Time For An Update

For starters I can not believe that time flies as fast as it does...June is quickly approaching and I feel like Christmas just got over and its almost time to do it again. However, I am so happy for summer, it is my favorite time of the year, Minus all the rain we have been having this week!

School is almost over thank goodness...this has been a very rough few months for me and the kids getting used to a new school. Lets just say they have not adjusted they way I thought they would. Im hoping for a more productive and smooth time for the upcoming school year. However I have been giving lots of thought to home schooling them... We will see how that works itself out.

The regular baseball season is over, but Allstars practice starts this week. So back to the ball field we go for another month. I don't mind, I do love to watch Brant play ball. Cheyenne is almost done with her dance lessons for this year and her recital is coming up soon! Im looking forward to seeing what she has learned this year.

We found out last week Larry is leaving June 10th for basic training for 10 weeks in Kentucky. The kids and I will be able to go see him graduate in August and then he will be off to Texas for another 6 weeks. I'm not happy that he is leaving, but I'm trying my best to stay strong and support his decision. I know why he is doing this and I admire him for being 40 years old and wanting to join the military...I just wish he didn't have to leave us for 4 months. He is my very best friend, the one I talk to several times a day during the day and we do almost everything together. We have only spent 3 nights apart and that was because he had surgery and he had to stay at the hospital. So this is going to be a huge adjustment for me to not have him here with me, but I know that as fast as time flies he will be home with us in no time...right?!!

While he is gone I plan to keep myself busy with my photography, which is going great so far. I have been having shoots almost every weekend, plus I did my first wedding last night! Talk about stressed out...but it was fun other than the torrential down pour that made them have the ceremony indoors. It will be a little while before I have the wedding pics on my photography website due to the extensive amount I took and editing...not to mention I have to spend lots of time now with my hubby! I also have a to-d0 list a mile long that I would like to get accomplished over the summer and I have lots of friends and family who will gladly let me sleep on their couch when I'm feeling lonely while the kids are gone to their dads. I actually looking forward to a sleep over at Rhonda's we haven't done that since we were in high school!

For now please keep our family in your prayers: that we will survive without him and that he will come safely home to us in October! I'm putting all my faith and trust in the Lord with this one that he will see us through!

Oh I almost forgot...I have a new niece Miss Layla Jo Hairston was born on May 21st and I was able to be in the delivery room to see her arrive! That was the most amazing thing to watch that little miracle come into the world...Im so happy Amy let me stay in the room during the birth! She is so beautiful and tiny...makes me wish I could have another one. Ill post pics soon, we will be doing her newborn shoot sometime in the next week!

Short & Sweet (Kinda)

Since it has been a while since I posted a blog. I thought I would give a quick update. I really would like to blog more often but it seems to be hard for me to do these days.

Chey is finally better. We figured out the problem and have it all flushed out so to speak! We got through the FCAT week and she has went to school 2 weeks straight without missing a day! She still cries most mornings but we are working through it. I guess I spoke too soon about her doing so well with the changing schools thing...

Brant is in full swing at baseball. I will have to post some pics soon of that. The team is coming together and they all play so well together. He got sick again this week, with the flu this time. He is better today and went back to school. Lets see we have been to the doctors office a total of 7 times in the last month between Chey & Brant.

We got 2 little Lion head Rabbits. They are so cute and fuzzy (will post pics another time of those adorable little baby bunnies). Larry & Brant planted our first ever garden (I need to take pics of that). The kids got lots of ribbons from the Southeastern Youth Fair with all their 4-h projects and 4 of them are for photography, where do that get that interest from?

I managed to get a full week at the Court House in last week, but this week I subbed at the Elementary School 3 times so I only made it there twice this week. My supervisor at the Court House is ok with me subbing since that is the agreement we made when I started working there. It gives me a good oppurtunity to see which career I would like to pursue. However I really think that I want to be a Professional Photographer when I grow up!

I subbed once for PE and I loved that. I hope they call me more to fill that spot! It has been a very eye opening experience for me to sub, but I really like it. Still been busy with my photography. Im taking lots of pics at the ball field for a special project for our team. Also, I have been asked to do a Mother Daughter Banquet in May to take pictures for everyone. Im really looking forward to that!

Larry's job is OK and hopefully the layoffs have stopped for a while. In the meantime while all this is going on he has decided to go into the Army Reserves. We are waiting for his blood work to come back to make sure he can go. If everything comes back fine he may be leaving in May for 4 months. He has to go through basic training and AIT. Then he will come back home and go once a month and 2 weeks out of the year.

I will be honest and say I was not for this in the beginning. Who wants their spouse to leave them for 4 months??? But the more we have talked and prayed I think it may be for the best for our future. He has dreams and I want him to follow them. He supports every dream I have, no matter how far fetched it may be sometimes or how short lived it is. Ill update more on this subject when I know more about what is going on.

That is about it for now...I'm off to lay in my cozy bed for some much needed R&R and catch up on my Days of Our Lives DVR!!! Have a great weekend everyone!