Stay away....

I noticed today that some unknown person had posted a comment on one of my posts. I should have dragged the mouse over it to see what website it was but I figured I knew the person since only a very few friends and some family know about my blog. Wellllll..... how wrong was I? Evidentially some fool fishes peoples blogs all day and leaves comments so when you click on the comment some stupid add shows up... grrrrrr... that really ticked me off. How dare they come uninvited?? Nothing is private anymore... so to you JO-JO, you have been deleted, and STAY AWAY from my blog.... :<

Flowering the cross...08!

Flowering the Cross during worship

The flowering of the cross is a tradition that we started in this church over 10 years ago. I grew up in the Episcopal church, and flowered many crosses during my childhood. To me, Easter isn't Easter unless there's the flowering of the cross. So, the husband and I started this tradition for our children and the families of our church. It's a awesome thing to see a bare cross decended upon by children, only for them to walk away and see the beautiful flowering! Surely this was what it was like the day Christ rose from the dead....just simply beautiful. Thanks Mom & Dad for a wonderful tradition.

Easter Morning 2008

My precious baby chicks :)
Yes, the Easter Bunny still comes...

Easter morning is such a precious time for our family. The kids really get it... that Christ has risen indeed! Twin girl commented that the sun is always shinning. There are still chocolate bunnies, new clothes and flower picking for the cross at church. Such a precious time.

Soccer sensation!

Get outta my way!

Twin girls strategizing in her mind :)

Along with spring baseball comes spring soccer. The twin girl loves this sport and is amazing! She has grown several inches since fall season, making her one of the tallest on the field. She is aggressive & and loves "going for it!" Saturday she shot one in the goal from at least 2o foot! Though we lost the game, we're off to a good start, they are currently 1-1! Go SAINTS!

Go RED SOX!

Twin boy at bat!

The crack of a bat and the giggles and shouts of little boys fill the air once again. Twin boy has moved up to the 11-12 year old "Major" league. He's improved tremendously, what a difference a year makes. He's playing catcher and 2nd base and doing quite well I must say :)

This is the first year that the husband has taken a back seat and is not coaching. It's been relaxing and fun sitting in the stands cheering for our son together. We were very blessed that he got on a team with Christian coaches. Should be a fun season, they are already 2-1!

Speaking of a crack.... the first game, I parked too close, and what do ya know, my windshield caught a foul ball ..... yep... baseball season is here!

Baseball & Soccer~~~

Yep, here we go again, another round of baseball season sprinkled along the way with soccer games. :-) The twin girl's soccer team is off to a ferocious start. They skunked the rival Christian school 4-0! It was awesome. After that game we headed 20 miles in the other direction to the twin boy's baseball game. They too won 6-5! Needless to say we had a happy ride home. It's 5:30pm and they are currently passed out on the couch watching Parent trap.....

oh the chance to be young and carefree again....

My Little Bell Ringer

Twin Boy - Ringing the bells :-)

Kohl's had it's grand opening this morning. The Twin boy is in the handbell ensemble at school. They have become pretty popular, and have been asked to perform through out the year at many functions. Some how or another we got asked to perform at the ribbon cutting of this new store this morning. Thus explaining why it appears to be dark in the pictures... it was 7:15am!!! The store opened its doors at 8am with a long line of people! There was a brief ceremony with the kids playing several songs. They got alot of attention and clapping! I'm proud that my son embraces his love for all kinds of music.

On a side note: The paper DID NOT print my squawk for underage drinking... imagine that.

squawking ....

Our local newspaper has a squawkbox. I think its put there to purely irritate people.... and it's successful in doing that to me. They, of course, are annonymous squawks, mainly becuase people are probably to embarrassed to admit they said something stupid. Today's stupid squawk was this:

"We need to quit blaming and holding store clerks responsible for underage alcohol sales. The blame for this rests squarely on the kids and their parents for breaking the law."

HELLOOOOO, and selling alcohol to persons under the age of 21 is NOT breaking the law??? This was my response:

Kids attempting to get alcohol is an age old problem. The law plainly states that the sale of alcohol is prohibited to anyone under the age of 21. Any drivers license, issued to a person under the age of 21, clearly states so in RED, and under the person's picture. The responsibility starts with the sale of the alcohol, by the retail clerks. How hard is it to take 3 seconds to check an ID and save a life? If alcohol is sold only to persons of legal age, then the responsibilty is completely lifted from the retail clerk!

What I really wanted to say, is the clerks that sell are idiots, colorblind or can't read or all three.
Don't even get me started......
We'll see if that gets printed!

March Madness....

The gymnasts and her best friend in the Arch

another pic in the Arch

Bush Stadium, had to take this one for the boy,
taken from top of the Arch.

Who ever coined the phrase, March Maddnesssss definitely knew what they were talking about! It's only March the 10th and it feels like it's March 30th. The past couple of weeks I have been traveling with the gymnast to some out of town meets. We spent several days in Charleston SC, and then this past weekend, we did St. Louis Missouri! The midwest was a blast, I mean a BLAST of severe cold. I've been to Chicago in February, New York and Pennsylvania in January and I thought I had experienced cold...this was different! I don't know how people survive in that. Anyway, we had such a fun time, we did the Gateway Arch and the City Museam. Not to mention we stayed at a 4 star hotel (courtesy of priceline!) in Union Station. The gymnast did very well at her meet, picking up a 3rd place on Vault and a 4th place on Floor! I have really enjoyed my time with my eldest lately. Won't be too long til she's grown and gone :(


Twin boy has started baseball practice. He had his first scrimmage game tonight. He'll be playing 2nd base and catcher. Right off the bat the threw the first batter out at 1st base, then next caught a line drive...right in the mouth! Busted his lip, no tooth damage, but bled all over his shirt. Wiped him up and he stayed in the game... I love baseball season, sitting in the sun, eating sunflower seeds and yelling for my boy! Twin girl has also started spring soccer practice... she's a menace on the field...can't wait to watch her too!

One more side note: My most precious nephew and his wife are expecting twins!!! He is our first born nephew on my side of the family. I practically helped raise him the first 3 years of his life, as I went to college in the town he was born in. He and his sweet as pie wife currently life in New York.... too far away. The day I found out and called him, he was walking home from the laundry mat... we screamed, laughed and cried together. I am so proud of him and the wonderful young man he has become. He has a heart for our dear Lord and he is a fantastic husband. He will be a precious loving father, I have no doubt! I can hardly wait for the birth of my new babies!!!

The Twins turn 11!

Coach and some of his girls...

11 years old :)

We celebrated the twins turning 11 January 31st. This was the first year they opted for a large present instead of a birthday party. Boy Twin wanted an ipod and Girl Twin wanted a digital camera. Much to my delight, that's what we settled for! We got to celebrate at Red Lobster with Granddaddy and Grandmother.

January turned to February which brought on ALOT of basketball in our family. The husband coaches girls basketball at the oldest child's high school. Twin boy also played in a church league where the hubby was assistant coach. It was a fun time and also tiring. About the time basketball season was over, the gymnast in the family began competition season...

January...Atlanta Crown Invitational

Kaitlyn, Coach Elena, Coach Shelley & Ashley

Back Tuck on a 4 inch beam, & she nailed it!

Gymnastics competition season begins in January and goes through April. We began the season in Atlanta. Kaitlyn is now a level 9, there's only 10 levels before you can go collegiate!! It snowed that day in Atlanta... Gymnastics is getting harder for Kaitlyn, but she is a trooper and determined to be a collegiate gymnast one day! She amazes me.

January, Christmas with the Shinglers

David, Hannah & Seth

We celebrated our "Perry" Christmas in January 08. Primarily because that's when we got to see my new niece, Destin. Along with Destin came, her Mom and Dad, my nephew Dustin's child, McKenzie, and my nephew from Cleveland, David. Of course, there were other's there, my sister in laws, and my oldest brother. It was a precious time.

More of December 07

Daughter Aimee, Morris, Sarah & daughter Jennifer

On December 30th, our dear friend Morris Gurr was set in as Senior Pastor of our church. The Lord could not have given our church family a more precious gift. Our church is thriving and growing....Thank you Lord :-)

Where did the time go?

Ok, I really wanted to keep this post going, and I have several valid reasons that I so abruptly stopped writing....my pc monitor died :( Thus I am using one of the hubby's work laptops. But primarily...our social calendar picked up speed trememdously following Thanksgiving. Here are a few of my favorite moments over the last few months.

December/Christmas: Christmas 07 was wonderful. We spent the annual King Christmas at Cloudland Canyon State Park in North Ga. It was wonderful and we got snow the day we left.

Grandaddy also took the whole clan to Ruby Falls in Tennessee, we got to explore the caverns and see the under ground water fall.