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.

Half of March is gone!!

Oh my, I really did think I was going to do a better job of recording the Bass family history, but here is is in the middle of March. And I can't even remember what we have done. But one memory is I attended a ladies retreat and felt like I was going down memory lane. The speaker's daughter was one of the babysitters that helped David and I survive raising 4 small children. And there she was with her #2 and was such a pro.

The retreat was at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia. We took the kids over to Calloway many times and the Butterfly Center is still there. It seems so much smaller now. Maybe because 4 small children could get lost in there. But it made me smile and I loved seeing the butterflies.

At the retreat, I was able to see three women we had gone to church with in our later years at Auburn. It has been 10 years but it was great fun to have moments to see them in the flesh. Lindy was the speaker and as I knew it would be, very appropriate for where I am in life! What a sweet blessing.

Every Four Years

it only happens every 4 years.....February 29th. Last time it was February 29th, Caroline was 10.Stephen was 15 and a freshman in high school. Now he is a freshman in college.

Katie Ann was 13 and in middle school. David was in his 40's

Jason was 16 and had not been driving a year yet. Now a sophomore in college.

Just seems there should be a post of this day. Only can post once every 4 years.