Congratulations Kayla, Students, Dare Class Graduates :) an awesome ceremony :)

CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA, AND ALL OF THE 2013 DARE GRADUATES! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family and i are having a BIG DAY! :) it's a day to celebrate! :) Kayla, and her classmates, graduated from the DARE PROGRAM today! :) Dare program, is a very special program our city has here, DARE Stands for, DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION :) It's a very nice program, that teaches the kids, about the harms of drug use. Today, we went to celebrate with Kayla and her classmates. :) They recieved their wonderful award certificates, and are having a celebration from 5pm to 7pm tonight, a special banquet dinner. :) We're so very proud of Kayla, and her classmates, for graduating. :) These are very special times. :) i made a video, and took pictures, at the graduation ceremony today. :) The kids were all so excited, they were gathering around, and enjoyed the presentation. :) It's a wonderful day today, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made. :) We're very happy, and delighted to share. :)
KAYLA RECIEVING HER DARE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE TODAY! :)
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my family and i hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful day! :) i've got lots and lots to share! :) Dare Graduation, Post office adventure, and a super cool Ghost hunters party tonight too! :) There's lots of wonderful things going on. :) i want to begin by sharing, a very special big congratulations wish, for Kayla and her classmates. :) We had a great time today, going to the ceremony. :) Norwich Police department began a very special program back in the early 1980's, called DARE. It's a nice program, that educates, and teaches kids, about the harms of drug use. my sister Jenn and i both graduated from dare back in the 1990's :) it was so nice today, going to see Kayla and her classmates graduate. :)
When students reach 4th and 5th grade, they get to participate in the Dare Program. :) it's a really nice program. :) police in our city, are assigned to the schools, and each school has an officer, with assistants, that visits the schools about twice a week, and they have lessons, about how drugs, and violence are bad. They learn a lot, and they students are taught life skills, about how to cope, with peer pressure, and learn about how to help others, in certain situations when there may be peer pressure to drink, or to do drugs. These valuable life lessons are very important for the kids to know, so that they can live a happy life, drug free, and violence free. :) The officers spend lots of time with the kids during the classes, going on field trips, meeting the K9 dogs that our city has, and they get to participate in many more fun events, including going to Dodd Stadium to see the baseball game :)
Around 9:45am this morning, my mom, sister Lisa, niece Alyssa, Taylynn, and i began to make our way to the elementary school. :) we parked our mini van near the bridge, it brought back many special memories for me. :) when i was a kid, i use too walk across this bridge to school, and i remember my mom and i would find pinecones, and collect them. :) it was really sweet walking across the bridge again today, the bridge is over a little stream/pond, where we've seen ducks there before. :) We were walking, those huge pine trees are still there! :) awww! :) and little pinecones alongside the bridge walkway. :) i love to think that there's many parents and their kids picking up those pinecones still! :) awww! :) We walked over to the front entrance of the school, and entered into the cafeteria/gym. :) We got some nice seats toward the back rows. :)
They had a huge screen area with a project set up, with a stage area, and certificates, and awards for the kids. :) The 4th graders came in first. :) they got to sit along side everyone, they'll be graduating from DARE next week. :) the 5th graders lined up outside, and one student from each class, got to walk in from each side of the gym, and they walked up to the stage area. :) they had music playing. :) i took a picture of Kayla when she came in! :) aww! :) We're very proud of her and her classmates. :) The Police officer who comes to Kayla's school, spoke to us all, and to the students. :) he shared stories about his experiences teaching the kids, and how proud he is, of the students. :) he shared story about a friend, and also about his police officer partners. :) we were all clapping. :)
Students were given essay awards, and read their essays, about what they have learned from the dare program. :) it was so nice. :) it was then time, for the certificates! :) The 5th graders were each called up, and they got their award certificate, signed by their teacher, and the officer who gave the DARE lessons. :) i made the cool video of Kayla being presented her award. :) The officer then presented to us all, a nice video pictures slide-show, of many great moments, and memories they all have, from their classes, and all of the special festivities, and events they have enjoyed during the school year. :) the huge screen projector was showing the pictures. :) it was so nice. :) we saw Kayla and her friend Dana in some of the pictures on the huge screen. :) We all clapped and clapped. :) The Dare Officer thanked the teachers, for all of their hard work, and efforts, and presented to them, a gift, and the teachers gave the officers gifts. :) it was so nice. :)
After the ceremony, the kids got to get their picture taken with the officer, their teachers, and came into the crowd to greet family. :) i took a picture of Kayla holding her Dare Certificate. :) Very cool! :) it was so nice going to the Dare graduation today. :) Taylynn will be taking the same Dare class, when she begins 4th grade. :) Thank you all so very much, for joining us at the Dare graduation. :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate this joyful event with you all. :) at 5pm to 7pm, all dare graduates have been invited to attend a very special ceremony banquet. :) Kayla and her mom (my sister Lisa) are going to go. :) This is awesome! :) Congratulations 2013 Dare Graduates! :) When Kayla arrived home from school today, my mom and Lisa gave Kayla some red roses :) She loves them! :) i gave Kayla $5 in an envelope to buy some treats :)
my family and i are enjoying a wonderful day. :) This morning, my mom and i enjoyed going to the post office. :) We sure do love our post office adventures. :) we had 8 cards to mail. :) Sending lots and lots of love, and happy friendship smiles across the miles, from our home to yours. :) i had a really nice writing week, and looking forward to some more writing during the course of the week. :) it's so nice to enjoy writing. :) the post office experience went really smoothly. :) i had social interaction, and public speaking. :) i was in the sweet calm relaxing, and peacefully confidence soaring zone. :) on the way to the post office, and on the way home, i saw lots of beautiful nature sights. :) it's a really nice sunny day :) the peaceful pond is glowing! :) oh my! :) lots and lots of sunshine sparkling upon the water. :) i didn't see the ducks, but i know they are definitely amongst the pond on a beautiful day like today. :) it was so nice going to mail the cards. :) i saw some happy golden yellow flowers smiling down by the post office. :)
i'm continuing to do really well, with my healthy eating, and exercising. :) i've been in a good zone this week, with eating well balanced meals. :) yesterday for dinner, i had a baked sweet potato, fresh crisp salad with iceberg lettuce, carrots, onion flakes, italian seasoning, and italian salad dressing, with some watermelon, and an apple. :) dinnerwas delicious! :) Today for lunch, i enjoyed tomato soup, with a bowl of watermelon :) lunch was delicious! :) Thank you all so very much, for your amazing love, care, support, guidance, and encouragement, and for believing in me, and having faith in me. :) i deeply appreciate everything, with all of my heart. :) i'm with you all, all the way! :) i've been adapting well to eating healthier this week, i feel like eating healthy is becoming a nice part of my days again, and that's what i love :) i'm already feeling much more healthier, now that i'm eating better, and it's a great feeling, knowing we're taking good care of ourselves. :) Our plants, bushes, and fruit trees are doing well. :)
i enjoyed some nice nature walks today. :) checking in on the plants. :) the plants are super mega growing. : )We do have more rain in our forecast, tomorrow, and friday, possible 3 to 5 more inches of rain, which is wild, because last week we got nearly 6 inches of rain here. we need to get some more top soil to replenish areas of our gardens, and more organic soil to put around the stem bases of the plants. :) the plants are doing ok though. :) i love taking pictures to share with everyone. : )Thank you all so very much, for your beautiful comments on my pictures. :) You all are very nice, and sweet. :) my friend Holly and i have been texting today, about ghost hunters new season. :) Tonight, brand new season of ghost hunters begins. :) it's gonna be incredible! :) We're very happy and excited about the new show :) We love ghost hunters, and having ghost hunters party's :) today on syfy channel, they've been showing ghost hunters episodes from recent season, and tonight at 9pm, the brand new season begins. :) The ghost hunters party is on! :) Whooo! :) This afternoon, i enjoyed some nice quality time here on DS, and also have had ghost hunters episodes on. :) i've been enjoying some nice talks on the phone today, and yesterday, with our dear and lovely friends, Maria (Love4You), Holly, Gaye (LuvMyTitans), Jasmine (JasmineRenee), and Sunflower10 :) it's so nice talking. :) my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for joining us on our adventures, and for sharing your days with us, and for all that you do for us. :) We're very blessed with, and thankful for your very special friendships. :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) BIG GROUP HUG :) tonight, i'm going to enjoy some watermelon, and going to watch ghost hunters. :) There's many more great things to look forward too. :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day. :) Wildthing, we walked across the bridge today where i use too go to school. :) We went to Kayla's dare graduation. :) peaceful stream by the bridge there. :) thinking of you, our dear friend. :)
my mom says hello. :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our dear friends. :) We hope everyone is enjoy a super mega sweet awesome day! :)
CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA, AND TO ALL 2013 DARE GRADUATES :) we had lots of fun today going to the Dare Graduation. :) We're so very proud of Kayla and all of her classmates, on their great accomplishment. :) this is a very special time, and event. :) i took this picture of Kayla, with her award certificate she recieved. :)
Pictures at the Dare Graduation :) These are 2 pictures of when Kayla first walked into the gym for the ceremony. :)

Dare Graduation Program. :) We all got a a copy of this nice Dare program, with the events/festivities listed in the program, with the students, teachers, and officers names displayed in the program :)
the Ceremony was going on. :)
The next set of pictures, i took while we were walking up to the school. :)
this is a picture of the bridge, that i use too walk across when i was a little kid, and went to elementary school. :) Every morning, i remember walking across this bridge, and in the afternoon, our teachers would walk us students outside across the bridge, where our parents were waiting. :) i remember my mom and i use too gather and collect pinecones on the bridge :) walking across the bridge today, brought back these very special memories for me. :)
This is a picture of the stream/pond, that is under the bridge walkway. :) it's very peaceful. :) we've seen ducks swimming in this stream before. :)
The pine tree! :) there's 2 huge pine trees near the bridge. :)
In this picture, is a view of the side field. :) back in 1988, i was in about 1st grade, and i remember, the ABC channel, good morning America show came to our school, and we all got to stand in this field, and said, "Good morning America!" :)



Happy nature, and gardening smiles :) i enjoyed some nice nature walks from time to time today. :) there's been some beautiful sunshine in our area. :) the plants, bushes, and trees are doing well. :) You all are always right there with me in spirit during my adventures. :) This is such a wonderful time of the year, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :)
i picked some fresh strawberries from our strawberry patch garden today. :) It's so nice growing goodies in the garden. :) garden fresh :)
We've got lots of nice apples growing on our trees. :) The apples are growing a lot :)

Sprouts :) We have many nice new sprouts, including cucumbers, string beans, and corn. :)We're going to transplant some more plants into our gardens soon :)

In this picture, you can see middle new growth of a string bean plant. :) the plants are going to be growing vines, that we'll train to grow amongst the garden fences :) we're looking forward to growing lots of nice string beans :)
Our pumpkin plants are growing wild! :) we hope for some halloween pumpkins to grow :)

Wild Daisies growing on the side of our driveway :)


Our Rose bush is blossoming very beautifully. :) We love to see the roses :)

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you had a nice day and did well at the post office.Congrats to Kayla on her Dare Graduation.Good job Kayla. She is really growing up. I enjoyed seeing all of your beautiful garden photos.Fun to see the strawberries and the apples and al the flowers growing.Everything is so green.Thanks for my great hugs today.Enjoy Ghost Hunters. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris,,Enjoyed hearing about Kayla\'s graduation from Dare program,and seeing and hearing about your memories of the bridge and how you and your Mom would pick up pine cones. Very nice and wonderful memories and connection to family you have. Nice and very thoughtful gift you gave Kayla as well. Enjoy your Ghost Hunters new season. Keep eating healthy,your doing great. Glad that the PO adventure went smooth. Nice looking strawberries Yum! Many Hugs for you my friend,and wishing you and your family all the best. xoxo
perplexed46
perplexed46

Hi Chris, Congratulations to Kayla on graduating from the DARE program!
That\'s great that you are eating healthier!
Wishing you a wonderful Thursday!
Love & hugs,
Lois
ZenEm
ZenEm

Congratulations to Kayla! That\'s a lovely milestone :) I enjoyed the video. The girls are growing up so fast, but then I have to remember we have known each other for a long time now really :) Kayla and Talynn are turning into lovely young ladies :) awww :) I\'m looking forward to seeing you all again. Unfortunately unless I win some money, it\'s not going to happen this year because I have to replace the airconditioner (which is the same price as a plane ticket...). *sigh* I guess we can\'t have everything when we want it!
Your gardening season is looking wonderful! Do you grow basil? I love fresh basil, oregano and thyme in my bolognese sauces. Unfortunately, I can\'t grow them on my balcony because of the possums...
Misty says hello, she had a pat from Uncle Chris. She\'s sitting right here by me now as I type this :) awww. She\'s very cute.
Last night might sister and I went to see Jesus Christ Superstar, the arena spectacular. There was about 12,000 people there, seriously, massive stadium. It was difficult with my anxiety, but the show was just amazing! I had to spend a lot of energy battling anxiety in the first half, but still managed to enjoy it all. It was wonderful :)
Today I got some good news on all my cancer tests - All Clear!! :D
Sending you all love and hugs. Keep the garden photos coming! I miss my gardens.
xxoo
mindy027
mindy027

sounds like you had a really great day!!!! way to go to kayla!!!! great pics and video too!!!!
have a great day!!!
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am so happy you had such an awesome day! :-) Congratulations to Kayla! :-)) love all your beautiful pictures...:-)) Love and hugs,Maria
stix24
stix24

Aww congratulations Kayla!! I\'m so glad you all had an awesome celebration. Also i am so happy your post office experience went well, and well done on your healthy eating :) You are doing great! Luv and big hugs x
JOYHOLY
JOYHOLY

HELLO ROMANTIC ANGEL, SO WONDERFUL, THE SWEET MEMORIES YOU HAVE, ITS SO TOUCHING, THANK YOU FOR SHARING, LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL ADVENTURES AND MEMORIES, SWEET LIFE MEMORIES\'\'
CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA, WELL DONE SWEETY, YOU ARE A STAR, LOVING HUGS LUCY\'\'\'

LOVE ALL THE PHOTOS, AND STRAWBERRIES, DELICIOUS, ALL LOOKS GOOD IN THE GARDEN, BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVING TOUCH, FLOWERS ARE NICE, DID ANY BIRDS VISIT, HERE THEY ARE ALL EATING FROM THE HYDDEN CORNER WHERE I HAVE PUT THE FEEDERS, THE DADDY BLACKBIRD IS FEEDING THE BABIES CHICKS, NOT ONE BUT 2, YESTERDAY ONE LEARNED TO DRINK AND BATHE, AWESOME, ,JUST A BLESSING TO SEE, ITS STILL COLD, AND CLOUDY, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE SUNSHINE NOW, NEVER TOO LATE..
LICI HAS GONE HOME, I AM GOING TO BAKE A CAKE FOR TOMORROW WE HAVE THE HEALING MINISTRY MEETING, SO I AM CHECKING OUT SOON..GIVE ALL THE FAMILY MY LOVE AND WONDERFUL WISHES FOR A BLESSED DAY, BE HAPPY, KEEP EATING WELL, BE STRONG, AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENT, ALWAYS LOVE YOU,LUCY\'\'
CHARLIE IS RELAXING..