Emily's Senior Year.....

School starts on August 25th and Emily will be a senior!!! What an exciting time for our girl's life! After watching and reading some of my friends families blog I thought this would be a great way to document Emily senior year.

When this year is over this will be a gift to Emily so years from now she can look back on this year.

As a Mom you have be give me a minute to be just that Emily's Mother......It is so hard for me to believe our "baby" girl is a senior in high school. Ever since Emily entered our lives four weeks early on December 31st she had been a joy and a blessing. At 5.4 pounds her younger cousin David called her "Little Emily". I guess it is a name that fit her well because at 17, she is a whole 5 foot one and half inch tall. Over the years it has been a joy to watch her grow from the very shy little girl into a lady. A Mother should teach her daughter in the ways she should go but on the other side of that I have been blessed to learn so much from Emily. She meets things with her head on straight and her heart open wide. Emily is much like her Daddy, she has his eyes and so many of his ways. There are times she will be saying something to me and she sounds just like her sweet Daddy. Emily's brother, Kevin thinks she is the best things in the world, if you ever want to hear how great she is at cheer leading or anything else just ask Kevin, he is her biggest fan. Also no one can fight with her the way he can but in his eyes he is the only one that can pick on her like that.

Emily has had a really busy summer!!! First she took a trip down south to Cajun country to visit with my cousins and see what life as a doctor is really like. Emily spent two weeks with Paul and Diane and got to go to work with Diane. Diane has a pediatrics practice right outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emily even got to take a few stitches out for one child! Not many people get the chance to do something like that. We are so thankful that Paul and Diane took care of our girl while she was down there. It was not all work while Emily was in Louisiana, she got to go out on Paul and Diane's boat and eat some of the best seafood in the world. Also Aunt Jane and Uncle Mike spent time with her and everyone spoiled her to death!

After getting back home from Louisiana Emily had a few days home and then we were off Atlanta, Ga for a family reunion with Keith's family. What a great time we have on the lake! Tubing on the lake and eating lots of great food! We had a great time with all the family and are so thankful to the Edwards clad for having everyone at their lake house.

Emily's boyfriend, Phillip was able to go to Atlanta and meet the family. It was so nice to have him along for the ride.

After our trip to Atlanta we had a week at the beach. What a great family time!!!! Every year since Keith and I have been married we have gone to the beach with his parents and his sister's family. We were so thankful that Grandmother and Granddaddy were able to go this year. Grandmother had hip replacement done in May but did great with her walker and keep up with everyone! This year Phillip went to the beach with us too.

It is always great to see sweet pictures of Emily, Kevin and David with Grandmother and Granddaddy!!! Laura was there this year but missed this picture.

Emily and Phillip had a great time together at the beach. It was so nice to spend time with them.

Some of Emily's friends were at the beach at the same time we were. Hillary, Clair and Emily had been good friends all though high school and even before then. They are all cheerleaders and hang out allot together. (by the way you are not seeing double....Hillary and Clair are twins)

It was so nice to have Lauren and new husband Josh at the beach with us this year. Lauren was three when Keith and I got married and didn't like me much at all back then. I had "taken" her Uncle Keith away from her but now we are great friends. Emily and Phillip had a great time hanging out with Lauren and Josh. They went to play pool together and watch Karaoke.

There was so much fun time on the beach and some how Phillip and Josh talked Kevin into letting them bury him in the sand. Not only did they talk him into that but then gave him a girl's body.....poor Kevin but he is always a good sport.

It only took two people to pull Kevin out from under all that sand!!!

Over the years I don't know what I would do without my best beach buddy, Gail, Keith's sister! No one could have a better sister-n-law in the world!!!

Emily enjoyed time with her Daddy, Keith, playing on the beach.

And of course I have to get a picture with my girl too.....

No one can forget what a great time everyone has eating out favor hot Krispy Kreme donuts!!! Kevin, David and Grandaddy look great in their Krispy Kreme hats....

Over the years Emily and Kevin have never liked the fact that I always have to have my one last picture of them together at the beach but I keep telling them one day you will look back and be go happy you let me have my pictures....

So as the summer is coming to an end and Emily's senior year is starting things are going to be busy but fun!

Last week we went to get Emily's senior pictures made and next week we get to go look at the proof. I can't wait to see them. I can't already tell you they are going to be go pretty.

Emily is already is busy with school cheer leading with practice at least twice a week. Football games start on Aug. 21st. It will be fun to see our girl down there on the field cheering the Bulls on!!!

Well that is it for my first posting.....it will be fun putting my thought and feeling down in the fun exciting senior year for Emily!!!