Derby Day, Mother's Day Weekend

What a stash! The gifts are so "secondary" to the love I feel when they bring you their gifts! I have been so blessed to be "hooked" up with Mrs. Harrington's 5th grade class each year. They are always just so sweet and I love them! Thanks to each and every one for every note written or gift received. I will miss these kids!

Love my co-worker next door, Beth.

This is April Sowers, with Emily & Lauren Clay. Two of the sweetest, cutest girls you will ever meet! Emily, on the left, is Austin's girlfriend!!! They met at Tots Landing and still remember each other with notes once in awhile! Lauren Clay's mom, Shannon, was actually Becky's KTip (is that the way you spell that?) teacher, mentor, and friend. She was a huge help to Bec when she started teaching Spanish. My friend, April, is so nice and fun at work. Everyone loves her.

Another Saturday rolls around and we are so happy to be eating breakfast, driving with the top down (that means rain is giving us a break!) and that CB got a clean bill of health on Tuesday! Yeah God!!! Thank you.

Today is Derby Day and we are hosting some friends. I know the rain is coming, so we may be eating on the patio or inside. Keeping our fingers crossed for it to hold off for some corn hole and eating on the lawn. We'll see!

Tomorrow my family is coming for Mother's Day. We normally have a family picnic (potluck) for dad in June and celebrate his birthday (June 25) along with Father's Day. This year, we moved it up a month. Some of our kids can't come, which really makes it hard since we do it for us to see everyone and keep in touch. However, that can't be helped. Mother asked me for a double Knock Out pink rose bush, so that is what we got her.

This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week and our PTA was again great. We had something special everyday. I will add a few photos. I cried when I read the notes my class brought to me. They were so special and sweet. I have a 5th grade room (that actually "had" me) and so they wrote of what they had learned in the years at CME.

The boys had another game on Wed. and lost. They tied the first one but lost all the others. Austin is playing on third, Matthew at shortstop at this time. They are hitting the ball well, running the bases well, actually fielding pretty good (the grounders) but catching is not going well. We'll see. They need lots of practice catching and throwing.