June 13, 2008

  • Today is our last day here in Kissimmee with the kids and Jonah.  I can’t believe how quickly the time has flown.  Well…yes, I can…LOL.

    Jason got word yesterday that his department at work has been eliminated so he has 30 days to find another job.  I pray that God will help them see where he needs to be quickly.  As we all know, this can be a very trying thing.  The one thing we do know is that God is in control and he will always be there for us working in our lives.  We just need to have an open ear to hear his leadings.

    Here are some pictures from our visit.  I’ll have more up tomorrow after we have been home and caught up on some rest!

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June 10, 2008

  • David and I are in Florida visiting with Jason & Valerie and meeting our new grandson Jonah.  We have 4 glorious days of loving on him and holding him and spoiling him.  We’ll have pictures up later!

June 7, 2008

  • Spent the day in College Station with my mom and dad.  My sister and her family came to visit us there.  My niece, Kristy, and her husband, Doug, were there with their baby  Avery.  She is so cute.  She is almost a year old now.  She loves to look at pictures.  We had taken a picture of Jonah to give to mom from Valerie & Jason and when we showed her his picture, she smiled so big.  I caught it with my camera…can’t wait for them to meet!  Here are a few pictures from the day.

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June 2, 2008

  • Last week of school…hallelujah!  I finished at Cooper last Friday.  David and I leave next Monday for Florida to see our new grandson.  I can’t wait!

May 14, 2008

  • Here’s the latest picture I have of Jonah.  Is he adorable or what???

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May 13, 2008

  • I am feeling such a vast array of emotions right now.  On one hand I feel privileged and honored that my baby Izzy waited for me to come home from work and for me to hold her in my arms while she breathed her last breaths and on the other hand to feel so totally awful that her last few moments seemed to be in such pain.  I’ve never witnessed a death before and to hold Izzy in my arms and watch her die was both comforting and horrible.  I am so glad that she is out of pain.  It was killing me to watch her in her last days.  But I felt so alone tonight while I was home without her sitting in my lap and purring.  I will miss her so much…

  • My sweet precious kitty, Izzy, died in my arms about 30 minutes ago.  We’ve had her for almost 13 years.  Not really sure what was wrong…

    I will miss her terribly…she brought such joy to our family.

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May 11, 2008

  • Jonah made his entrance into the world at 5:41 am by c-section.  He weighs 7 lbs. 14 oz. and is 22 inches long!  He is beautiful and healthy.  Mom and Dad are doing great! 

    A very special Happy Mother’s Day to Valerie…was an amazing gift!
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    Here is a picture of him.  You can find more at Jason’s xanga.
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  • Still no news about baby Jonah.  They broke Valerie’s water around 7 pm our time.  Haven’t heard anything since.  I pray everything is going well.  I’m trying to stay awake!  I know the kids must be exhausted by now seeing that they got up around 4 am to get to the hospital and it is now after midnight their time.  It’s cool to think that Jonah will be born on Mother’s Day!

    Hopefully I will have some pictures tomorrow!

May 10, 2008

  • Valerie is in the hospital.  They induced labor this morning at 5:30 am Florida time.  Talked with Jason around 10 am our time this morning and not much progress had been made.  Have heard nothing else since.  Keep them in your prayers that she has a safe delivery and doesn’t have to have a c-section.  We should be grandparents by the end of the day hopefully.  Probably no pictures until tomorrow.  I hate being so far away.  

    I can’t wait to see little Jonah David!!

    In other news: 
    The Mitchell Choir parents gave Connie and I a wonderful reception after our concert Thursday night.  They commissioned a necklace for us that says “Life Has Loveliness” on it.  That is the name of the piece our honor choir commissioned for our TMEA performance.  Then on top of giving us each that beautiful necklace, they gave each of us a $400 Mastercard to go on a shopping spree!!!  I was totally blown away! 

    Yesterday our choirs went to a choral festival and all four choirs received a Superior rating.  5th grade choir got Best in Class, 6th grade choir got Best in Class, our Boy’s Choir got Best in Class and our Honor Choir received Best in FESTIVAL.  They beat out 61 other choirs…some of them were junior high choirs.  We are so blessed to have such wonderfully talented children in our choirs.  I am so very proud of them!!