The DeLorme Family: MS Walk and Mother's Day

On Saturday, we did the walk for MS. All week the weather report was not favorable for Saturday. They were predicting drizzle and cold. I was concerned about taking Ashlyn. Last year, we left her at home because the weather was supposed to be bad. Once we got there, the weather was nice. We decided to brave it this year with Ashlyn. We woke up on Saturday, and it was sunny and there was no rain! The weather could have been warmer, but it turned out to be a decent day. We had a great time! We walked and enjoyed each other's company. Ashlyn had a great time on what will be the first of many, many MS walks that she will be part of. We had about 10 people walking with us. We raised over $1500!!! Thank you again for all of you that donated and walked for such a great cause. As everyone knows, this is a cause that is very near and dear to our family. Words cannot express our gratitude to those that contributed to our walk! Thank you!!!!!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I couldn't have asked for a better day. We started the day by going to breakfast with my mom and grandma. After breakfast, I spent the rest of the day doing whatever I felt like. It was great! Joey and Ashlyn got me exactly what I wanted for Mother's Day. I just feel so blessed to be a mother of such a beautiful and amazing little girl. The day always makes me feel so blessed and lucky. I hope all the mothers had a wonderful day as well!

To update on the crib issue, Ashlyn is doing wonderful in her bed. There were a couple of rough nights at first, but she is doing great. We put a gate up in front of her door so we could see her without having to open her door and risk waking her. Well, last night she climbed over the gate! That girl is seriously a daredevil monkey!!!! She wants to climb everything. We have resorted to just shutting her door. We usually hear her playing up there for a few minutes, but when she is tired she puts herself in bed and goes to sleep. So, this far it has not been as bad as we first thought. We are going to Texas in June to see Adam and Jane. When we are there, we are stopping by at IKEA to get Ashlyn a real big girl bed. I can't wait!

I only have 11 more days of school left! I am hoping they go by quickly and smoothly. While it will be bittersweet, I am just grateful to have made it through this year and this teaching experience. I am more than ready to move on to a class that is less challenging! I can honestly say that I am now ready for anything!!!!! The other big event this month is a wedding the last weekend of May. A friend of Joey's is getting married. Joey is actually marrying the couple and Ashlyn is a flower girl. Should be an interesting day!

I had to post pictures of our tulip garden. Joey's Mom's favorite flower was the tulip. When we bought this house, he planted a tulip garden in her memory. This is the first year we have gotten to see them. They have just been beautiful! We have truly enjoyed looking at them each day. I will be sad when they are gone!