Little Man!!!!

I found out today that Little Man will be placed with his family this weekend.  I am very excited and very sad all at the same time!  We received him on Feb 22, which is almost exactly 4 months ago.  He was 2 months old when we got him and we fell in love with him immediately.  He went right along with us everywhere we went...  church, shopping, ballfields, practice, you name it he was there!  Everyone commented on what a turn around and what a great personality he had.  I have to admit he RARELY ever cries, well unless Tillery is trying to play with him like he is a baby doll.  I know my family was blessed by the time that he spent with us.  Here is a pic to brighten your day !

All- Star

Just when we thought our lives were going to slow down....

Tillery and I have been enjoying our afternoons together when Taylor and Adam are at Travel ball practice.  They have been practicing about twice a week and we have a tournament in three weeks.  The girls that Adam picked to play on the team are a good group of girls and from what I can tell enjoy  and play well together.  The parents are great too!  There are a lot of dads that stepped forward to help and you can tell that they want their child to excel at softball.  Which is a MAJOR plus on a travel team.  We decided to join with CV Baseball Academy and be their first girls team.  They have nice facility and for a small monthly fee we can enjoy the place :)  Adam particularly likes it because they can now practice rain or shine and it is a great place for Taylor and Tillery to get their lessons in.

We just found out... ( well we knew for a while but couldn't make an official announcement until June 4th) that Taylor made all-stars! 

The coaches from all teams picked the girls from the league.  The league decided to do two teams for their age group this year.  We have an 8 year old team and a 7 year old team.  Adam and Shawn Austin are coaching the 8 year olds and Curtis Greene is coaching the 7 year olds.  The thing is we may end up playing the 7 year old team in the tournament.

So just as we thought things were slowing down now we are practicing for both teams.  Adam is only making his team practice once a week since his entire team made all stars...  Thanks for the break!!!!

Actually we enjoy our time at the fields and both Adam and myself and the girls have made some really good friends there.

SO if you aren't doing anything next weekend.. Please come out and support your Phenix City Girls Fastpitch League in the 8 and under Regional tournament! 

We are proud of you Taylor and wish you the best!

Sweet Summertime!

We enjoyed our quick trip to the beach this past weekend!  We are looking forward to returning very soon. 

360 Degrees

WE'RE BACK!!!!!

This is what came out of my mouth when my neighbors saw me unpacking over the weekend.  One of my neighbors came across the yard very slowly and when she saw it was me moving items out of a truck and into our home she broke into a sprint to hug my neck.  She told me that she was so glad that it was us!  That she had missed us and that nothing had changed.  The next morning I was unloading my vehicle and the neighbor on the other side was watering her flowers and said "Are you guys moving back" and I said "We're Back!".... 

Yes we moved back into our home this past weekend...  We made a decision that the best thing for our family right now would be to move back into our home.  We moved out of the house last summer and put the house on the market.  We moved into a home for abused and neglected children.  We fostered and I believe that it was an experience that we will never forget.  We had a total of 7 chldren stay with us over the period of 9 months that we were there.  The stories that these children carry will forever be etched in my heart.

We're Back and working on getting settled in ....  The one GREAT thing about the whole move...  I got brand new paint inside and out, brand new carpet, new roof, and my front door refinished!  Its like a new home!