Sat. Night Fun

What to do on a Saturday evening? TWISTER...it's a classic. :)

Pure Girl Weekend

This weekend I'm helping out at an event called Pure Girl. It's for girls ages 8-12 and their moms. So here is Sarah and 2/3 of the all girl band, Rachel & Lissa.

The all girl band was sounding good and looking good! We've decided that we need to switch to a pink and black motif for the praise band at church this Sunday!

And what do you do when everyone is in a session in the other part of the church and you're done cleaning up in the back...

Run the blow up obstacle course when no one's looking!

Hitting the Courts

After dinner we decided to hit the tennis court. It had been a LONG time since I had played tennis....and it showed!

Rachel's form included sticking her tongue out to hit the ball

Aaron did good for one of his 1st times out

Here's Dusty reliving his high school tennis team days

This is to prove that I was there. You don't want to see a photo of my tennis form. I did finally manage to hit some fast ones past Dusty, but most of the time I was shanking them into the net, hitting them off the edge of the racquet or just not getting to them all together. More practice if definately needed!

Soccer's Coming

Spent this morning shooting individual and team photos for our church's soccer league. Fueled by Diet Dr. Pepper, we took on 16 teams in 2.5 hours! This will be Aaron's last season in the league. A sneak peek

And this is what shooting over 200 photos at a stretch will do to a person.

Happy Spring!

Spring is finally here. Too bad it isn't as warm today, but at least the sun is shining. So Spring equinox...time to balance eggs on end. Right? Because you can balance eggs at the spring equinox. Here we go.

After a little trial and error, finally success! And if one egg standing on end is fun ...

Then 3 eggs standing on end must be more fun! And if 3 eggs standing up is cool, then...

11 eggs standing up is even more cool! For the life of me I couldn't stand the last egg in the carton up.

So after a bit of internet research, turns out you can stand eggs on end on any day of the year. But that just sucks the fun out of everything, and this was more fun than paying my bills this morning!

HAPPY SPRING!!

Spring Program

Here's Aaron singing in the 5th grade Spring program. This was his last elementary school performance. Off to middle school next year. We have a 1 year break and then we start the school programs all over again with Rachel.

Happy St. Patrick's!

And if that's not cute enough, try this on for size!

Thanks for letting me take your picture Gavin!

Spring is almost here!

Weather is getting warmer, the sun is out, Spring is getting close!!

Sneak Peek - Allison

More cuteness!! A couple from Allison's 2-year photos.

Rockin'

Hayden came over today for a while. One of his favorite activities while here. Jammin' on the piano. After punching a bunch of buttons he can come up with some interesting music. Today we had a mix of a techno beat with the accordian. Yes!

Feel the Burn

I did an exercise video today that was toning and light weights. Later in the day, Rachel wanted it turned back on again. Seems she was ready for another round

To start - a little stretching

Working our her lunges. That's her friend Chloie in the background.

I am strong; I am powerful!

(Insert "Rocky" music here!)

Hey Mommy! Quit taking my picture!

Why no new posts?

OK...all 5 of you loyal readers out there are wondering why no updates

Because..,

• Nothing of great significance has happened in the last 5 days
• It's been warm and we've been outside and away from the computer
• Instead of blogging I've been enjoying walking outside

FYI - If you walk while listening to your MP3, and you tend to walk at the pace of the beat of the music, and you have Freebird in your MP3, you will have a nice 3 minutes of walking followed by 6 minutes of frenetic walking down the street while sucking wind. Just saying

• I've taken no photos, except for this one which I will share of my little friend who came to play with me and Rachel on Friday. (Thanks for saving this post with your cuteness Allison!)

Full Weekend of photos

Yesterday I spent the entire day at the church shooting photos for the church directory. I finished up today. That's a lot of photos! Here are some people that mean a lot to me.

This is Bob and Shirley. They have been married 58 years. Shirley had a stroke 8 years ago. To see how Bob tenderly takes care of Shirley's every need and to see how Shirley just lights up when Bob comes into the room is a real testament to the love and devotion that they have to each other. They are a wonderful example of what faith and commitment to marriage and to God are really about.

This is Josephine. She is another one who has been a great example to me. Whenever I need someone to pray for me, I call Josephine. The last time I called her to ask for her prayers, she called me back after a couple hours and had verses for me to write down to encourage me. When she says she will pray for you, you can count on it!

These are just a few of the many wonderful men and women at my church that live out what they believe. I look up to them, and hope I can be like them.