Festival of Champions

Each year, the MSU Racer Band hosts a high school marching band contest called Festival of Champions. Eve and I headed out to Roy Stewart Stadium to watch some bands perform yesterday morning. (Daddy was on the golf course.) We cheered on the Murray High Tiger band and waited for Angie and Baby Jaclyn to come. We sat with them to cheer on the Caldwell County band, too. Eve really loves watching the bands. While enjoying her sucker from the bank she mastered the art of holding the sucker in her mouth so that she could clap without having to hold on to the sucker. The best part of the day was that Eve was able to wear her very own Racer Band t-shirt that Mr. Fannin had specially made for her. When we walked up to the gate I told the band members there that I was escorting an honorary band member and we walked right inside! (By the way, this time when I asked Eve what she would like to play in the band she said, "The pilano!")

Our Koi Pond

At our new home we have a really nice backyard. Though overgrown with several months of neglect while the house was on the market and vancant, the landscaping has lots of potential. The highlight is the large stone koi pond outside the sunroom windows. About 20 little goldfish live in it along with countless tadpoles and froggies. There is a stone fountain in the middle and lots of natural vegitation in and around it. Eve loves it! One of her favorite things to do each day is go out and feed the fish. Jay or I will toss in some fish food while Eve throws in leaves, twigs and small rocks. Tonight we were getting ready to go to a school function when I took her out to get some pictures... she is growing WAY too fast for me!!




















P.S. Here is a quick shout out to KS (who I know is reading)... I miss you already!! Take care of yourself!

Our New Home!

We are finally settling into our new house! Everything is painted and we are getting things hung up on the walls. Of course, there are still boxes around and many more things to decorate, but it is truly beginning to feel like home. I am going to add a slide show to the blog that shows photos of everything. I will try to update it as we update the house. After a LONG WAIT (there is a whole long story to tell here) we have cable and Internet so we are reconnected to the world. SIGH! Maybe that is why we are feeling more at home!

Sesame Street Live!

Last Saturday we joined Tim, Em, Zak, Grammy, Grandad, Gre and Dad-O at the RSEC to see Sesame Street Live, Elmo's Green Thumb. It was a cute show and the kids enjoyed it. It was a good excuse for Emily and I to create another photo book!