last day of school pics

Mariah tagging "base"
Madison giving me a smile during chapel






Devon taking a break

Mia spending her merits at the auction

Schools out!

This completes the first weekend of the end of the school year. Yea! Last Friday was a beautiful completion to the first school year of WVBS. Mads completed the year with nearly all A's as the penmanship "always needs improvement". She is an amazing student and grew stronger spiritually. Mia is a terrific reader! She picks up any level of reading material just to see if she can read it. She loves to read and has worked very hard all year long. The morning began with a chapel service that made tears inevitable. Pastor talked to the children about keeping up the patterns they have established throughout the school year. Daily devotions, prayer, Bible reading and witnessing are habits that, if practiced faithfully now, will become spiritual armor for the rest of their lives. All the children gave a testimony of how they grew spiritually during the year. The responses were so powerful. Mads sang a special song with Mariah, Caprianna, Lauren, and Ashleigh. It was precious. The kids played games, had a silent auction, played more games, and enjoyed a pizza party lunch. The day was bitter-sweet as we all said good-bye to Devon and Mariah. It is really tough to think of them not being here next year but I know God has an amazing plan for this wonderful family. They have made such a positive and loving impression on my family and now it is time to share them with others.

Inspiration from Leah

Dear friends of our family will be moving mid-July. I am very excited for them as they take on a wonderful, new adventure. We talked about future visits and keeping in touch via email. The topic of blogs came up and we discovered that we both often lurk at others' blogs. I admitted to occasionally stumbling across blogs that contain interests and beliefs similar to my own. I then thought, "Why don't we start our own blogs to keep in touch with one another?" Well, who has time, its too hard, I keep forgetting to try it and on and on with the excuses. Until this evening. Now, I am totally new to this so please be patient. It is likely that my layout will change and my comfort level with public writing will improve. So on with the packing, crying, fun and friendship. It is now official Miss Leah, I have a blog. Your turn........