Celebrate

Does it get any better than Mother's Day weekend for us moms? Absolutely not. It's such a great thing to be a stay at home mom, and I am fortunate that Matt has be our sole provider (and a wonderful one at that) and allowed me this privilege. I can hardly believe that my time as a SAHM is coming to end soon =(. It will be strange being back in the "real" working world, but I don't want to think about that now. Moving on...Plano had an event on Thursday morning called Muffins with Moms. It was from 7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. which meant I needed to roll out of bed around 6:30 a.m. and get the kids up and going too. My hair was SUPER uncooperative that morning which didn't help matters so I whipped it up into a side braid and managed to get loads of compliments on it. Weird how that happens, it's dirty, it's frustrated me to NO end, I whip it up hoping it doesn't look awful and get loads of compliments. Hey, I'll take it =).

The morning was such a nice tribute to us mommies--thank you Plano staffers. I loved seeing and hanging out with other fellow moms at the school. We love our Panthers!

We had another celebration on Thursday. It was Matt's last official day at South Warren High School. He is now a certified teacher. WOW. I can't believe his journey is over. Matt is quite the student. His PRAXIS scores were super high--he scored in the top 15% of all test takers and received an ETS Recognition of Excellence honor. He has also maintained such a high GPA these past couple of years along with all his other responsibilities as a husband, dad, minister, etc. We're so proud of him and his hard work. We had a nice supper that night. Karson and I decided to make a celebratory run and got him a cake from Culver's and some party favors from Dollar General.

Happy Graduation to YOU! Miles is ALL about blowing out candles these days. I can't even light a candle in the bathroom or in the house without him begging to blow it out. This has been a big year for the Deaton family and graduations. Our sister in law Laura graduated in December with her degree in nursing, and Seth will graduate as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant certificate on Monday in Louisville from J.C.C. We're so proud of them all!

Confetti poppers!

More celebrating...I decided to celebrate my Mother's Day yesterday. I didn't want to wait until Sunday because Sundays are usually pretty BUSY for me. I know they are for Matt as well, but being the wife of a minister brings many responsibilities whether you want them or not. I WANT them, but I don't consider Sunday(s) as a day of rest for our family. SO, since Matt is officially done with his student teaching and had promised to take Miles golfing, I had yesterday all to myself. I decided to make the most of it. I called up Regina Webb and scheduled a full hour swedish massage with Heather (who is the best in town). It was awesome! Afterwards, I went over to my favorite nail techs. at SOHO. I didn't want a pedicure since I had just had the wonderful massage so I did a toenail polish change instead. Love my new toes. The day was superb and exactly what I needed. Later that afternoon, I took Karson to see MacKenzie at Panche for a haircut and decided to get one too--love those sister in laws of mine =). Afterwards, we headed over to the ballpark to see Evan's first ballgame. And after that, we took Karson over to Pap's house (where our boys were) to spend the night. Matt and I had a late dinner at Outback. The PERFECT day all together.

Debbie told me on Wednesday night at church that she wanted have everyone over this evening to celebrate Colvin's 60th which also happened to be Derby Day. As soon as we arrived, we chose our horses (it was a chance drawing out of cup). I pay zero attention to any of the derby hoopla, so I wouldn't have known which horse to pick anyway. We put our money in the pot, and off to the races we went. Our picks were #13 Mucho Macho Man (Matt), #10 Twinspired (Tiffany), #5 Decisive Moment (Karson), #4 Stay Thirsty (Isaac) and #8 Dialed In (Miles). We didn't win, but it was still fun to watch and cheer our horses on.

Celebrating Pap Colvin's 60th birthday!

Miles is all about opening up cards for people. He manages to get every shred of the envelope ripped open. We also gave Nana Debbie, Granny and Mamaw their Mother's Day cards. Miles was very helpful in that process also.

Family photo shoots.

We've been doing lots of celebrating in our family. I love my large family-in-law. I can't wait for it expand even more with sister in laws and nieces and nephews one day. We're blessed beyond measure!