Memorial Day Weekend in Tennessee

Vance graduated from High School on the Friday before Memorial Day so me, JT, Mom, KD and Mindy headed to Tennessee to attend his graduation. (Click photo for more photos)

As always, it was quite the fun adventure in the car with Mom. The trip went smooth both ways and it was nice to spend time with Shelly.

We met Vance's girlfriend and she seemed real nice. Of course, he didn't want to really hang out with us, afterall, he's a high school graduate with a girlfriend who just got a new apartment... so it's not hard to figure out where he really wanted to be and who he wanted to be with.

We also got a chance to see Allie and how great she looks.... beautiful as always, but she's lost alot of weight and is continuing to do well. We met her boyfriend Shane. He seemed like a nice guy and didn't seem to mind sitting around with a bunch of women chatting.

Bo showed himself a bit while we were there. I really feel sorry for him and his problems and wish that something could be figured out to help him do better.

All in all, it was a good trip, but as always, after being gone for 4 days, it was GREAT to get home! Tim stayed home so he was glad to see us when we returned.

J.T. Gets His Glasses

J.T. got his glasses today and as you can see from the photo, we are very fortunate that he's very excited about it. When he put them on he was excited to see a big difference right away in his vision. He immediately started comparing how things looked with them on and with them off. He got real excited on the way home because he could read the license plates on other cars.

Tim and I felt like bad parents because we hadn't known he was having vision problems. We trusted that the school had done a vision screen and would have expected them to catch it - especially now that we know it should have been obvious to whoever gave the eye test.

I've worn glasses since I was 6 years old and I know what a pain they can be. I hoped he would be able to forego glasses as a child. But, I'm excited for him now knowing that his vision is improved and he can see properly. We are hopeful this will also help with some of the problems he's had in school.