Emma Grace's 4th Birthday party

John's 44th Birthday

Sunday July 12 we had birthday dinner at Mamaw Knight's house. This is a picture of all the Knight kids. Morgan, Andrew & Emma Grace's only cousins. Justin will be a Senior this year at KHS and Sean will be in the 6th grade.

On Monday, we met John for lunch at Panera Bread. Happy Birthday daddy !!!

4th of July 2009

Karns High Class of 1989 Reunion

I can't believe i have been out of high school for 20 YEARS!!! June 12th my class had our 20 YEAR high school reunion. It was so much fun seeing everyone. Everyone looked great and we had almost 150 classmates show up with their spouses. The DJ played mid-late 80's music ALL evening long. We had awesome food and everyone had a blast! We are already thinking about our 25th year reunion!

SHBC Vacation bible school - June 2009

It wouldn't be SUMMER without VBS. I went every summer as a little girl. I remember my mom teaching VBS while I attended. I started helping/teaching VBS while in high school. I guess I have been involved with VBS every summer for as long as I can remember. This year I helped out with crafts. It was so much fun. Andrew & Emma went and we took 4 other kids from our neighborhood with us. By Friday we were all tired, but we had a GREAT week learning about God's Truth Trek for our lives. Proverbs 7:1 says "My son, keep my words and store up my commands within your heart."

Ballerina girl

Emma Grace had her very 1st ballet recital on Sat. May 30th. She has looked forward to "dancing on the BIG stage" more than anything. She dances all the time and loves to dress up (all the time). She did so good and we were so proud of her. She loved her roses and her whole family being there. EVEN great grandma Ruby got to come. It was a very special evening for her.

KMS 8th grade Dance

Morgan's 8th grade dance was at the Foundry in downtown Knoxville on May 21st. It was a very anticipated night for the kids. The last 30 mins of the dance there was not a dry eye in the building.(including me) All the kids were hugging, crying and telling each other good bye. This was the very last time they would ever be together as a group. After tonight, they would all be going their separate ways - to several different high schools. Some of these kids Morgan has known all his life and they have many fun times together at school, football, track etc. Good luck to all the 8th graders as you start your high school years ahead!

KMS 8th grade Awards Day & NJHS ceremony

Thursday was Morgan's last Awards day as a middle schooler. He received Perfect attendance & Honors award. He kept his 4.0 all of 6th and 7th grade, but made one B in math this year. Towards the end of the awards ceremony, they had a few special awards left to give out. One of these was the 110% Award. This is for a student who always gives 110% on their schoolwork and character everyday. We were all surprised when they called Morgan's name! He always has been very conscientious about every assignment, project and report. I was so proud of him that he won this award!
At the end of this Awards day.. Mr. Trent had them all stand and he pronounced & declared that they were officially passed to the 9th grade and they are now officially the FRESHMAN ~ Class of 2013! This was his last day with all his friends together. They will all split up to their respective high schools. (Karns High, Hardin Valley Academy, Catholic High, Grace Academy and one of his Track buddies will be going to Bearden High.) Morgan will be attending HVA this fall. It was a happy but sad day for them all. After the awards ceremony, they went home to get ready for the long awaited KMS 8th grade dance !

Andrew's 3rd grade Awards day ~ KES

I had to miss Andrew's Awards day this year, because I had to work. John went and made these pictures for me. He got the Principal's Award, Character Counts award, Accelerated Reader award and Perfect attendance! Andrew made straight A's all year long (4.0) !!!

Yay Andrew, I am so proud of you!

Morgan's last day of Middle school

I have had the privilege of being in the same school as Morgan 6 out of his first 9 years of school. I taught at Blue Grass Elementary for 8 years and had him transfered with me his kindergarten through 3rd grade years. I took 3 years off from teaching and he started school at Karns. He was "on his own" at Karns 4th - 6th grades. I joined him again last year (his 7th grade year) at Karns Middle. It has been a special experience for the both of us being together all these years. We have had some of the best times, just the two of us driving to and from school, stopping to get an early morning- before school breakfast. I LOVED our elementary school years together. I will always treasure the memories of him leaving his class in line, running down the hall way just to give me a hug, then running back to his teacher. He was never embarrassed to "LOVE on his mommy", even in front of his friends. Our "middle school" time together has been very different, but just as special. No more hugs in the hall in front of his friends, but I do get some high fives from him AND his friends. I have had to learn how to "be COOL" in his presence.
Time does indeed change things, but some things remain the same forever, a mother's love for her son.
Tomorrow will mark the end of this season of our lives. He will leave to go to high school and we will never be in the same school building together again. BUT...I will always have these sweet memories of us together in my heart.

Emma's Preschool Promotion Ceremony

Last day of Pre school

It is hard to believe that this school year is already over. Just this past fall Emma Grace started her 1st year of preschool.


The picture at the top left was made TODAY, her LAST day of 3 YEAR OLD preschool.

The top right was her very 1st day of school , back in August.
She loved every single day of school.
I can hardly believe haw fast this year has gone by. Just two months from today she will be 4 years old. I wish that I could freeze time.

Proud of my Hubby!

I don't know if I have ever done a post on the blog about John. Tonight I thought I would. A few weeks ago, John was awarded a BIG award at his work. He works for Siemens Molecular Imaging. They have this award called the Focus & Deliver award that is peer nominated and is awarded by the Vice President of his department at Siemens in Malvern, PA. He was awarded with a certificate and meal of his choice at any restaurant. We went tonight to Ruth's Chris Steak House on the downtown riverfront. It was our 1st time to eat there, and very very yummy! I am so proud of my man!!! :)

Mother's Day 2009

Today after church we went to a Mother's day Brunch at Peerless. It was very fancy. We are all missing Morgan. He will be home tomorrow night from New York. This is my 1st Mother's day without him around. After church Andrew and Emma were so excited to give me my present - a PINK iPod nano!

Happy Mother's Day ~ to me!

Mother's Day dinner at our house

We celebrated Mother's day this evening, a day early. It was such a pleasure to host my grandmother, aunt, mom and mother in law.
I love each one of them . They mean the world to me & I am so blessed to have each one of them in my life.

Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party

On Sunday May 3, Emma Grace & I hosted our 2nd annual Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party. It was a fun time getting together with some of Emma Grace 's friends (& their mommies) from her Sunday School and pre school classes. We dressed up , enjoyed refreshments and spending a little time together.