Now that is a picture of love "full up!" Life don't get now better than that!  Hope you had a good birthday Jacob!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

At this time 14 years ago I was holding a 9# red headed bundle in my arms! Wow how time flies! A scheduled C-section at 8am of course there was no sleep the night before! It amazed me when they handed him to me, I thought Wow! He looks just like the other 2. All 3 of my kids come out looking exactly the same, but my how they are different. And to this day Jacob marches to a different beat of the drum than his big sister and big brother. But that doesn't mean his beat is wrong. One of the perks of being a parent is getting the front row seat to see how your kids are gonna turn out! So far my front row performances have not been disappointing! Jacob every day with you is something new and exciting and I only expect more of that in the future! You make me very proud to be your mother! I know if your Dad was here he would kick your behind and tell you the same! You are loved! Take life by the horns because you can do whatever you want with it!

I Love you,

Mom

We love you too Trish!

Trish, you made me cry :)  It was well said though.  "LOVE YOU" to everyone and Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines Day!

As Valentine’s Day winds down, many thoughts cross my mind.  The first and most obvious is of course Danny and how I miss him and the love that we shared.   I still have that love and treasure it every second of every day; I just don’t have the physical Danny.  I know he is in Heaven with our Lord and Savior- the ultimate Valentine!  How could I deny him that?  I know the last 6 months have been so lonely and sad for me but I can hardly imagine what they have been for him, in the presence of God our Savior! 

John 3:16 (NIV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

As much as we loved each other, Jesus loves us so much more.  When we said our goodbyes 6 months ago, I did so with a heavy heart, but at the same time I had peace with it.  I knew he would be reunited with Jesus and so many that had gone on before.  I thought how awful and hard it would be for someone to say goodbye and not have that peace in their heart that they would one day be together and reunited in Heaven.

Take what is left of this day and tell Jesus, that special loved one, friend, child, parent, even the person in line at Wal-Mart, tell them that you love them!  So many people have helped me I could never tell them all.  They may not even know they helped me!  But today I want to tell you- from my heart to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day!

If you don’t do anything else today, LOVE!

 Luke 10:27 (NIV)

²⁷ He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’^[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]”

 

I love you,

Trish

Addy, I have so many questions on several levels LOL!!!  And I felt my gag reflex kick in on one of those pictures :/

Why could I not have known about this years ago? Or better yet, thought of it myself!

Awkward Family Photos

Trish, I know you are an assett to that classroom:)  Talk about the perfect job for you!  Love ya

Amen to that Bobbie! I have the special needs training and pre k! Mommy would've been an awesome classroom addition! But she was all of our kids pre k teacher! That's what kept her going.

See Trish, all those years of keeping all of our kids was giving you great experience for your new Job!  Did you tell them of all your experience?  All your nieces and nephews!  So glad you are happy in your new job!

Today was really good! I could see my kids in each of those kids today. It was like being with them in kindergarten all over again.

So Happy for you Trish. Keep up the good work.Always knew you could do it.

I don't have much time but thought I would pop in and say I love kindergarten:)

Trish, could be God is getting you ready for that full time job!

You're going to have such fun Trish!!!!   :)

Trish, that is just awesome, so Happy for you.:)

WooHoo! I get to work in the kindergarten class Monday and Tuesday at LEWISBURG elementary!