Thursday, April 14, 2011

Sad endings...

This month, we lost a great friend, family member, and pet.  Emilou was killed by a car last week, and it just about broke our hearts.  Gracie has been quite upset about it.  We have had Emilou since Gracie was 1 year old.  She definitely was a part of our family.  She will be greatly missed.

On a more positive note, I was recently accepted into the PhD program for Literacy at MTSU.  I am so very excited about it.  I begin my GA position May 15, and my classes begin in June.  It will definitely be a difficult road to the end, but I am very confident that I will do well.  I can't wait to begin!!

John recently had news to celebrate too.  He has lost 10% of his body weight (20lbs).  A VERY impressive number I think.  He looks amazing, and better still, he feels good about himself.  He is still boxing away. 

Nat has been doing very well with tennis and school.  He is spending more and more time with his friends too.  We will definitely be at a loss when he leaves in June.

Last, but not least, Gracie loo! She is busy as always.  She finished her fitness classes a couple of weeks ago and started softball at the same time.  She is still going to gymnastics and guitar lessons once / week also.  This weekend, we will go tour where she will be for Girl Scout Camp this summer.  She is very excited about spending ONE WHOLE week without her parents.  Gosh!  Those parents are just awful!!  :)  She is already super busy for the summer, and it is still several weeks away.

Until next time, I will leave you with a great quote I saw in a magazine today... "God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers."  Jewish Proverb (printed in Woman's Day for May 2011)