This is the life of Mam and Papa We have lots of kids who gave us 10 beautiful and amazing grandbabies and now 2 great ones. Throw in a scruffy little dog and a new home and we have a great and blessed life!! We center our lives around the Lord and our family...
ahhhh... Sunday.... wish it was Saturday! But it is what it is. I have so much to do today. Yesterday Lauren and I ran errands....mostly for school! We went to the dollar store and to Good Will. You can get some awesome books at Good Will for kids! Lauren got a used bike and helmet.... so she wanted to hurry back to my house and ride. She was so disappointed that Gregory wasn't home. :(
This has been one roller coaster of a week.
We started off going on a field trip to ride the Ferry Libby works on! It was so fun! The kids and I both loved it.... as did the parents who went with us... Priscilla, Tina, and Grace! It was such a special treat. The kids got to go up into the wheel house and drive the ferry, see the state rooms, see Libby's office, and we had a snack and lots of drinks from the water fountain. They loved the bus ride too.
Here are some pictures of our day.... the first few pictures I did not take...just want you to get an idea of what a ferry boat is.
The wheel house where captain drives boat.
Stairs from car deck
The car deck
Pulling away from the dock
Now here are the ones Veronica and I took......
This is Brad Sloman and I...he works on the boats with Libby and he was like a son to me...him and Kevon were best friends all through Jr & High school. :D
Watching the ferry depart from the dock
He only drove the boat because his mom told him to (she was with us)...but he did it and left feeling proud with bragging rights.
The captain kept an eye on things from behind.
I think my sister had a good time with the kids. :D
I have so many more but this is a time sucker! I will have to post them elsewhere. I don't know what is wrong with blogger but picture loading is impossible anymore. grrrrr.
Have a great day....gotta clean!
I told Kevon I couldn't understand the words and so he told me he posted them....so I read them. They are kind of sad....you can read them with the song. He just got divorced and went through some heartbreak.....so I cried when I read them. He is so amazingly awesome though.
Things are white & black now No more living life in shades of grey
Ain't no turning back now Ain't no rewind, there's only play
Done a lot of blaming Got a lot of blame coming my way
Should have learned to listen Should have learned to show what I couldn't say
I've never known This kind of pain The sunshine has gone Here comes the rain
Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday morning....praying it is much better than last Monday. I need to go in early and make copies for the week and get things ready. We are planting flowers this week. Not too sure about if it will be today. Tomorrow is the first day of spring.....however it snowed last night again! It is icy and frozen outside today. :( What is going on? Stinking global warming.
Anyway.... the highlight of our week is going on the ferry tomorrow.
My sister, Libby will meet us and give us the tour...up in the wheel house and everything. The kids get to drive the boat! That will be exciting. We are breaking into 2 groups because I think there will be a lot of kids coming. It is only my class but I have about 17 kids now...maybe a new one this week....and 4 coming down from the other center next month. I must be a great teacher. lol! People are hearing wonderful things about us...that makes me feel good. One new mom told me the other day.... she never worries about her daughter when she drops her off with us....because she knows we take good care of her. That is one of the highest compliments we could receive.
Quite a weekend we had! Lets go back in pictures... This is our picture wall of all the kids
Our kids....more precious than gold!
We had some fun craft projects.....
Watercolor rainbows...made from koolaid and water...smelled so good up until Ella spilled on Abby. Can you say Koolaid Stain????
Writing about a dog and drawing a picture.
Rainbows made from froot loops!
Veronica making shamrock with their hand prints!
They also crushed up oreo's for our St. Patrick Day dessert!
The leprechaun dropped some gold on the playground....the kids found it and then made a trap for him for the weekend!
On a sad note..... one of our little girls moved away Wednesday. As usual....it is sad to see one of our kids go....
We have two fish in our school. This one hides down in the corner all the time. Everyone who sees it thinks it is dead. It isn't ....just unusual. We see it swim up to eat.
Friday after work....we went to a fundraiser and I got to see Kevon's band. It was so awesome. I can't even tell you how proud I was of him. First of all for doing the fundraiser and how amazing his voice is and how loved he is. Made a mama proud.
So many people spread way back...taking pictures of the band.
Kevon talking with the newest singer in the band.
Another long-time friend of Kevon and lead guitarist Ryan McKenzie
Jerk (Jeff)...the drummer and Kev's best friend.
Coworkers Cherie and Veronica...see Ryan in the back ground! lol
Veronica and Karla (Karla wearing purple streak in hair for 8-year-old Amina Bowman who was shot at her school......this whole thing was a fundraiser for her.
