James Swim Lessons 2011

James had so much fun this year at swim lessons. He is doing so good. Ms. Dee said he is almost ready for the swim team.

John Michael Swimming Lessons 2011

Thanks to Ms. Dee John Michael finally went off the diving board. He loved it and we couldn't get him to stop jumping off board. Ms. Dee does a great job teaching children to swim.

What a Week!!!!

Our church just finished up a week of VBS. We had a great time and most importantly we had some children make decisions to follow Christ. Mrs. Tammy & Mrs. Danna did a great job directing VBS. We had our celebration of VBS on Friday night the children and parents had a blast. Thank you Lord for allowing us to plant seeds and some seeds bloom.

Jay got a call on Sat that his Grandma Rosen passed away. She was 96 and just a few weeks from her 97th bday. She lived a long, good life. We are thankful the boys had the chance to know her. She was actually able to attend their bday party in March.

I can't believe that school will be starting back in a few weeks. My how the summer has gone fast. The boys are excited and James keeps asking "when is it going to be August?" I told him just wait there will be a day when you say "oh mom it is August already". I am thankful he loves school.

I am excited about all the Lord is doing in our family. Waiting on his timing and plan about our adopting a little girl. Please join us in prayer about this matter, that we will follow God's leading and not our own.

Been Awhile

Well, I know it has been forever since I last posted. We are enjoying our summer break which seems to be coming to an end sooner than we wished. The boys had swim lessons and are doing great. They are loving gymnastics and have come a long way in their class. I am so proud of them. James is getting ready for 1st grade, he keeps asking "when is going to be August". I told him there will be a day when he will not be asking me that. They have both been going to a summer camp two days a week. I have been catching up on some reading, trying to scrapbook and enjoying being home with the boys. We enjoyed a visit from nanny and pops(my parents) over the 4th of July weekend. We went to Cades Cove and saw 2 black bears, deer, had a picnic and played mini golf. John Michael decided the 4th was not exciting enough so while at Aunt Bev's house he fell and busted his lip, so we went to the ER. After a stitch we got to come home and he was right back at it full force. He is ALL boy for sure. The boys have been to 2 VBS this summer and we are getting ready to have our VBS at HBC on Sunday. We have started visiting the nursing homes in town, the people love to see the boys come in and the boys have had fun playing jingo with them. Jay and I are leaving this afternoon with 18 others from HBC headed to Jr. Camp Thursday - Sunday, then we start VBS on Sunday night. We love working with the children and they are a blessing to us.

Jay has been busy with work and getting ready to start work on his disortation. I am so proud of how hard he has worked and getting praying for strength for him to finish strong.
I guess that about catches you up on the Rosen life. I will try to do more posting later.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well, I have not been good at blogging. We have been busy as everyone else has been. James is doing well in school, last friday his class had a Q & U wedding. James got to be Q and all the students looked so cute. John Michael is loving preschool and keeps us laughing all the time. He wants to play ball so bad, we have tried to tell him he has to wait til next year. I have finally gotten back in a routine, helping at James school, getting boys to school and started doing a little "early" spring cleaning. We have had nice weather this week, but looks like we are going back to cooler weather next week. We are all ready for spring to come and stay for awhile. We are getting excited about the month of March, we have birthday parties to get ready for. John Michael will be 4 March 1, and James will be 6 March 14. We will be going to Bath Springs the first weekend in March for Konner's birthday party. We are looking forward to seeing family. We went to a UT men's basketball game and had lots of fun. The boys really enjoyed this and we are planning to go to some softball and baseball games this spring. I can't believe how fast the boys are growing up. Jay is enjoying his class this semester and is getting things in order for his disotration. Thanks for your prayers for our family.
God is in control.

Family Fun!!!

Well...Jay has been busy at work again with this crazy weather. I am glad to be back on a "normal" schedule with school for the boys. The boys keep asking about us going camping, I keep telling them not to worry because we will be going camping this spring and summer, especially with all the time Jay has accumalated during these winter months. We have been busy cleaning out toys and clothes during all our snow days. I am trying to get some scrapbooking done, I would love to get caught up by the end of the year(not sure if that will happen). Have a great week.
Michelle

SNOW!!!!SNOW!!!!!SNOW!!!!

I now have a new respect for single moms. Jay has had to work for several hours, since last wed...We have had fun in the snow but could have had more fun if Jay could have been home. Just be warned we will have a fun blog this spring when he is able to take some time off. Today Aunt Bev, Chrissy and Bererket came over to play and have adult conversations. No school so far this week, maybe Friday the roads will be clear enough to go to school. We found out this afternoon the students will go to school on MLK day and the Friday before President's Day and President's Day too. We have enjoyed the snow but we have had enough as well. The Lord is working in our family and we can't wait to see what else he does for us this year. Praying God Blesses you and your family.

2011 starts off

On Monday, Dec.27 we finally made it to West Tn to be with family for Christmas. We had lots of fun visiting with family. The boys were excited to get their DS for Christmas and James was so excited about his notebook with paper from Nanny. We decided to stay and bring in the New Year with the family. We had fun playing cards and eating Christmas candy. We made our way back home on the sat. after Christmas. I was excited to get home and get decorations down and get on a "regular" schedule. Jay has been on vacation this week, getting a lot taken care of around the house. Today started out as a nice day, then this afternoon out of no where it came down...SNOW,SNOW,SNOW!!! So you know what that means....Jay left for work around 9pm and will come home sometime tomorrow. I do enjoy the beauty of the snow, however I don't enjoy Jay working these crazy hours.Praying God continues to Bless each and everyone who reads our blog. Excited about what God is going to do in our family this year.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!