Today my baby girl turns 15! I can't believe it. When I had her and I was holding her for the first time it was hard to believe that I would ever see this day. You just think they will stay little forever. Well maybe not think it but you hope it. But little by little at first, the time slips away. And then one day things start moving faster and before you know it you are taking her to school for the first time. I remember that day, I was so nervous and she was too. She did fine, I did not. LOL! That's pretty much how her school career has gone up until this point. She is now in the ninth grade. And yet again I am not sure exactly how that happened. Maybe I broke the one rule we all as parents know not to break but we all do, yep you guessed it...I blinked. And the next thing I knew she was in high school and in four all too short years she will be in college. My Shelby...yes I am crying if you are wondering..I can...I am allowed she is and will forever be my very first ever little girl. The one who taught me how to love and who has always loved me unconditionally. You see Shelby prepared the way for me to understand how my heavenly Father could love me so unconditionally and as I would find out through the years way more beyond anything I could imagine. Yep this little human life that I have been entrusted with for the past fifteen years has taught me so much more than I have taught her. See I don't claim to have all the wisdom in the world when it comes to parenting and Lord knows I never will this side of heaven...but this much I do know...I have learned so much more from her than I could ever have imagined. If we will just listen to our kids they have so much inside them that is greater than we can even imagine. Because I had Shelby so young in many ways we have grown up together and you want to know something that will just blow your mind away? Well It's my blog so I will tell you anyway......Even if I could go back knowing now what I didn't know then...I wouldn't change a single thing. Those are just some of my random thoughts for the day about my Shelby and her big day. I'm sure there will be more in no certain order. Some will make sense to some of you. Most won't to any of you. But that's okay because in the words of my good friend Dara Crouch, It's my blog so that's okay. Anyway, I digress...Happy Birthday Shelby Lynne Schilke! I love you and I can't wait to see what the next year brings.

Sunday November 11, 2012

As you can tell from the picture our lives have been all about Friday night football for the past four months. To be honest with you I wouldn't change the experience for anything. You see we are more than a team we are a family. Cheerleaders are a huge part of the experience. They are the ones who keep the boys going, and the fans going. The ones who work hard to show spirit. This is our first year being part of the cheer leading team. I have to say that so far it has been awesome. I look forward to basketball season and all the fun it will bring. I am so proud of Shelby. I have to say I am impressed with her. You wouldn't know watching her cheer that this is the first time she has ever done this in her life. It took a lot of courage for her to do this and it has really built her character. Her freshman year is going great so far. I must give credit to Calvary Christian School and all of her teachers for this. I am not sure that it would have been as smooth sailing anywhere else as it has been at Calvary. We love it and wouldn't trade it for all the money we would have. What we are investing in her goes way beyond anything monetary. So this is my blog and it will pretty much be this way. I will not say that I will post everyday or even every week. I will post when led, when I remember, or feel like it. It may be boring to you but this is what it will be: Just a post of some of my thoughts and feelings, things my family, children etc. are going through at any given time/stage in our lives. It's not that interesting of a life but it is our life.