Well ladies & gents it's been a while but times have been busy,w/ parties, holiday gatherings, pet parades, zoo visits and doctor appointments. For our 17Th wedding anniversary we celebrated Jackie's 8Th grade graduation instead, only time available this month, but it was special anyway for we had family over and good family friends, and Jackie had her guests, her friends from church so it all worked out. The actual graduation was Monday and it was very nice & Ashley Parker did an outstanding job on doing her hair and it was extra special b/c Ashley got to attend the ceremony too. (see pics below)................... and the best news for last, which I'm non to thrilled about, I've been having knee problems & the doctor said I'll have to do physical therapy b/c my joints are stiff, I guess I should be grateful b/c it doesn't require surgery, but it's still crazy that I start experiencing all these aches & pains as I approach my 40Th birthday.

Jackies' graduation

The School Plays

The fourth graders in Amanda's class did an outstanding job presenting their plays ~ half did one and the other half the other in:
"Play Ball, Cinderella!"
In which Cinderella had two good step sisters, and a fairy god father. Her only desire is to play baseball and in the end she is given permission to join the team.
Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper"
Remember Haley (Amanda's little friend) she did an excellent job protaying Cinderella and she was quite the difficult one and had three god mothers because each of the prior ones returned to the agency as did the third one., her job description was making shoes and the royal palace ordered her shoes and of course everyone lives happily ever after.

I was very proud of all the children, they worked very hard!

The School Plays

Mothers Day & Health Update

Hi, hope all had a good Mothers Day, I did but to beat the rush, we celebrated Saturday. My family took me out to eat for lunch in the afternoon and come evening they surprised me with a new camera an 8.1 mega pixel that was used to take this photo. I still haven't quite got the hang of it, so what does this mother do? she goes to her oldest daughter who knows how to use it for a very quick lesson. and a couple days later relieve.

Why relieve you ask? A little over two weeks ago I started noticing some burning, and itching on my right shoulder which in turn was spreading to my armpit and then shooting some great pain into my breast which had swollen~ and that was the most uncomfortable feeling. I went to my doctor who I will assume thinks I'm crazy because she didn't see nothing wrong with my shoulder and sent me to get x-rayed. and guess what? it didn't show anything either. Come Thursday the pain was just about unbearable so I went to imediate care and they didn't find anything either on a chest x-ray but did send me away with prescrips~~ some pain med and a muscle relaxer and I'm elighted to say the swelling seems to be gone as is the burning. I still don't know what trigged it, the er doctor thinks maybe its a nerve root in my back, I go back to my doctor on Monday for follow up and we'll have to see where it goes from here~ maybe it was a fluxe or maybe she'll order more testing. All I know is I feel alot better and thank you to everyone who prayed for me.~~~ and please keep Sue Wright in your prayers, she was my childhood Sunday school and has been diagnosed with cancer~ she played such an important part of my growing up I hate to see her suffer, but regardless of her health she is still serving God, and taking care of her family and I find that admiral~ she was and still is a great role model to many. Thank You.

Mothers Day 2008

More Camp Joy 2008

Hi Ladies, Wasn't Camp Joy fun? I had a good time as did my mother . There was no stopping us, regardless of the weather outside, but then again its always fun when we women come together, I gave another go at ping-pong just for the fun of it and even though I'm not really good at stamping up things I did an okay job, managed to make a few with Gerlinda's help and then others when my creativity finally kicked in. I had a great time fellowshipping with those that were near me. The ladies of Faith Baptist did a great job entertaining us and sharing their stories and as usual you don't know whether to laugh or cry. I always look forward to what might come next ~ a good time always guaranteed . just wanted to thank you all for another great year and many more to come.

Camp Joy

Frames~ and several of them

It's been sitting there~ behind the dresser collecting dust & little scratches nearly 2 yrs. this summer. But it finally made its transition to the wall. I'm talking a big picture frame that holds a variety of sizes 41 in all. It's something I bought several years ago to accommodate pictures of a large family that's still growing. Karen lovingly started it for me the same year I bought it but we never finished it. I had made myself a vow to have a picture of my newest family members up before they arrive for their visit and I've accomplished it. I didn't do it alone though.~ It was God who gave me the time & patience to finalize it and I'm so thankful ....and then there is the scanner~ I used it several times to make copies of the original and then windows to retrieve and fix ones I had installed from the digital and of course I have to mention freebies. I downloaded a free trial version of Pic Prints and there you can customize the sizes you need~ how cool is that? The biggest challenge was measuring the different sizes~ a ruler would have been nice but of course you can't never find one when you need it so I used one of those protector rulers and it wasn't to bad. I did however find out its alot easier to fit them on a flat surface than a mattress~ and then it was smooth sailing from there. I'm so excited that its done. Over the course of the last few years I've gotten lots of neat frames mainly as presents and I've been filling those as well and still have yet more to go . Its' deciding what pictures to use and well I went looking and couldn't find them~ so I'll have to try other places~ I know God will present them when he is ready and I'll be patient and will wait til then. It's getting late and I'm tired so to all of you ~ have a good night.