Honor's Night

Last night was Honor's Night at LilBlue's school and she was pleasantly surprised to be the recipient of three community scholarships! When the first one was announced she just about knocked the guy sitting next to us down and I was so dumbfounded I didn't have the camera ready and missed the whole thing. The first one was the Mid-City Bank expense scholarship.

The next one she received was from the school's athletic booster club.

Mrs. B announcing the Athletic Booster Club scholarships, three were given out this year.

With Mrs B after the awards program.

With her principal Mr. Rohlf's and her certificate showing all the scholarships she has been awarded to date. In addition to the two announced last night she was awarded the local Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship and the Freshman Merit Scholarship for her college of choice next year.

There are still some scholarships out there that have not been awarded and we are still hopeful she might pull in a few more, college is expensive so we are thrilled with what she has won so far! Way to go LilBlue!!!!

Senior Sunday & Grad Party

Yesterday at church they recognized all the Seniors graduating this year, they also played a slideshow of baby pictures, it was ridiculously cute and very nostalgic! Pastor Josh also gave them some words of wisdom and encouraged them NOT to be a statistic, which is that 70% of church kids drop church from their life when they go to college...

On stage listening to Josh.

Senior Sunday

Then later in the afternoon we celebrated the Bud's upcoming graduation. We had yummy pizza and most importantly CAKE! It was white/chocolate marble and quite tasty. There were some pretty nifty gifts in the mix as well for the college bound boy!

Trust me, he was happier then he looked!!!

The quite yummy cake!

Senior Recognition

At the Track Meet this past week, they took a break and recognized the graduating Seniors, it was nice and each one had a special memory or two they shared...LilBlue's was "Big Macs and Band-aids" I know the Big Mac story. On the USD trip she devoured one in three bites; her coach couldn't believe it since she is on the thin, petite side, so the next time they stopped at a McDonald's she demonstrated for him. She has never lived it down and continues to eat them in three bites when told "there's no way" you can't do that.

On the field, and they had just shared that her track memories include Big Macs and Band-aids!

Mother and Daughter

Mother and Daughter's Boyfriend being silly

Oh my, Thursday again...

Two weeks from today Lil'Blue will be out of high school, last day will have been completed and awaiting the graduation day. Hard to believe it is so close. MiB will be here in less then two weeks, I am more excited about that :) I am still coming to terms with the whole graduation thing.

Thursday Thoughts!

• It doesn't feel like Spring!
• I had a pedicure yesterday!
• I am planning a graduation celebration!
• We are going to be reunited as a family SOON!
• I think we will all go see the mouse when we get to FL.

Life seems to be moving quickly, my days aren't really filled but I am committed and have lots of things to take care of and do but I don't feel like I do all that much...weird! This inbetweeness will soon be ending and my days will have more stuff in them, stuff I may or may not like/enjoy so I am trying to take full advantage of what I have while I have it! I also am still trying to finish up a few scrapbooking projects and get things squared away for the graduation festivities so there is plenty to do and I am working on it as the days fly by.

All for now!

Thursday Thoughts!

I have been useful to our host this past week and it has made me feel really good! I was able to help out with kidlet duty from Thursday afternoon through Monday afternoon. Let me tell you, I think this is pre-grandmother training and they certainly put me through the paces. The girls are 4, 6 and 9, mother was out of town and father was working; need I say more! Thankfully, LilBlue helped out Saturday evening, which enabled us to get through bathtime without much ado. Overall, it was a very uneventful time, I had fun, they had fun!

Secondly, I am in the midst of staining and polyurethaning the trim and four doors in the basement where we are staying. I started by countersinking the nails on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, and today I have been staining. Tomorrow I will fill the nail holes and then do any sanding necessary, which hopefully will be very little and then move on to the process of polyurethaning. I would like to be totally done before Monday afternoon. Why am I doing this? Well, this gracious family added a bathroom in their basement and while it was finished, the trim and doors got put up without being stained and polyurethaned, so since I do have time on my hands I am helping out and again, it has made me feel very useful, a feeling I like =)

Thursday Thoughts!

• I am a great microwave cook.
• MiB is traveling again this week.
• Radiation is going VERY well...PTL!
• I really, really need to get back to running again!
• We have a venue for the graduation celebration! PTL!

Friday Fun

I am sooooo thankful to see these beautiful flowers right outside my door! They always bring a smile to my face as I come and go, they are so sunny and bright looking, a sure sign of spring, even when the temperature makes me wonder if spring is going to show up before May or not.

I spent the day with a four year old...can you say busy? Well, the little Tootsie Roll and I actually had a relaxed morning at home then we headed over to the "apple place" for playtime, did a couple errands, lunch, another errand and picked up dinner (take and bake pizza) then back home in time to meet the older girls after school; more playtime outside, including bubbles. Then we enjoyed a pizza dinner, movie night and finally dad coming home...whew, what a day! But I think everyone had fun, I know I did, even if I am ready for bed tonight!

A few pictures of bubble time with the Tootsie Roll!

Hmmmm, it is Thursday!

Wowsa, I feel as though I lost this week, it shouldn't be Thursday already, but the calendar says it is, so here we are.

Thursday Thoughts:

• I have the sniffles...
• Radiation x 2 in the books and feeling good.
• Spring still seems to be eluding us here in NE!
• Hot tea is awesome when you have a sore throat
• In less then 30 days my MiB will be here =)

There you have it, thoughts for Thursday, not much as my brain feels a bit foggy from a touch of a cold that started as one really bad sore throat and now has progressed to a sniffling nose. Could be worse so I am not complaining. I would really like to enjoy some sunshine but it seems to be nonexistent for more then a couple hours at a time and then the temperatures do not match the shine, brrrr, we are still no where near what I call spring temps! However, I hate to really complain cause once it warms up it will surely get HOT and I am not a big fan of that either...anywho, have a great day!