The Gold Medal

This is the beginning of the last week of school for David's Kidstart class, and today was their awards assembly for the Books & Beyond reading project. David was extremely excited to be receiving his gold medal for reading through the 8 stations throughout the school year. We worked extra hard the last two weeks to get from station 5 to station 8. With the help of both of his grandmothers, we actually did it. We went up to the wire to complete the reading. All of the children either received a blue ribbon for making the attempt, or a gold medal for completing 8 total stations of 225 reading minutes at each level. Darryl arranged his schedule to be home this morning, so we attended the ceremony. David looked so proud to receive his gold medal. That's quite an accomplishment for a soon-to-be five year old!

First Entry

This is my first entry in my new blog. My intent is to capture the events of my life and that of my family in order to record in my future scrapbooks. I also intend to collect my thoughs here about scrapbooking in general. I know some people don't understand how one can obsess about scrapbooks and all that goes with it, but you probably wouldn't understand unless you are a scrapper. I equate the artistry involved with scrapbooking to that of any of the other arts. When you find something that allows you to express yourself in such a way, you fall in love with it and it helps define who you are and what you are here for. I love everything about scrapbooking, and I plan to discover new ways to record my life events through photos, paper, embellishments, and all the other stuff that goes along with this wonderful hobby.

Life Event for Today - June 5, 2005

It is Sunday afternoon, and the kids and I have returned home from church. Lunch is over, and I am thinking back to the events of today. Daniel had his first communion today. I was so touched when he told Pastor Brian that he felt privileged to be able to participate in communion this morning. I had tears in my eyes all during the Lord's supper, and Daniel did his best to make me feel better. Today was hard, because I would have loved to had Darryl here to see Daniel be so focused on communion, but the circumstances were such that he had to be away. Either way, I am glad Daniel has been baptized, and is now walking with Jesus at such a young age. Hopefully this will keep him focused on being the best that he can be and keep him on the right road throught his life to come.

My Three Little Loves



Most of my scrapbooks will detail the lives of these three from birth on up. They certainly keep me on my toes.