New School Year Starts TODAY!!

We have a Senior and a Seventh Grader!!

We are such blessed parents!!

I can't believe that this is the first day of "Our Baby Boy's" SR YEAR!!

Where does the time go and how do I capture it in a bottle??

We are so proud of him!

He finished his JR year with a 3.93 GPA and his top ACT score so far is a 28!!(he takes again in Sept). He took a Dual Enrollment College Calculus class last year (I won't tell you he enjoyed it) :) and he will receive college credit hrs for that. He received the "Patriot Award" for character and citizenship for the JR class(this is voted on by the teachers and principals)! He's also the only student in the top 10% of his class that letters in 2 Varsity sports. Please help us pray for God's Will and guidance in Jacob's decisions for his future!!

My Mimi once told me there's a difference in being proud of something and having pride, so this is me being proud of my Jacob!!!

And me being proud of my Landon!!

I can't believe "Our Baby Boy" is half way through Middle School! It doesn't seem possible!Landon had a great 6th grade year! He made all A's and 1 B the whole year!! We did lots of projects especially in SocialStudies and Science! He really enjoys all that stuff and is very good at it!! He received the Principal's Award at the end of the year(this is selected by the principal for a good student role model) WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM!!!

I want to share 2 stories with you. This story his SS teacher told Tim and I at Open House:: She told us she witnessed this from her desk and she's not even sure if Landon knew she saw him. A very quite girl sitting beside Landon knocked her pencil box and all it's contents off her desk and she was on the verge of crying, Ms. Coffey said without saying a word, Landon got up, picked up her stuff and laid it on her desk and went right back to reading. She said his compassion touched her!

The other story is the same teacher but this time she called me at work to tell me this during her planning period!! They were studying about different religions in SS(required by TN law b/c it's on TCAPS, or so I'm told) and she asked if anyone had heard of Golgotha and Landon said yes it's where Jesus was crucified. She said this statement opened up numerous questions from other students about Jesus and who he was and what being crucified meant. She said : "Monica, I am not allowed to get in a deep conversation with students about religion, but I didn't have to. She said " Landon all but preached in my class and it was like having church. YES!! I cried when we hung up!!

As proud as we are for Jacob and Landon's academic performances, we are most proud of the work that Jesus is doing and will continue to do in their lives!!!

Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.