Fun at the park

Baseball news

Well, another season for little league baseball has come and gone. Joshua's team played a great season, ending tied for second overall. Josh really loves the sport, and did well for himself. He only got out three times this season, all other times he was hitting, and hitting hard! He played short stop for the Braves and did a great job! We were all sad to see the season come to an end, and are looking forward to next season on the U10 league where the boys will be pitching instead of the coach.



Josh with Coach Joey



The Braves celebrating a great season at Fuddruckers

Lily is obsessed with everyone's mouth these days...maybe she's going to be a dentist...


Or maybe a doctor....



Or even the next Michelangelo with the modern version of the Sistine Chapel painting...





Maybe she'll join the military...she's got the Army crawl down...



Whatever she decides, she'll have two of the best bodyguards around...

Taking a breather...

School's out. Baseball's over. Our church inspection is done. Our boxes are almost all unpacked. It has been a very, very busy school year, and I am so thankful for NOTHING to do...ok, there's still dishes, and laundry, and cleaning, and tending to Lily and the boys, and cooking, and paying the bills...but for today, I am being completely lazy and doing nothing.

Nothing new under the sun

Well, here they are...the infamous "baby eating...whatever" pictures! As I was snapping these pictures of my sweet Lily, I started wondering, "Why do we do this?" I mean, why do we think it's necessary to take a picture of our little precious wonders, covered in food? Is this cultural? I wonder if the prim and proper English have this same need to preserve their carrot-coated beauties forever in film? Maybe it's that we just ADORE our kids, and every new stage is something to never forget. Even though all of our other kids have done the exact same thing. And so have everyone else's kids. Yet, we all smile, and chuckle when we look back at the photos, as if it was something fabulously unique to our little genius. As Solomon recorded in Ecclesiastes, there is "Nothing new under the sun". Although his perspective was a futile one, he has a great point! Nothing happens to us, that hasn't happened to someone else, somewhere, at some point in history. That's really amazing when you think about it. And, to me, it provides me with a sense of comfort that there are others out there that have experienced my same joys and heartaches, ups and downs...I am not alone! So, sit back, and smile at my little Lily, covered in carrots and bananas...and remember that nothing that happens to you or I today or tomorrow takes God by surprise, nothing blows His theology, nothing knocks Him off His throne. Nothing.