And She Played...

One the greatest joys of motherhood for me to date happened recently. My baby girls piano recital. She was so excited, and although she said she was nervous I couldn't tell it. As I sat there and listened to her play the "Mexican Hand Clapping Song" without one mistake, my heart swelled. This was her moment, and she shined!

This is our sweet and wonderfully talented piano teacher, Miss Melissa...



Day 4 of Spring Break...

Although I am beyond happy to get a break from teaching! That's about all I've gotten a break from...I have cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. Today is the worse...the playroom! I'm dreading it, which is why I'm here writing this instead of cleaning. BUT I will be so happy when it's done! I function better when my house is clean. Not to say that I'm fanatical about it because I'm not...but I do much better when there is some order to the chaos! Hoping that I get done today so tomorrow can be lazy!

Day 1 of Spring Break...

YaY...we get a Spring Break. I can't begin to tell you how very excited I am to be getting a break. We (I) needed one! So, what's in store for us on this beautiful spring day...wait for it...here it comes...CLEANING. I'm cleaning up EC's closet, which is a deep dark pit of despair. Then her room which isn't quiet as bad because it's in her closet!!! Then the house.

Random Randomness...

Well I decided to copy Jenn (read hers here) who copied Sarah (read hers here) and just name some random events in my day, an average Friday. Well I really want to do my floors, and I so hope I get to it. I MUST fold the clothes that are on my bed...unfortunatly, there will be at least two loads of whites! I have to take my Mom to her hair appointment because she can't drive yet, so this will take up at least two hours of my afternoon! I'm hoping to hit the used book store, and dollar world, but first I must do the banking! I'm cooking tonight...always interesting because hoping for a quick trip to Jackson tomorrow afternoon! Also, did I mention that sometime this weekend I have to organize our remaning cirrucullum to see if we will be able to take at least a small spring break!! I really, really, can't tell you how much I want one of those!!

Well there is the random, randomness of my average Friday! Oh yes! We did do school and I took a run!

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Snow Fun...

One of my most fondest memories as a child, is licking icicles I got from my Grandmother's house (gross, I know) after a big snow. I'm not sure if the snows I remember as a child were really bigger than they are now, or if I simply view them through the lens of my childhood memories. Yet, this snow is so much like the one's I remember as a child. My intent was to still have school, after all, buses have no problem getting to our "school." However, I couldn't seem to bring myself to take this snow day a way from them! What kid in America doesn't live for snow days? Here is a sample of theirs...and nope I didn't join them!

A Little Bit of Cooter and A Little Bit of Christmas...

My relationship with Fishers of Men (the fishing organization that Terry is apart of) has been one filled with love and hate! Standing in the water ankle deep while weighing in fish is an example of hate...Getting to go to Nashville for a quick overnight trip to deliver a boat, well that's a love. Recently we packed up the car and headed to Oak Ridge, of course, since Nashville happened to be on the way we got to spend a little bit of family time enjoying the Christmas activities!!

Jackson and Avery love The Dukes of Hazzard...they were amazed to see Cooter's truck!

Daddy and the Kiddos at Opryland Hotel!

Now Momma and the Kiddos!

Elle-Catherine riding the $3 train at Opryland Hotel

Jackson and Avery riding in the engine...yet, neither got to honk the horn! Much to Jackson's aggravation!

We had a blast!! And this was certainly a LOVE moment between me and FOM!

Playing Catch Up...

"How lonely sits the city that was full of people..." Lamenttions 1:1...Wow...I can't begin to explain how absolutly crazy my life has become in the past two months. I want everything to stop so that I can process but that's just not how things work is it? Instead, I'm hanging on! I have so many posts to catch up on I can't begin to think about how many!! Maybe I can get to that today!