Tid Bits

I'm not posting any pictures write now but hopefully later I'll get some pictures of  out little family field trip to Stennis.  Well actually I think I'll just post one picture because I think it is beautiful!

You can't really see it here but the sun rays were coming down between the clouds and it just was amazing.  This is a picture off the Bridge.  While I was running these huge Pelicans were diving into the water.  I could not believe my eyes.  They would dive in and not come up for a couple of minutes it seemed like a life time, but than they'd shoot out of the water!

Anyways sometimes as you ponder your own existence and purpose you catch glimpses of the amazing creation of the world around you.

My little philosopher Kelton asked me the other day,  "Why is it always the men who choose to do bad things?"  Another question or actually observation by Kelton, "Mom our school believes in being respectful and always using manners, but it just doesn't go along with them always saying "Oh my ---!  I really wish they wouldn't say that all the time."  Later that night I was putting him to bed and he was saying his own prayers.  He was giving a really heart felt prayer and he said "heavenly father please bless us to be good so we can come to heaven and live with you."  I then was kissing his sweet little cheeks and tucking him into bed when he looked up at me and said, "mom are you going to be my mom in heaven?"  I said, "Of course!"  He looked at me and said, "good!"  I love this kid!  We started a chore chart and this little guy has been going to town.  He helps Halle too because she can't read very well yet.  He wants everyone to get the treat at the end of the week so he is always helping them remember to check off their charts.

We were rushing around this morning and Hayden had saved all of his homework for this morning.  It was definitely a crazy morning of throwing lunches together, quizzing the kids, and feeding everyone.  Hayden barely made it.  He likes to do everything by the skin of his teeth, but nothing seems to ruffle him.  I do know however that things do ruffle him.  He had noticed these dents in his fingernails.  Big dents.  We were a little concerned and so I began researching it.  It said that when you endure something very stressful in your life your fingernails sometimes stop growing.  While they are not growing these dents occur.  When they begin to grow you see the dents. The dents I guess eventually just grow out and your fingernails go back to normal, but it does look pretty bad.  It looks to me like his fingernails stopped growing right while we were moving.  The only reason I'm guessing this is because fingernails grow 1mm per week or something like that.

Today Kara is trying out for honors choir.  She said there are only 2 spots left.  She really wants to make it.  The song she is singing is The path to the Moon.  She has a new friend that she really likes.  She lives in the neighborhood and they have played a few times now.  Her parents seem nice her Dad is a Sea Bee??  I think that is what they call you when your in the Navy.  Anyway they moved here from Tennessee about when we moved here.

Halle is still having a little bit of a hard time with school, and so am I, but I think we are doing a little better.  Halle said the other day, "Do you know why I don't like school?  It is because I miss going to the store with you and when you would invite my friends over to play."  I miss that too!  We are keeping busy with all the work.  They test the kindergartners as hard as they test everyone else so it can be trying at times.  A five year old can only study for so long before they melt down, well at least this 5 year old!


So I wrote the above a couple days ago, but for some reason every time I try to post it doesn't post.  I hope that doesn't mean anything.   Anyways today I went to my orientation on how to be a room mom.  Only here do they have to Orient you.  This is the first time ever they are allowing parents into the school.  I know weird.  This is like the Stepford school.  I mean seriously sometimes I feel like I am in the twilight Zone!

I know I keep quoting Kelton lately, but I can't help it.  So my mom (Grandma Karalee as Brody would say)  gave us this fun jar of questions for dinner time.  So the question was if you could add anything to your yard and money was no object, what would you add?  Well this led us to designing the most exquisite of homes.  So Kelton is telling us all about his home.  I ask him, "Is your home on stilts?"  He says "No, its not in Mississippi!"  I say "Oh where is it?"  He says, "I don't know but it's not in Mississippi!"  He loves Missippi!

Yesterday afternoon there was a waterspout that formed right off the Bay Bridge .  The picture at the top of the page!  The Siren's went off at the school while Kara was trying out for choir.  She said they announced this is not a drill.  She was very scared and started to cry.  Tons of branches broke from our trees and it got super windy in a matter of seconds here at the house.  It was weird one moment it was completely nice and sunny and then all of the sudden it was the crazies storm!  FUN , FUN FUN!  Gotta run!