Hi All!

What a year! Do you know it’s been almost one year since we moved ourselves out of the great state of California and headed for the hills of Tennessee! And what a year it has been! The making of…well…no new friends…mommy acquaintances but no friends and interestingly enough…enjoying slowing down the pace a little. With in-laws moving nearby and the boys growing up so very fast that it hurts my eyes and makes me want to cry they are getting so very big! I just got a wonderful letter from a dear friend today with photos of her two little ones…who I must say aren’t so little anymore! And wondering where that little tiny baby girl went that I held in my arms shortly after her birth! Sigh! As if that wasn’t enough…our family doing things together and enjoying time together and traveling together…not that we need a reason to get on the airplane…but we do enjoy going places together and seeing the world together! How funny! And the summer ahead of us…wondering where the next months are going to take us and what the future has in store for this family! I can honestly say that I truly miss the beach and miss life in California…but I am learning to enjoy this place in my life that God has placed me right now and I’m learning to slow down a little…which was probably really needed…in more ways than one! I do miss my dear friends and family and I wonder if I will ever be back in the state I love and miss so very much! But I also wonder where I will be in the future and what the heck is in store for us as we move forward! I will tell you that after 2 kiddos and 15 years of marriage…almost 20 years together total…I am now and have always lived a crazy roller coaster of a life with Scott…and sometimes he makes me so nuts I want to scream…but most of the time I think…I wouldn’t want to be doing this with anyone else…and I’ll ride the roller coaster to the very end with him…enjoying every day! Maybe this makes sense and maybe not…or maybe I’m just being philosophical…Lisa would understand that one! Either way…I think we should be grateful for the life we have…not carry too much baggage…emotional or physical…and enjoy each and every day so we can say we really lived…not just made it through this life…but really, really lived! My love to you all! Donna