Your Dalton Report

Hello, everyone! I hope you are happy and well...

Here is the news for now (boring as it may be!!)...

"Singing" won the poll last week! Second place went to "sewing", which was a surprise! I had predicted singing and dancing in the top spots.

Barry has had a five- day caffeine withdrawal headache, but now it is much better. The doctor told him to expect this, but it's still been a difficult week for him. He went Thursday and got 26 injections in his neck and head!! The point of that treatment is to alleviate the stress pressure and improve his stress headaches.. So, we'll see!


True and Cole are into their baseball seasons full-swing! I love baseball season, even with the running and cramming in fast food and games every other night. I love the game itself, I always have. I love the excitement of two outs, three balls , two strikes in the bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, score tied up...I love the smell of spring at the field, the cut grass, the hot dog stand, the kids catching lightning bugs behind the stands while their big brother plays. Baseball is special to me. I guess I spent so much of my childhood at the ball field, it is a place of nostalgia! Anyway, the boys love it, too, so it works for everybody.


Reese is just hanging out (he's one of those lightning bug kids), but he wants to play baseball again in the fall. I knew that would happen, even though he claimed to be all about soccer now! He and Cole both have EOGs this week.


We visited Clifton Road Baptist again this morning. It was awesome!! I really feel like God is leading us there. We will be at Topsail this weekend, but we plan to try Sunday School the next week.

I have three weeks left of school- HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to a whole bunch of nothing this summer. It will be nice just to clean my house in a single day and not in daily installments. I remember the days when the kids went to school, and I would get to work on the house and go for a solid three hours and get so much done!! Now, I am never home by myself because when they are at school, so am I!! When I stayed at home, I still had so much to do, but at least when they were at school, I was alone to do it. I admit that I miss that, along with being able to attend all of their class functions and just eating lunch with them during the week at their schools. ANyway, at least I have the summers with them, and that's a nice trade-off. I just felt like sharing that thought...


AND NOW....


A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!


The person of the week is.....

MARY




I can hear you now, saying, "what's so great about Mary?" ok, I'll tell you...



M agnificent beauty...seriously, she looks like a Renaissance painting-the flaming hair, the porcelain skin- breathtaking

A mazing faith...she is filled with the Spirit

R eally loves her family


Y ou will not find a more determined mind or heart... fiercely loyal and very disciplined





I know, the acrostic was corny, but I knew she would appreciate it, because Mary is also silly like me. Growing up, she always looked up to me, but now, I find inspiration in her life as she follows God's plan for her. She has been a source of strength for me throughout my entire life. I adore and treasure Mary!!!