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We celebrated Daddy at our HAY HAPPENS meeting!

Tatum made him a fancy TV. She had worked on it all week. I love how she made it special for him.

This way he can enjoy the TV with the fancy remote at ANY time! HA!

She knows he needs a RELAXING DAY.

With the birdie and doggie…he needs that cotton in his ears. Yes, the chaos can get amok!

Then me…Oh, honey, you are so loved.

Tatum and I know the grill is his happy place on Sundays.

So, know when he flips, he’ll know: I AM THE BEST DAD EVAH!
We put on a little show with Piggie and Gerald to let hime know:

He also brought me apples from our tree, so I transformed them into his FAVORITE dessert! Apple pie but without the crust. OH, and sugar free! IT was a HIT!

We love you, Doug Hay!!! XXOO

Tatum and I are working on a Bible Study right now on friendship and how Iron Sharpens Iron.

We are learning about what is a true friend and how bad company corrupts good morals. ALSO she is seeing the importance of having mentors! We all need them; we all need guidance, wisdom, and positive role models in our life.

This week, one of the days was on having mentors. Tatum showed me her page and I melted.

She says I’m not only her mommy but her teacher. Gosh. I’m honored. I pray for more mentors and coaches in her life.

The other day, we watched a special movie

The young girl, Grace, was bullied in high school for her disability of being a Down syndrome child.

It broke Tatum’s heart, AND it made her want to not only teach these children but adopt one as well.

We have tests every week for not a bummer summer school and she wrote:

“have a disabled kid” for a LT goal. Wow…who knew?

I love her nurturing heart.
She sure does love our two little ones:

(he kinda loves himself)

And this guy can’t get enough love.

Ah….Touched by love.

Oh, it’s fun to have incentives for doing over and above things! Since Tatum is embarking on the Not a bummer Summer School with me, I figured we’d have a little treasure box! Her teacher did this in 4th grade, so I figured we’d continue the fun.

At the 1/2 way mark, she opted to have a “small” prize out of the box.

This light up baton would torture Coopy!

Sorry, Coop…not for you. Sadness.

More fun in the summer. It’s just so far from a BUMMER!

It’s time. She’s been dividing her allowance and any earnings she’s made into three categories:
Save, Spend, Give.

Back in 2020, we opened a savings account for her at Bank of America. She had about $200 in there.

Now, it was time to teach her about investing. I taught her about compounding interest, and I also decided to make an appointment with our financial guy, Sam DeGreen, to help her understand how it all works. Monday morning, 9:30 am.

(Sam in Keith’s son who has taken over DeGreen Capital Management.)

He suggested investing in an ETF which is a BASKET of funds. (We don’t put all of our eggs in one basket). He also requested that she read The Richest Man in Babylon.

So, we took her savings and put it in an ETF through Fidelity. (She chose the NASDAQ (which are the top 100 tech stocks) and S and P 500 (top 500 companies))

After today, she’s already made .21! She just should leave it in there and pretend it’s not there. Every month, I’ll take her savings and put it in.

She’s so motivated to earn now! She’s voraciously writing as many book reports as she can (She gets $5 for a small book and $10 for a big book)

Here she is writing about Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper:

How exciting! My little investor. Teaching her to have financial wisdom is key for her future. I love you, Tot!

We were planning on seeing For King and Country.

We arrived there at 4pm, when it started, and …

Saw Johnathan Traylor: He was truly AWESOME!

He told stories about this Grandma and her message to him about NO ONE can steal your joy! Our joy comes from OUT of this world, so don’t let the world STEAL it!
AMEN.

Oh, look at my honey! We got to hold hands. xo

The Tot was enjoying every minute

YES SWEETIE! Praise HIM!

We enjoyed Andrew RIPP so much! HE had so many GOD stories and inspired all of us with JESUS being our RESCUE STORY!

We can’t wait to return in DECEMBER to see KING and COUNTRY! (We left early for various reasons…seating being one and hunger another.) God redeemed it with new tickets.

AMEN! Loved this time with my family.. HEART FLUTTERS.

A big day for Austin, the Hay family, and me.

First, we were going to celebrate Austin’s graduation from GCU and his new electrician job in May, but with the timing of schedules, we postponed.

Second, it has been a complete struggle for me to go out to dinner because of my diet challenges coupled with my fear of eating out and having to lay down after.

Third, the HAY family has not been out to dinner in eons!

SO…we finally did it! We went to Longhorn Steakhouse for which I had bought a gift card almost two years ago!
We can’t wait to dress up!

All the pics…all the pretties! (our kiddos)

The Daddy and me! HHH!

And my two loves

More lovelies~!

Hombres!

And…this girl: THIS GIRL!
My little 10 year old is growing up

Ok, we finally arrived and ready to embark on our carnivore journey.

Austin, That looks delicious. He went all out, and he deserves it!

We also want you to know that God has BIG plans for you! Jeremiah 29:11

Ok…Tot and I are SOOO excited to eat our goodies. She gets bushels of fries (sheesh! Kid’s sizes these days), and I get Lobster with my Filet. Glorious.

We are all in Steak heaven.

What a three-way win for the Hay family. XXOO. More to come!