Hot Hoops

Walker literally had his last day of

6th grade, a dance at school, an early

release at noon, a pool party with 

his best buds, and then......

TWO basketball games 

that evening at Midway Middle School

to prepare for 7th grade basketball.

Hello Hot Hoops!

The kid amazes me!

Hadlee and I were so excited 

because we saw one of our favorite

people at the games...Sheka!!! :)

Walker is so cute and such 

a hard worker/player!

Way to go, Midway Hot Hoops!

Looking forward to some good 

basketball this summer:)

6th Grade Boys Pool Party!

Immediately after the Sixth Grade Dance,

a huge group of boys met at the 

Twin Rivers Pool for pizza and swimming!

The Moms met up, too...

to chat and get some sun:)

Shortly after we noticed the boys were ALL gone!

They were off playing football and basketball;)

This is quite the gang!

I love them all!

This one is my favorite! 

Look at Kyle:)

The moms never figured out what this pose

was all about?!?  Pointing towards 7th grade? ;)

We just went with it though;)

I love this kid so much!

I truly couldn't be more proud of him

and I cannot, absolutely cannot,

believe that he is going to be

in middle school!

Hold me!!!

And I love that his teachers 

seem to love him and see

what I see in him, too!

Thankful for his 6th grade year, 

his wonderful teachers like Mrs. Gross

and his great friends/memories.  

Hadlee's Last Day Friend Party :)

Sweet girl went home with a group 

of her friends on the last day of 

school for pizza and a pool party!

Hadlee, Betsy Grace, Jersi, Lucy, Shelby ...

precious PRECIOUS girls with mamas whom I adore!

They had fun!:)
Can't believe these little girlies are

now 4th Graders!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huds and I picked up Hadlee

late that afternoon...

she had such a great last day of 3rd grade!

We were celebrating the fact

that at this point it was officially 

SUMMER!!!!!!!:)

Hudson's Last Day at Mrs. Janice's

My last day to drop Hudson

off at Mrs. Janice's.

Cue the tears:(

Especially mine:(

I just couldn't help but be

so teary eyed over this day.  

I will FOREVER be indebted to this

angel on Earth...Mrs. Janice. 

I just don't have words adequate

enough to describe the blessing

of Janice, Adrienne

and these sweet children......

Adrienne took care of Hudson

at my house in the mornings

when I first went back to work...

he was so tiny and she was 

so perfect with him.    

The Thursday/Friday Gang...

Huds, Ella, Beau, Hank

And of course, Baby Bax!

I worried over Hudson being with 

a baby since he was so much older...

and just how hard it would be for Mrs. 

Janice.  I was so wrong!  So wrong!

Hudson LOVES babies...especially

this one.  It turned out to be

such a sweet, sweet blessing 

for Hudson to get to be a 

"Big Brother" of sorts:)

In true Janice and Adrienne fashion,

they had lots of fun planned for the

last day of "school"!!!!

 This crew is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!

 We love love love Miss Adrienne!!!

 Good Times!!!!!!!!!!

 Just thankful.  

 So very, very thankful.  

 God Bless Mrs. Janice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the days leading up to the last day

of school, it being the end of 

our Mrs. Janice days were most on my

heart.  For anyone who has ever left 

your babies with someone, you KNOW.

You just know.  

There is NO greater gift a person

can give to a mother than to love

and nurture and care for her children

when she can't be with them.  Janice

gave me this gift with Hudson.  

For five years, my little Hudson spent

his mornings with Mrs. Janice

and not one day, not a ONE, 

did I ever worry or have doubts

about leaving him.  In fact,

I often told people he was better

off with her;) and that's truth!  

Janice is the kindest person I know.

She is a living, breathing Proverbs 31 woman.

She truly is.  

As I drove to her house on the last

day of school, the tears just fell

from my eyes in thanks to the

good Lord for her and all that

she is and has been to my little family...

because she certainly helped raise

Hadlee and Hudson and nurtured

all of us along the way.

But most of all to my little Hudson...

all five years of his sweet little life.  

He loves Mrs. Janice SO much.  

I will always think of 

Janice for this verse...

And just like that I had a little

boy ready for kindergarten!