No More Braces!!

Today my baby girl got her braces off.  She is my 5th and last child to have braces.  No more braces for us!! Yay!!  She looks so beautiful and grown up.  Right after she got them off we drove over to the high school where she registered and got her picture taken.  Perfect timing!  I have to confess I was a little weepy at seeing her look so grown up and even though I haven't loved paying for braces for 16 years, it's another milestone in my "racing by" life.  I am down to one school, only one more year of boy sports and my baby is wearing makeup.  Everything is going by too fast.  My advice to everyone out there is not to take one minute for granted.  Enjoy every bit of the ride.  It's the most incredible time of your life.   It IS your life.

Update

Three wonderful things have happened in the last few weeks and I just felt the need to share.  First, Logan, Michelle and Landon moved in with us.  I LOVE having this little family in my home.  I can't wait until I get a chance to hold little Landon as Michelle is totally hogging him right now.  (O.K. he's still in her stomach.  Details, details)  They are on a waiting list for affordable housing and I hope it takes a really long time for their name to come up.  Second, Kyle and Logan applied to a physical therapy school right here in our town and yesterday they found out they both got in!! I am so proud of them and so glad that they will be going to school together and so close to home.  Happy, happy mom!  Third, Tanner, Alana and Ava are here for 2 weeks!!  We all went out to dinner tonight to celebrate Kyle and Logan's acceptance and had a blast.  I love my family so much.  We are almost at 13 now.  I can't believe I am a grandma and I can't believe how much fun it is.  I got to hang with Ava today and we had so much fun.  We watered flowers, played basketball, read books, played the piano and took a nap.  I love being a grandma and can't believe how blessed I am to have such a great family.  We are Forever Moore!!!!

The Boys of Fall

Kenny Chesney has a new song out called, "The Boys of Fall".  When I heard it I cried!  My youngest son is in his last season of high school football and we have had the greatest summer ever with all of his teammates over at our house.  The song talks about the wonderful comraderie of football players and how much they love each other and I am seeing it every day as these boys hang out with each other.  They are a blast.  They tease each other, wrestle around, play video games and card games (I beat them most of the time) and eat me out of house and home but I wouldn't trade it for anything.  Savannah has learned that she needs to be clothed every morning when she comes out of her room because we never know how many large teenage boy bodies will be strewn around the living room on couches or on the floor.  They treat her like a beloved little sister and since she is entering high school this year I couldn't be happier knowing that she will always be protected by her many older "brothers".  I know my son will never have any greater friends than these boys of fall.  I love them all.