Award Winners

It has been an award winning month around here. Since May is the last month of school (only one week to go!!) there have been several banquets, concerts and award ceremonies to attend. Here Olivia is shaking hands with our school's superintendent after receiving an award for being in the top 5% of all 5th graders in math and science in our county.



Here is Charlie with his award for Outstanding Musicianship for chorus.



Tomorrow (the 23rd of May) is our 20th wedding anniversary. When we first got married, I would have told you that twenty years was a long time, but now I understand how twenty years can feel like ten minutes.

Shocked and Dismayed!

I, like you, am shocked and dismayed at the lack of frequent updates to this blog. There is simply no excuse for going for so long between updates, especially considering my awesome, new, digital camera.

The only problem with the camera is that because it is digital, I let the kids take oodles of pictures. Now I have 300 pictures from the Lafer visits to go through and edit. I think this is a case of over documentation. Our best group shot is at the top of this post.

As I alluded to before, we were very lucky to have hosted the Lafer family for a fine weekend in April. I can't speak for everybody, but I had a great time. The kiddos all seemed to get along really well. We spent a lot of time just hanging around the house. Good thing everybody loves the cats. Any time y'all want to take advantage of the cheap real estate and the warm weather, just come on down. There are 6 houses for sale just on our little corner of the street right now. No pressure...

Fair warning, though: May is a busy month. Might not be many updates in May.