Transition...

Transition is always around the corner. First you transition to having your first child. Then as you add another member of the family, you transition. Then you transition from all being at home all the time to having some at school. Then you transition to having a driver, then having two drivers etc. Then begins the transition of each one leaving. Transition is just part of life. There will always be a transition. You never arrive. So the lesson is to enjoy the day. Take it one day at a time. Enjoy the journey, don't dream of the destination.

 Then there is the transition of the kids coming back. Going from 4 to 6 again was a transition. Larger suppers, more laundry, toilet seats left up and more conversations. All good, after a short home stay, the boys are off again and we are transitioning back to just 4 in the house until the end of June.

 Jason's braiding of Caroline hair while home.

Basketball court in more use with the boys home. Transitions are just another word for living.....

The Choice has been Made

Two things are important in choices for a senior,,,,your next step and your prom dress. Katie Ann has chosen both. She will be attending Birmingham Southern in Birmingham Alabama in the fall. And she searched the Internet for her perfect prom dress which she was very pleased with.

Sr Year.....Run

 Running with some of the State Best. It began as being an alternate but coming out in the wet and cold. Waiting to see .....

 And it was wet.....and chilly but the rain stopped.....

 And two girls dropped out so KA was going to run the Great 8.

Just so happened the girl who dropped out was lane 1. Nice......

Running with some of the fastest makes you runner faster yourself. Two times around the track in 2 minutes, 21:09 second, pacing fifth. Not bad for a girl who use to say she didn't like to run.

Then and Now

Around the Yard

We are very busy going in and out of the driveway. Sometimes I wonder if my teenagers will remember what was in their yard. So I decided to document it.

Scupernong leaves beginning to run...

The one and only Azalea in our yard.....

And the return of a Gerber Daisy of last year....

Never too old

Another plus to having teenagers is the Easter Egg dying get more creative. Katie Ann, Caroline Stephen and a few of their friends spent one evening dyeing eggs probably for their mom's sake. And by the end each person had create a self portrait.

I try to buy a new box each year of something different. This year you add vegetable oil to the dye and it makes marble eggs.

Spring in the South

Spring is here in Tennessee and I just spent a few days in Alabama and the azaleas and dogwood trees were in full bloom. I love the color even though it does not last long. In Tennessee, the color is close.

But for today I will enjoy the pictures of Alabama or actually Georgia.