Merry Chirstmas!

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!


Cheers!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with our family and friends. It was nice to visit and eat yummy food.

What is it about the fall semester. It just flies past. Whereas in January, the spring semester just creeps along. Why is that?

The banini boys are happy, healthy and keeping me busy.

We send our love to all who read this post. We are truly grateful for God, Family and Friends.

A Mommy Moment

I had a first two days ago with my oldest son. Banini #1 is a webelos cubscout. He is working on obtaining his webelos rank. One of the requirements for an activity badge states, send an email to a friend. This is a very easy thing to do, right. I e-mail everyday and have been doing so for more than a decade. However, my son was really reluctant. I asked, "why???" "Well, mom," he finally admits, "I don't have an e-mail address and I am not sure I really want to be "electronic" yet."

We have discussed the dangers of the internet to him several times. He has surfed the internet and plays games online, always showing responsibility with these privileges. I was really surprised and pleased at his hesitancy. It shows more maturity and understanding on his part about internet usage and the moral dangers it can bring into a home. With this in mind, together we set him up an e-mail account.

I promptly logged onto my e-mail account and sent him a welcoming message. After I wrote the letter, including all the stuff mothers are apt to include, I closed it with the signature- Mom. In all my e-mailing over the last decade, I have never closed a letter as Mom. It was a moment.

My boy is growing up and I pray we are teaching him everything he needs in this world to remain physically, emotionally, and spiritually strong. So that the next time I pause at my Mom signature is the first letter I write to him, while he is serving the Lord on his mission.

Ironwood Photography's 365 Project

I finally created a slide show, without any help from Blogger. Please enjoy the photographs, many of them are priceless.

The photographer is available to capture your family's special moments and the yearly family photo. Contact him directly or call me and we can get you set up.

Please mention the shout out from Baniniboys to receive 10% off your photo session.