Just a few more days....

In a few more days we will be in the burg!!!!! I am going to a teacher in-service in Gatlinburg for marine biology and fossil recognition and I am so excited to get to bring my family along. We are going to have a blast! Raegan is so excited. She and Scott have never been and it has been at least 10 years for me. I will post pictures when we get back. Only 16 1/2 more days of school until summer break! Wooooohoooooo!

Happy Easter!

Today was absolutely beautiful. Raegan and I started off the day by checking to see what the Easter Bunny had left. Then we got ready for church. She twirled and twirled in her dress. She felt so pretty. We met Robin and Haston at church for a great Easter service. After church we went to the fire station to see daddy who was working. I really didn't expect it to be so hard being seperated from him but we sure did miss him. Raegan and I ate lunch at Cheddars and she was so well-behaved. We had fun, girl time. We ordered daddy'd to go and then dropped it off by the station. Then we visted at Papa's house with Papa, Grammy, and Alex. We had fun hunting and hiding eggs. I kept putting them in all the obvious places and my brother was really hiding them. Raegan managed to find all 27 in a short period of time so we had to hide them twice. LOL! He told me to give her more credit and hide them in harder places. She loved the challenge. Again, we were missing daddy. This is the first year that she really got into hunting eggs and her little personality was just bubbling over. After egg hunting we changed clothes and spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the creek.

Thank you Lord for the beautiful day so that we could spend it with the ones we love and share of your mercy and grace. Easter is not about bunnies and baskets but about the sacrifice that was made for us at Calvary so that we may have everlasting life. Not a day passes that I don't think of my Grandaddy and today was no exception. However, I am comforted in knowing that because of Jesus we will be reunited one day. In the meantime, we continue to be thankful and truly blessed.

A Beautiful Day in Pictures

Where is the sunshine?

Well Spring Break has come but the sunshine hasn't. We had hoped for warmer weather and the opportunity to get out and have a little fun. We have been pretty productive around the house and having extra time has allowed for some much needed catching up. I always love this time of the year. It means we're so much closer to summer. I can't wait to have the summer off with Scott and Raegan. His schedule should allow for some fun family time. His dad keeps reminding me that these 24 hr shifts will pay off later. I am really looking forward to it!

It snowed......Again!!!!

What's that white fluffy stuff? Did you say SNOW? Raegan and I had a wonderful SNOW day at home together while daddy was working. We even had enough snow to build a snowman, something I haven't done in so long. She was so excited when she looked out the window and saw the white stuff. Hopefully this will be it and warmer, sunny days are ahead. To tell the truth, we are ready to have our feet in the sand...but until then...we wait.

We are really praying about the year ahead for Raegan. She has been on the preschool list for the last two years. I know CRAZY that they have to go on the list that far in advance. I feel pretty confident that she will get in but there's always a chance that she won't. We have a backup plan but we are giving it to God to bear and take care of. We've done everything that we thought we should so...it's up to him. We were thinking about a fall sport or activity for her but I'm just not sure that I'm ready to do that. It looks like if we do anything it will be this fall or next spring. I know she's old enough but I want her to really love it. I don't want to push her even though she begs to do this stuff. I feel like she should wait to play ball but maybe dance would be okay. I checked around last year and although she was old enough I just felt like she wasn't ready. Maybe it was me and not her but nevertheless it is what it is. She keeps begging for a sibiling but we all know its not good to give a child "everything" they ask for. We will see!

Scott is getting used to the new schedule. He loves his job. He has one more hurdle, passing the state EMT test and then he will be able to breathe a sigh of relief again. We are all getting used to the schedule. Thank goodness for great in-laws, dad, and Grammy who have helped me out with juggling Raegan, work, and class. I have really missed Scott but I am getting used to the fact that he can't be here for everything. He missed Raegan's first pageant which was a bummer but I told him there will be more. So far his calendar looks good on the big holidays but next year is another story. We will definitely have to plan ahead. Then being the wife of a firefighter will really sink in. I am almost finished with grad. school. After a few weeks I will begin my final semester of school. I haven't chalked this up to be my final educational experience but I will probably take a break for a while. Who knows...you never can tell.