to make first but it does make a delicious cake.

So today, in honor of Mother's Day, I followed the carefully handwritten recipe of a seven year old boy.

Happy Mother's Day.

20

Adam just called from the State 4-H Shotgun competition. He shot 20!

5/9/10: Adam just got word that his team placed 4th in the state.