It's getting hot outside...

It sure is! But its also so beautiful right now too!
I love the warmer weather.
Got outside yesterday evening and did some yard work, I wanted to take some
photos and share those with ya.

This is our house!
When I tell people about our house they always say that it's small.
Which is weird to me, because it's perfect for us. It is just the right size
{For the inquiring minds it's 1234 Sq. feet 3 bedrooms 2 bath}.
When we first looked at houses, we looked at one smaller than this one, and one
larger than ours. The smaller one was out instantly I didn't like the layout.
The bigger one? You'd think that bigger is better, huh?
Well not so much. As we walked through that house I just got the feeling it wasn't for us.
It was so much of a difference from ours that we seriously would of had
to buy things just to live there because it is really big! D&I didn't want to spend
a ton of money on purchasing things that we didn't need, much less run out
and spend money on stuff just to fill the spaces!
When we walked into our model, I knew. He knew. Alyssa knew.
This is the perfect house for us!

This is the photo of my lilac bush, that we named Grannie
lilac. My mom bought me this bush when we first moved
here and into base housing.
I know you remember the story of it, but I thought I'd share it again.
When we bought our house, I wasn't going to take any of our plants that
we had planted in base housing. My philosophy has always been that we've been
blessed so blessing others is just another way God works.
We moved, were getting settled and the more I thought about
the lilac the more it became apparent that all I should do is ask housing for it.
Even though it wasn't our house anymore, I went and asked.
I explained my situation and everything and they agreed that I could pull it up.
So I went and dug it up and lovingly brought it home and planted it.
It's doing wonderfully at our new home and I am so thankful that we got to bring it here!
It is just now starting to bloom! And daily, it reminds me of my mom
sitting on my front porch on base, watching me work in the garden
and do yard work. We'd talk and talk while I worked! I miss her.

I am grateful.

1. That I don't have to always have it together.
2. Learning about being a parent.
3. For a truly beautiful home.
4. Health. And being able to do things around the house and more.
5. The people I work with.
6. For being a go-getter. I don't procrastinate much and that works good for me!
7. Dreams.
8. Air conditioning.
9. For Renee my hairdresser because no matter how much she charged, I'd still go to her cause she rocks my hair!
10. For my marriage because I am truly blessed.

This afternoon we are going to see Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.
This production is being put on by the theater group that A is involved in,
Christian youth theater. She isn't in the play this time around, but she is ushering
for it! I am pretty excited to go and see it, as is D&A!

I am going outside to work in the backyard.
D&I have a list going for this weekend and I want to try to knock a lot
of it out so that Sunday we can just hang.

I am so joyful today!
In fact as of late, I have been feeling so uplifted by the Lord.
I love when God does this. It's almost as if there is a spring in your step
placed there by God! I am going to cherish this feeling and be thankful!
I hope that God woke you like that as well!

Okie dokie.

I love today! It's Friday!
You can almost feel the giddiness in everyone
as they go about their days knowing that the weekend
is right around the corner! Yeah weekend!

Well they cut hours again at work.
I wasn't very surprised and honestly
now it's even better for me! LOL.
Although I've been enjoying the extra cash
I don't mind working only 4 hours a day 4 days a week.
That works for me.
So after the 5th I'll be working 5:30-9:30.
I am still going to go to the gym in the early AM
to get it out of the way and because I am used to
that schedule now.
We had some peeps quit and I am not surprised here either.
They hired way too many peeps to begin with. I am sure a few
others will leave now that the hours have gotten cut again.
Seems AAFES is going this across the boards...

I thought I'd show a tiny bit of our house.

The first two photos are of our living/dining room. We've got one big space that's open for that and I took a photo from one side to another. As you can see, I love old signs and old stuff. Mostly it's junk I picked up in England from boot sales and from a place called Terrington Place.

The other photo is of our den. It houses my scrapping stuff, D's space for his computer, and A who is in the closet {no I didn't shove her in there, that is where she wanted to be!}. I need a few more things for our den, but I really like how it's turning out. Sorry about the mess on my table, I am in the middle of a project!

The last photo is of our bedroom. I have always loved Americana and truly do love the finished product of our room. It was white, but we decided that the walls needed something. So we bought a new comforter that had the lighter blue and then painted the walls to match! We are in the process of painting our bed a navy blue too!

I just wanted to share a little bit of our house. We are having so much fun putting it together and filling it with love!

Thanks for letting me share!
Hope your day is great and that you enjoy your weekend!

The all important black Sharpie.

Black Sharpies play an important role in my life.
I use them a lot for scrapping but now I also use them at work.
We write on the cups what a peep is having and today mine ran out.
It simply wouldn't work.
And I realized how much we rely on having them in our apron's day after today!
Sharpie's have always been a favorite of mine, but I gotta stock up for
work like I have at home!! LOL.

I haven't been writing much on here. I don't
have a lot to say as of late! Me not having anything to talk about?
Kind of weird huh..
I have some posts I wrote but they aren't anything great,
but then I realized I don't normally write about anything great..
Oh well. It's still therapy.

So I miss my mom .
I am really missing her right now.
One of my friend's reminded me that normally my mom
would come at this time of year for a visit.
So I think I am missing her something awful cause it's true.
She normally came around this time to visit for 2 weeks.
Of course there isn't a day that doesn't go by that I don't miss her, but
right now, it's just so difficult.
I am still very much baffled by death and her not being here.
I find though that dealing with each emotion is good. Pushing it down or telling myself
to get over it, doesn't work for me. I have to deal it, meet it head on.
So I normally end up talking to her. Yep, I sure do.
It's what we did best, talk to one another.
It seems to fill a void inside of me with not having her here.
In fact, I can still hardly believe she isn't here.
And then on the flip side I am so excited that she is with Jesus.
But my selfish flesh would like her back here with me.
I am very sad she will never get to see our first home
or had any part of that.
I think my heart will forever ache for her.

So in June A is going to the theme park here where we live.
At first D or I were going to go with her.
I was told there was minimal supervision and that bothered me.
But as time went on with it, I realized this is another step.
Neither D or I could get off to go actually.
But it was more than that...
It was allowing her to fly and have freedom to be with her friends
and trust God.
I talked to her teacher yesterday and she explained further how things
will be there, and as I was standing there talking to her
I realized that I felt peace because it was God's gentle nudging of allowing her
spread her wings.
Another one of the many lessons I am sure that we will go through as parents.
It is very hard.
I don't consider myself to be so paranoid or life squeezing of A but at the same time
I find it hard to let go.
It's really about trusting God, it is.
I am ashamed sometimes to admit that I don't do a very good job of allowing God
to love her like he does. I try to step in and control.
But I am happy to report that she is going to go with her 6th grade
class, her friends, and school and it is okay.
It really is okay.
That doesn't mean I won't be praying, but it is time like in my other post to
let go.
And even though it is hard, I welcome the change because it is growth.
Growth is good.
No matter how hard!

I thought I'd leave you with some photos of A's birthday party!







And there you have it folks!

Hunkered down.

I am trying to find something to take my mind off of the pain.
That's right.
My head hurts so bad, today I feel like punching a wall.
And you read that right as well, I could honestly punch one.
That is if I had enough energy to do so.
But I am too busy nursing this head of mine.
I am in probably the worst pain I've been in a very long time.
I took some pills this morning at work and well, they didn't work.
I even came home a laid down thinking that was the trick because normally it is.
But it was the wrong pills.
D is at the store as we speak buying me exactly what I need.
Nothing works when it comes to a headache like this other than Benadryl.
Those are some serious punch pills. They knock me out, every time.
But they work and I am at that point where it's a must to take.

So... I cannot decide if it's the weather, with the ton of pollen that's out.
Or that fact that at the BBQ this Sunday I had not one but two canned sodas.
Or if it's stress.
I can't fix the pollen outside. It's pretty bad.
But I can fix the soda and stress.
Especially the soda...
I know we've talked about this before.
And I said I wasn't going to drink it anymore.
Well every month a little thing called PMS happens and I crave it.
And so I cave. Not always, but most of the time it's the only time I want a soda.
So I end up having one which is why I cave. And that leads to another one.
Which is WAY more than I drink with soda's cause I don't normally drink them.
So I am going to not drink them again.
I know I said that before but trust me when I tell you this, its just not worth it.
Honestly, I'm not stressed so it's the soda.
Its just not worth it.

Okay rant over.

I created this layout this past weekend.
I love this new photo of A.
It's the day of her birthday party and she was all smiles!
It was a good party.


I used the May kit from CMK for this layout.

I was the first person in the gym this morning. Believe that!
I wasn't running in there, but firmly believe that going before work is
the best thing for me.

Ah. My head is finally calming down. The punching wall thing, going away.
All I can say is thank goodness for Benadryl.

Revealing CMK!

This is one amazing kit!
It's the June reveal for CMK and I am here
to show you my reveal layout with this totally kickin' kit!
These colors are fun and can be used for either
a boy or a girl, are bright and fun,
and the kit is jammed packed too!


Go check out the
CMK Blog
to see what the other amazing
talent of girls did with this kit as well!

I hope your day is blessed as we remember what this day is all about.

Catching up.

I am grateful this week for:

1. Motrin because when you need it, I am glad that it is there. I cannot imagine back in the day without it.
2. Prayers because when we see the fruit and answers from them, we are blessed!
3. For make-up.
4. Counting down days for my trip with Sarah and the retreat I am going on with Lori.
5. For my new Dooney & Bourke purse and matching wallet that I bought recently. Because well I am worth it!
6. Because pink makes me feel so girlie and feminine.
7. Change. Admitting that I don't like it makes me want to embrace it all the more.
8. Seeing God's beauty in everything.
9. Sunshine.
10. A clean car.

I am saving up for this:




It's a Swatch Watch.
I've been wanting one for awhile now
and it seems like a great thing to save up for.
So I'll be sporting this baby pretty soon!
Isn't it cute!
I am in love with it!
And I love Swatch Watches.
My brother bought me one once
when I needed it for Drum Corps
and it was totally cool!
So I went on their site and looked
up their stuff and fell in love with this one.
It's fun and matches my new purse too!

Well I thought I'd re-cap..

We didn't make it not eating out.
Our lives are so un-routineish these days that
it just wasn't happening. So all we can do it try not to over again.

I am working set hours now.
I work from 5:30-10:30 M-TH.
I have off on Friday's now in case they need me at Charley's.
Remember when I said I wouldn't be working there?
Well I did this past week because they were really in a bind.
So I "might" be working there on Friday's sometimes.
If not, then I will work those hours and love them TOTALLY!!
It's what I used to work at the sandwich shop and although it's not
a lot of hours, it works for me and my family.

Friday was the first time I woke at 4am and was in the gym by
4:30. It actually worked a lot better for me even though its uber
stupid getting up that early. But you have to do what works for you
and that works for me. I took a nap on yesterday as well so I am not
sure if that will become a habit or not, I am just going to go with it
instead of fighting it.

I am counting down the days for both the retreat I am going on with Lori
and my trip with Sarah. I desperately need that girlie refill time!

I like a set schedule and routine. I am admitting that.
It makes my world go smoothly and you know what?
It's okay.

D&I went to an orientation at A's new school.
Honestly I was a tad bit shocked because it's a really
smaller school than where I went and I assumed that
since mine was huge so would hers be. But it isn't.
And the minute I walked in the school, I was both glad
and felt peace that she was going there.
D&I went to another school {the one where she is
zoned for and I didn't like it at all and didn't feel good about
it either}.
It was nice being able to hear the principal, meet teachers,
and walk around the building as well.
A has started to talk about some of the things that she's
nervous about. I understand completely where she's coming from.
We are praying and talking about them with her and will continue to
do so. I am also busting out the God's Design For Sex book and going
over some of the things we've been holding off on. I feel led that it's time.

My work is having a BBQ on Sunday afternoon. I don't normally
mix myself with work and pleasure but honestly I am excited about
going there and having some fun. I am praying that it is smooth and
everyone conducts themselves in a good, positive manner. I like the
people I work with a lot.

I love our house!
I feel so comfortable here. I feel so blessed each and every time
I come up to it in the car, how truly blessed we are...

Well honestly I cannot sit here all day!
I've got things to do!!!

I hope that you enjoy your family this weekend!

The "new" in today.

What a day I had yesterday.
I even wrote this long blog post about it, but there was so much
complaining I just had to stop. Erase it.
Take a step back and talk it out.
Pray about it.
Seriously.
I really dislike being so negative.
And I wasn't the get back up on the horse again girl yesterday.
I just wanted to wallow.
Sometimes I think we need to do that.
But the more I wrote, the more I realized even though things
are topsy-turvy
right now that writing and writing about it
only brought me down more.
So it's gone.
And I am in a different place today.
So...
Today is a new day.
And it can begin on a Friday because after releasing it and laying it at God's feet
I am done with it.
Even though I am PMSing, I am through carrying it and all the
stuff I was just placing in my backpack day after day.
And it isn't even huge or anything like that...
So it seems so stupid today.
I think that God has a way of doing that in us.
Once again, I wanted to "fix" it all.
Instead of going to God and relying on his path and plan.
I just have to share with you while I enjoy the learning process,
it is quite annoying to keep going through the very same thing over and over.
The whole letting go thing. Just annoying.
Cause it makes me realize just how much sometimes I am a control freak.
UGH. Admitting that stunk.
But it's true.
And it's there.
And obviously I haven't learned that lesson yet.
But today is a new day.
It is fresh.
I am free.
And all cause I chose to bind myself...
Not today.
And I will take it one day at a time with one step after Jesus.
After all, I might think I have it all down
but honestly I do not.

Thank goodness for new days.

Okie dokie...
This is my newest sketch with TTS.
I like this layout.
It's one of the first one's I did in our new house.
It's not my best work, I don't think.
But it's about Jake and that's all that matter
cause there is love in this page.
I know I shared that Jake has cancer.
So this layout is about finding that out and my emotions from that.

Jake is a good dog.
We love him so much!
And let me just share with you a little bit about TTS.
This is a great place, it's a great site
because there is so much inspiration found in Patter's simple sketches.
I am not on here writing to primp the site, but honestly share
with you that I love her sketches because the freedom is there
to find the elements in each one and run with it!
Go check it out!

Also, I've been waiting to share...
One day last weekend I finally got around to checking my emails.
It was pretty late when I checked them and there was
a nice surprise!!!
There was an email from Lisa
from CMK
{I love CMK!}

I didn't really know what it was, but she said I rocked!
Hee, hee!
I opened it up and started to read and realized
that she was asking me to join their awesome DT!!
Can you believe that?
I've always wanted to be on the CMK team
and now I can say that I am!!!!
I feel honored and excited! Thanks Lisa
for believing in me!

Well I am headed to work!
I hope your Friday flies by so quickly that you find yourself
at home relaxin' for the weekend!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

I got all 3 of these dresses!

I did get another one as well, but they don't have a photo of that one.
But I LOVE each of them, a lot.

I was only going to shop for one. I wanted one
to bring with me on my trip with Sarah. Cause we're going to a fancy
place to eat. But Penny's {of course} ended up having
a great deal on dresses and the sales were too good to pass up!
I literally went in the dressing room with about 30 dresses! It was fun
trying them all on.
And in all that, I realized my "fix it" problem.
Dresses are big on me up top normally but if I go to a lower size they
don't fit me through the hips. Even though I am skinnier.
But I tried on a petite dress and it actually fit a lot better.
And I am wearing a size 8!
Not that I think I've shed any weight, I just think that
wearing a petite was my ticket to fitting me better
in the places where I really needed it too. It was a lot
of fun trying them on! So I took home 4.

Well my hours never seem to be set at work!
Here I was thinking that they would be set but it seems
that from after today that I'll be working the 5:30-10:30 shift.
Now mind you I cannot complain because in truth even before
we opened, I thought I'd be working that shift and it's the shift I really wanted
so that I could get off of work and then go workout cause it was
still in the morning and enough time to do that. Now with D home,
we can work out daily together and still have our day
before he's got to go to work.
So that's my schedule for now. I am not thinking that its going
to stay the same for very long since its changed so much.
But I do hope that this one starting tomorrow will stay that way,
I like that shift. We shall see.

Work is good. I love it there. And even though we've picked up some
we still aren't as busy as we all thought we were going to be.
So they are starting to cut hours and then they asked folks to go
and work at Charley's as well. Which of course I said I wouldn't do.
And I'm not. I made it really clear that I wouldn't do it.
So my supervisor knows this, and so far I won't have to go over
there. There are other peeps working with me, that need the hours
a whole heck of a lot more than I do and they are willing to go!
Thank goodness. I do find myself enjoying making coffee and getting
to know those who have become our regulars. It's a really fun job!
I feel blessed.

Dayv tests for master today.
For those non-military folk, it's another strip he's testing for.
Please say a prayer for him as he tests today.
While he was deployed, he studied hard and we'd really
like him to make it! Not only is it another strip it's more in
his pay. It's kind of like a promotion in the civilian world.

Well my day is calling me to start.
When I woke this AM I looked at my flowers and plants that we so
lovingly planted and thanked God for his creations.
Today, I hope that you give God thanks for what you see today too!

This week I am grateful..

1. For sleep because I used to think I didn't need it, but I realize how much I truly do.
2. Talking and praying with Lori.
3. Jesus' blessings!
4. A quiet home.
5. Sunshine and warmth.
6. D's new fire pit cause making samores is fun!
7. Balloons because they are so much fun!
8. Haircuts cause they make you feel wonderful!
9. Jesus.
10. Scrapbooking because it really does keep me sane.

Today is a new schedule for me.
I am working 7-12 and honestly I think I will like this schedule better
than any other one! I am going to work out in the AM
before work. There is enough time to do this
so that I can get off and hang out with D before he
goes into work. I am pretty stoked about it!

We did a lot of yard stuff yesterday.
We are still plugging along with sealing the fence
but now we've got a huge 5 gallon container
and hopefully that will finish it all.
We also finished planting the bulbs we had.
I know that next year they are going to be so pretty!
We are also seriously considering planting some trees.
We have to check our association first but D and I want
to have some trees by our fence.
This year we are focusing on the front yard and next year
we'll do the backyard!

I created this altered cardboard hangin' thingy
for our house by using the IAAS May kit!
This kit totally rocked the house! I am still
creating with it!


I love the colors and had fun altering the cardboard
in the kit! Go check it out here.
It will go in our bedroom since it is the perfect
colors!

I think I finally got my blog the way I like it.
I wanted to come up with a background myself
but the more I tried, the more frustrated I got
so I just used one of the one's from
The Cutest Blog On The Block.
Then I created a banner myself {using elements
from ShabbyPrincess.com}
and came up with this!
I think I'll leave it since I truly do like it a lot.
It was frustrating and fun at the same time! LOL.

I have a secret! LOL. But I cannot share it until
Friday! I am TOTALLY stoked about it though!

Well I am off. I hope your week goes by smooth as silk!

Letting go.

I am sure that Alyssa had fun at her birthday party.
Dayv and I? Well not so much...
It's our last year that we are having a home birthday party
since A is getting older. It makes it harder to have parties at home.
So we wanted to make sure that this party was totally fun!
It was. But I think that this party has taught me a great
deal about life.
You'd not think at a girl's birthday party that


you'd be shown life changing things, but that's what happened to me.

I realized that I need to let go.
Alyssa is growing up and although I truly believe
that I have gotten a lot better over the years
about being so protective, I realized last night
just how frightened I truly am about her going to middle
school next year and also that God truly does have
her best interest at heart and I need to trust that he does.
That is a hard lesson.


It isn't that I don't want to see it, it's just that
I love my little girl and my job, D's & my job is to protect her.
But.. That also means allowing her to grow and share
the foundation that D & I have provided for her these past 11 years.
I am okay with letting go, but at the same time I truly
feel that I need to find balance. It is still our jobs
to protect A but at the same time we have to allow her
wings to fly...
So even though I've done it several times
I today give my daughter to Jesus because
I know that he loves her far greater than I could possibly
imagine.


So for my baby's birthday today
because it is her birthday today, I give you the best present I possibly
could ever give you sweetie..
May you fly and hit your dreams, may you always
follow God's footsteps, and may you realize that today
at your tender age of 12 I gave you to Jesus and trust that
he will have you in his arms forever.
I truly do love you.
I truly did pray for a little girl and He gave me you.
You are an amazing person.
Who is a good girl.
You make good choices.
I hope you always find joy.


I hope that you always make wise choices
and good decisions.
And most of all, always know that I love you
so very much.

Happy 12th birthday duder!
All my love,
Mom

Pure excitement!

Today is
Alyssa's birthday party!
She is totally stoked and
I am pretty excited too!
I can hardly believe that she's 12 already!
Wowsers...
Where does the time go?

I was allowed to get off work early today
so that I could get A's party going!
But honestly we did a lot last night.
I only have to do a few small things
but it's cool cause then D and I can hang out for once...
He's got the night off as well, so it should be fun!

I also wanted to show you this.
I have been hanging on to this layout for quite
sometime now and truly its become one of my favorites!
It's for the new DreamGirls challenge, go check it out here.

It just came together so nicely for me and the colors, totally yummy!
Hope you can play along in this challenge!

I am on the hunt...
For a dress or skirt to take with me on my trip with
Sarah. I thought I had the dress I wanted to wear
but I think it's too dressy. So I am going
to head to Penny's soon and see what they have.
I have something in my mind, so let's hope I can
find it! We are going to an amusement park
one day while we are there! I am totally stoked
as I LOVE amusement parks, as does Sarah
and how cool to go with a friend and act like young
girls! It's going to be so much fun!
We only have 4 days together so we want to make
sure everyday is filled with tons of fun!

I also created this for TTS.

This layout means so much to me.
Dayv finally came home on the 27th and I couldn't be
more ready to of had him come home.
I wanted to document that special moment in time.
Having him home completes me!
Check out the sketch and play along!

Well I am off for the day to go to work.
Yep at 5:30am. I switched with another girl.
What was I thinking? I mean in the big scheme of things
that 30 minutes really does matter! Ha.
I am going to be one tired pup tonight!

I hope that your Friday night is filled with fun, laughter, and the opportunity
to eat something fattening!

The funny thing is....

A is so forgetful right now that I am about to tear my hair
out of my head.....
I am working in a really great place, but being forced into
situations that really bother me. What is up with people
feeling the need to talk about other people? It's so negative.
And everyone's doing it...
I love these photos..







These were the one's we took for Mother's Day.
It was a great day for me!
Although I didn't get breakfast in bed, I did have
cinnamon rolls for breakfast, lunch out, pancakes for dinner! LOL.
I woke up quite early so I got on here and updated, then
I actually scrapped. They finally woke and we all
were in the den on our computers.
A went outside and played with a neighborhood friend
for an hour.
Then we got dressed and headed out the door! I wasn't
and didn't want to go anywhere but decided that I did!
So we went to a couple of nursery's and also bought some
plants for my lovely garden!
We came home and took photos.
I wanted some of A alone, but by that time she was pretty
much done for the day so I didn't get any! Oh well.
There is her birthday coming up in 2 days. I will take tons of photos then!

I am working on projects for IAAS again! Alter stuff that I am loving!
I'll be posting that in a bit.

I ordered this...


From here
I cannot wait to hang it up in our den!
I think it's going to be the perfect touch!
I am going to take photos of our den this weekend
after I clean it up {working on projects usually means mess}.

Oh and my blog?
I am over it.
Don't know what happened to it.
So the quick fix cause I am really
tired of messing with it...

Monday.. Monday...

I got off work early today!
Yeah me!
From 6-9 we only had 10 customers
and there were 3 of us and 1 supervisor.
So she actually let me go, which rocked.

So D and I went to another town and
got some paperwork signed for A to go to
a school outside of her district. He and I
were all set to explain ourselves to them
but she just signed it and that was that!

Another cool thing.. My hours are from 7-12
now so that whole trying to make 4am work
isn't needed! I was TOTALLY stoked when
I saw the new schedule. That will start next week!
Yeah me!
Which means I can fit the gym in the morning
and not have to wake up so early.


And we have another challenge.
No eating out for a month.
Although D&I are thinking of not
eating out for longer, but a month
is a good start.
So yesterday we ate a bunch of junk.
I had a burger. That's right I ate beef
and it was the most disgusting thing I've
had in a very long time, icky. I just felt
like having a burger, but it was gross.
So no more burgers.

Here is some of my work for this month's
DT stuff for IAAS! I loved this kit a lot!



It's not a very nice day.
It's the kind of day where
you want to just sit in your pj's
and do nothing!

So that's what I plan on doing.
Well at least until I workout and take D
to work!

Enjoy your Monday!

Mother's Day

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Mother's Day!
I thought I'd share some photos {photo heavy} that we took yesterday.
I know I'm on here, it's bright and early and they aren't even up yet.
So I wanted to take some time to do some things before we started our day!

Alyssa marched in the Jr. lilac parade here in town.
This is her second year and she marched with
her elementary school band.
This parade is for all the middle schools in and around
town.
Along with other fun stuff!










I love days like this here where we live.
It was simply beautiful out!
We had such a good time in the park as well.
I took tons more photos too I just didn't want to bog down
my blog! LOL.
I think I'm pretty excited about all the photos, wouldn't you say?

Well I am off.
Be blessed and remember that being a mom isn't always
easy, but it sure is rewarding!