White Christmas!!

We had a great Christmas this year! On Christmas Eve, we had two stops to make: Irma's house for the Phillips family, then to Douglasville for the Casey family. Brennan got to see all of her cousins and got some cool gifts. We got home really late that night and had to go straight to bed so Santa could come.

On Christmas morning, the kids didn't wake up until 9AM....which was crazy because they were so excited. Brennan loved all her clothes, jewelry, shoes, CD, pajamas etc. She was a happy girl! Around 11:00, we were all getting ready to go to Nana Phillip's house when all of a sudden.....it started snowing! It snowed almost all day and we got a couple of inches at our house. The bad part was, we had to leave it to go to Nana's. We drove in snow the whole way there. It was snowing there too, but not as much as at our house. When we got there, we got to see the Cobb's and Aunt Linda and Uncle Louis. It was a great day!

We headed home before it got dark so the roads wouldn't be bad. Once we got home, we started a fire and played Mario Kart on the wii for a while. It did stop snowing in the evening, but the best part was the next day- there was still snow to play in! So, of course, the kids bundled up and went out for a while. Here is a slideshow of our White Christmas:

What an Honor!

I had Brennan's conference this week and heard wonderful things. First of all, she made Honor Roll again...all A's and B's, plus Perfect Attendance for the first nine weeks! Her teacher also said that Brennan has matured so much since last year (she had her last year too). We discussed how the kids are getting ready for high school and how things change next year. I still can't believe she will be in 9th grade in 10 months!

Here is a recent picture of my sweet teenage girl:

KMHS Fastpitch!

Brennan has started her 3rd year playing for the Kennesaw Mountain Metro team. These are the girls that will play for the high school team once they get there. As one of six 8th graders-Brennan earned a spot in the infield. She is playing second base again this season! Here are few pictures we took last weekend at the game against Pope. We won 12-3 by the way! Brennan turned two double plays too!

~World Series~2010~

Well, yet another travel ball season has come to an end. We traveled to Panama City last week for the World Series! This is always a fun (and exhausting) trip for everyone. Jason was able to go with us this year, so that was even better! We drove down late Friday night and arrived at 1:30 in the morning. Since we stayed in a house (owned by my friend Laurlelyn's parents), we were able to go early. The rest of the team stayed at The Shores of Panama, beside Pineapple Willy's. It was a 15 minute drive to get to their condo, but it was worth it !$!$ Anyway, on Saturday we slept in, bought groceries, then headed to the condo to see the team as they arrived. The girls hung out on the beach and swam in the huge pool.


On Sunday, we did more swimming, then had to get ready for the Parade and Opening Ceremonies. The team met at the park so that we could give them their goodie bags. They got so many cool things: monogram beach towel, golf towel for trading pins, cosmetic bags, sunglasses and much more!



They had 3 pool games on Monday and Tuesday... won 2 and lost 1. Bracket play started on Wednesday and here's how it went.....WIN, WIN, LOSE, WIN, LOSE....So we helped send 3 teams home before we were put out on Friday afternoon. After that game, we went to the condo and had one last swim before time to go home on Saturday. We are still waiting for the final standings to post, but we think they took around 25th out of 107 teams! Here are a few other pics from the week:

~Curly Q~

Brennan got her first perm last week! I took her to see MaryBeth on Friday because she wanted curly hair. So that's what she got and she loves it!

Rollin right along!

Well, another school year has come to a close! We are one week into summer and report cards came today. Brennan maintained her Honor Roll status for the fourth year staright!! All four quarters since 4th grade she has had all A's and B's!! We also got her CRCT scores (not that they really count in 7th grade) but she passed! I am so proud of the young lady she is maturing into. Not quite sure I am ready to have an 8th grader in a couple of months.....but I guess it will happen rather I want it to or not.

Another Championship!

On Saturday, the Ga Force had a tournament in Covington. Brennan had a few special visitors too! Uncle Louis and Aunt Linda live just a few miles down the road, so they came out for the first two games. Nana Phillips showed up at the end of the first game and stayed until the bitter (COLD) end! They ended up playing five games, and won them all! Brennan had a great day at the plate as well, with no Strike outs and several base hits, RBI's, and even scored a few runs! She played some outfield, second and third base. It was a great day! We even went to ihop afterwards, yummy!

Undefeated = First place!!

Brennan's softball team, the Georgia Force, took first in the USFA Break out the Bats tournament this weekend. They played a total of 5 games and won them all!! Brennan had a great day personally as well. Her bat came alive and she did not have any strike outs. She even hit a two-run double! It was beautiful and really helped her self confidence at the plate the rest of the day.

Snow!!!!!!

It started snowing at 1:00 Friday afternoon and kept going strong until about 11PM. The kids had a blast playing in it, building a snowman, and sledding!