This past Saturday was graduation at Florida Southern College where I work. Our dear friend, Danielle graduated and I'm not quite sure what we'll do without her. She has become like family over that past several years and even volunteered to pick Avery up from school and help her with homework this spring. She loves my girls like they were her own sisters. We are so excited for what lies ahead for Danielle as she travels to Memphis to teach in urban schools. She has a heart for God and I can't wait to see what she will accomplish in life. We love you Dani!
Lowes was giving away free trees for Earth Day so we headed there to see what it was all about. They gave us these little tiny trees that we are supposed to plant in a pot for a year before transferring to regular ground. My track record with plants is not too stellar so I'll be shocked if they make it a year. I hope they do well.
We had our first swim of the year last weekend. We were in desperate need of some family time (life has been crazy lately!) so we headed to the pool for the day. Our weather quickly went from breezy and comfortable to humid and 90 degrees. It felt good to be in the pool again!
I must be nominated for "Mom of the Year" because for two years in a row we have had family pictures done! This year we chose to have them taken on Florida Southern's campus. Besides having sentimental meaning (where Adam and I met) and being the place of my employment, it proved to be full of beautiful places to snap pictures. Of course there are way too many to post on the blog but here is a small sampling. Enjoy!!
These pictures still amaze me. Adam got this grill as a Christmas gift a few years ago from his dad and Gramp. He was so excited to have a new grill, and such a cool one at that! Our previous grill was old and falling apart and had caught fire one day. I actually sold it for $5 at a yard sale even though the bottom had holes in it and it was really unusable. We have had some delicious meals on this grill over the past couple of years. Some of our favorites being ribs, steaks, grilled pizza, bananas, veggies and so much more. Yesterday we were planning to grill some ribs again when this tragedy happened. Adam turned the grill on the heat it up and went inside to get the ribs ready. A few minutes later I went outside to do some weeding and saw a lot of smoke. So much that I couldn't see the cars in the drive way. The grill had caught fire!Thankfully we had a fire extinguisher on hand to put the blaze out before the propane tank blew. It was so hot the grill melted! We used the whole fire extinguisher and still had to get the hose out to finish extinguishing the flames. As sad as it is to see the grill go, we are forever thankful that our house did not burn down and no one was injured.
