Holden's preschool program/graduation

Holden had a preschool program last Thursday. It was so cute! They sang songs. Or, er, they all stood on the stage and laughed a lot or stared into space while the music was playing. Either way, hilarious!

They did a cute little program where the boys got to be giants. You can see part of below.

It was so fun to watch the differences in Holden from his Christmas program to this one. He has become much more outgoing and talkative. (Was he ever not talkative?) He loves to be the center of attention, but sometimes gets nervous in front of lots of people.

Each student received an award and Holden got Class Clown. This does not surprise me for a second. He loves making people laugh and will do whatever it takes to get them to do so. Then when they do laugh he will continue to do that same thing over and over and over again. Kids find him hilarious. As his Mom I would say he is only funny once.

I'm way behind on posting so stay tuned for Tee ball pics, school pics, and hopefully soon Beckett's one year pics!

Letter from Becky

This was written to me on December 19, 1999 by my wonderful sister, Becky. I love being able to pull it out when I'm having a bad day. Or when I'm having a good day. It's one of my favorite things I've ever received from my sister. Thank you Becky!

Jacki,
I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me. You are such a wonderful asset to my life. When, in heaven, you chose to be a part of our family I know that you knew you would be a tremendous influence on all of our lives. And I thank you for that. You knew that one day we would need you and your example to help us along.
You are a beautiful, beautiful woman. And so unique. And so needed. Please don't ever forget that. And don't ever forget how much you are loved. By your family and by God. He loves you very much and I know he sent you here for a very special reason. So always be true to yourself and be true to Him.
I'm glad you are my sister and I'm glad you are my friend.
Love Always,
Becky

JJ-Tell how, where, when you learned to drive. Any memorable experiences?

I've decided to combine my Journal Jar blog with my family blog. So now every time I'm doing a Journal Jar post it will start with JJ.

I have been going through things in my house recently and I found an old notebook of mine. At the very back were two entries from 2004. I guess I started doing my Journal Jar back then and completely forgot. So today, I'm going to type out the answer to the question in the title. This was written on Jan 1, 2004.

I learned how to drive in 10th grade drivers ed. Believe it or not, I knew nothing before this. I didn't even know which pedal was the gas and which was the brake. There wasn't anything really memorable except that I failed drivers ed. By the time I failed I had a boyfriend who drove me everywhere so I didn't care if I got my license. When we broke up I was pregnant so my Mom drove me everywhere. After that I had a new boyfriend who I was engaged to and he drove me everywhere. (are you seeing a theme?) Finally, when we broke up Becky forced me to re-take the driving test and I passed! By then I was 18.

I do have one story from before I got my license. I remember going to Smith's with my brother Aaron and his friend Ben. They were trying REALLY hard to get me to drive home from Smith's in Aaron's car. And I REALLY didn't want to. I was crying in the parking lot because I was so nervous. I ended up driving home and everything was fine. But I hated them pushing me. Stupid older brothers.

I still don't like to drive. Tim almost always drives when we are together. And if I'm going with someone else I would much rather they drive than me.

I told this story to Tim tonight and his response? "That explains a lot." Really? Really?