Oops!!!

I know, I know!  I haven't blogged all summer long!  Can you tell it's been busy?

I will try to sum up the last few months briefly, ha.  I was once again VBS Director, lots of work but lots of awesome help, that was the beginning of June.  Also in June, I chaperoned Broadway Baptist Church Youth Camp in Springfield, another week....gone.  We went on vacation in July, it was awesome.  I will have an exclusive blog post about that soon, someday.  Christian had his tonsils out on July 30th, we had a week long youth mission trip at our church that same week.  The boys have had weights and sports camps, fca things, boys state, etc throughout the summer, almost every day of the summer, and on and on with lots of excuses.  But rest assured I will be back....soon, ha ha.

Stinky Storms

My oldest son had a week of stinky happenings.  The first occurred on a Friday, State Music Contest which should be an exciting thing turned into a frustrating pitiful day.  Sometimes things just happen that are beyond our control, he didn't do so great on his solo.  The next day was prom...and it was a lot of fun, yay!  Wednesday rolls around....Sectional Golf Tournament, if you advance you compete at State.  Christian was stoked, he got to play a practice round, stay at a hotel with lots of new friends but missed the cut by a couple of strokes.  Friday...girlfriend breaks up with him.  What a week!?!  This is a stinky week but all things work together for good for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.  There was opportunity for grace to be shown at music contest.  A big achievement making it to sectionals when he didn't last year.  And a reminder to rely on God and trust Him and His plan for our lives.  That just because we don't understand what or why things are happening, we can know that our Father in Heaven loves us and wants good things for us and knows so much better than we do what we need.  Thank you Lord for the lessons you've taught my son and me this week.

Prom 2012

My oldest baby went to Prom!  He looks so handsome and no, he didn't get dirty...surprisingly.  He took pictures at his girlfriend's house (her name is Lydia).  And then took pics with some friends.  I'm just gonna post some of them.

District Music Contest

District Music Contest was held March 31st.  Both of my darling boys took a solo, they have to memorize and perfect two songs to sing in front of a judge.  The judge will rate them on a scale of 1 to 5.
1 - Excellent
2 - Superior
3 - Good
4 - Fair
5 - Weak
(something like that)
In order to advance to State Contest, the student must receive a 1 rating.  Cameron received a 2 and Christian received a 1...they both did a great job and I was really proud of them. 

Here are their contest pieces...

Cameron Hoagland - Freshman at Lincoln High School

Christian Hoagland - Junior at Lincoln High School

Happy Belated Blogoversary to me!

I completely missed my blogoversary...how disappointing.  Two years of off and on again strange writings, tales, and confessions.  Last year, I did a blog makeover, I recently redid some things but I'm gonna change it again...I made this cute little chick button and I have to revolve everything around him ;) Stay tuned...again!