June is busting out all over...

We had a scare over last weekend with my dad. He had a heart attack and has had to have a pace maker implanted. As of Tuesday, he was home, resting and feeling better. In about 4 weeks, he should be able to resume normal activities and should begin feeling "great", according to his heart doctor. We are so thankful that God chose to work in the situation and allow Daddy such quick, miraculous healing.

The girls have both been busy. Hannah is babysitting alot for the Clendenin kids and Claire is back to volunteering 2 days during the week at the vet's office. She also has worked 2 Wednesdays for me and has been a HARD worker! Next week is VBS at church and the following week I will be in Atlanta at meetings Tues. - Thurs. and Don and the girls will be at the property. They will pick me up Thursday night and we will all spend a long weekend together at the mountain house. I am looking forward to that!

Next Wednesday, I turn 46 - ugh!!! Pray for me that I don't start feeling too old and crotchety!

First "official" day of Summer break...

We had a quiet (NOT!) weekend... Claire turned 12 on Saturday, had 2 dress rehearsals for her Dance Recital (which was Sunday), Don "worked" for me at my new building for Medical Records, building shelves and a counter and drilling holes for computer wires, we went to church, Sunday School and Claire's dance recital on Sunday. She is maturing into such a beautiful dancer. The recital was so uplifting and fun, as always. Claire went to "Shipwreck Island" all day Monday with church choir, Don and I did mounds of yard work and today, Hannah is babysitting, Don and I are working and, I suppose Claire is recovering from such a wild weekend! Both girls had FABULOUS grades and were "high averages" for both their companies this year. We are so proud. Claire will move to the "other" side of the middle school for 7th & 8th grade and Hannah moves across the street to the high school!!! Time is marching (actually, running) on and poor Don and I are just trying to keep up!

The countdown to summer begins...

It is finally here (to hear the girls say it) ~ the LAST week of school! Hannah will be going on a band field trip to The Fun Station on Tuesday so Claire is going to come to the office with me to earn some $$$. Their Honor Assemblies are both on Thursday morning and then, Friday at 2:45, officially ends Hannah's Middle School "career" and begins Claire's 7th grade year. Claire will turn 12 on Saturday - how can that be? She also has her dance recital on Sunday and a week from tomorrow is Memorial Day. It has all gone way too fast. I am struggling with Hannah being a Freshman in high school. I remember high school so well - how can my daughter be in high school??!!!

We will have a busy summer, I am sure. We will be at the property a week in June and the long 4th of July weekend. Claire will be at Music Camp, Hannah at Camp Pinnacle and Don on a mission trip in July and we are going to try to fit in a couple of beach weekends, too. Both girls will be working 1 day a week for me and volunteering, too. Hannah will also have a week of high school band camp before school starts back in August. I am really going to try to enjoy this summer and not rush anything for the next 11 weeks :)

Happy Mother's Day 2009

What a lovely day - weekend, actually - I had! The girls gave me a METTA Day Spa certificate for "The Works"! I cannot wait to use it; 1 hr. massage, organic facial, up-scale mani & pedi! Ooo la la! Don gave me a beautiful watch and I had the breakfast I wanted cooked for me and steak for lunch without lifting a finger! Absolutely divine :) Too bad everyday can't be like that! Actually, while I enjoy the "pampering", I really just enjoy my everyday life, too. I am truly blessed with 2 beautiful daughters and a thoughtful, loving husband.

All 4 One...

Hannah and the NJHS group arrived back safely on Friday about 11:30am. She had a good time but is still so very tired. She napped Friday afternoon, went to bed early Friday and Saturday and fell asleep in the car on the way home from the beach this afternoon. I got a bit of an early Mother's Day gift and we spent a relaxing day at St. George Island. It was beautiful! Sunny, breezy and just perfect :) The girls have 15 days of school to go and Claire's birthday is 20 days away - WOW... time sure does fly.

Missing a chick from the nest...

Hannah has been in Washington, DC since Saturday evening - actually, the bus taking her to DC left at 9pm Saturday. They did not arrive in DC proper until about 8pm Sunday night! They drove all night, got to Williamsburg about 1:30 spent a couple hours there and then, back on the bus for the ride to DC. We have talked to her several times a day and she texts me when she can. She is having a WONDERFUL time! Her daddy is sad and misses her, her baby sis is enjoying sleeping in her room with the TV and I am realizing that my "baby chick" has taken the first big step towards leaving the nest behind :( Well, this is what we do as parents. Grow 'em up so they can take flight and make nests of their own!

BUSY!

B-U-S-Y! That best describes the Sivyer household in a nutshell. Busy at home. Busy at work. Busy for the girls at school. Don has been working for 2-1/2 weeks in Tallahassee, his truck has been getting "undinged" for a week, Hannah has had... band concert, marching practice, Rosebud parade this Thursday, leaves for Washington, DC on Saturday, she and Claire have been on Spring Break, are back at school taking CRCT, Hannah turned 14, Claire's birthday is a month away and school is out on May 22nd! Oh, my heavens!

I feel like I get up, work, go to sleep and repeat all in a day and it has actually been a week! I am LOVING my job - so challenging, rewarding and satisfying -- God has been so good in giving me this blessing :) I feel appreciated for my knowledge, welcomed for my opinions and challenged beyond my wildest dreams but coming up successful. I have enrolled for my on-line Post-baccalaureate RHIA degree program at Stephens College - classes will begin in late July and I am just plugging in and getting things accomplished! Don has about 10 jobs on the schedule - challenging, big jobs that will provide work through the summer. We are running the business on "Quickbooks" and God is blessing us there, too. Both the girls have really matured this Spring, what with me going back to work. They are sharing the load with me around the house and really putting their best foot forward. We got baby chicks (6 initially but a mishap :( has left us with 3), planted the garden, registered Hannah for Teen Camp at Camp Pinnacle in July and will get Claire registered tomorrow for Young Muscian's Camp at Norman Park for a week this summer.

B-U-S-Y... it just fits!