DAY 145 - May 25, 2009
COMING SOON!!!
As you may or may not know...Jonathan's nickname is "Pooh" because he's "a little slow like that". He's been called this by his parents, brother, grandparents, and even our kids for many years. Nick got his brother a gift for graduation and saved it for last. As you can see, it's a Graduation Pooh doll. I'm sure Jonathan will display it proudly in his room at Liberty University!
AHHH!! I got a gift certificate to Studio 135 for a massage for Mother's Day this year. Doug had set the appointment for me and everything...all I had to do was show up and relax. Here is what the room looked like...I thoroughly enjoyed myself this morning. It was so nice...then I came home and Doug and the boys were out working in the yard getting it all ready for Jonathan's open house on Sunday. My relaxation was good while it lasted. At least I was massaged and ready to...clean house! We still had a ton to do to the house in preparation for the big shindig so that was the plan for the rest of the day. I didn't mind though...I always like getting pampered by my 3 guys!
COMING SOON!!!
DAY 144 - May 24, 2009
Several months back, Jonathan specifically asked us if he could have his open house at our house in May. Of course we were willing to help host such an important event. This entire week Doug and I (along with the boys) have been frantically trying to make everything just perfect for this day. Just when we didn't think we'd get it all accomplished, it all came together nicely and the open house was a huge success...here are a couple highlights from the day.
This is Jonathan and City Councilman Mike Speedy. Doug is good friends with Mike in the political world here in Indianapolis. With Jonathan's high school graduation approaching, Doug was looking for something special that could be done and presented to him. He reached out to Mike Speedy who came up with a "General Proclamation" document and told Doug what it entailed. Basically, Doug was to come up with a list of achievements that Jonathan had accomplished throughout his life and get them back to him. Doug came up with his own list and then consulted both Dawn and Greg as well as John and Chris. The final product was a fantastic list of Jonathan's accomplishments starting when he was very young and ending (or is it only beginning?) with his graduation. Mike had a very official document drawn up and signed it. He came to the Open House today and read it and presented it to Jonathan along with a lapel pin representing the City Council. It was quite the surprise for Jonathan and I think something he thought was pretty neat.
Kaden was SO PROUD to pick out a card and this little picture holder for Jonathan when we were card shopping a few weeks back. He very proudly colored the card on the inside writing something like "Have fun at college" and even drew a cardinal on the front of the envelope (Southport's school mascot). We printed out a picture of Jonathan and the "3 little ones" as we like to call Nick, Kaleb, and Kaden from the night of the graduation ceremony and Kaden clipped it in the holder. He very proudly put it on the gift table in the entry way for the open house.
As you may or may not know...Jonathan's nickname is "Pooh" because he's "a little slow like that". He's been called this by his parents, brother, grandparents, and even our kids for many years. Nick got his brother a gift for graduation and saved it for last. As you can see, it's a Graduation Pooh doll. I'm sure Jonathan will display it proudly in his room at Liberty University!
DAY 143 - May 23, 2009
AHHH!! I got a gift certificate to Studio 135 for a massage for Mother's Day this year. Doug had set the appointment for me and everything...all I had to do was show up and relax. Here is what the room looked like...I thoroughly enjoyed myself this morning. It was so nice...then I came home and Doug and the boys were out working in the yard getting it all ready for Jonathan's open house on Sunday. My relaxation was good while it lasted. At least I was massaged and ready to...clean house! We still had a ton to do to the house in preparation for the big shindig so that was the plan for the rest of the day. I didn't mind though...I always like getting pampered by my 3 guys!
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