HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

On Saturday it would have been mom's 53rd birthday. It is kind of funny to me that mom did not like her middle name, Spring, because to me that is exactly what she was. She was Spring. Her smile and laugh were like the first flowers that you see at spring. For me, her presence was just as anticipated as the first warm day of spring that you just could'nt wait for. Every time spring comes around I just can't help but think of my mom. Thank you Lord for the beautiful reminders of mom that are always around me.

I thought some of you might like to see what you got mom on her birthday a few years back (1968 & 1969 to be exact) . I was reading through her diary that Uncle Scott got her for her birthday one year, and here is what she wrote on the date of her birthday.

What a great family!

(little) Girls night!

Here are some photos from when we had Isabel, Maddie, Givonna, and Adrianna over last Friday night.
I took the girls to a place called Monkey Joes. It is a large storefront filled with inflatables. The girls had a blast and ran around without stopping for about and hour and a half.



By that time it was time to head home and make Pizza!

Trevor Drew

Just had to stick in this adorable piture of Trevor at work with Noel and Colleen.
He got into the Post-It notes!
You are seeing correctly! They are stuck to his bottom!

Mission's Parade

(Me instructing the Kindergarten boys how to throw their confetti!
Up, not out!)

Every year our church hosts a week long Mission's Conference. It is a time to get to know more about Mission's and make decisions about our personal Faith Promise Giving (for missions). There are different activities that take place throughout the week and it is capped off by a huge Mission's Parade that our school sponsors.

Throughout the year each class raises money for a missionary family that will be attending our conference. This year the Kindergarten, along with a few other High school grades were raising money for the Gross Family to Muldova. They were a very sweet family with two small children and at about %50 of their support.

Gross Family

Our 25 Kindergarten kids were able to raise over $1,800 dollars for this family. Each missionary family received a total of around $5,000. It is so neat to see five year olds bring in money and know that they are helping missionaries go and tell others about Jesus and buy Bibles for people who don't have any.

Here are the kindergarten girls...the boys are hidden behind them.
You can see Givonna she is the 2nd from the left.

My class sang "Missionary Echo" and quoted Matthew 24:14 - And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations.

Here is a couple of photos of the beginning of the parade when the missionaries get wheeled around the gym and pummeled with confetti. Needless to say this whole event is very "Hush,Hush" throughout the week.

Gross Family in the midst of confetti. Now you know why they are supposed to throw up not out!


Trevor enjoyed the aftermath of the confetti.

Some of my girls waiting for the parade to begin.