She's a Second Grader Now!

Today, May 24th, 2012 was the last day of the First Grade for our Bayleigh! Her report card said she's promoted to the Second Grade! We are SO incredibly proud of the young lady she has become. She is THE greatest blessing God could give us. It is sad but sweet that we are saying now that she's a second grader. Where in the world does the time go?! Below are pictures of her with her awards. She won a medal for attendance and a certificate of achievement in all four categories at school, math, reading, spelling, and writing. She was also recognized for 60 AR points and for writing to 1000.
Bayleigh, we are your #1 Fans and we love you SO much!

Last 1st Grade Monday

Today, 5.21.12 is Bayleigh's last Monday at school as a First Grader! It's Blue and White Day!!!

Just for Fun!

Several times I've seen things on the Internet, gotten a text, or found things on Facebook and they've made me laugh out loud. I usually save them so that I can look back for a good laugh later. Here are several I've saved. I'm going to be honest--I'm not sure of the original source of these pictures. They are on here for just a fun blog post. :)

Practice Videos

Here's some videos I took of Bayleigh at her last practice.

I Miss My Friend, and Papa Too!

Tonight is proving to be extremely difficult for me. At first, I didn't realize why I was so emotional, but I think I've figured it out and the true emotion began at lunchtime today.
We pulled into the restaurant to have a Mother's Day dinner with my mom after church and I pulled up beside Larry and he turned the music up and said listen...Let it Be by the Beatles was playing and we both just smiled. My good friend Candi was probably the Beatles #1 fan in the world and on the 19th it will be the two year anniversary of her death. I think of Candi all of the time and miss her SO much.
The day after Candi died I had a "God Moment" that was pretty moving. I was asleep and was dreaming of Candi and in my sleep I was crying. When I woke up, shaken from the dream, I was actually physically crying and had been crying hard enough that my pillow was wet with tears. When I woke, Larry's alarm was playing a song--what is SO strange about this is that 1. Larry's alarm should not have been going off and 2. Larry's alarm is always SO loud you can't even make out the song it voices because it is too loud to understand. Well, this particular morning, Larry's alarm was going off and it was so very quiet I had to lean to his side of the bed to make sure I was indeed hearing what I thought I was hearing--The Beatles singing Strawberry Fields Forever. If that's not God telling me Candi is OK then I don't know what is. It was very moving!
I miss her SO much!

Then May 30th, my Papa passed away peacefully in the nursing home. His death was as unexpected as it could be for an 89 and 4 month old man. He was healthy and happy and we have seen him very sick many times so that aspect made it unexpected. I think of Papa every single day and I miss him so much as well.
I think because I missed his funeral I was unable to get the closure that up until tonight I thought I had. Realizing this has proven to me that I'm not the rock that I once thought I was and I indeed can be broken. :,(

Little League Practice

Practice is in full swing-get it swing?!-I digress, lol, and we've been having a lot of fun!

First Grade Spring Pictures 2012

Bayleigh's Spring Pictures Came in and Here They Are!

Bible at Hand

Last night, May 2nd, 2012, I went upstairs to tell Bayleigh goodnight and I found her passed out in her bed as if she had fallen asleep in the mist of climbing in and getting ready to get settled. She was sleeping sideways and her arm was outreached with her hand on her Bible as if she was grabbing it to read before going to sleep and just didn't make it that far! :) I guess if you're going to sleep with something at arms length it may as well be the Bible.

1st Grade Field Trip: Zoo

The First Graders took their field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo yesterday May 1st, 2012. I was able to chaperone and it was fun! Rain and all!