Kids Grow Up So Quickly!

Kids grow up so quickly!  It seems like you just blink your eyes and they go from being babies to grown ups.  At some point you wish you could make time stand still so you can enjoy and cherish them just as they are.  But you can't.  You have to let them grow up, to go out and achieve all that is before them.

As I've discussed, our eldest daughter, Laura Lee began her first teaching job at a charter school in Baton Rouge.  They didn't have school all last week due to flooding.  Today was their first day back. Russ, our middle child and oldest son, began his senior year at LSU today.  He's a Horticulture major and is looking forward to football season.  Benjamin, our youngest, and the only child still at home is a sophomore at a small rural school near us - attending a public school since his freshman year.  He enjoys his social life.

Yes, the kids aren't babies anymore.  They are all grown up!

They aren't the only kids that are growing up.  Speaking of the other kids, Darla is growing up quickly, too!

Darlin' Darla (as Tricia calls her)

And so is Jane!

Jane

In his song, "Jack and Diane," John Cougar Mellancamp sang,:

"Hold onto 16 as long as you can. Changes come around real soon make us women and men."

Yeah, changes come around real soon, alright.