Last Day in Ceil Blue

The smile on her face says it all...she is done with classes.  On to studying for the NCLEX!

Missing One

This makes a first in our family.  One of our kids will be gone for a month. Never has she been away for that length of time without at least one of her siblings.  She is involved in a youth-led evangelism campaign that happens each July.

This past month she has been such a help with cooking and cleaning while i have been called to be with our son at the hospital, or the cancer clinic. 

 We will miss her!

College Life

I now have two Nursing School Students!  R chose to cut her hair so that she wouldn't have to spend time putting it up every day. 

Then there is J who just got his driving permit...so my job description is no longer chauffeur... but passenger.

The Beach

We wanted to celebrate some achievements in our family, so off to the beach we went, not realizing it was the same weekend of the famous sand sculpture contest.  I was glad I had taken my camera, even though it was very windy and sand was blowing everywhere. It was fun to watch the individuals work on their masterpieces and check back on the progress throughout the day.  In between sneak peaks we enjoyed the water and beach games.

Fun stuff

What N did on her mid term break......

Can you guess?

Just...

working...

...always something to do when you get to stay home unexpectedly.

Lately Pleasures

Unscheduled Days

It was a beautiful day...one that I thought would be a regular, scheduled pattern of a day...until...my daughter logged into her on line school page and it said she was not enrolled.  Huh???  Three weeks into classes.  She has been doing her work faithfully.  Her bill had been paid.  Her grades were good.  What was going on?! 

A phone call to the administration was made.  The deadline for payments had passed, and it appeared that she had not paid in full.  Hmmm...This was not sounding good.  We hung up and drove over to the school.  We were able to talk with the right people, and discovered a lack of communication. When her  GED scores had been turned in, that changed her status.  She did owe more money, but we had not been informed. We had to get administrator signature, and his approval to re-instate her back into her classes.  Fortunately they waived the reinstatement fee, as it was not our fault.  Thankfully we had the $$ to pay the extra amount owed. Relief...problem solved.

The next day, J tried to log into a power point his teacher had sent out, but it wouldn't open. He tried everything he knew. Off to another campus to get it checked out by the  technician he had been corresponding with. Maybe problem solved...at least temporarily.

Now I know why I stay home!

Good Attitude

One day J was mowing the grass.  He came running into the house whimpering oww...oww...oww.  He had just been bitten twice by wasps.  We tended to the stings immediately, but the area  still swelled up.  He was supposed to play the piano for song service in church, but couldn't.  Then came the party for his sisters. He was not able to participate much because of the pain associated with the swelling, but he did what he could. Later he said that he had fun even though he couldn't participate in all that he wanted to.

He is growing up,

learning life lessons, 

making the best of a not so perfect situation.

Camping

The week before school started we took a quick trip to a state park.  We enjoyed listening to the rain on our tent when we awoke the first morning and wondered what the rest of the day would be like.  When the rain stopped we took off on our tubes rafting down the river. It stayed overcast to partly cloudy most of the day. This was a great relaxing experience just before heading off to college  classes.

Because there were not many people in the park we were able to pick a spot to spread our three tents out the way we wanted.

We baked our supper on the fire.  It tasted so good!

Swinging from a rope into the water made arms and legs sore, but they kept doing it!

There was a volleyball court...and we happened to have our volleyball along to use...

Just like the color combination of this picture

A pinched finger...a reminder of two rocks with finger between does not make a good sandwich.

A painful reminder to wear sunscreen 

Happy Campers... ready for action(?)

They Are HOME!

I picked up my blessings from the airport this week.  I am so happy!

I decided I wasn't ready for the empty nest yet :)

VBS

NRJ are helping at VBS this week.  I asked for  a pose before they headed out the door...

Watching...

my children use and grow their talents to glorify God  humbles me,

and inspires me.