Mother's Day

Hello All,

We recently celebrated Mother's Day around here, as I am sure you did as well. We got together with our Mother's, tried to make them feel special, and gave them little gifts. Everything is so different now that Clay and I are married. It is always so hard to decide when you will go see who, on what holiday, and how long you will stay before you leave and go see the next person. Thankfully, both of our parents are very understanding of this, so we don't feel pressured or guilty to get back to the other set of parents at a specific time. That is the way family should be though, and we are so blessed to have this. Mrs. Melanie and my Mom are such great examples of this, and practically everything in life. They each have different characteristics that I hope to carry on when I become a Mother. Mother's are so valuable and they literally mold us into who we are to become. Thank God that our Mother's are Christian, brought us up in a loving environment, and raised us with a good foundation to lean upon. They deserve the best that life has to offer. I wish I had pictures to show you our beautiful Mother's, but I never took any pictures (that they would approve of) to share with you all. :)

Yesterday Clay was asked to be the Music Director at our church in absence of three other men. The original director was out of town due to work, the back-up went golfing out of town, the back-up's back-up was also out of town due to work, so they called Clay in as the "fourth string" to lead the music. He did such a good job and I was so proud of him getting up there and leading worship for our church. I will have to admit, he was super excited to fulfill this request!

In other news, I have been cooking a variety of new things around here, some of which Clay  is not crazy about, but all of which I love. I bought a new cookbook at the Christian Bookstore, Cooking with Grace, and it has the best southern foods around. I have already tried my hand at cooking Green Bean Bundles (which are green beans wrapped in bacon with a brown sugar mixture on top) and a Southern Cornbread Casserole (with onions and red bell peppers) that is out of this world! I love southern cooking. The other day we ran out of sugar and I thought we were going to go crazy, because I always have sweet tea readily available to drink around here.

I also just started my summer classes a week ago from today. I can already tell they are going to kill me to be a pain, but I am so ready to finish school and get my degree that I think I can live with it just this once. If everything goes as planned I will graduate in December with my Bachelor's Degree in Health Services Administration. Oh how I look forward to that day. Graduation is coming up for many in about a week, and I know they are all excited. We have gotten four invitations to graduations so far, and I know of at least one that is still on the way. It seems like everybody grows up and leaves all at the same time. I am sure I will be sharing pictures of graduation with you shortly.

Until Next Time,
Tiffany