Friday, July 25, 2008

Life is GREAT!

2 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 4:18 AM

I'm so thankful for all that God has given me ... the big and the small things. I'm even thankful for those blessings that are the size of a POPPY SEED!!!!

Until next time ...

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Why do I SING???

1 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 3:19 AM

I sing because I'm HAPPY ....

I sing because I'm FREE ...

HIS eye is on the sparrow ...

That's the REASON why I sing!

Jesus is the reason I sing!!!

I absolutely love Kirk Franklin's music. Last Christmas, my husband made me a special CD of all the music I like, and he added a CD from Kirk that I had never heard. I have fallen in love with it, and I listen to music on my iPod at work. AND, it's hard not to sing out loud along with all the songs so I figured I would share it with all of you. Until next time ....

 

Friday, July 18, 2008

Dalton Look-alike Meter

3 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 12:34 PM

I saw the Look-alike Meter on Judith's blog page, and thought I would give it a try. Considering I'm Talon's Step-Mom, I was curious as to what kind of results it would give since I'm not blood-related to him. Well, come to find out ... the meter thinks Talon looks more like me! Until next time ...

 

Talkative Thursday

0 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 12:52 AM

This conversation took place this morning between Talon and I on the way to swimming lessons ...

Talon: Jamie, who invented the Internet?

Jamie: To be honest, I'm not real sure. Whoever it was, is a genius.

Talon: Do you think I can invent something?

Jamie: I'm sure you can invent anything you want to as long as you put your mind to it.

Talon: What do you think I should invent?

Jamie: I don't know. I can't think of anything off the top of my head right now.

Talon: Well, what does the bottom of your head think???

This child cracks me up!!! Until next time ...

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Family Time

1 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 11:48 AM


The above phrase, "Family Time", has come to mean so much to us this Summer. The whole point is about being together ... doesn't matter what we're doing as long as we're together. My heart has grown so much with pride this Summer as Talon conquers one milestone after another. It is a bittersweet moment because it also means he's growing up, but it is so promising to know that he has his whole future ahead of him.

Every day we have made it a priority to have some time of "Family Time". I love to see his eyes light up when he picks out what we're going to do as a family, and he even includes our four-legged babies.

He's learned to use his knife to cut his ravioli shells.

He's been reading Level 3 books ... His last book was about a martian, and they called Kindergarten ... Martiangarten. My heart swelled because this book was 32 pages long.

He's been writing in his journal everyday. He has to write 5 sentences before dinner about what he did during the day. I get tickled every time because one sentence is always about going to the bathroom.

He's conquered his fear of the water and the swimming pool. He began swimming lessons on Monday, and he's now jumping off the side of the pool to the instructor. The instructor doesn't catch him at all ... He just assists Talon in coming up from under the water.

I've been trying so hard to instill in him the acts of a gentleman. He held the door open for two ladies the other day at the gas station, and they forgot to say thank you. Well, Talon must have been offended because he looks at me and says, "They're rude ... They didn't even say thank you" ... The women heard him and apologized.

He's been target shooting with his new BB gun, and he's a great shot. We take turns at night shooting at a cereal box, and his safety goggles make him look so cute.

Jay and Talon had "bonding time" doing yardwork about two weeks ago. Talon pulled all the weeds in the yard, and you could tell he was about to spit nails. It was definitely a KODAK moment.

My prayer is that he'll always hold true to what he's been taught and remember the important things in life. Until then ...

 

Friday, July 11, 2008

CPA

1 comments Posted by Jay and Jamie Dalton at 12:12 AM

Well, I'm officially signed up for a review course in order to sit for the CPA exam. My colleagues and I are headed to Greensboro, NC tomorrow night for our Lambers CPA review course on Saturday morning at UNCG. I'm a little apprehensive about the whole thing because passing this exam isn't something that I'm passionate about. It is something that I know I probably should do since I spent four years in college getting a degree in Accounting. So I guess you could say that I'm kinda dreading the whole experience.

We will be going to Greensboro for the next 3 Saturdays in order to review for one of four parts of the exam. After we're through with this first class, I'm going to sit for the BEC portion of the exam so please pray that my mind doesn't wander during class and I can soak in as much information as possible.

I will keep you updated on my progress. Until then ...

 

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