Skip to main content

Family Celebrations!

Thank you to Ruth Ayres for the opportunity to focus on celebrations every week! Please join us!


Time with family is precious. This weekend, my cousin is getting married so I drove north!! Driving through New England in the fall is amazing. I gasped over and over again at the colors. I'd forgotten how vibrant and gorgeous the colors are.


I attempted some pictures, but they just don't do it justice.

About an hour after I arrived, the school bus delivered two very special packages.

We made some arts and crafts. 

We took silly pictures.


Jack showed me a very special box that his mom bought for him. 
He told me that he's going to use this box to hold notes from me. When I leave, I usually leave before anyone in the house is awake. (It's a long drive and leaving early helps the trip move along.) I started leaving notes for Jack when he was little and now I leave one for both Jack and Jillian. He keeps them all and now he's going to keep them in his special box. We took silly pictures. Jack read Chicken Little to me. Grammy (my mom) told him that it was my favorite book when I was little. She read it to me a million times. He said, "Now I get to read it to you, Auntie Chelle!" Jillian drew a beautiful picture for me in my notebook. 


I am so blessed to be an auntie to these two amazing people!

Look at all of the celebrating...and we haven't even gotten to the wedding yet!!!

Labels

Labels:

Comments

  1. BernadetteOctober 24, 2015 at 7:31 AM

    How very special that you write the notes and that they are so treasured that they have a special container.

    ReplyDelete
  2. 1981shamrockOctober 24, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    The special box is AWESOME! I loved the pics of J&J getting off the bus, too. So much excitement!!! Have a wonderful time at the wedding! Congrats to the sweet couple!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Lisa KeelerOctober 24, 2015 at 9:10 AM

    I think your pictures do capture the beauty of fall in New England. And not just the tree colors. Enjoy your time. What a lovely tradition you have with Jack of note leaving. That is something he and you will always treasure.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Terje October 24, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    Your auntie moments are super precious. Your words and photos are filled with love. I like the idea of a special box for your notes.

    ReplyDelete
  5. JulieanneOctober 24, 2015 at 11:30 AM

    Your post is perfection. What a wonderful celebration with your lovely niece and nephew. They are so lucky to have such a special auntie in their life.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jana The TeacherOctober 24, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    What beautiful pictures! Thanks for reminding me that fall is such an awesome time - even being stuck in traffic doesn't seem so bad when there are such beautiful colors all around. Have a great weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  7. RamonaOctober 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM

    Love this peek into your life as an aunt. Arts and crafts and silly pictures. I bet these guys are thrilled to have you there. Enjoy the wedding and your return drive through the fall colors!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Carol VarsalonaOctober 25, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    Michelle, I hope by now you are filled with the spirit of celebration. Your interactions with your nephew and niece were special and I love the fact that your notes are becoming part of Jack's writing life. Your wonderful smile must be filling your family's lives this weekend. I am so glad that you are enjoying life.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Linda BOctober 25, 2015 at 1:24 PM

    Two very, very special packages, Michelle. I'm happy it was a delightful weekend, saw some of the wedding pics posted, and then these wonderful ones of the kids. What a terrific auntie you are!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Please share your thoughts. I love comments!

Popular posts from this blog

Here I Am

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I've been thinking for the past couple of days about this post...but I can't think of anything to write. Frozen in my failure, I want to quit, but I push through and show up here...even though it seems pointless. Who wants to read a blog post about nothing?  I begin to panic a bit...Have I "lost it"? My passion for blogging? My ability to blog? Why can't I think of something clever? What do I have to say that anyone will want to read? (By the way, I'd have all of these answers if it was you asking the questions!) Should I quit? Give up? Accept defeat? NO.  Instead, I show up.  Instead, I remember the words I said yesterday to my seventh-graders,  "Show up. It gets easier." Instead, I write and show grace to myself. Instead, I remember that blogging is a muscle that I haven't stretched in a while and I need to warm up, I need to take some deep breaths. Here I am. Showing up to the page. I'...
17 comments
Read more

Someday...

Thank you to Stacey, Betsy, Dana, Tara, Beth, Anna, Kathleen & Deb for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it. Join us at Two Writing Teachers . Do you have dreams? Kids are good at dreaming. I find many adults struggle with it. Speaking for myself, I get so caught up in the everyday drudgery of life, that dreams get nudged aside until they disappear.  It's important to have dreams. I've been writing about my dreams in my notebook and so I thought I'd share my dreams here... 1. Writing a book.  While I'd love to get a book published, my dream is to write a book...to complete the act of writing it.  I've started on this dream and it's hard and challenging and exciting and amazing.  2. Living at the beach.    I love the water, the waves, the ocean smell, the seafood, the sand...all of it! The Outer Banks is my favorite place in the...
23 comments
Read more

Chasing My Dream

I'm doing it. I'm chasing my dream. I've always wanted to run writing retreats and workshops for people, but I've always been too scared to do anything about it...until now. I don't know what's changed...maybe I've changed. I'm not allowing the fear to stop me anymore. I've started Selah Writing Retreats.  The past couple of weeks I've been getting the business end in order. I thought I would hate that...I don't. It's scary, but I am surprising myself with how efficient I am. Yesterday I went to a bank to set up a bank account. The woman I met with was kind and helpful and so enthusiastic about my dream. My website is set up. I've done lots of work on it. I hope you stop by and let me know what you think. It's  selahwritingretreats.com . Balancing creative with business has been challenging but fun. Creating the website, getting a federal tax id, making business cards, planning dates... My favorite voxer group is called Butt Ki...
21 comments
Read more