Jill's 40th Party

Guy leads us in singing Happy Birthday. (Alaina took this fuzzy picture.)

Me, Jill and Mom

Todd, Abby, Alaina and Jill

Todd and Jill

Mike McDonald and Barbara Dillard

Amy and Jessica enjoy some great fish.

Jessica and Maddox: Now that he is moving it is hard to get a picture.

Jill comes into the Surprise Party!

Jill's is working the room.

School begins again!

The Before School Photo

The After School Photo

Today was the first day of school for all of us. Cleveland began a new year at Rider High School. I began a new year at West Foundation Elementary and Emma started second grade. Today was great overall. I love my class and excited to get to know them better. They are sweeties! I was worried about Emma since she did not go to sleep until after 10:00 pm. We put her to bed at 8:30 and she could not go to sleep. Every time I checked on her, she was up. Cleveland's alarm went off at 4:30 this morning and of course, Emma woke up. She wanted to watch cartoons. We talked her into staying in bed, but she did not really sleep. I worried that she would not have a good day because she was so tired, but she had a great day. God is good. She was nuts after school, but that was okay. A new year begins and things look good.

Busy Week

I painted a pair of shoes for Emma last week. Kelli thought they needed jewels, so this week I added crystals to the toes of the shoes. I am happy with them. Emma likes her shoes and hopefully she will get good use of them.

We went skating at Skate Whirl on Thursday night. Emma had a blast. Thanks to my friends Kelli and Brandy for helping her. I was not about to skate. When Kelli asked, I told her I am forty two, clumsy, fat and starting back to school on Monday. I never was that good at it anyway.

On Friday night, we went to The Ranch Roundup. We always enjoy it. Emma and Kline played and watched the action. I love the wild cow milking. It is one of my favorite events. Always funny to watch men try this one.

On Saturday night, Emma and I went swimming at the Cason's pool. She swam, slid down the slide and we played with water guns. It got cold so we can back home to Daddy and Quincy. They don't like to swim.