Surprise!!!!

Today is my grandmother's 81st birthday. The fam celebrated it this last weekend and I flew in for the weekend to surprise her...as you can tell she was!!!!

We went and got our piggies pretty...had to take a picture of the fun times at the salon!!!

81 never looked so great!!!! I hope I am as beautiful as her when I am in my 80's!!!!

It was a great weekend!!!! Love you Giggy!!!!

We interupt this family...

Yes baseball season is definitely here!!!! The monarchs had a tough weekend against Rutgers at home...but the weather was fantastic. Hard to believe we had a snow day on Monday and then 80 degree weather and wearing shorts! Gotta love VA weather.
The team travelled to South Carolina yesterday and will be playing the Gamecocks tonight and then traveling to North Carolina to play UNC-Greensboro. So 3 whole days without a husband...what will I do? NOTHING!!! :) I will keep you updated on how these games turn out...Hope all is well...(Oh and a thank you to Momma Jill for this Too True plaque we have in our family room)

SNOW DAY!!!

For the 1st time in 3 years...I had a Snow Day and they actually cancelled classes for the day! It wasn't too bad but Travis said the roads weren't the greatest...Yes I stayed in my pjs all day long. Loved it!!!! Here is a pic from our balcony. See this this nothing compared to KC!!!! But I will take a snow day anyday!!!!



Due to inclimate weather the team hasn't been playing all of their games...Right now they are 3-4 for the season. They travel to ECU tomorrow since it is too cold today for them to play and then home games this weekend! Hope all is well!!!!

We are underway...

Well after a good weekend at Wake Forest the Old Dominion Monarchs are now 2-2. They split with Marshall, lost against Wake Forest and beat Akron. It was a good way to start the season and now the road trips begin. The team left this morning for an afternoon game against Virginia Military Institute and then on the road again tomorrow against Longwood University in our old town of Farmville!!!! I bet it hasn't changed too much! I will let you know how these games go!

Also, please think of Landon, Travis' brother. He flew out this morning to be deployed to Germany for about 6 months. Katie and Nolan stayed in South Carolina. Please keep them in your prayers.

Let the Games Begin!!!

Hello all! Welcome to the 2009 Old Dominion University Baseball Season!!!!! The Monarchs are travelling to Wake Forest today for the first games of the season. They will open with playing Marshall at 2:30 on Friday afternoon. They will again play Marshall on Saturday at 11am and then face off with Wake Forest at 6pm Saturday evening. For the last game of the weekend they will face Akron at 11am. So it will be a busy weekend of games, unfortunatley I will be unable to attend so I will try to keep everyone updated. If you would like more information on the team and stats go to their website at http://odusports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/oldd-m-basebl-body.html

Things are getting busy around here! With Travis coaching until 7 or 8 at night and me trying to accomodate late evenings and working crazy at CNU, it will be a quick Spring. We will keep you all updated on how this weekend tourney goes! Hope all are healthy and safe!

New Furniture!!!!

As much as I have loved having hand-me-downs, I think I was ready to get a new sofa and loveseat. We have had a couch that had been in my family for about 15 years and it was lovely but old! Travis was surprised when I told him that I had found furniture over Christmas Break with mom and that we would have it by the end of January. When it came through the door of our apt yesterday, Travis was impressed with my decision making skills! However, we are both torn to what to do with the old furniture. We wanted to donate it, however, since the couch is so broke in, we are wanting to keep it for a bigger apartment/house for the spare room. So we are torn. Here are our new additions to our lovely apartment! More pics to come of the rest of the place!



The LoveSeat

The Couch

Christmas 2008

Yes I know it has been a long time since I have written!!!! It has been a very busy Holiday Season for us!!!! Travis and I traveled to South Carolina to visit his brother, sis-n-law and nephew for 2 days before we drove to FL to see my family. We went to the Festival of Lights and of course the Adam Sandler song comes to mind. It was a great visit and that is the first few pics.

Travis says that he is blinded by my beauty...I think not. But I love it that he is so happy to be in a picture!!! LOL

Nolan ready to go see the lights for the 2nd time!

Once we arrived to my mom's house it was a whirlwind of a visit! With this being the first Christmas without my grandfather I knew it would be a tough one, however we knew he was spending it watching over us!

The Annual Christmas Eve Picture...Me Momma Jill Travis and BubbyI remember when we were growing up and on Christmas Eve we would go to Christmas Eve Service, then out to dinner and then home. We had to get our family pictures taken, have Perry Como on the radio singing Christmas songs, batteries in the camcorder and the cameras....then we could open the gifts. As much as I hated it growing up...I am glad we did it that way...except for the cheesy Christmas singers...they were really annoying...Sorry mom!!!!

3 Generations...Love this picture!!!

Me and sis-n-law Valerie...She is a hoot and I miss her already!

Now that we are back in VA where the weather is cooler than I enjoy, we are gearing up for baseball season!!!! Yes its that time of year where I lose my hubby for about 4-5 months! But at least I have some things to look forward to...1> New Family Room Furniture!!!! 2> Re-Vamping Dining Room Table and Chairs 3> Visits from Momma Jill, Dad/Debbie and maybe my bro!!!!

We will keep you updated better...part of a New Year's Resolution that I never do!!!!! Happy New Year and I hope you had a safe and blessed Holiday Season like us!!!!