Poets' Tea

Last week the third, fourth and fifth graders from Kelly's school recited poems they either wrote or memorized. The students were split into groups so they had to recite them three times. Kelly decided to memorize "Sick" by Shel Silverstein. She did a fantastic job!

Kelly recited her poem.

Then she dashed back to the line as soon as she was done.

Happy Birthday, Summer!

Every September 11th is a special day for us. Our first daughter, Summer Lynn was born prematurely. It was too soon, and so she went to be with the Lord. She would have turned 11 on this day. We look forward to the day we see Summer again in heaven.

Every year we celebrate with cake and ice cream. This year 9/11 fell on a Friday, so we had our Friday night crew over to help celebrate.

The kids enjoyed blowing out the candles in Summer's honor.

It was back on July 20th that Henry came to live with us, and boy, has he changed. He's gained lots of weight and has a lot more hair.  The first picture is the day when we first got him. The last 2 pictures are from tonight.  He just got a bath and had a good brushing. Isn't he so cute?!?