Happy Birthday, Sara!

Sara celebrated her 17th Birthday this past weekend with a bunch of her friends! Today is her actual birthday!!! I thought about posting a cute little baby pictures, but she wasn't that cute... just kidding... I'll work on it! Maybe...

Digit Reunion

Donna, Lucy, Ellen, Darcy

I met with my DIGIT friends last night and enjoyed a great meal at PFChangs! We spent lots of time catching up and discussing adoption issues. Great to see these friends who have been together since our first trip to China!

Scolded ...

That is what I got today.

I was told I was being scolded by the blog police.

For being a lousy blogger. I was told that my monthly posts were slowly becoming semi-annual posts. You get the picture, right? And she was right. I'm lousy.

Thanks for the wake-up call, Randi. You are right. I'm acknowledging this, but not making any promises!

So, the news that I neglected to share is that Sara is now a licensed driver! She pitched in a big chunk of change from her lifeguarding gig and bought a little car (with a little help from good ole mom and dad). It's a 2001 Beetle and it is so cute! Don't you think?


She has enjoyed driving to her pool for a few last days of work, to Sonic with the little girls, and to "dinner" at Moe's with her friend Audrey. She even took Lauren to soccer yesterday! I thought I'd be a nervous wreck (guess that is not the best word to mention), but it's actually been nice!

So, Randi, does that help? A little?

One more thing.

And this one is a biggie.

At least to me...

I used to teach high school math. A LONG time ago. I was also the yearbook adviser. I really loved (most) of the kids I taught, and got to know many my yearbook kids pretty well. One of them, Caroline, actually attended Asbury (where we went to college in KY), partially because of my talking about it always! So, over the years, and thanks to Facebook, Caroline and I have stayed in touch. This past week she was diagnosed with leukemia. She is only 35'ish. Thankfully she is, otherwise, healthy. She is at Emory and is beginning chemo. It's hard to believe... she's too young for this!

Weekend with Friends

It's been a long time.

A LONG time.

Since we last saw the Millers! And we enjoyed getting to know the Ruckers a little better! When we first met the Millers, way back when we lived in Conyers, we had ZERO kids...

Lake Cumberland is beautiful...