The Road Home to Tennessee

The movers arrive on Tuesday to pack up our belongings. We have been very busy preparing for the move. I have been cleaning stuff so that nothing is packed dirty. The movers are non discriminate and will pack everything that is not bolted down so it’s very important that we prepare. Some of our things [...]

Here is my son Ethan’s blog post ,a few pictures Heather took of the event and a short one minute video.
(I copied the following from my son’s myspace blog page)
Honestly, I can’t remember the last time I’ve cried, but I did today.
Today was my Father’s Retirement Ceremony. He retired after 25 years of serving the [...]

I love being a mom. I have been blessed with five wonderful children. If I had it my way I would never let them go. I’d keep them near me always. I realize that at some point you have to let them lead their own lives. I am currently struggling with my oldest moving out [...]

Heather and I went with Morgan’s second grade class to the zoo today. It was fun. I was given the responsibility of not loosing Morgan and three of her classmates. Would have been more fun if it hadn’t rained. The following was documented on Heather’s myspace and copied here.
Phoenix World Life Zoo-
A day of chaperoning [...]

Stephanie posted a couple of pictures (drawings) she has been working on. I copied this partial post from her livejournal which can be found here at stephanie’s livejournal

My computer screen is brighter than most, I hope it isnt too dark for people D:
I’ve, for your benefit, blotted out her eye! for some reason I [...]

Stephanie is working hard at school. I am very proud of her dedication. I think she is slightly stressed out. I copied the following directly from her live journal.

I’m tired and moody.
Today I did my informative speech and I really had no idea why I was so nervous. I mean, I’m always nervous but I [...]

As I have said before, my husband is retiring from the Air Force the first week of May 2008. Yesterday, the five kids and I went shopping for clothes to wear to the retirement ceremony. The closest Mall is about 45 minutes away depending on the traffic. We had to take two cars. It was [...]

Children grow up entirely too fast. I don’t know when he went from small to big. It feels like only yesterday that I was taking him to kindergarten.

This is for Grandma L. Rachel brought home her school pictures today. They look really nice.

Yesterday, my children and I were sitting around in the living room talking. We like to talk. We like to make each other laugh. We did lots of laughing yesterday.
Yesterday’s conversation was about what makes each of us unique. We talked about eye color first.

These are Morgan’s eyes.
We talked about Morgan being able to touch [...]

Morgan loves Pokemon. She watches the cartoons over and over again. She knows tons of trivia. Heaven forbid someone call a water Pokemon something other than a water Pokemon. Morgan has decided to make her own Pokemon characters. She has even made her own deck of cards. Here is a picture she made of one [...]

I spent the morning playing with photoshop and pictures I have taken with my camera. Here is an attempt to turn Morgan into a watercolor portrait. I thought the finished product looked rather nice.

Didn’t sleep very well last night. Both dogs paced back and forth in the TLF all night long. I kept hearing their toenails, click, click, click. The bed I was sleeping in was rock hard. couldn’t get comfortable. I’m back over at the house cleaning. I almost have the upstairs spic and span. Here is [...]

The packers have been at our house for the last two days. They should finish packing everything up today and tomorrow they will put our belongings on a big truck. Tonight I have to prepare the freezer and refrigerator. I need to clean them out really good and then toss a couple of socks with [...]