Sweethearts on the Hill

  Summer seems to fly by in the blink of an eye..  Here we are at the start of another school year. Luke has started in the Fantastic Fours.     Sam and Charlie are in fifth and fourth grade... can't believe my sweet boy is going to be in middle school next year!   I try to use the beginning of the school year as an excuse to take some pictures of my babies...    As we've done for the past couple years, we headed over to our favorite bench at St. Mark's United Methodist...  Be still my heart.... What a lucky girl I am...  I get to raise these sweet boys and have the privilege of hearing them call me mom.

  It's a great day when you can have some good belly laughs while playing in the water hose... Keeping it simple. Keeping it real.

There are certain experiences in life you anticipate for years knowing it will leave a mark...  a first kiss, flying in an airplane, seeing the ocean for the first time, driving through Yosemite, holding your firstborn baby...  And then there are those experiences that you overlook... almost miss out on... until something aligns at the last minute that forces you to be still and discover. During the summer, I started hearing noise about Knoxville being right in the line of the total solar eclipse happening on August 21st. It really meant very little to me. As the date got closer, there was more and more talk. Charlie's class was taking a field trip. Sam would be at school. Luke would be home with Richie. I would just be at work.  Then Knox County cancelled school.  Then Charlie's class cancelled their field trip because it was unsafe due to all the expected visitors in the area. The hype was getting bigger. My whole family was going to be together to experience it an