Scarecrow contest

The girls entered the Lake Julian scarecrow competition today. We did one to represent walking for a cure. There is a Mommy cancer survivor pulling a wagon with a little kid in it. I have to say it is really cute. Jonathan helped us build the skeleton of the woman out of PVC Pipe. The weather is beautiful here. It is so hard to believe it is October already.

where has the time gone

Ok, I haven't written in the pass 2 month & Im sorry for that. The time has buzzed by. School got out June 14th & we jumped right into ball camp & all stars. Tori & Jenna started working at the nature center every Wednesday afternoon and Jenna worked every Sunday afternoon at Carl Sandburg's goat barn. We celebrated the Bear's birthday w/ a visit from Joe & Micki. We had a great 4th of July at Sandy's house w/ fireworks up close....thanks Frankie. Then it was time to set up VBS, the place looked like a spaceship...thanks to Jonathan, the girls, & Tiffany for all their hard work & fun of blowing up science everyday. We made the church normal again and it was time for Relay for Life. The Funny Farm came out and had a great time. Jonathan & Frankie did the Mis-ter Miss contest, the girls & the Bear made all of the luminarie bags, Tiffany & Sam put them up and everyone helped us lighted them...what a great team effort. Then Jonathan & I got a week off and enjoyed it in Florida. Had a great time relaxing and spnding time with my family. Thanks Andy s Ike for taking us fishing. Now back to the real world I started a new job, the grass needed to be mowed and we had to go school shopping. We did the showmans clinic last weekend so the fair most be coming up. Hope I caught everyone up here at the funny farm. What a whirl wind summer.

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!