Spring Break Eggs

Last week was a busy one and we never got around to dyeing Easter Eggs. That is a tradition that the kids just love and we were all determined that we would some how get around to doing it. So, finally after I got the house clean (YEAH!! MY HOUSE IS CLEAN!!), we decorated eggs. Maybe this is destined to be the year of the unusual holiday traditions. We are dyeing Spring Break Eggs!! So, since I never got my Christmas cards out, don't be surprised if you receive a Memorial Day card from our clan!

Another side note, I miss my neice and nephew. I am blessed to have a large group
of neices and nephews, all that I love very much! Three of them grew up with in five minutes of my house, and the youngest of the three, K and E were frequently at our house during their school years. They often did things like decorate cookies and dye eggs with us. They are all grown up now. E is a freshman in college and K is on a break from college to do his basic training for the Army. He will join his sis, E at North Georgia in the fall where he will be in the cadet core and will graduate as an army officer. I miss them often, but whenever we have a day like today, it just reminds me more of the many great times we have had together..for which I am incredibly thankful!

Happy Easter

I started an entry about all our Easter day activities and how great the day has been. Maybe I'll do that later. But for now, I erased it because the only thing that really matters about today, about Easter, is that my God is mighty to save. I rejoice in the fact that one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Hope you had a blessing filled Easter!

It's Friday, but Sunday is coming!!

Our Family - Easter 2007

Happy Easter to you all!! I hope that each of you have a wonderful, blessing filled Easter! I am overwhelmed with emotion when I think of what Jesus did for me...for us all. His love for us far exceeds our understanding. His forgiveness is far more than what we deserve. And His victory over sin and death are far greater than anything than we could ever imagine!

A's New "Do"

A has been after me for a while to let her get her hair cut shorter. So today, her wish was granted and I think that it looks so cute!!

Birthday Week

Not a new thought for me, but I have to say it...time sure flies!! (Sing it with me. "Memories. Light the corners of my mind!"

J3 just celebrated birthday number seven. Seems like yesterday we were at the hospital going through what was a really surreal situation. J3 was born on March 11 at 9:43pm. He was a whooping 9lbs,6oz (My big boy...was born that way and has been that way ever since!!)I had some complications during pregnancy, but had been released from the specialist's care a few weeks before he was born because all concerns during the pregnancy had resolved and everything seemed to be fine. I remember when he was born thinking that his color didn't look good (he really was gray) and that the nurses seemed a little concerned. They let me hold him for a short period of time and then told me they needed to take him down to the nursery for some testing. Looking back, I don't know if I was in some kind of fog or what, but I was not my normal "give me every detail. I need to understand everything that is going on and then some" self. J and my dear friend K went down to the nursery and came back a little while later and told me what was going on. J3 was in intensive care for treatment of an intestinal condition called Necrotizing Enteric Colitis.

To make a really long story not so long, J3 ended up being fine. He spent four days in intensive care and received strong IV antibiotics. Our first week home was quite the experience. A (our daughter) fell off a swing set and broke her humerus (the upper bone in her arm), then she became sick with some kind of virus with a high fever. Our Dr. said that he had never seen A that sick, and he had seen her a lot! J3 continued to keep me on my toes by spitting up blood (one time a clot that was the size of a quarter) and even having traces of blood in his stools.

Well, bottom line is God is merciful and He brought us through those weeks with nothing more to show for it than some good stories to tell. He is so faithful, far beyond what I deserve. So if you hung on to read this long entry, let me close by saying Happy Birthday Week ( birthday week- that's another story for another time) J3! I love you and am so glad I get to be your mom!

End of the Season

Well, basketball season ended last month. The kids finished strong and really had a great season. I enjoyed watching the games and was very proud of their sportsman like conduct in their games and the effort they put in to what they did. They were blessed with great teammates and coaches who kept the main thing the main thing!! (J being one of those!)

They definitely got it from their daddy

It is almost the end of basketball season. I think that all of us have enjoyed the season this year. This was J3's first year playing and it has been a great experience for him in so many ways. He has such a strong competitive nature, and I have been very proud of him in the way that he has handled both wins and losses (which both leave the door open for the wrong kind of attitude). He has had a ton of fun and some special friendships have developed for him throughout the season.

A's team has also been a lot of fun to watch, too! She just makes me smile the whole game. i love how she will have a look of sheer determination on her face one minute, fighting for the ball and then no matter how it ends up, she manages to come away with a smile! These girls have played together now for three seasons and my, have they come a long way!! They work so well as a team and have grown as players , as well as in character (they built A LOT of character the first season...they didn't win a game that first year and A described it best when she said "We aren't undefeated, we are just defeated!!) She really is so fortunate to be on a team with such a sweet group of girls! And as far as I'm concerned, so much of their growth can be credited to their outstanding coaches...one of whom is our very own J2!! He is awesome out there with those girls. What a lucky girl I am to be married to such a great man!