Pre-school graduation

This is Chloe's teacher, Mrs. Nita, who Chloe loves!

This is Ms. Christi, her Bible teacher. She's had her for two years, and loves her as well. One of Chloe's favorite parts of the day was going to Bible class with Ms. Christi!

Last week Chloe had her pre-school graduation. It was a cute program, and she had fun singing her songs. They got to wear caps and gowns, and received a Bible for graduation. Minima and Bitiba came up for the big event too, which made Chloe's day!

I LOVE these pictures!

These are some of my favorite pictures of Keith and Chloe. I'm loving my new camera, but still trying to figure it all out. I would love to take some photography classes eventually, but right now, I think I just need someone to tell me what all the camera will do!

New camera!!

I got a new camera for Mother's day, and I'm so excited!!!! Keith and the kids surprised me a couple of days early, so I could have it to take pictures. And now I can't stop, even though the kids are bored with it all. (i just went through 444 pictures, and i had already deleted some!) Even Chloe is tired of posing for me! Anyway, I just had to share this one from the weekend. More to come later...

Blessed

Today I'm feeling very thankful and blessed that our home is fine, and that all we got was a lot of rain. Not anywhere near the amount of rain they got in Nashville and surrounding areas, but Keith did encounter at least one closed road on his way to work this morning. I'm feeling very blessed, but also very helpless. I've been watching the news almost nonstop the past couple of days, because I just can't stop looking at the devastation. My sister and her family were affected, but not flooded thankfully. The community near them, where they go to church, has some areas that are completely devastated. We used to live in that community, and it just blows my mind to see the pictures. I don't even know how many families have lost everything, but it's in the hundreds in that one area alone. My brother and his family were affected as well, but thankfully they were spared the flooding that many around them endured. My sister-in-law has some pictures on her blog that you just have to see. Unreal. I just feel so helpless. All I can do is pray. Pray for the families of those people that lost their lives. Pray for those that have lost everything. Pray for all the people that are working nonstop to make sure everyone is safe. Pray for those that might be waiting to hear about friends or family members. Pray for those people that are stranded, and can't get back home. Just pray. There is nothing more important or powerful that I could be doing at this moment.

What an airhead!!

I just have to tell a funny story on myself. It's just too good to not share, so that a few of you can remind me of it for the rest of my life, like "where's the van?". I won't go into that one right now, maybe another time. (but probably not!) Anyway, I can be such an airhead sometimes. I blame it on the kids. I think I lost most of my brain cells giving birth. It's frustrating to me, because I'm not that stupid, but I just have these moments that I completely lose my mind. At least there's a funny story to share, and everyone can have a good laugh at my expense!! :)

The kids and I went to Walmart one day to get some helium balloons. We were celebrating Keith coming home at a normal time instead of going to guard after work to work some more. We were very excited to have him home, so we wanted it to feel like a party when he came home. Anyway, an employee directed me to the back, and told me to just touch the screen (next to the register) and someone would be with me shortly. We went back there, and next to the pin pad thingy was a cardboard sign with a picture of the pin pad that said to touch it for service. So, smart woman that I am, I touched the cardboard picture, that was just sitting there, not attached to anything. Avery walks over and informs me that you're actually supposed to touch the pin pad, not the cardboard picture. A light went on in my head, one that apparently has a short in it, and I realized how silly I must have looked touching the cardboard. Avery's face was priceless. I think he thought that I had finally lost it. I'm sure it's not the last time I'll see that look!! We had a good laugh about it, but it was funnier when we told Keith. I'm still shaking my head at myself, and can't believe what an airhead I am sometimes. :)

Hope everyone has a good weekend!! Even if you have an airhead moment!

Identity crisis, or something

Chloe is going to kindergarten this fall. Do I really need to say more?! I have to admit that I'm struggling with it, more than I anticipated. It seems harder this time around then with the boys. It's not that I'll miss her more, or that I love her more. I guess it's just the fact that she's a girl. And it could be that I've been less than thrilled with the elementary school. (one bad apple really can spoil the whole bunch!!) It could also be that I've stayed at home with at least one of the kids for the past 12.5 years. It could be a lot of things.
I still can't believe that I'm that close to having all three kids in school. Everyone keeps asking me what I'm going to do when they're all in school. I have no idea, although, one time I answered and said, "sleep." That might happen from time to time, but even that would get old. I've never been really interested in having a career, not since high school anyway, but there are many things that I would love to learn. I also don't think that just because my kids are in school, that my job is done. In many ways, it's only beginning. I remember when I was in school, and there were many times that it was comforting to me that Mom was available, even in high school.
So, where does all that leave me? I do not know. I guess I'll figure it out when the time comes.

Happy Monday Y'all!

Here's a little something to make your Monday just a little brighter. Chloe went to a birthday party last week, and had a blast! This wasn't her first time on the slide, more like her tenth. She loved it so much, that she did it over and over. The funniest part was at the end of the slide, when she just kept sliding right onto the floor!
Be sure to click on the picture to see her face!