#PSA October 2020

#wearthedamnmask

#PSA August 2020

Dear public mask wearers,

Thank You!   From the bottom of my heart, I want to say I appreciate it and feel the love you extend to my family each time I see you. You may not know I have “at risk” family members, yet I feel like you care. Your display of “love one another” is evident each time you wear a mask.  I hope you feel our love for you and your family when you see our family in our masks.  We wear them each time we go out, just for you!

Love,
US.

#PSA May 2020

The Season of Bad Hair

#lockdown 

Love You Guys!

#PSA All Sorts of Crazy

#PSA March 2

While we are in hibernation mode,

Mother Nature keeps trucking along 

#Hope

#PSA March 2020

OMG

We have almost finished another school year.

And this is the FIRST post of this school year.

Where has the time gone?

Turner

You are amazing.

Guitar player

Dancer

Actor

Singer

Academic

And a great kid!

Ansley

Starting college at the ripe old age of 14

Another AMAZING display at CITA

Learning the ropes of the drama/acting world.  

Right hand WOman!
Everyone is always saying
I want Ansley in my class!
On my team!

Sawyer

When did you get so grown?

Those whiskers, man!

Some health challenges

You keep going and always stay positive.

Amazing inspiring 

Keeping me on my toes.

Judson

DUDE

It cannot be that I'm taking you to visit colleges!

How did this happen?

Where did your deep bass voice come from?

Your musical talents are outstanding!
Your academic prowess.

AMAZING

Pictures to follow

LOVE YOU ALL

#PSA End of School 2019

My Word!

where has the time gone?

i let this blog get behind.

we made it through another year.

you guys crewed plays, participated in plays, 

sang in chorale concerts,

took singing lessons,

took guitar and piano lessons,

participated in a theater arts competition,

oh so much.

here are the highlights

(translation....here are the pictures i could find)

gollum

(the hobbit)

 major general

(pirates of penzance)

spring chorale concert

 

cannot find the pictures of 

dance recital

or 

the pictures of ansley getting 2nd place in the theater arts contest

or 

the boys' duet in the theater arts contest

or 

the boys' 'greatest showman' showcase

or 

eagle project

or 

sawyer doing his interpretive dance at the end of the ellis island reinactment

or 

the trip to visit vandy and belmont 

or

the millions of other things you did this year

you were busy.

and

i believe you were happy.

and 

you got good grades

therefore mom and dad were happy.

 

Happy Holidays

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Love you guys!

Mom

Dear J

Dear J,

I wanted to write this to tell you how proud I am of you.  (I'm always proud of all my kids but this is a specific proud moment)

You scored almost perfect on your ACT test.  THAT my friend is super cool!  (By the way, I'm sorry you have to retake it because Mom didn't sign  you up for the written portion of the test) 

You have always been an above average kid when it came to school.  You read early.  You have an awesome memory.  Your knack for math shown when you made a 780/800 on your SAT test when you were in 7th grade. 

As you continue to move forward, you are narrowing down your options for college.   You want to do Music and are agreeable to pursuing a STEM major to make Mom and Dad happy.  Your enthusiasm for Science is contagious. ;)

I used to worry about your pursuit of music.  Now, with the current state of affairs undermining Science at every turn, I worry about a career in Science. 

But you know what, YOU my boy will soar!  I know this.  YOU do not let nay-sayers guide your decisions.   YOU have this amazing compass inside you.  YOU have always followed it, even when Mom and Dad didn't quite understand.  YOU have always been polite when others tried to get you to see their point of view.  YOU listened to them.  But YOU did not follow.  YOU are a leader.  (IN the true sense of the word) 

I'm very proud of you.  The world needs more people like you.  Go out and make your mark on this world, as only you can.  Follow your compass!

Love
Mom

#PSA August 2018

Happy Birthday Week

It's been an eventful week.

Thank you, Dear.

For the play and dinner out. 

Or more than one dinner out because we've been busy.

Many thanks to my kids....

J

for the Adele cd.

(You know me so well)

S

for the biggest, tightest hug I've ever had

A

for the origami flowers, (Family crest) picture, cake in a mug, bracelet and way cool card.

(What a talented artist you are)

T

for the yummy brownies.

I love you all to the moon and back!

#PSA July 2018

Sorry guys.

When you are older and reading this, understand we were so busy I couldn't update as often as I'd like.

We have had a busy summer.

This month we've:

1.  Vacay'd in Middle Tennessee

McLemore House

Carter House

Musicians Hall of Fame

Belle Meade

2.  Visited sites in Atlanta area

World of Coca Cola

CNN Center

Centennial Olympic Park

3.  Bowled

4.  Doctor's appointments

5.  Voice Lessons

6.  Guitar Lessons

7.  Art Classes

8.  Comic-con

Loads more fun.

And we still have the voice recital coming up.  YAY!

#PSA May 2018

End of School Year

(let the pics speak for themselves)

LOVE IT!

#PSA April 2018

Such a busy month

Newly minted Boy Scout

Mary Poppins

Middle School OM

Spring Chorale Concert

Newly remodeled bathroom (Oh my)

End of semester

It's enough to make this mom pull her hair out.

Not in the mood to type so I will let the pictures speak.

Except for Mary Poppins.  

Not allowed to post those.

Judson, YOU LOVED IT.

You came out of your shell.

You danced.

You sang,

You put on a Teddy Bear costume and LOVED it.

 Ansley, you found your smile this year!

Best year ever!

Another school year over, ALMOST.

Some trials.

Some tears.

but MOSTLY a great experience.

Let's do it again next year!

# PSA March 2018

We Survived!

(Play #1)

Turner, you had a great play.

One of the best elementary plays I've ever attended.

Everyone did great.

You had a great part and embraced it entirely.

I see great things in store for you.

 

Ansley and Judson, you did a great job in the tech booth!

We did get a bit of snow.

 

 Just 40-ish more days and we can breathe easy.

One more play.

Mid-terms.

Chorale concert.

Scout crossover. 

Scout pine straw delivery.

Finals.

I love you all!

 

# PSA February 2018

OH MY

TIME HAS FLOWN

SO MUCH GOING ON

SO LITTLE TIME TO DOCUMENT

WE HAVE THE EVERYDAY STUFFS

SCHOOL

COLLEGE

SCOUTS

SPEECH

WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL STUFFS

MARY POPPINS PLAY PRACTICE

HAPPILY FOREVER AFTER PLAY PRACTICE

VOICE LESSONS

GUITAR LESSONS

CHOIR

ART

ODYSSEY OF THE MIND

PIANO

EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT

WE HAVE THE MUNDANE

ORTHODONTIST

HAIR CUTS

DOG GROOMING

CAT FOSTERING

(which may stop after this last one, OIY)

THIS MONTH WE ARE ADDING

SHOWCASE

 H.S. STUDENTS STRUT THEIR STUFF

J IS PLAYING HIS DULCIMER

IT'S A GREAT RIDE

AND

I'M LOVING EVERY MINUTE 

(i'm tired but loving it)

I love you J, S, A, and T.

always and forever.

 

# PSA December 2017

Happy Holidays, Kids!

We started out with chorale concert.

 Enjoying dinner before

 Not your thing, but you survived and did great

 Yeah, It's your thing!

 Dancing too.

Awesome job!

You did great.

We made time to do a family thing too.

Some of you are too cool for this kind of thing.

Thanks for humoring me.