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Stephen had a nice show of support. 10 people from the fam made it to the game. Yet another loss thought. (Sigh)

Very tough season so far. 

Field Day

What a great day for fun. The weather held out wonderfully. And there was even the nice breeze. 

Victory

On Friday Stephen's team had a game that we had to travel over an hour to!  Thankfully Bill came home early from work to stay with the young ones so they would be able to attend home fellowship.  (That is why Bill was unable to come to the game as he leads worship there.)

This was a varsity game that the JVers were invited to.   We did win the game by a lot.  (over 20 runs)  The plus was the JV guys got to play 2 1/2 innings.  That is a great way to build up their skill and their confidence.  Admittedly it did get a little boring but all-in-all it was good exposure.  

Stephen has never played organized ball before so there are some things that he is hesitant about.  It was so nice to see one of the players (our star player) coaching him with hitting!   That alone makes all the driving and hours involved with this league worth it!!!   He was not asked by anyone to do it and he just stepped up and out on his own to mentor Stephen.   That brought a huge smile to my face and warmed my heart more than words can even express.  And warming my heart was a good thing because we were freeeeezing on the sidelines because the wind was wicked!!!!  

It was brutally cold in the stands.  I had 3 layers on and was very cold.   I am ever so thankful that the young ones did not have to come as they would have not enjoyed themselves at all!   Due to the cold and wind I did not even think about taking any photos and for that I am bummed.   But there will be other games to view and capture photos of!  

Go FALCONS!!!!

Weekend Woes

The weekend brought us lots of snow.  (Just like everyone else.)  I awoke early on Friday to get out to the grocery store.  I waited and waited and waited until we really needed groceries.  But then realized that the stores would be packed with all the impending snow.   Up and out by 8:45 am.  And let me just say how very glad I am that I did it that early.  As for the crowds, it wasn't too bad.   And they had just about every other cashier open, so I was able to check out very quickly.   Leaving the parking lot was quite another experience.  They were crazy about finding spots!
I became my Mom that day when I visited two grocery stores.   I never did understand why she did that.  I know it was in effort to save money but I am not one to shop so I like one-stop shopping.  Anyway,  I did not care for the meats at the first store, so I ventured out to the second one.   Much much better.  And let me say that they were not as crowded as the first store.  I was ecstatic.
I arrived home about 10:30.   The children all helped unload the car and Josh was a big helper in putting all the groceries away.
We had some plans for the evening and we were wondering if they were to be cancelled due to the snow.  It was set to begin here about 4 pm.  Then it was 7 pm.  Then it was 10 pm.  Finally at 11 pm the snow arrived.  But due to the fact that they thought it was going to get bad fast all our plans were cancelled.
Saturday was snow, snow, and more snow.  We pretty much all stayed indoors and watched from the comfort of the couch.  We were a little bummed as we did have plans to get out and visit with our bestest of friends and were unable.   There were some very unhappy people in this household.  I was waiting for the coup.   (I understand there was unhappiness in the other household as well.  As a matter of fact we came up with a code word in the event there was some need of rescuing.)
Sunday brought church (and it was good) and visiting with my family.   My Dad's sister and her family were in town from Florida and we have not seen them in years so we went over there and stayed and watched the Superbowl.  Well at least until half time.  We were exhausted.  It was a great time of visiting with family.  As usual.   But very sad that our weekend went waaaaaay too fast and not as we had hoped.

The crowd watching the game. Abs with Chocolate (on floor)

Uncle Tom, Bethany, Uncle Frank, Aunt Dee, and Stephen.

My crazy Mom taunting my Dad about the Saints.

You see she likes to choose opposite him to make it more

fun to watch.  He chose Saints.  She came in singing.

"Oh when those Saints go marching home!"

(It was before the game began.)

That is my Aunt Liz behind Abigail.  Her daughter

Bethany is in the pink pants.

Tebow's pro-life ad set for Super Bowl - Washington Times

Tebow's pro-life ad set for Super Bowl - Washington Times

Here's a plus for CBS let's hope and pray that it really does get aired!

It is also so refreshing seeing an athlete really talking his walk.  This is a guy I don't mind my children looking up to because he is making and taking a stand for his faith and beliefs.  Amen to Tim!

Something New

All week I have been working on helping the homeschool sports team with the website.  Well mostly I have been updating it so that we can generate business a.k.a. money for the team.  One Mom worked hard at getting the information from the affiliates and then asked for someone to put it out there for people to see.  So I volunteered.  It is not hard work to do but it is time consuming as each affiliate has different procedures and such when placing the links on the website.   I actually enjoy doing it!  It has been a lot of fun trying to figure out what to use and where to place it for the best traffic and such.  This is a way for the team to make money.  What do we need money for you ask?  Well the fee is high and we are trying to minimize the cost.  The rental fees are high too.  You see we don't have a gym that we call our own so we get charged money!   The uniforms cost money.   The plus side is that baseball is run by the same organization so my hope is to be able to cut that cost too!!   While we are very excited about Stephen playing in this league, it has been a challenge due to all the driving (and the cost).  So I too decided to see if there was a way to add it here.    As you can see by the Amazon link off to the side, I was able to do just that.  You just need to click from here and you get on the Amazon site.  It just has the teams special code imbedded to earn the moneys from your purchases.   You do nothing different.   I have also spent some time emailing lots so people are aware of this.  So my apologies if this information is redundant.  But saving money is what I like to do.
Just a warning there will be more as we get closer to Stephen going to Belize as that too costs money.  I would like to say that we love all of you and understand completely if you are unable to help financially. Another way to help is by praying!   We covet those prayers!  This new stage in our life is a change that we were unaware of but walking in faith that the Lord will honor and bless us!