Some Pictures Make me Smile...

There are some pictures that make me smile. ..And feel a little sad. For 13 years I have been going to soccer games. This was Stephen's final year in soccer. The year he has been waiting for. All 10 of these seniors have worked hard. They were all starters. They are all good soccer players. They were state ranked. They won their District and by a fluke lost a game that ended their season way too soon.

But this pictures reminds me of how some may feel a season is wasted because of the outcome; this bunch did not waste their season. They worked hard on the soccer field but they also enjoyed the journey of the season. Stephen came home saying what fun he had. He had fun playing soccer games they had lost and fun just practicing. He had fun on the games out of town and he had fun winning. The journey was fun. They took the game very serious but they also loved the game.


I hope I remember that. I sometimes am in such a hurry to get to the end of a project, I forget to live in the moment and enjoy the journey. These pictures were taken on Sr night after a serious Sr picture. What good memories and hopefully life long lessons.

Last day in a Chapel Uniform

How do you put 11 years in one blog post. You don't. Eleven Years, four children, Twenty something History Fair projects, 100 games of some sort, Five championships, 26 art folders, lots of books read, and many chapel days. I am so grateful that part of my children's journey were days spent where people poured into them the Word of God. Some Chapels were discussed over dinner, some were ignored, some kindled something in their hearts. After 11 years of Chapels at PCA, we are turning in the plaid. There are still other ways they get God's Word spoken into them, but I will miss knowing that every Wednesday, there was a nugget.

May again....

Here we are again at another May month. Filled with soccer games, track meets, graduation invitations, finals, returning college freshman home for a week, mosquitoes and then some. Stephen is days away from graduation. Classes, studying, soccer games are a thing of the past until college I hope.

Three years apart. KA (on left) is older by 3 years but little sister is definitely catching up .

And the returning freshman home for a week before his next adventure. When arriving to J dorm, he had all his clothes packed (below). Did not know what was clean or dirty so I did a lot of washing...

Good Reminders

Having a three year old is a good reminder: Reminders that make me smile: Things like:
"Mamma Bass, Wanna go outside"
No Alive I think I would get too cold.
"Ah you will be allright"

"Just one more time"
"I will be right back"
"Can I come back tomorrow"

Dyeing Eggs................

Who knew that egg dyeing would be as fun as teenagers as when they are younger. Actually more fun because you don't have to worry about them eating the eggs. And they invite friends over to join in.

Oh my...........time is flying...........

It is April.....and in 4 days we will be a month away from graduation #2. In the winter, I keep wishing for spring and warmer weather. But when it gets here, the days go by faster. Why is that? I nice spring day goes by faster than a cold winter day and it is the same number of hours. What we are doing on spring days...... Soccer, Prom, Senior week, Youth, late nights that is what Stephen is doing.

College shopping, studying, running, babysitting for cash for mission trip is what KA is doing.

A little of this, a little of that.......Caroline has been doing a little volleyball, a little studying, some cleaning of her room and a lot of thinking about high school. Yes, next year Caroline will be in high school. Jason we hope is living college life .....................................in Auburn..............

I miss Azaleas......

There are some agriculture perks for living in Tennessee. Not many pines...less pollen; Lot of hardwood trees.....great fall colors; tulips: great color. But I do miss the Alabama Azaleas. Here below is the one of two azalea I have. This is the best it ever has looked. We have lived here 10 years. I was trying to make it look larger than it really is. Notice now close to the ground it is. When living in Auburn, there were 2-3 weeks where I would love to drive around. When the azaleas were in full bloom. There were many colors and some bushes were as tall as...

Katie Ann. KA went to War Eagle day in Auburn this week. Not only did she she the campus but she saw plenty of azaleas. I do miss the Alabama Azalea Trial.