We are honoring our veterans!  Jake wore red, white, & blue and proudly displayed a sticker all day at school today for his grandpa Frank, a Vietnam vet.

and at Manchester Park, Reece and Drew, decorated stars for my grandfathers who both served in WWII.Doesn’t this wall at Manchester Park Elementary look great!?This is my Papa Michie.  He passed away when I was in elementary school so I don’t have a lot of vivid memories or pictures.  I had my mom scrounging around today looking for some for me…thanks mom!  What I do remember about him is he was fun, happy, funny, and I think he used a lot of cuss words 🙂

This is a photo of my other Papa, Papa Delmez, on my wedding day, June 3, 2000.  Isn’t he handsome!?  He was the most caring person, extraordinarily smart, and a talented woodworking craftsman.  Without a doubt, they loved all of their grandkids to bits and we adored them!

This is wonderful patriotic 4th grade art by Drew!

Reece made this wonderful drawing and commentary about our American Flag at school in her 2nd grade class…

Reece Conley’s 2nd grade flag

Translation:  The flag means freedom.  It means liberty and justice.  It means fairness and love to me.  It means we can go to schools to learn and be smart.  It means we can vote for our leaders and not be bossed around.   It means I can go and pick my church to know about God.

What a great job, Reecie!!

And to round out the evening, Jake’s soccer teammates chose to wear a red, white, and blue uniform combination for their tournament game.  They won!  Way to go boys!

Thank you Veterans!