Class of 2010

Tonight Layna graduated from pre-school!  She wore her blue cap and gown with pride and walked up on that stage and said, "My name is Layna Marie Suman, I am 5 1/2 years old and when I grow up I want to be a Rock Star!  Every parent's dream.  As I sat in the audience with my sleepy baby and squirming 2 year old I couldn't help but think "God they grow up fast."  Every parent hears this several times a week perhaps but I didn't believe it until I had more children.  I guess it is because we are busier and not just focusing on 1 child.  I often say to Jeromy, "How did we get here?"  I mean really, how?  It just seems like yesterday that we were bringing Layna home from the hospital to our cute little ranch in Manhattan, KS.  We were clueless, tired, broke, scared, young and did I mention tired!  There were so many days that I thought to myself, Wow we are really in over our heads.
Now as I watch my first born step onto that stage with pride I think to myself, Wow we are really in over our heads.   No, but seriously Layna is a strong, independent, intelligent and fun child who is amazing with her younger sisters and I couldn't be more proud of her!