I am so thankful today for my 3 beautiful children. I am blessed to be called their mother and to have the opportunity for Corby and I to raise them. Looking at this picture makes me realize how fast they really are growing up. I am also thankful today for my Mom! She and my Daddy raised me in a Godly home and has always been a wonderful example to me. I love you mom! Happy Mother’s Day.
I found this idea online several years ago & still love it. I’ve done these each year for my kids to give for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Here’s how I created them:
My camera (a Canon) has a setting called color accent that allows you to focus in on one color and make all the rest of the picture black and white. I wrote “Thank You” with green sidewalk chalk on my driveway. Picked that color as my accent on the camer and took the picture… you can see that it also picked up the green in the grass as I did not write the words far enough over. Download your pictures & then in open them in photoshop (or I’ve also used a scrapbooking software and Paint…which most people have on their computers). I typed in my message to add to the picture and saved it. Print out a 4x6 & wallah! A great, personalized & very cute note.
Chandler’s last field trip as an elementary school kid has passed. *Sigh*
Each year Boiling Springs does something pretty big for them… because it’s a pretty big deal. This year they went to the National Whitewater Center in Belmont. Corby tagged along as parent chaperone this time. They didn’t raft but got to do flat water kayaking and geo tracking plus some other stuff. Here’s a few pictures from their big trip.
The second part of the week we spent in Statesville with the rest of the family. Most everyone came in for the weekend and the kids all had a blast playing together. We had a full weekend but full of fun.
We got to see our precious twin nieces who are growing up so fast.
Birthday party for cousin Nathan who turned 7
Fun with the cousins…
We didn’t think that spring break would ever get here. I mean, we’ve not had a day off of school since January and everyone was more than ready for a break. We spent the first part of the break at Mimi & PawPaw’s. The kids had a blast there as usual and I got to spend some quality time shopping with my Mom, just like we used to do. Here’s a run down of our week…
Carter killed his first bird with a BB gun… he was so proud.
The kids slept in the tree house with PawPaw 2 nights. He even rigged it to where they had a tv in there & got to watch movies before bed!
PawPaw built a tire swing for the kids too and they loved it!
