Jaci's year as a Kindergartener....

It seems like yesterday that we were all getting ready to walk out the door on her first day of school and she says, "Come on family...lets go to kindergarten." And that's just what we all did. Now the year is over and she graduates to 1st grade.

Jaci received many awards....
~Accelerated Reader award
~Running Award-37 laps
~Awesome Art Award
~Music Award
In her classroom,
~Friendship Award
~Learning over 100 sight words
~For being a Great Line Leader
We are very proud of her and all her accomplishments.

At her friends birthday party at Snip-its, she got the "Diva" look, and let me tell you, she was proud of it. It lasted for Sunday and Monday for school. You can't see it but glitter is all over her head. Just had to throw that in there...






Thinking back at the first of the school year Jaci experienced new things. She had a great first day of school..I was relieved. I was more worried about her carrying that big lunch tray without spilling her milk and going to the bathroom with me than I was about school work. Now the second day (no..I'm not going day to day) while she was in the bathroom waiting at a door, a girl swung the door open and Jaci got hit in the face. So I was ready to come and get her when her teacher called to tell me what happened. She had to have some ice but recovered quickly and she was not devastated like I was. It took me a couple of days to get over. I was ready to sign up for bathroom monitor.

Within the year she:
~started Awana at Pray's Mill
~Played soccer (not my favorite for her)
~we had the flood and missed many days of school
~Had to be without her mommy for 4 long weeks
~Had her skin tag removed from her ear (her wishes)
~Got a new baby sister in November and mommy got to come home
~Had some snow days that meant no school
~got pink-eye twice
~got strep three times
~got her 1st "boyfriend"
~got her 1st phone call from her friend (not the boy)
~Lost her great-great aunt Ora Belle
~She got to sing in her 1st Children choir
~She and I got to go to our 1st mommy/daughter tea
~played softball with the Lil Angels
~Had her 1st trip to the Varsity and Braves game (she walked the field)
~The last week of school she missed two day because of sickness.

I think she had a great year and I'm so thankful for the teacher she had, Ms. McLendon and Mrs. Wessinger, and we are praying for her 1st grade teacher...whoever that may be.

Our little princess is growing up way to fast for me. The summer will not be long but I pray that we make the best of each day we have no matter what we do.
Blessings to you!!

My Mother's Day....

My Mother's Day was a great day. After waking Jaci up to get ready for church, she ran and gave me a card that she had made. On one side it has a picture of me and my body is the shape of a triangle with very long arms (the more to hug her with), and on the other side it has her words, "I love u cos u are sbeshll and cos u are shet" translation, " I love you cause you are special and cause you are sweet. Papers like this are priceless. I'm going to have to get a large tote to be able to keep all these special papers and things in. There is no way that I can throw it away.
I had an awesome time at church!! My Sunday School teacher preached our lesson about "Divine Purpose." He really hit on how we worship the Lord. I have heard a lot of people say that they are not getting anything out of the services, but it is their own fault. We have to prepare ourselves for worship before we enter the doors of the church. If we have not prayed and said I'm going to church to receive a blessing, then we normally don't get the blessing. Our attitudes are not right. We may not care for the messenger but we are missing the message with that type of attitude. Sunday School was Awesome, the music was Awesome, the special music touched my heart. I wanted to shout!! And yes the message was Awesome too!! I needed to hear all the things that I need to work on for my kids. Here lately..I have sweat ed over the small stuff and I need to stop and enjoy my blessings that God has given me.

Jaci~ does test my patience with her, but she is beautiful, thoughtful, caring, tender-hearted, and very sweet. She is asking questions about salvation and I believe it will be soon. This is something I can not chose for her. I have prayed for this since she was in my womb but this has to be all her. Her understanding and her decision. It is hard to believe she will be 6 this July. We are trying to plan a Disney trip for her but will go in November when it it cooler!!

Joseph~ is starting to have his own attitude problem. He will cut his eyes at you and give you a look...I'm not sure where he gets this. But we will have some work to do. He is a boy with a small vocabulary. He used to call me "MA" but now it is "Mom ma". He makes me laugh, he helps with the laundry, dishes, vacuuming... some things I don't want much help on but I grin and bare it...sometimes. It is hard to believe that he will be 2 in June. Time to plan a party....

Jena~ was dedicated yesterday. I can't wait to see what type of person she will be. I could call her "smiley" b/c she smiles at me all the time. She laughs...i love to hear her laugh. She rolls over, kicks her feet like she is going somewhere and it won't be long. She may be the adventurous one...I say this based on how she came into this world. It is hard to believe that she turned 6 months old yesterday. Time to get pictures made.

I feel very blessed and honored to be a mother. I remember the days when I wondered if I ever would be a mother. I sat through many Mother's Day services, holding back tears and wondering why not me. I remember my 1st pregnancy. Joey and I couldn't believe we were finally going to be parents. But in a matter of weeks that excitement turned into sadness to learn that I had miscarried. Not understanding but knowing that God had a purpose and a plan for our lives but almost a year later we were pregnant again. Being very cautious and not telling anyone till I was 3 months along and then July 7 Jaci Dalana was added to our family after 8 years of trying to have a baby. What a blessing the last 6 years have been and now we have not just one but three blessings from God. He has allowed for me to stay at home with these children and I am very grateful.

And last but not least....my mom...was able to come to my house for her Mother's Day and eat lunch with us. That was a blessing, knowing that I almost lost her in March. She is doing great and we hope to have her home by the 17th.

Thank you my sweet babies for calling me momma, ma, mom, mommy and sometimes "Hun"
I love you all very much!!