In better Hands ~Natalie Grant (with lyrics)

A Look Back in Time

Our little granddaughter!

Nathan - Our Grandson!

Changes at home

I now have only 2 children living at home! Hard to believe. Jamie has officially moved out to go to college in College Station, Texas at Blinn College. We took her dresser up to her the past Monday and bought her groceries. She and two friends are living in a three bedroom house. Jamie and Taylor painted their bedrooms on Tuesday. Matthew and Kristen start school on Monday morning. They will both be in Junior high.
Matthew is in 7th and Kristen is in 6th. Gaining a little more room in our house is motivating to me and I have been cleaning, discarding, donating and organizing. Organization has been a life long pursuit for me. I'm finally seeing some real progress and more hope. I have two grandchildren now. Our little granddaughter was born on April 15, 2010. Her name is Eeva Laila Kelley. She is sweet and has a pretty little smile. We enjoy babysitting both Nathan and Eeva. Having grandchildren is another good reason to get my home organized. Today I took the bunk beds apart out of Matthew's room and put a twin bed frame. I'm so glad to have that done. I've been cleaning more out of the garage. I had a little garage sale for a few hours and made a little cash and took a box to Goodwill. Every little bit helps!

Summer Has Arrived!

It's June 4TH and it was the last day of school for us! I'm excited for a new relaxed schedule (somewhat). Kristen and Matthew are on our neighborhood Swim Team and they have a meet tonight. The month of June they will be busy with swim practices and swim meets. Sarah is busy with her job, being a lifeguard at the YMCA. Jamie will be busy with a few FFA activities this Summer, like the State Convention and Officer Camp. She is the Historian for the FFA Chapter at Katy High School. She is now a Senior! Matthew will be going to Junior High in August! They grow up so fast! I went to Matthew's 5TH Grade Awards Ceremony yesterday and they had their 5TH Grade Pool Party on Wednesday and had a great time!

During the week of Spring Break, we were all able to get together and get a family picture! Yea! That's not always easy for us! I 'm sending one to family since, we didn't have one at Christmas. I decided I'll write a Spring (Easter) letter this year in place of my Christmas letter for last December. Time goes fast with busy school children and one in college and one on a mission. Now, that John is home it might be a little easier, at least I 'm not writing weekly emails and sending packages. John was hired by Academy last week and started on Monday. He's a cashier. It's good he has a job. At least he can earn some money while he decides where to go to school. Sarah is back at SUU to finish her semester. She said they had snow this week already. The weather is constantly changing here and there. Ours is more like Spring though, we just get a little rain now and then. We enjoyed Kevin and part of his famiily coming when John arrived home from his mission. It was nice of them to come for such a short time. Mimi had fun, and we kept her busy, but her time went too fast too. We need to all get together in the Summer! It's fun to be with family! I got to keep Nathan all day on Friday of Spring Break while Stephen & Sonja and John & Matthew and Kristen went to Corpus Christi. I had fun with Nathan! He's such a good baby!