Quiet.

As of today there is no more music on my blog :(

They no longer allow me to stream my songs onto my blog and I am a little sad about that.

It seems so quiet and I don't like that.  The music speaks to me and expressed things that touched me.

I guess I will just have to figure out a new way to get my tunes on here.

Anyway,

This week has been a whirlwind and it has been anything but quiet...

I miss all the commotion of friends and family crowding around in our home.

This girl graduated 8th Grade on Tuesday night and we celebrated her accomplishments.

 Everyday she makes us proud...

But how wonderful to hear all of her academic accolades 

High Honors, Presidential Award Winner, and Salutatorian for her class.

"Shows Jesus in all she does"

I love that her classmates said that about her...

What a QUICK road it has been from notes like this...

 She wrote this to Janet Rich in 1st Grade...

Here she is with Janet at graduation...

I get teared up thinking about it.

We now have Macs on both sides of the streets!!!

 I know that I am biased... 

but seriously, 

I am BLESSED!!!

 Family Photo - June 2012

(yes it is true... both girls are within a 1/2 of me..)

 my firstborn...

 second born... (who is actually within a 1/4 inch... I am wearing my "super shoes"

 Sam's 2nd family and our best friends.

I hope to see this photo again with different color outfits in the future ;)

 The happy graduate with her Salutatorian medal

 My parents :)

Oh how we all wished that Grandma could have lived to see this day, she would have been so proud of Sam and the beautiful and smart young lady she has grown into.

 Nona :)

So thankful that she could celebrate the moment with us all!

Finally after 8 years we got our other good friends the Champlins up here from Cali.

What a treat to have such great friends that they travelled all that way to support our precious kid!

In other news this week...

• 5 chickens were brutally murdered in a 24 hour period in our coop...  we now have 2. :( 

(really ticked about this)

• We got a new kitten (which will join the other two outdoors when it gets a little bigger)

We named him Toby... aka Tobymac... :)

Libby is officially in love and the kitten has been sleeping in the kennel with her the last few nights!

• I spent the day at the mall with these kids.

Oh my goodness... I was EXHAUSTED at the end of the day.
I was like their personal shopper grabbing all kinds of things I would never put on my own body.
We had a blast and the girls all found something cute.

In case you are wondering... the neon pants didn't make it home with us... this time!

a little Yo-Cream before dropping Haley off at the airport.

• Lastly, Please keep the prayers coming.  God is so good and I know He will provide.  Along with Sam's Salutatorian award she received a $500 scholarship which will take care of the first month of tuition!  I just put the final touches (or the last two years) on my resume and will be dropping it off at one school and mailing one to another.  My heart is in teaching and I know when God sees fit I will make an excellent addition to some fabulous school, until that time I thank you for your words of encouragement and your prayers that my dream can become a reality.

So... now that summer is here I hope to be a little more regular with posts and updates on life.  

Hope you all have a fabulous Sabbath and a great weekend!