playing with the camera

out of 2 sessions, this one is still my favorite picture

may need to try again - unbelievable how hard it is to get a good shot of the four of them together

love this

In honor of National Adoption Month

profound and true


borrowed from Love Without Boundaries  http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com


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Guess who made the Beta Club...

This girl!

and these girls

and this girl

celebrating with ice cream after the ceremony (yes, the boys made it too)

Zach's injury

Zach finally saw the hand surgeon this morning. 

The football prognosis is this.
He cannot play in our first playoff game which is a week from this Friday.
He has a 50/50 chance of being able to play in the 2nd game of the playoffs.

Zach's formal senior pictures

courtesy of Darwin's Photography

I love this one, but it makes me laugh every time I look at it.  It looks like a Realtor's photo to me.

Our Silly Julia

Julia put this together after she was chosen to play a game in our church's Kidway program.  She needed a parent to participate.  Since I hate being the center of attention, when I saw her on the screen, I nudged Andy to go.  They had to find a hidden treasure playing the hot/cold game.  I then had to wait an hour at church for Savannah to get out of her service with my husband wearing this crazy hat.  I don't' know why he didn't remove it, but the most frequently asked question: "Did you lose a bet?"

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The latest football news

Our Centurions faced a really tough opponent last night.  The weather was perfect, and we anticipated a fun game as neither team had high stakes in this battle.  Both are leading their divisions, but they play in different divisions, and regular season division play was settled last week for both of them.


Unfortunately, our hosts faced many personal penalties for dirty play.  In the end our quarterback left on crutches and faces an MRI on Monday which will hopefully reveal nothing more than a deep bruise.   I do not believe that dirty play was involved in his injury, just a freak accident, but of course we are all anxious to hear good news on his condition.


Zach played a fabulous game but came out for a while with a hand injury.  I have been told on a FB thread that this play was not necessarily illegal according to a ref.  However, it came after numerous punches and face masks from the same player.  I am being called out for calling it malicious, and admittedly, I don't know enough about football to know for sure.  However, Zach experienced it and is convinced it was malicious.  He and Andy reviewed that tape, and the play was a block from the back after the whistle.  The opponent continued to pound on Zach after he was down. They claim all of this is illegal.

Regardless, I spent hours with Zach seeing a doctor and seeking an X-ray today.  It is possible that his hand is broken.  If so, we will not know until Monday what the prognosis is for him regarding the rest of the season.

Bummed :(


Sunday a.m. update: Zach's 3rd metacarpal has a small break.  He needs to see the hand surgeon on Monday before we will know more about his prognosis.  From what we are reading online, this requires a six-eight week recovery - that's the rest of the season.  We are hoping he can still play.

Now I am going to rant a bit here, so bear with me.  This should have  been a purely fun game -a last chance to play under the Friday night lights before playoffs with no pressure.  Both teams should have walked off that field ready to cheer each other on to state as they play in different divisions.  Instead, we walked away with two injured players. We played well against our opposition, but they are a much bigger team.  We held them to 2 field goals when they are used to putting up 40 points or more against their opponents.  We did not win the game, but it was a huge and courageous victory for us nonetheless.  Our opponents let pride get the best of them and played dirty because they did not like it that a smaller team could handle them so well.  They were poor hosts, and maybe they are not normally  that way, but the personal foul penalties they racked up in this game speak for themselves.