Award Ceremony...

Hi Everyone,

The local Congressional Art Show award ceremony was April 18th, at the Mobile Museum of Art. There is supposed to be one at the Capital during the summer. We have heard from two sources that there is a scholarship also, but we have not received anything to back that up, as of yet. I just wanted to share a couple of pictures from it.

This was taken for the school website.

This was with Rep. Jo Bonner

This is an oil pastel 'C' did for
me for my birthday.
One of my favorite singers.

We took her painting yesterday to be framed for hanging in the Capital. I used to work at a place that framed art, mostly Ducks Unlimited prints, so I knew it wouldn't come cheap...ha....and it didn't. They had everything but one of the mat colors, so we will take it back Friday when it comes in, and they will put it all together.

Thanks for stopping in,

Sheila

Happy 17th Birthday 'C'!!!!

Our Baby turned 17 today!

Her first haircut
(after it finally quit sticking straight up)

A friend took this picture
at our home in Kansas.

at the kitchen table in Kansas.

Her first glasses.

Losing her first tooth.

Her favorite dress.

This is the child who ran around in tops and underwear at home...or at her grandparents...then she only wanted to wear dresses. The striped outfit above we bought for my oldest daughter, she never wore it. It was in her dresser drawer with the tags still on it when 'C' found it. She was four...she wore it, and wore it...until she was nine (it was a size 4). By the time I got rid of it, when we moved from Washington state, it was missing a couple of buttons. The top buttoned up the front, the bottom had buttons down it too, though they were non-working buttons. I would have to say that was the best money ever spent, it lasted more years than it should have.

Take care,
Sheila

I'm still here!

Hello,

Sorry it took me so long to make an entry. We are all good, I celebrated a birthday last week, Monday the 12th to be exact. 'C' was out for spring break last week so we just enjoyed hanging out at home. I took 'C' out for a family history lesson when we were home. I let her practice driving out on some of the back roads and after turning down one wrong road and having to back track, we drove by my aunt's house. She happens to live in the home my Mom grew up in.

Then we went up a little further, to the church that my grandfather helped build. We passed a couple walking on the way, I told 'C' not to hit them, they are probably related to us....and they were...

We walked around the church cemetery and I showed her all her relatives that are buried there. These were relatives on my Mom's side. Mom's sister, brother and their spouses, her sisters daughter, my grandparents, great aunts and uncles, Mom's cousins. 'C' had been there before when she was about four, but she didn't remember it.

My Grandfather (Mom's Dad) in his store
with one of my cousins.

I hope everyone is having a nice week,
Sheila

Gone for the weekend...

Hi Everyone,

The girls and I came up to my parents yesterday. We are staying until Monday. So I will probably have to play catch up on the blogs I read when I get home. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Take care,
Sheila

Art and Academics...

Good morning Everyone,

Hope you are having nice weather in your town.

Have a bit of news I wanted to share with you...My youngest daughter 'C' won First Place in the Congressional Art Show. They will display the painting at the U.S. Capitol for one year, beginning in June I believe. There is a local award ceremony on April 18th, then there will be a ceremony, in June, in Washington DC. We are very proud of and for her. Here is a photo of the painting she took with her cell phone, just after she finished it.

'Lanterns'

'C' was also part of the Academic Lettering Ceremony at school on Friday. They are awarded to students with a 3.7 or higher grade point average.

Today, my Girls and I have our 6 month check-up at the dentist. I also have to run 'C' by the Orthodontist to get impressions of her teeth for new temporary retainers. She has permanent ones, but they don't hold her teeth in place as well. He says it is harder to hold bites in place, which is why she wore braces. I hope, in time, the permanent ones will do their job. Any way, the reason she needs new ones is... she broke the bottom one when she was brushing it clean last night...

Take care,
Thanks for stopping by,
Sheila

Happy Easter!!!

Wishing Everyone a Happy Easter!!
Sheila

Happy Birthday to my Daddy!!

Today is my Daddy's 83rd Birthday, so I thought I would share some pictures. I started this earlier today with some pictures I had scanned at Christmas, but I didn't have one of my youngest brother with him so I had to get Mom to scan and send me some...so here goes...

Here, he is with my two oldest brothers...

Ronnie and Carl.

This is me with him in May of '63

I was around one year old here.

A little over two years old here with Daddy,
Terrie and Carl.

Almost three years old here,
this is the side yard.

I was three here with Daddy and Terrie.

Daddy and the baby brother...Shawn
(the one who just got married)

This is on the way home from a trip to Nashville.
Me, Shawn and Daddy.
(I think it was around '77)
(I'll post a picture of a dollar if you can tell me whose picture is on my shirt...ha)

This is at a campground in Panama City Beach...
See Jack...we used to camp too. I think Hubby and
I slept in one of those tents, this was probably a couple of
years after we married.

Well I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane as much as me.
We love you Daddy!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
Sheila, Hubby and the Girls