Ouch!

Taylor had SIX, count them, SIX teeth pulled yesterday! Look at the roots on those things....the oral surgeon said they would have never come out on their own. Taylor is a brave girl! She is doing great....a few prescription pain pills have done the trick.

Visit with the Miller's

We took Cheryl and Micaela to Barefoot beach during their visit. They say you must check under your car for Gopher Tortoises, and we saw them lots of places in the early evening.

One Year

I am sorry that I did not post anything on June 6th. I was not able to be with the family in Michigan for all of the wonderful plans-which was very hard. It was difficult to read my prayer journal from that time period-especially when it was evident that we were going to lose him. One small section of what I wrote was "Ryan never gave up-he was so determined to give it his all. There were so many people who blessed our hearts with prayer. We did not lose him because we didn't pray enough, or because Ryan and Kristin didn't try hard enough or because his Doctor's and nurses didn't care enough. We lost him because our sovereign God's will was for Ryan to have glory in Heaven." The rest is just too painful to share, but one thing is certain-He was loved by us all! I can't wait to see him again!

Sweet 16!

Lindsay-girl turned sixteen today! Thank you God for such a great daughter!!!!!!!!!!!

Sports Banquet

Here are Taylor and JoJo with their awards from the sports banquet. JoJo was honored for "Most Improved" in volleyball and JV cheerleading. Taylor received her awards for "Most Improved" in Varsity Competitive squad cheerleading and "Coaches Award" for JV cheer. Congrats to my favorite 7th grade girls!

Fitness award

We received an e-mail that Justin would be receiving an award in chapel yesterday. Here is the picture of him and his National Physical Fitness Award. He then insisted that I come back to have lunch with him! Some day he won't want anything to do with me sitting at the lunch table with him!

Announcing the new V.P.!!!!

Taylor ran for Vice President of next year's 8th grade class. There were two other opponents. We made posters, stickers and business cards. "vote Tay and you'll have a say", "It's a pity if you don't vote Schmitty", and "vote Schmitty on the Committee" were her campaign slogans. Friday the results were announced and Taylor was elected. We are proud of her and her willingness to step out of her comfort zone and make a speech and be a part of the whole process.