Proof and The Celebration

We made it. We all made it. Yes, all of us. I'm so proud of all of us, but mostly Ronnie. He's my hero. He balances it all so, so well. As hard as he worked and as little as we saw him over the last six months, he engaged the second he walked in the door; no matter what time it was or who was awake. He got up with us most mornings, even if he'd just gotten home a few hours earlier. And I can honestly say that his relationship with the kids did not suffer at all. (Ours didn't either, but I probably stressed him out with my stress from time to time....or maybe, more often than not!) He told me Sunday morning that his awards are that Gaby smiles at him all the time, that Thomas continues to do things like getting up from the table at Olive Garden on Saturday afternoon just to make a special trip over to Ronnie to tell him he loves him, and Clayton's looking forward to him coaching his football team next season.

Proud beyond words to be the wife of a man who graduates from USAF Weapons School and still holds his family as his top earthly priority. I love you, Ronnie.

Patch Night was fun and the graduation celebration was really nice. Enjoy the photos.

Done

The boys are done with school!! Half days for both of them today to finish up, so we followed that up with McDonald's for lunch, rest, sprinkler fun, and movie night. Doesn't get much better than that!

The boys both brought home fun mementos from the year today. Thomas' preschool teachers made a scrapbook for each child with some of their artwork and photos. There was also a sheet of questions that were asked of them early on in the year. Some of my favorites....

*Who is God?
"Daddy and Mommy."
*What do your Mommy and Daddy do when you are at preschool?
"Mommy's getting a baby test and Daddy's on the predator."
*What do you like to do on weekends?
"I dust the furniture and the computer." (WHAT?)
*Why do you love your Mommy and Daddy?
"Because there's a new baby coming."

That's Tommy. Super silly. Super sweet.

Clay brought home a journal collection. A couple of my favorite entries....

"When I graw up I want to be a Mishanaery. A Mishanaery gose a rald the world teching about Jesus. A Mishanaery dosn't get to see it's famliy." (Beautiful or is he just wanting to get away from us? Hmmmm.....) 4/27/10

"My favorite thing about my dad is he helps me with homewrlk. Also he and I have boys night. I love my dad." 5/14/10

I love how my Clay-man loves.

Happy Summer! May the days be full of special memories and lots of rest. (I'm super excited just to not drive to school three times a day, three days a week!)

Oh, and only one more week until my other boy is done with his school too! Yippee!