Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Graduation!


Crown Charter makes it a big deal and we are supporters of that.  What a great way to get your child excited about school and it's importance.  Owen has learned so much from them and felt loved which I will forever be grateful for.  He received almost all A+, he did get 3 regular A's you can't expect him to be THAT perfect can you? :-) but most importantly he has such a desire to learn more.  They rent out a ballroom at a hotel and it is filled to the rim.  There were 180 graduates and to see them all up there doing their little tricks and acting so grown up was amazing!  All the graduates sang the fancy ABC song (video below - - soon) and then Owen's class sang this cute short and long vowel song which we don't have video of regardless it was cute and yes mom and dad almost shed a tear, we'll just say we got misty eyed.  Monday we kicked off our summer reading program and he has already whizzed through his weeks worth of books, in 2 days!  Brock and I are keeping our fingers crossed that this love of learning continues and we don't do anything to screw it up.

Thursday, May 06, 2010

1 Year Ago . . . Today

One year ago Brock returned home from his deployment. I remember a friend calling me one day while he was gone asking what she and others could do to help the boys and I (dinner, babysitting, girls night, etc). We received so much help and support that I will forever be grateful for. There was nothing more anyone could do. It all just reminded me that he was gone, the help did. I broke down in tears and told her to "please bring my husband home". That is all I wanted. My eternal companion the perfect father to my children. Life was empty and felt meaningless at times while he was away. It's not anymore. Life is good, life is great. I am grateful for the deployment it has changed our perspective on life and what is really important. I am blessed. The joy to have my life back I can't put it into words.  I'm grateful for all the military members who so selflessly put my safety and freedom before everything else and proudly deploy.  So today I'm going to love my family just a little more because I know what it's like to not have us all together.