The summer is going by too quickly!! I have got to get a scheduled time to blog at least once a week so that I can keep up with this thing! :o) Since my last 'blog' we have celebrated Father's Day, the 4th of July and made a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Here are a few pictures from each...

Jessica's first time in the "big" bath tub to play in the bubbles!

Father's Day

She was too busy watching Lancelot to 'smile at the camera.

July 4th, Jessica entered her first pageant. The "Patriotic Pageant" in Inglis, FL. She is the 2009 Tiny Miss Firecracker

She is about to fall asleep here just before the winners are announced.

This is all the winners and runner-ups in each age group.

She was soooo tired after the pageant we didn't get any really good pictures. So, I dressed her back up on Sunday after church at momma and daddy's house. This is the cutest of the pictures because she is smiling, and her crown fell off.

Chuck E Cheese: I never dreamed that she would enjoy the little rides yet. She loved them!!

Making her 'car sounds'.

Chuck E Cheese himself

Jessica's 1st Watermelon Festival 6-6-09

She's my future Watermelon Queen!

She loved the parade! She clapped and waved and laughed. It was so sweet!!!

Okay, I am behind again! It is just so hectic at the end of the school year and I am soooo tired!! Anyway, Jessica has 3 teeth now. She is rolling ALLLLLLLL over the place. She is working on the crawling thing still! It is cute when she tries. :0) Well, we have decided to foreclose on our house. We tried to refinance and found out that we owe more than it is worth. We cannot even sell it for the payoff. So, my mom and dad are "buying" a new 2010 DWMH and are putting it across the road from them. We will pay the payments on it and later put it in our name. :o) I am still trying to get a transfer to Cheifland Elementary for next year. It would really save on gas!!

Jessica found John's foot very interesting. It was clean! :o)

Here are some pictures from the Mother/Daughter Luau Brunch at our church on Saturday. Ana managed to snap some very good pictures of Jessica! I had one made into an 8 x 10 for me and one for Momma for Mother's Day.

The silly program I have only corrected one of the 'red eyes', so she looks funny. :o)

We had a nice Mother's Day. We spent the day with momma and daddy. Saturday night John grilled/cooked dinner for us. It was Yum-O!! (Ribs, baked beans, corn on the cob and garlic bread)

Right side up this time!!

I love this dress! I had to get some pictures of it all flared out at the bottom. :o)

Jessica with her "Auntie Ambri" at the Evening of Excellence where Ana was officially named as the District Teacher of the Year!!!

I will have to post another one of these after I rotate them. I could not figure out how to do that on here. :o)

Wow! One month since my last blog. What can I say, it has been VERY hectic! I feel like I am drowning and don't know which way to turn for the life preserver! I have secured a summer job, that's great! However, I just found out that I have to take a 30 hour on-line class for it. I'm already taking one on-line class and one other class at school to finish my Reading Endorsement for the state. I don't know where I am going to fit in another class!!?? Trying to finish up the year is more hectic than ever since I am in third grade now. There is so much more to do than 5th grade!!! The stress of trying to sell the house on top of everything else finally got to me on Sunday. Our new choir director told me of a couple of songs he wanted to sing for last week. I knew the songs and can sing both of them by heart, parts and all. BUT I cannot play them. One in particular. When he asked to sing that one in practice on Sunday I looked at it and it seriously looked like Chinese writing! I could not play it and finally broke down in tears! That is not usually me, but with all of the other "stress" in my life, I could not deal with it. Through all of this I can still smile when I hold my baby girl, or my wonderful hubby!!!

Well, it's Sunday night. I think I have averaged blogging at least once a week in the last few weeks. Anyway, I just wanted to share how blessed I am! God has given me a wonderful husband, the most adorable little girl, the absolute best parents in the world and a great realm of friends and extended family. Tuesday morning I went to Lake City to a workshop. About 11:00 I received the most aweful news. A 29 year Williston native ran her SUV into the back of a stopped school bus. She died instanly, leaving behind a six month old baby girl in the back seat, unharmed. I did not know this family, but she impacted many people. Several of the teaches that I work with taught her in elementary or went to school with her. Her mom teaches at one of the other Williston schools. She volunteered at the high school and loved to watch her brother play baseball.

Needless to say, when I got to momma's to pick up Jessica, I just hugged and kissed and held her for a long time! I could not watch the news or talk about the accident without crying. I cannot imagine Jessica not remembering me if something were to happen to me. As I was putting her to bed and kissing her good night and telling her for the hundredth time "I love you!" I just cried! There was a little 6 month old baby girl not too far from us that no longer had a momma to put her to bed. Please keep this family in your prayers!

Thank you Jesus for all your many blessings to me and for safety each and every day for my family and friends!!