Happy Birthday Ewan Baron's Style

Ewan, one of Jack's friends celebrated his 8th birthday at the Birmingham Barons baseball game on Saturday night. We had a great time with friends even though the weather was less than perfect. I cannot believe that it has gotten so cold again. Julia had a great time even though she was the only girl at the party.

A Family of Five with Four Eyes

Yesterday confirmed our belief that we would all have glasses or contacts soon. Julia went to the eye doctor yesterday after failing her vision screening for kindergarten. She will soon have a new pair of glasses to wear. She is excited about getting her glasses.

Dinner with Girlfriends

Last night Julia and I met some girlfriends from high school for dinner. It was great to see Merry who lives in Canada now. We had great adult conversation and a wonderful Mexican dinner. Julia was an angel. She sat quietly and drew in her notebook. I was so proud of her and her wonderful behavior.

Mother's Day

The Nightmares

Jack is on a travel ball baseball team this year. We are so excited that is on such an awesome team with great kids. They played in their first tournament on Saturday and swept the tournament with two huge wins. Jack had some great plays at third and some awesome hits. Still not consistent on the hard hits to the fence but the ball is always in play advancing runners. We are so proud of Jack and cannot wait to see all his talent in the future.

Giving Back

I want my kids to grow up knowing to share what they have and to give to special causes in the world. They all know we take offering to church every Sunday, but I really want them to give to people less fortunate than us. Last week was a great opportunity for us to teach the kids this lesson a little more to our children. The big kids school was taking up non-perishable items for the tornado victims. We loaded up the car with water and had the kids drop it off. They were so excited about giving and are wanting to do more now. If I would let Jack, he would take off to Hackleburg and start cleaning up the rubble. I love that they are thinking about others.

Justice has been served

After all the bad new we have had over the last few days, it was so exciting to see the news last night that Osama Bin Laden is DEAD! It is so exciting to see that the person behind all the events of September 11, 2001 is getting the justice he deserves now.

Reaction from US citizens after hearing of his death!