Milestone Birthday

My beautiful daughter Emily is eighteen today! I find it continually hard to believe that I have raised two children to adulthood with two more close behind and a third just beginning life.

I am so proud of Emily. She is a strong person and she knows her own mind. She is so smart and capable of whatever she decides to do with her life. I am happy to say that she has applied to go to Roane State in the fall of this year. I hope that she will find a way to use her artistic talents to make a happy living for herself. Good luck in life Emily. Happy Birthday, I love you.

Creases

Creases

The creases in her finger ran so deep,

All the way down to the glistening gem of her eternal love,

To the valley of the back of her hand,

Down the street of freckles and dark pink skin,

To turn the corner and climb the mountain to find the broad shoulders,

Up above is her beautiful face,

Creases continue up her neck and over the chin,

They find the lips and they thoroughly miss them.

Creases continue, across the bridge of her nose,

To the dark circles of sleeplessness beneath her hazel eyes,

Full wisdom, eyes full of heartaches, tears, joy, and most of all love,

Creases run deep, full of the love and tears of her life, life full of love.

~Emily Lively~ 2009

This amazing poem was written by my beautiful daughter, Emily.

Artists in the House

Art has always been very important to me and I have always tried to nurture it in my children. As well as model it for them, by trying any and all kinds that interested me, and sharing the process as well as the results with them. All five of my children are artists of one sort or another. They all, even five year old Sophie have fantastic drawing talent. Recently, Emily my seventeen year old, who has long wished to go to art school, realized that she is a wonderfully talented sculpture artist. After watching the fantastical creation, The Spiderwick Chronicles, she decided to try her hand at sculpting Hogsqueal. Here are the amazing results. I am very proud of her efforts, this took place in a matter of 5-6 hours over two days. Wow!

Mother's Day at the Park

A lovely day to visit the park.

Swinging.....

Slides......

Dragon slide.....

More swinging......

Local SCA practice battles......

Frisbee and dogs......

Skate boarding....

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Emergency room.......Emily wiped out on her board and ended up with a badly sprained and very painful wrist and arm. Poor thing. Luckily, it isn't broken.

Happy Mother's Day:{

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Well, yesterday was my daughter, Emily's, sixteenth birthday. Since we spent time at the ER with David, we did not get to celebrate or blog it, until today. Luckily, she has no signs of the stomach virus as of yet. Emily was my first home birth and I never went back. What an empowering and wonderful experience that was. I always attributed my and her extra close relationship to the fact that we were never separated and had such a peaceful, gentle coming into the world. Hard to believe that was sixteen years ago. Here are a couple of snapshots, one at four months, my favorite.And the other taken today with her guy, Josh. Cute couple huh?