Christmas

What a fun day of celebrating with my crazy family!  So blessed they could all be here. 

Benjamin has grown so much this year. He towers over everyone else. Caden read the Christmas story to us and Mary and Joseph would have been proud of how he narrated their journey.  Amanda came with Ben and she is always a welcome addition. Christmas is always better when Tara comes “home” from Austria for her school vacation.  Wesley rode his motorcycle from Cape Girardeau to be here and he gifted me with my first ever 2,000 piece puzzle. Yikes! Mallory was here for her first time and she jumped right into the madness. 

It was a wonderful day filled with fun, family and food.  And laughter. So much laughter.

Ben’s 6th grade ceremony

Vicki and I went to Benjamin’s 6th grade graduation ceremony at Evans school this morning. Ben received a Distinguished Honor Roll award. 

He was so happy.  Ben was the kid who’s at least a head taller than just about everyone, including his teachers!

The artwork displayed were pictures of the kids, with what they want to be when they grow up. There were of course, doctors, lawyers, vets and a bunch of other occupations. 

Ben, however, summed his desires up quite nicely. “I want to be someone who makes decisions.”

After all the rough years Ben had in early elementary years, I’m so proud of how he has turned it around and actually enjoys school.

Amanda just gets more beautiful all the time

Ben is 6!

Hard to believe, but Ben is now six.  Amanda made his birthday cake and as always, it was amazing. 

Ummm, Yeah

Conversation with Benjamin, who just turned 5, today.

 

"Mamaw, Come here and look at this object in your bedroom." We go and he points to my clock, and says, "My mom, Amanda, has a clock that is similar to this one, except it is trapezoid shape, which isn't very common for a clock."

 

I reply, "OK" (I'm such a wordsmith-- he gets his vocabulary from me)

 

And then I go look up what shape trapezoid is.

Because we are weird....

We thought Amanda's birthday cake was hilarious....as did she.  Her sister, Erin, made it for her.

Some of the professional wedding pictures!