Begining of Summer

Logan is out of school, he is 'actually a 1st grader with a Mohawk' these are his words. He was promised a Mohawk for the summer if he passed kindergarten, although Mee-Maw cut is more like a flattop, we are fine with that. He did inform me last night that since he has no hair in the back and on the sides, that he can not take a bath, or shower and may not swim because the water will make the hair grow, then Mee-Maw will have to cut it again. Little guys have some great minds. So Tuesday was the Kinder party, it rained here, but they were able to have the the 'beach party' and Logan had a blast!

Thursday was the last day of school, he got out at 1:45, so I took the afternoon off to go get him, he was devastated by the fact he learned his book buddie Jake would not be at Larson next year, that Jake would be in 7th grade. He cried so bad. This hurt me because I was not able to make the hurt go away. When your kids have to learn about these life lessons you know it will make them better in the long run, but while the lesson is being learned it just pulls at your heart. He found Jake's name in the directory and will try to call him. I will not stop him, he really looked up to the book buddies. It is an awesome program the 6th graders get to take part in. So of course, he will be a book buddie when he is in 6th grade. He spent the night at Nana's on Thursday, although Nana was really sick. Papa and Jared took care of him. About 4:00 Nana was taken to the ER, she had a VERY BAD case of strep. Logan stayed a way from her, as he was instructed since we did not know what was wrong. We came home for a quite evening with Dad and some relaxing.

We got Logan down for night, and about 9:45 we went to bed, between the Little Girl Dog bed hog at my feet, and me extremely exhausted husband snoring beside me, I had a hard time falling asleep. About 10:30 Rays' phone was ringing. I listened to him talk and could tell the conversation was not a wrong number, I looked at me phone and noticed, I had a missed call from my mom, at 10:30 at night that is not good. It dawned on me that Ray was talking to mom. I got the phone to receive some sad news. My sisters father-in-law & his wife were killed in a car accident. Some of you may ask why this affects me so bad, here is why, our families have known each other for over 30 yrs! Joe West is a great guy. He and my dad always had fun together. The first time he met Logan is talked to Logan and told him -"You momma was younger that you the first time I met her". So we left the house last night about 11:20 and headed out to Quinlan, we got there about 12:15am, mom, dad, & Tina were there. My BIL is not doing well at all, they have 3 boys, they are dealing with it the best they can. When you have not had to deal with this before, it is hard to know how. Once his younger brother showed up about 2:00am, we decided it was time for us to go so they could be together as a family. I have not spoken to anyone yet this morning. Hopefully they got some sleep. Please keep them in your prayers. We all need it. I do not want to go in to details out of respect for the family. Your prayers are very much appreciated! Love to all.