School Shooting Hoax

Man, what a day. I go get my hair cut. I get home and all hell has broken loose. My mom has tried to call, and just about everyone else. I tried to call my mom back. BUSY. I walk through the living room and here it over the police scanner. "one teacher shot at the high school" OMG!!!!!! Every cop in the county is headed to the high school including fire and EMS. I try to call my husband who is working on the roof of a house up the road. He doesn't answer his cell. I try calling my neighbor who also has kids at the high school. I can't get hold of anybody! I pray! I panic! I pray! I panic! What do I do? Do I go to the school or do I stay home? Mom calls me back and I get a very sturn "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" She tells me there is a possible shooting at the highschool. A student called it in from a payphone inside the school. They believe it is a hoax, but the school is on lockdown. I call Cassie's cell. She answers and she sounds fine. I ask, how are you?......

Cassie: I am fine
ME: Are you sure?
Cassie: yeah
Me: did you hear anything?
Cassie: no
Me: no gun shots or anything?
Cassie: no, Nanny called me and told me what was happening.
Cassie: We are locked in the classroom, The door is locked and the window is covered.
Me: I love you
Cassie: I love you too......
Me: Call me if anything happens. I am gonna make some calls, I will call you back.....
Cassie: ok
Me: I love you
Cassie: I love you too

I am on the phone with so many people. Cassies friends moms are calling me. They know I have a scanner. Darrells bosses are calling, they need him to get to the bus garage, there is talk of evacuating the school. I can't reach him and noone else can either. I hear that this is possibly a hoax. As the minutes go by and the more I hear on the scanner. I am sure it is a hoax. I know that the officers need to do their job. I know that I cannot get to the school to get her. I know that she is ok. I am faced with the decision to leave the house to get my husband to the bus garage or stay at the house and hope he answers his Cell. After three tries to his cell and the boss calling again. I decide to leave the house to go get him. I call my mom and ask her to call my cell if she hears anything. I get to the house up the road and pull up. Darrell says, "what is up with all the sirens?" I tell him and his other boss, who also drives bus, There is a possible shooting at the high school, you guys need to be in your buses waiting incase they decide to evacuate. they both nearly fell off the roof. I go back home. Again this decision is based on the fact, the school is not ready to handle parents coming to the school and the scene has yet to be cleared. I call Cassie........

Cassie: hello?
Me: Hi baby
Cassie: hi mommy, what is happening?
Me: they are having the bus drivers go to the bus garage in case they evacuate
Cassie: ok
Me: are you ok?
Cassie: I am fine mommy
Me: how is your blood sugar? (why I didn't ask earlier? who knows?)
Cassie: I guess it is ok
Me: is there food in that classroom?
Cassie: yeah, My teacher has food
Me: ask her to give it to you if you need it.
Cassie: ok will do.
Me: I love you
Cassie: I love you too
Me: I am gonna go again I will call you if I hear anything else
Cassie: ok, I will call you if i hear anything
Me: ok, I love you bye....

Letting her off the phone was hard, yet I knew I could not keep her on the phone all the time. I was also keeping other parents and family members up to par on what was happening. Not to mention listening to the police talk about what they were doing in the school. I hear that they may have suspects in the ceiling on the second floor. IN THE CEILING! mom calls and asks where is cassie in the school? gosh I never thought to ask! You really don't think clear in these situations. I call her back.......

Cassie: Hello?
Me: where are you?
Cassie: um... Mrs. Travises room.
Me: I knew that much, what floor are you on?
Cassie: the second floor.
Me: ok, there are students in the ceiling above the second floor.
Cassie: ok, I don't hear anything.
Me: Just wanted to call and let you know. I have to go. I need to call the other parents
Cassie: ok I love you.
Me: I love you too

This chaos just keeps going on. It is insanity. I have to set here. I know my baby is locked in a class room. I know she has not eaten lunch. I know I am nervous. I know I trust the officials. I leave my baby in their hands. and I set, and I pray, and I call other parents and fill them in as new details become available. Cassie calls me.....

Cassie: they are evacuating us to the stadium
Me: now?
Cassie: soon
Me: what is going on? are you away from the door?
Cassie: we are huddled in the corner, we are on top of each other
Cassie: wait a minute, I just got word the cops stormed into a classroom guns pulled and told everyone to get in the floor
Me: Oh my, what do you know?
Cassie: they are looking for something.
Me: ok, Are you feeling ok? is your sugar good?
Cassie: I am fine
Me: ok, I love you I have to go
Cassie: I love you too.

I get a phone call from a neighbor that they have begun to allow parents on school grounds to get their kids. ID is a requirement. I call mom and tell her, She tells me to take something to school for Cassie to drink, for her blood sugar. she says she is coming to the house, I said are you going with me? She says no she is coming to the house to get miah incase I don't get back in time to get him. I told her good thinking. I hear on the scanner that crowd control is needed. The parents are getting out of hand. I run around the house trying to decide what to wear. why? I need pockets, these pants don't have pockets, it is hot outside. I am not wearing pants. I put on my jean shorts. they have pockets. Dang it I need to shave! who cares? not me! I grab my purse and phone and run out of the house. Dang it I forgot the drink. Oh well. she won't need it. I get in the van And off I go. I stop at the gas station on the way and decide to get sweets. there is quite a ways to walk and I know she will need something to keep her blood sugar up. I get up to the school and it is unreal. there are cars parked everywhere. I have to circle around after asking an officer about how to go about getting my daughter. I have to walk up the driveway and get to the school that way. I park the van and walk the half mile to the school. I get up to the school parking lot and the line is neverending. Parents waiting believe it or not patiently to get their kids. I have to go to the concession stand to sign cassie out and wait for them to call her. My neighbor finds me and lets me get in line with her, she says she knows Cass needs to get out of there and eat so her blood sugar does not plummet. which reminds me, Last time I talked to cass I told her to put food from the classroom in her purse to go to the stadium, and I told her I am on my way. I get her signed out and hear them call her name. she calls me and asks where I am and I tell her I am by the womens restroom. She says ok. Her friend who has been with her the whole time gets signed out after Cass and gets down to her mom before Cass. She went up to get Cassie for me. We walk back to the van and go for food. We are home now. Cass is spending the evening with a friend, at the neighbors. I think she needs to be with friends. It will help her. she really does seem to be ok. I thank God this whole thing was a hoax. I am glad to have both of my kids home and my hubby home with me this evening. A day like this reminds you just how important every moment is. On that note...... I am going to go spend some time with my family.

Meet Steve

I would like for you all to meet Steve. Yes this cabbage has a name. Jeremiah came home from school with a cabbage and he named it. Why did he name it? I don't know. Leave it to my son to name his cabbage. But I thought it was so cute that I had to share it with all of you. I have to monitor Steve's progress and weigh him at the end of his growth cycle. We are to care Steve through May 26. The student with the heaviest cabbage gets entered into a contest to win a 1,000.00 Scholarship. A scholarship for what? Plant school? I really don't understand why school administrators are encouraging our children to grow cabbage plants for money. What does this have to do with anything? Oh well. It makes for a good memory. My son named his cabbage plant Steve!

the sick day continues!

Well, my fever broke last night. I woke up feeling good as ever this morning, though burning up! After being freezing cold with a fever for over 12 hours, when my fever did break I felt so hot!

Cassie came home from her friends house sick as a dog. She has it too. Barking like a dog and stuffy nose, Fever. I took her to urgent care and while there had them do a strep swab on me as well. We both tested negative. Go figure!

So Miah got sick Tuesday evening. Darrell and I both woke up Thursday feeling a little strange (scratchy throats). Friday Darrell took a fever. He went ahead and drove bus. Saturday morning I woke up feeling a little worse but not too bad. I had to work Saturday. I went to work and was doing well until about 1:30. That is when the fever hit. I was setting there and I got chills. When I got off work we had to run to walmart to get some alka-seltzer (love that stuff). Miah was feeling better by then and wanted to walk around and look at toys. I on the other hand wanted to go home and go to bed. I ran a fever all evening. It ran between 101 and 102. I went to bed fully dressed freezing to death. I woke up in the middle of the night soaked in sweat and burning up. Hallelujah my fever broke! I have been fine most of the day. I still have sinus symptoms, runny/stuffy nose.

I am not sure when Cassie's fever started, but hers is gone now too. The fever with this bug runs about 12 to 18 hours and then it is gone. It lasts just long enough to let you know that you are flesh and blood and anything can happen and leaves just in time for you to enjoy a good day. We are all on the mend now. Will check back in soon!

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Flu

Well, I have not had him to the doctors office as of yet, but I think my son has the flu. Symptoms include, Fever, cough, body aches, chills, fatigue, loss of appetite. He is not feeling very good at all. He scared the tar out of me earlier today. He was sleeping and all of a sudden came straight up off the couch out of a dead sleep and said he had to go somewhere and do something. He could not make whole sentences, he was mumbling and I could make out about every other word. He would look at me and give me the biggest silliest grin. Kinda goofy looking really. We were watching Sesame Street. I asked him what we were watching on the TV and he mumbled E.P., He finally did come around enough to say Sesame Street. It was very strange. Really freaky. Who knows maybe it was the fever talking. I asked him later on if he remembered any of it and he told me no. I think he may have been sleep walking. Now my prayer is that Cassie does not come down with it. That is the last thing she needs. This is the one year that she did not get the flu shot. Figures. Every other year we get the flu shot and no one gets it. I will update everyone later concerning the doctor appointment.

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UPDATE!

Took miah to the doctor. He tested positive for STREP THROAT! Not the FLU! I am so glad! He is on a course of antibiotics and will be good to go.

sick day

Hi all! I am taking a sick day today. My son went to bed last night with a fever of 102.8. He slept all night now trouble at all. He got up this morning feeling some better. Though as we speak he is asleep on the couch with another fever. Not as bad this time (100.1). I strongly encouraged him to take a nap. My daughter woke me very early this morning to let me know her blood sugar was high and she had moderate ketones. I decided then and there we were gonna have a sick day. We all slept in a little. The kids were up before me. I hate it when that happens. My son came in asking me to fix him breakfast. It was not even 8 o'clock yet. My daughter came in to tell me her blood sugar had come down and ketones were better as well. She fixed breakfast for her and her brother. I layed in bed til 8:45. I called the boss and got a machine. Left a message that I had two sick kids and would not make it to the store today. So there you have it a sick day.

I finally got the piano out of here yesterday. I was so nervous. The guys showed up right on time and had it all figured out. They came right in and lifted on it to see how heavy it was. They didn't seem to mind its weight. I tried lifting it and could not budge it. More power to them. They got it out the door and onto the trailer without doing too much damage. They did tear up the wooden steps on the front porch, but a small price to pay to have the piano removed. I got the living room and family room rearranged. I ran the sweeper 3 times yesterday trying to get all the dust and dirt cleaned up. By the end of the day I was one tired little girl. So a sick day for me is kinda nice. Hmmm, I feel like I need a snack. Better go find one.

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Piano

Well, the day has come to say goodbye. I am finally getting rid of the piano I have had for a few years now. it is a huge upright grand that was made march 2nd of 1910. It is old and it is BIG. A family from my church got word that I had a piano to give away. They want to use it at their bed and breakfast for worship services. I am excited but saddened at the same time. I spent many hours at that piano playing praise songs and worshipping my Lord. I need my space back though. My living room is cramped as it is. I have my main heat vent blocked by furniture, and need to free it up. My son is mourning the loss of our beloved piano. He layed his head on it today and wept. It broke my heart. We are going to try to find another piano. Smaller, maybe electric. I am waiting on a parking spot to open up out front. If a spot does not open we will not be able to get the truck and trailer to the front porch to get this monster out of the house. For a while I was calling this piano the beast, til I realized that the devil is called the beast. One can hardly worship the Lord on the beast. For that matter the monster is not very pleasant either. Any ideas on a name for my huge instrument of praise? Well, I am off to check for a parking space.

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A bit of a respite

I have not posted to this place for so long! oh my! I am so sorry to all those who try to read this blog. I know you are bogging down the servers trying to read it. I have to be honest in saying that I have found a new hobby. A new fix so to speak. I discovered Africam. The live feed african web cam. Amazing! Africam is a live streaming web cam in the middle of the African bush. You can see wild animals at all hours of the day. It is very neat! Addicting to say the least! I have also been watching Trucker cams, I am almost ashamed to say that I have been watching trucker cams. The volume is turned down most of the time. The cams are set up to look out the windows, so there is not anything "bad" to see. Not like they are naked truckers gone wild or anything like that. Gosh, I must be having some guilt. I am giving excuses to my blog. sheesh. I guess it is an issue because I waist so much time setting in front of this computer watching cams. I know it is a waste of time, but boy is it fun! The other issue with the trucker cams is they have a chat room. To watch the cams you have to enter the chat rooms. I am not chatting about anything bad, vulgar or anything like that. If anything I am trying to be a good witness in these chat rooms. I don't give out my personal info, email, address, anything like that. I am careful to not use my real name even. I talk to one guy about Diabetes, He is on insulin and my daughter is to, so we compare notes. See what works for him. Will it work for Cass? And he is in his 50's! Living somewhere in Pennsylvania! I don't know, you tell people you are chatting in chat rooms and they think the worst. I am aware. And am trying to be careful. Anyhow. I am going to post links to all this stuff and if you want to check out my new obsession then you can.

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Blech!

We survived a bout with the stomache flu. I pray noone else in my house gets it. Yuck! My son and I got it. He woke me at around 3a.m. saying he was nausious. turns out I was too. He was hugging the toilet before sunup multiple times. I held out til about noon. We were both doing some better by evening. I was as weak as water though. I didn't have the strength to walk across the room hardly. I finally broke down and took a shower. That was a job in and of itself. About an hour after my shower I was feeling some strength. We both went to bed around 10 and we both slept all night. Miah has already had 5 biscuits for breakfast. I still need to eat. Funny how after going through the stomache flu it takes a while to get the nerve to eat again. I feel fine and am feeling hungry, just a little apprehensive. I pray everyone else is doing fine.

A new gift

Long story but worth reading. I wanted to go to Clarksburg to see about getting a new entertainment center. My other one was so big and bulky, not to mention we have had it for atleast 6 years. It was getting worn out. Mom goes with me to Clarksburg. We go to sears and I am looking for clothes. I went to the mall first because I didn't want to get the new entertainment center and leave it in the back of the truck for someone to grab it while we are shopping. I find some jeans and tell mom I am going to go try them on. she says ok, I'll be over here somewhere. I didn't see where she was pointing and when I got out of the dressing room I couldn't find her. I finally did, over in home appliances. I said what are you doing over here and she said I just bought something. I said what did you buy, and she points at this upright freezer. I said why did you buy a freezer? She says for you, Merry Christmas! I was floored, I knew that mom said we had another gift coming. I just knew she bought me a quilt from ebay. I was totally convinced. Little did I know she was planning on going with me to get an upright freezer. We got the new freezer loaded into the truck, now she has a small pickup truck. The guys loaded it into the truck but they would not strap the freezer for us. They were not allowed to because of liability issues. Stupid if you ask me, but I suppose I can understand. Well, here we are two women with a pick up truck and a freezer in the back, no straps. Well, I should say we had a strap, but it was soaked and twisted we couldn't use it if we tried, and we did. We tried. no luck. So away we went. Mom was panicked. Every time we made a turn or gave the truck a little bit of gas that freezer would move. We were a good ways from home. No men around to help us. We really needed it this time. We got on the interstate and it started to fall over backwards. Mom started yelling and hit the brakes and to the side of the road we went. We decided to lay it down part way, not totally flat. Well it went a little better from then on. Mom still did not want to go over 45 miles an hour. The speed limit is 70. I told mom she had better turn the four way on so we don't get rear ended. After we crossed a bridge or two we got over on the shoulder and drove real slow with the four ways on til we got to our exit. About 2 miles or so, not bad you say. Well you are not a panicked woman with 400 bucks worth of merchandise in the back of your truck ready to fall out at the drop of a hat. We get on route 20, another 25 minutes worth of driving if you are driving the speed limit. We weren't. Mom would pull over on occasion to let others go around. We were five miles from home when a state cop got behind us. Mom thought we were goners right then and there. We found another place to pull over and he went around us. Never even gave it a thought to pull us over for mopeing. Well we got it home. My dear hubby got it off the truck and onto the back porch. we had to saw the boards that were bolted to the bottom of it off to get it in the house. We got it in the house and took the boards off the bottom and got it ready to go down to the basement. No folks the journey is not over yet. We get it to the steps and it barely fits through the basement door. We get started. The hubby is going backwards down the stairs, I have it on the sides. Well, I get my wrists to the door frame. they are not going through that door frame. I said honey hang on my arms won't fit. He keeps moving and I am saying honey stop! My arms won't fit let me grab i....... The freezer goes sliding down the stairs and my dear hubby is barely able to get the thing stopped. Yes people I dropped it and let it go. You would not believe how easily that thing slid down those steps. Well the dear hubby kept going til he hit a place to brace himself and the freezer was pressed hard against his legs, and all that held him and the freezer there was the Grace of God. Thank you Jesus. There were no injuries and the freezer got a couple of dents in it. The freezer still works just fine. We both came out laughing. I was really sore the next morning, my arms and legs hurt pretty good. The dear hubby was fine. He was not sore at all. Thank you mom for the freezer. It is wonderful and now I can store all the frozen food I need. Lord knows we like to hord food around here. Now we can hord frozen food too.

Oh yeah! The entertainment center. Nah didn't get it that night. We were so panicked over the freezer I said lets just get this thing home and we will go back Saturday and get the entertainment center. We went back Saturday and got it. We ( actually it was mostly the dear hubby) got it together and got everything rearranged. I took the old (big) entertainment center and put it in the family room. The new one looks good. Makes the living room look bigger. The new entertainment center is much smaller. Christmas break is almost over and life gets back to normal. Hallelujah! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Christmas part 2

Ok, Christmas this year was so cool. I already posted some pics of some of the presents I got this year. My wonderful husband got me a birthstone ring this year. I had no idea, until he started leaving me hints. Did I mention he was wonderful? He asked me one day what my birthstone was. He also asked me one day what size ring I wear. I never put two and two together until he told me he had bought me something for christmas. Now we haven't bought for each other in a few years. we have always bought for the kids and let each other go without. well, not this year. I told him he shouldn't have bought me something without asking permission first. If I find a picture I will post it. Or I will try to get a picture after I get it back. Oh yeah. I had to get it sized. I guess he bought it before asking me what size ring I wear.

Now onto the kids. Miah got a bike for christmas. He also got a super stomper. If you are wondering what that is, it is a monster truck that has a tube stuck in the rear end that has a bubble type thing you stomp on to make it go. He loves it. I also bought him 3 DVD's. I got him Over the Hedge, Ice Age the Meltdown, and Auto B Good. I also got him a cross necklace. He has been wanting one of those for a while. I tried to get him a pair of roller skates but I could not find any. He also wanted the George Straight christmas cd. Hallmark had sold them all 3 weeks before I ever knew he wanted one. I don't think I can remember what all he got from grandparents. My Dad's house was first. They got miah a wrestling action figure (roddy piper). They also got him a championship belt. My father-in-laws house is next. That is the hard one. He got an rc truck, a pack of cars, a board game, a roddy piper DVD, the list goes on. Both kids got a lot of stuff from there.

Cassie. We got her a new comforter and sheet set. I bought some curtains to match. I also bought her a plug in to the tv fashion game. I also bought her 3 DVD's. I bought her Hoodwinked, and Barnyard. I also gave her the extra DVD that came with Over the Hedge. It has all kinds of stuff you can make on the computer. oh yeah, I also bought her the game 20 questions. At my Dad's house she got a watch, and a bracelet that tells the story of Jesus. At my Father-in-laws she got stuff to make bead bracelets, a board game, a planetary model, another board game, a game called big trouble and who knows what else? She left for Bluefield today to get more presents. That girl gets way too much.

I suppose that is all for now. I am getting tired and I have lots of house work to do. so I had better get off here and get moving. What did you guys all get for christmas?

Christmas

I got this purse and......























and this microwave. mine is white.




















I also got this cookie jar.

Train Derail

We had a train derail very early Sunday morning. About 12 cars were derailed. A big mess of coal was laying everywhere. This happened just a few hundred yards from a house and the woman who lives there said she didn't hear a thing when it happened. After it happened her dogs started barking and that is what woke her up. And she still didn't know anything had happened until sunup. She said she has just gotten used to all the noise the trains make when passing behind her house. It amazes me what we can get used to. I remember when I first moved into our house I could hear the chapel bells from the large church just up the street and across the road from us. Every hour and half hour they ring. I heard them for the first 8 years. Now all of a sudden for the past two years I never hear them unless I am outside. Very Odd. Toodles everyone!

need to update

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted. I have been insanly busy. I am working 3 days a week now and sometimes 4 if needed on Saturdays. My days off are spent going to appointments and so forth. I have been banned from getting on the internet at work, I can only get on for "work" purposes. I can't tell you how BAD that is! I barely have time to get on the computer at home anymore, I am having serious withdrawal symptoms. I need the net! Must have it. Think I can't live without it. I can but you know how it is with addicts.

The kids are fine, Both got their grade cards and had good grades. They both made the honor roll. I am so proud! Such smart kids!

Cassie is sick with something. Her tonsils are as big as golf balls! I don't know how she is breathing with them swollen the way they are.

Well, That is all I have for now. Hope all is well in the world. This is Angie signing off!

Smokehole Caverns

After we got finished with Spruce Knob and Seneca Rocks, we decided to go onto smokehole caverns. Smokehole caverns were used by three different groups of people. The indians were the first to use it. They used the caverns to smoke the meat of the animals they killed for food. The other tribes saw the smoke coming from the "hole" and therefore named the caverns the smokehole. The next group of people to use the caverns were the civil war armies. And last but not least were the moonshiners. Lots of history around here. For more infromation check out their web site: http://smokehole.com/caverns.html

The entrance to the caverns has to be

locked for obvious reasons.

This is what is called a column. A stalctite

and a stalagmite that met in the middle.

This is what they called an artesian well that

flows over a flowstone dome. The water comes

out of the ground, or the top of this flowstone dome.

This is flowstone from where water has flowed

down the walls of the caverns.

This is called a ribbon stalactite.

It is the Worlds longest stalactite.

Seneca Rocks

Seneca Rocks looks like Giant rocks growing up out of the mountain. These pictures do not do them justice. People come from miles around to scale these rocks. Unforunately I have heard of some who have died trying to accomplish this feat.

One amazing view.

The cars in this picture give some perspective to the size of these rocks.

Spruce Knob

We went to Spruce Knob Saturday morning. As you can see by the sign, Spruce Knob is the highest point in West Virginia. It was a long drive. About an hour and a half. When we got there the wind was fierce. I wish we had an anomometer with us to measure the wind speed. And ohh was it cold! I mean it was beyond cold. I think your breath would freeze to your face if you blew against the wind. There were clear skies. It was absolutly beautiful. I love taking these long road trips and getting pictures. We also went to Seneca Rocks Saturday. I will post those pics later on. I really wish some of you were with me to see the beauty of our area. I didn't get very many pictures because the wind was so fierce and the air so cold. I plan to make another trip in the summer when the air is a bit warmer. Though I have a feeling that all the way up there it is going to be cold no matter what time of year it is.

The view is unbelievable. But it is COLD!

I forgot to mention the trees up here are one

sided because the wind is so fierce

More one sided pines.

One picture that I managed to get from the lookout tower.

Road Trip

We went on another road trip Sunday. We went for a rise up through the northern mountains of Upshur county. The temperatures were warm, and I wanted to jump in the stream so bad. Alas the water was like ice. Fall is in season here and the colors are starting to show. I thought I would share some of the beauty of our area with you.

I think this one looks like a post card.

Beautiful view.

This water looked so good Sunday.

Cassie got her feet wet.

Homecoming

We survived homecoming night. I have to say have you ever seen anything so beautiful? She looked so pretty!




















wow
















MMM. Adorable.
















Priceless





















I am speechless.

At Work

I am at work again today. I have been thinking about Reese all morning wondering how her meeting with HIM went lastnight. But no updates on her blog or lj as of yet. I guess I will have to keep waiting.

So far this morning it has been very slow. I have had one customer and if luck has it I will get one while I am typing this entry.

I got up early this morning to get Cassie out of bed and wouldn't you know it, I got downstairs and heard her clock blaring and the decorative clock in the kitchen blaring its ships horn at the same time and Cassie was sleeping through it all. I took her clock still beeping and laid it on her ear. Would you believe she didn't even flinch? If Cassie had been awake there would have been a fight like none other. She is not a morning person much like me. And had she been awake that clock would have been stuck up my rearend. It took me touching her and moving her around a bit to wake her. It amazes me how deep a person can sleep sometimes.

Jeremiah has been doing very well at getting himself out of bed in the mornings. I gave him an alarm clock and he hears it most every morning. It is so wierd to not have to go in his room and stir him around to get him up and going. He has also been walking to the bus stop without me for a week or two now. That is different for me as well. I can see Jeremiah growing up and changing in so many different ways. I was looking at his marks on the measurement door this morning and stood there amazed at how much my little boy has grown and is still growing. we started measuring him on that door when he was one and in the first 3 months I swear he grew 6 inches. He has been growing about 4 inches a year for the last 3 years. So I can see that his height is starting to slow down some, but I can't help but wonder how tall is my little boy gonna get?

In thinking about Jeremiah and little boys in general I thought I would share this picture with the poem on it that says Why God Loves Little Boys. Have a blessed day!