Tye's birthday

Two years ago this community had a terrible blow. Trooper Shawn Blaton was killed in the line of duty. A few weeks before his 1st child was born premature but he was able to hold his baby son before he was killed. Tye was small and had lots of problems but he gave us all hope. Unfortunately Tye passed 5 months later. His family took the lost and turned it into something good to help other premature babies at Mission. This past Sunday they hosted a Lula to honor Tye. They were asking for donations for the NIC unit at Mission. The afternoon was great. The pool was cool, the bounce houses were fun, the food was amazing, and the people I don't know what to say. The families of Shawn and Tye keep going on and have fun doing it. They are special people in my heart. They show by example how to live and love. The girls and I went and really enjoyed the afternoon at Maggie Valley. It makes you want to go and hug the ones you love.

Jonathan's birthday

We all got together for Jonathan's birthday last week. I spent the morning with him and when I went to work he worked on the strawberries. That evening we meet at the Bear's to open presents. Yes my country boy got herbs & trees for his birthday but he got some other things too. Afterwards the girls & I took him to Cheddars for supper. I think he had a good time.

Jenna singing

Jenna is part of the VSMS chorus. They received 2's at district this year and got to go to Carowinds for the day this past Saturday. Here are a few pictures of her and her group singing last week.

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. We went to the sport festival, we picked 7 gallons of strawberries, hung out at Biltmore Park (Opie Taylor's & ice cream), we went to the flower festival, Carl Sandburg's, saw Shrek, the girls went to school, and we went bowling. Not bad for only 3 days.

softball

We are finishing up another season of softball. Jonathan helped coach and Sam caught the whole season. She has no fear of the ball and jumps out of that box at every pitch. She is amazing but I get nervous when that ball is coming at her but she stops it and waits for her next. She has caught pop fowls and got a few out at home. She is my little biscuit. This year I wasn't on the stands like the past few years I was a bat girl and got to coach a base when Jonathan was working. Little league is stressful and we lived off muscle milk and lunch ables. But the Rockhounds did a great job. We still have play offs coming up now. So play ball!