Out Of Moth Balls

I've been thinking about doing so sewing for quite a while, but just didn't take the time to get started.  So, yesterday I went and dug out my sewing machine.  I haven't used it since we moved to Cayman!!  Shame, shame, shame!!  I love to sew, but during the school year when I'm in the office working I just don't have the time or make the time to do it. 

Last summer, Dennis, our former Principal and myself flew up to Nashville, Tennessee for them to take Administrator Training for our school.  It was wonderful for me being it really was a vacation for me while they were in class :o)  And those of you who really know me realize how much I love to shop.  When you live on an Island where there really isn't a whole lot of places to shop, when I come to the States at times I go into a shopping frenzy!  But I still have to be careful because I have to make sure I have room in our luggage to bring my treasures home.  It's not like running to your local mall or Walmart and putting all the shopping bags in the back seat or trunk of your car and heading home!  Anyway, I was in a Walmart in the Nashville area and had wanted to buy some fabric.  I was looking around thinking of all the many things that I could make BUT then again there was the time thingy.  I went ahead and purchased some pretty fabric to make several things.  Yesterday, this is what I made and completed.  A beautiful new tablecloth for our small table.  I really like how it turned out!! 

Here is a close~up picture of the fabric although it isn't quite the true color.  I have more projects in the making.  After I finished the tablecloth I started something else, but will wait to show you that when it's completed.  So come back soon and hopefully it will be on here for your viewing :o)

Health Message

HEALTH MESSAGE:

1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water and is fat.
3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.
4. A tortoise doesn't run and does nothing...yet lives for 450 years.

AND

 

They tell me to exercise!

High School Graduation ~ June 12, 2011

Sunday, June 12th, was our High School Graduation

 Dennis as the Head Administrator, Honorable McKeevea Bush the Premier and Honorable Ralston Anglin Minister of Education

Church Board Members along with Faculty and Staff 

This year we had only five graduates:

Divad

Lloyd ~ Valevictorian

Shalisa

Antonia

 Ronald

Mrs. Profitt was our "Acting Principal" for the last month and half of the school year

The Honorable McKeeva Bush, Premier of the Cayman Islands giving his speech

The Honorable Ralston Anglin the Minister of Education, Training & Employment

Josie, the School Council Secretary, presented Lloyd with gifts from The National Art Gallery

Dennis presenting Divad his diploma

Lloyd being presented his diploma

Shalisa

Antonia

Last but not least, Ronald proudly holding his diploma

And we present to you our graduating class of 2011

Lloyd sang a solo ~ "All Of Me"

Doug, our I.T. guy had the neatest congratulatory signs for the Seniors

Brother Laten dismissing in prayer

They may be small in number, but they are ready to take on the world!!

Congratulations Wesleyan Christian Academy 2011 Graduates!!

We'll miss you next year in our classes here at Wesleyan.  We wish you the best!!

(I've been working on this post for the past week trying to upload the pictures.  Finally, I have it finished.  Not sure why, but Blogger was extremely slow in doing so with this post.  Hope you enjoy it!)

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to some very special men in my life!!

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My Daddy is not with me anymore, but, oh, how I miss him.  If here were still living you can believe that I would have already called him to wish him Happy Father's Day.  He was the best Dad I could have wanted or asked for.  He was a wonderful provider for his family!!  What a hard worker he was.  I have some pretty wonderful memories of you, Daddy and I miss you so much.  I know that you're now having the time of your life and a Father's Day like you've never had before!!  I love you!!

Happy Father's Day to my husband Dennis.  He won't be with our boys today for Father's Day :o(  But I'm sure they'll be calling him later.  He was such a great Dad to Brett and Brandon as they were growing up and still is.  He spent so much time taking them fishing and later as they got a little older out into the woods to learn the trade of hunting!!  They are both just like their Daddy as they are great fishermen and hunters!!  He taught them how they need to provide for themselves and their family (hang in there Brandon ~ hopefully one day you'll have a family :o)  I wish they could be here to celebrate this special day together.  Happy Father's Day, Dennis!!

Here's Dennis and Brett doing what they both love :o)

And Caden joins them!  Two father's ~ one son!  One father ~ two son's!!

And Dennis with Brandon!!

Also, I'd like to wish my father~in~law, my brother's Jim and Harold a Happy Father's Day.  I wish you all the best!!  I love you all!!

Happy 34th Anniversary to Us

On Thursday, Dennis went into town to the hospital to visit some of our people who are in there right now.  When he came home, he knocked on the garage door and I opened it to see what he wanted he handed me this beautiful bouquet of flowers.  There was a tag on them that said they were from Ecuador.  I'm not sure what kinds of flowers are in the bouquet, but I do believe there is a bird of paradise.  Maybe someone out there can help me.  He gave them to me for our 34th anniversary which was yesterday.  They are holding up really good!!

 For dinner last evening, we went to this really nice restaurant called The Prime.  It is a Brazilian establishment.  The food is out of this world delicious!!

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This is what we would call the salad bar.  But there's so many other foods on there than salad.  It's not like any salad bar I've ever seen in the States.  I think they should call it a food bar.  They have everything from spring rolls to large cocktail shrimp to soups to breads to a variety of cheeses and much, much more.

 This is how they serve the meats.  A waiter comes to your table with a big skewer and slices the various meats off for you.  They had flank steak (which I think was the best), sirloin steak, sirloin steak rolled in parmesan cheese, filet minon wrapped in bacon, pork, 3 kinds of fish, sausage, jerk chicken (which is a Jamacian favorite), lamb, chicken w/tomato and I can't remember what else.  We tried a little of everything but the fish, lamb, jerk chicken and sausage.  When we so full that we couldn't begin to eat anymore they brought the chicken with tomato around to our table.  We had to refuse it.  You only get a small portion at a time.  There's no way you could eat a lot of anything, because they have such a variety.  Plus you go to the salad bar first!

This is a very small part of the dining area. 

We were given a gift certificate for The Prime at our Christmas party from the school.  I was so full when we left that I thought I'd explode and I really didn't over eat.  I guess that's what dieting does to your stomach :o)



Awards Night

This past weekend was very, very busy for us!!  On Friday evening, there was Kindergarten Graduation.  Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our control Dennis and I were unable to attend this year.  We had a wedding Saturday morning at 11:00 am and immediately following that I came home and quickly changed clothes as I had to work in my office for 3 hours.  Then in the evening we had Awards Night for our school students.  They look so forward to this.  It's a goal they work for throughout the year!

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Here are the tables all set up with the many, many awards to be given out!

 This is our "Acting" Principal ~ Mrs. Profitt.  She and her husband have been here in Cayman for many years.  In fact, they were planning to retire, but we needed a Principal near the end of this past school year and she so kindly consented to fill the vacancy.  She's done a super, duper job with having to step in like she did!!

 The following are some of my "favorites" :o)  I love all the kids, but some have become very special to me!

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Tiffany

 Kirsten

 Lloyd

 Divad

 Ashley

Travis

 Ronald

 Annie

 Jazmin

 Geovanna

Jaeden

The following received the Administrator's Award which is about the top award they can receive.  Only one student out of each group can get this. 

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Jazmin

Stephanie

 Nathique

Kyanah

Divad

 Lloyd

 And a group picture of all six of the recipents of the Administrator Award

Congratulations!!