Antonio's First Day of Kindergarten

Antonio started Kindergarten several weeks ago.  Of course I'm just now getting around to uploading his amazingly adorable pictures from his first day.  Already he is learning new concepts, memorizing bible verses, telling me about his amazing day, and occassionally coming home with a behavior color "red" which means he was probubly warned 100 times during the day to stop talking and pay attention.  The best of all was in the car one afternoon when he randomly said to me "Mom grandma died."  I thought he was trying to ruffle my feathers by talking about his grandma Baker and immedietly scolded him saying "You don't talk about your grandmother that way."  He said, "No mommy I was talking about grandma, your mommy."  Taken a back by his random memory of this truth, I became saddened by thoughts of missing my mother and became quiet.  Antonio followed up by his remark by saying "Mrs. Dixon said that people who are in heaven never die because God is with them and he heals them."  Immedietly my spirit was lifted by this surprisingly accurate statement and the application of using a concept of heaven his teacher taught him to lift my spirits.  I could not help but smile from ear to ear which truly served as confirmation that his attendance at North Cobb Christian was probubly one of the greatest decisions James and I have made to date.  God is good.



Memorial Day Weekend 2011 NY

Greetings,

The trip to New York with the family was amazing this year while we got off to a rocky start with a 10 hour flight delay at the airport the kids did surprisingly well.  Once landed we had the blessing of the most extrodinary weather of sunshine and georgious breezes  throughout the entire week.  The most amazing part was spending time with grandparents and cousin's that I have not had a chance to spend time with in years.   On my dad's side I met my cousin Gina's daughter, Bella.  She was amazing with her beautiful sunshine smile, super smart, and just pure four year old entertainment.  We spent Sunday at my uncle John's and enjoyed brick oven pizza made right in the back yard and the kids loved the pool, slip and slide with their cousins, and the trampaline.  On my mom's side it was beach, beach, beach almost everyday and my goodness the most amazing barbeques.  When the kids went to bed my cousin and I enjoyed some time catching up and talking about life and the future.  To pay tribute to the memories both my cousin Gina and I made video's to capture the amazing events.  Gina covered the events on my dad's side and I on my mom's side so we will never ever forgot.

Moment's that take your breath away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M2lf6ZVYqA

Dad's side of the family 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uC6SRM5zrI&sns=fb

Easter Extravaganza

Easter was beautiful this year, church service, the kids, the dress up for the kids thanks to grandma's exquisite taste.  We spent the morning at church and the after noon at dad's.  I forgot the camera in the car when we got to dads which is why all I have are pictures of the kids before church.  Dad made a wonderful lamb and Aiden, Tony, and Mia got to play in the yard on a beautiful afternoon.  Judith gave the girls professonal back peels and I just did the usual "damage" control the entire dinner. 

Mom's surprise birthday party

It was the most extraordinary day!  Today was the day of my mother-n-law's surprise birthday party.  My sister-n-law was amazing at coordinating this effort by making special arrangements to see to it her mother's brother (Uncle Carl & Wife), (Uncle Sam & fiancee), and sister (Diane with daughters and grandaughters) made it from out of state to join the festivities.  It was my first time meeting Aunt Diane and the girls (they were so beautiful).   Several of mom's friends came for lunch as well.  We were all not sure how this would play out as far as the timing of all guest and Kelly keeping mom in the dark but it worked out great and mom had no idea that lunch with her daughter would turn into an amazing reunion of family and friends.  Her reaction of jumping and screaming over and over brought tears to our eyes, it was priceless!  Check out some amazing pictures from the event! 

Mom's amazing reaction to the surprise!