Celebrating the life of my precious Nana

My Nana was and is a personality to be remembered. She was full of spunk, spirit, sass, and fun. Her favorite color was red, she loved to get her hair done and her nails fixed, she wore heels into her 80s and would have kept wearing them if she was able. My Nana was full of many funny and wise sayings, but the one that sums her up best was “Take some pride.” She took pride in her faith, her family, and herself. She loved us all more than tongue can tell. Her legacy will live through her 4 generations of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a source of constant love in my life. She taught me that life is fun, and laughter is the best medicine. She was proud of Sean and I, but most importantly she was so proud of Colin and Maddox. I know that the things I love, remember, and learned from Nana will live through me and my children. The most important being that life is found through the Father and faithfulness to him makes us be able to live life to the fullest. My Nana lived her life to the fullest. Ever since I got the call on Monday, these words have been in my mind, my heart, and my mouth: “When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrow like sea bellows flow. Whatever my lot thou has taught me to say, even so it is well with my soul.” So it is well with my soul, and it is definitely well with Nana’s because now she walks hand in hand with Jesus!

We went home for Nana's funeral. It was a beautiful celebration of her life! Many of us grandchildren spoke about Nana. It was sad, because we loved her so, we miss her, but we know we will see her again!

We wore red in Nana's honor.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend we took a quick trip to Nashville to stay with Blake and Julie. It was a great trip. The kiddos played great together! The adults had lots of fun just hanging out and catching up!

Maddox- 2 yrs, Colin- 5 yrs, Emery- 4yrs, and Lucy- almost 2 yrs

We couldn't go to Nashville without seeing our cousins. We meet Ryan, Keeley, and the kids at Cracker Barrel for breakfast. We had a fabulous visit, and the kiddos had fun talking and playing with each other for a little bit :>)

Maddox- 2yrs, Reed- 5 yrs, Braden- 5 yrs, Colin- 5 yrs, and Kylie- 4yrs

It's that time . . . back to school 2014

Meet the teacher at Graysville Elementary and kindergarten screening August 2014

Colin and Mrs. Faulkenberry

Colin's First Day of Kindergarten!!!

C had a great first day of K. He was nervous going in, but no tears! The first 2 days of school were 1/2 days, when I came to pick him up he was reading a dinosaur book in the reading corner :) We started the tradition of ice cream after school on the first day. The kiddos loved it!

Maddox wasn't sure at first about her Bubba not being there. She asked about him a lot the first few days. Sean and I took her on a donut date the second day, after we dropped C off at school. M made sure we got her brother a donut, which he enjoyed after school that afternoon :)

Colin's first week went great. He struggled a little in the middle, but ended the week perfectly. It might have helped that on Friday mommy was at school helping his teacher with decodable books, and she ate lunch with him ;) He's doing a great job into his third week of K now, he has made friends and likes school . . . . even though he says he only likes gym, the library, lunch, and the playground!

Colin decided he wanted to ride the bus because a friend in his class rides and lives in our neighborhood. I was happy because the car rider line was ridiculous, and the bus gets home 20 minutes before we were getting home when I picked him up!! (another plus, I don't have to wake M up from her nap to go get him, she gets to sleep!)

While Bubba's at school, it's just me, Maddox, and Percy. M still asks about C at least once a day, but she loves being able to play with WHATEVER she wants ;) We are adjusting to our new normal, and are enjoying it!

 We are excited to watch Colin grow this year, and we know he's going to do awesome!!!!!