Another GREAT soccer season

.......................2009 REGION CHAMPS!!.....................................

Well, Caitlyn's second season on the Varsity soccer team has come to an end. They had a wonderful year. Caitlyn played well throughout the season. Had a bad game here and there but for the most part she did very well. She scored the first goal of the season, had many assists throughtout the year and also contributed with several goals. The team came first in the region and then went on to play in the state playoffs. (In fact, ALL of the girls spring teams came in first in the region, first time in Starr's Mill history this has happened :) Way to go girls, you rule!!!!) First game of the playoffs was against Lakeside-DeKalb, which they won and then went on to play Loganville, another successful win. The third round of the playoffs Starr's Mill played Upson Lee, a team just a little south of us. One of Cait's friends, from her club team played for Upson Lee, so that was exciting. Once again, Starr's Mill came out on top in that game which then brought the team to the semi finals. The girls played very well, against Marist, however, that was where our season ended. The first time they played Marist during the season, the girls did not play well losing 3-0. In the semi finals they were a totally different team keeping the Marist War Eagles on their toes until the final buzzer. We were down 3-2 with less than 2 minutes left in the game. The final scorewas 3-2. The season was wonderful!!!! And now for the other side of soccer, CLUB. But I will save that for another day.

Prom

On Saturday we had a packed fun filled day. Caitlyn went to her boyfriends Prom. (Yes she is a traitor; For those that do not know, Garrett goes to Whitewater which is our county rival high school). The day started early, as Cait had to get her "updo" done. It was a first for me and Cait. I have never had one (I just wore my hair as I normally did when I got married, just was never into all that STUFF). Anyway, Donetta (the hair stylist) did a wonderful job. She just put all that hair up really fast. Then it was off to Alexis's house to get ready. Annie, Alexis and Caitlyn had fun doing each others makeup and keep each other calm. Then it was off to Garrett's to have pictures taken at his house. After we were done there the group of 34, maybe a few more, met at the Trammel's to have group pictures done. What an absolutely beautiful
home an a great place for pictures. Then it was off to Whitewater High School to have pictures done on the baseball field and that is where the party bus was meeting the group. The prom was at Turner Field, so the baseball field was a great place to take a few pictures. Cait said that the prom was a lot of fun, definitely better than she expected it to be. She is just not my girly girl. But my little girl looked absolutely beautiful and her wonderful boyfriend looked so handsome. (below are several pictures from the day and night)

Spring Break '09 and Easter

It has been forever since I have even thought about this blog. The other day my mom said that I needed to update. Well, I guess it is time!!!

Where to begin: Caitlyn started her spring break in Pensacola, with Garrett and his family. On Tuesday, I left PTC with Joyce Stillwell and Ashley and Rachel and we headed to Destin. Cait's boyfriends mom drove her to Destin from Pensacola and our mini vacation began. We stayed at Destin Pointe in a cute little condo that overlooked the Gulf.
The weather was gorgeous, a little chili the first day, with some wind, but we were able to hit the beach and start relaxing. Some of the other kids the girls hang with where staying in the same neighborhood so of course they were happy and ready to have fun. We pretty much hung at the beach, cooked out, went out to eat seafood one night, the girls rented bikes for a day and rode all over the place, and OF COURSE, we hit the outlets and shopped til we dropped ran out of money. We hung a little while on Saturday an then headed back to PTC so that we could spend Easter with our families. Before I post this however, I have to tell you the highlight of the trip. One evening all the kids were hanging by the pool and hot tub. While in the hot tub Caitlyn of course was texting, imagine that, I'm sure to Garrett, (you have to realize they now have been apart for what maybe 2 days) and due to the fact that her fingers were wet, her phone decided to well, act up. Now Caitlyn can't be without a phone and of course wanted me to drop everything and immediately take her to Verizon to get a new phone. Well of course being the wonderful mom I am I told her just get in the car and I will get you whatever you want NO way. So the girls decide to put her phone in the oven on 150 for about 30 min. Cait, not knowing the oven, did so and after about 10 minutes Joyce smelled something and of course looked at the oven, which is now on 350. Needless to say, Cait's phone has now pretty much melted away. I thought I was going to have to find a counselor for her to see in Destin. About 30 minutes later she decided to try putting the battery back on, (yes, she did at least take it off before she baked it) and guess what, yup, the phone worked like a charm, except for the camera, but who cares. She could at least converse with Garrett, and that kept us happy. And afterall Caitlyn has always said she wanted a GHETTO phone, and she got just that. I will have to post a picture of her Ghetto phone. Check back later for that.

The day after returning from Destin was Easter. We had a wonderful day. We spent the day at my parents. Karen and Bill where there less Amanda and Matt and his family and David's girlfriend join us too. Tara and Chris were there with all three of there kids and Rick and Beth were there with Kelly and Blake. Cole, Natalie, Bryan and Caitlyn were with us as well as Cait's boyfriend. We ate ALOT and as usual spent great family time together. It is always fun when our crew gathers together. I, like a dummie, left my camera home. Dang!!!

Well this one needs to get posted.

God Bless.

Spring Break and Family

Well, spring break 09 is finally here!!!! Yeah!!! We were all so ready for this break. We started it off Friday night, as we typically do. Chuck and I did our usual Friday night dinner at Longhorn. Then Saturday Caitlyn left for Pensacola with her boyfriends family. Garrett plays baseball at Whitewater and the baseball team is in a tournament there, so she was invited to go with his family. Then Chuck, Chad and Bryan golfed. Meredith and Carrie came down also as Chuck and I watched Meredith as Chad and Carrie had plans with friends. Karen brought Ryan (my nephew Matt's little boy) over and he and Meredith had play time together. They were a little shy and timid with each other at first but warmed up quickly. They were so cute together. It is going to be so fun watching all of these little ones grow up together. Nathen, Nick and Sherry's little boy, who is being adopted from Ethiopia, will join the family in June. So there will be another little one to watch grow and play together.

On Sunday after church Chuck and I drove Meredith up to Vinings and we spent the day visiting at Cole's new place. It really is very nice.

Today I have spent the day getting myself ready to head to sunny (I hope) Florida. I will meet up with Caitlyn in Destin and we will spend the rest of the spring break there with some of her friends. We will head back on Saturday in time to spend Easter at my mom and dad's. Really looking forward to that. Well, now I need to go finish getting my self packed and ready to go. Will post more after I get back. Hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Quick Update

It's been awhile since I have posted anything, but we have been very busy with soccer and just other family stuff. Chuck, Tim and Eston were in Orlando last weekend for the Braves spring training. This has been a trip that the three of them have taken the last 3 years. They all have such a good time and look so forward to it every year. Good father and son bonding time. I should have sent my camera with Chuck, but Caitlyn had soccer and of course I can't miss taking pics of those games. Maybe next year!!!!

Chuck has been working very hard the past few weeks trying to get taxes done. Darn I hate this time of year.

Caitlyn's high school soccer team, Starr's Mill has done well overall. They had a HUGE win last weekend when the beat county rival Whitewater, 1-0. The girls played very, very well. It was such an exciting game. One of the girls from Cait's club team plays for Whitewater, and she has played with many of the others at some time or other in her soccer career, so it's definitely hard, but so "sweet" too to defeat them. Then the next week, we had a terrible lose to another high school in the next county. We lost 1-0 to Northgate. I think it was revenge on their part. Last year we beat them and that lose knocked them out of the state playoffs. We should have won this year. Oh well, those things happen. We are still in the running for the playoffs again this year. Hopefully we can keep that going.

We've had so much rain this past week that all of the stuff being done to the house has been put on hold. I can't wait until it is all done. Seems like we could have built an entire house as long as it has been taking to finish the porch. The new front door is on and I love it. We also found out that we have to get a new pool liner. Wow, I think I better start playing the lottery. Guess we will enjoy the pool this summer, but won't be able to eat. Oh well, priorities right.

OK gotta run. Laundry calls.

Bryan is 20!!!!

Well on March 10, Bryan turned 20, and we celebrated his birthday last night at Longhorn. It was great!!! I love it when everyone is together, which doesn't happen enough. We all went to Longhorn after spending the day watching Austin wrestle in Kids State.
It is so hard to believe that Bryan is 20!!! I swear I totally remember the ride to the hospital and dropping Natalie at the babysitters March 10, 1989. It seems like it was just yesterday and now he is a sophmore in college. How time flies.

Bryan next year we are VEGAS bound, can't wait. Happy Birthday Buddy~~~ Love ya

It's March and it's snowing

How exciting, here we are in the south, and its the first day of March and we have snow. Wish my kids were little, so we could go outside and make snow angels in the snow. I grew up in New Jersey and we did that all winter long. Instead, Natalie, is upstairs chillin, Bryan is driving home from a weekend in Athens, Caitlyn is having a fun snow day with her friends and boyfriend,while Chuck and I are sit here, in front of a blazing fire, watching the snow, watching movies, I'm cooking soup and pizza, and enjoying the scenery. I love this. I did get Natalie to go outside for a bit so I could take some pics. (Wow, now it's coming down really hard again). Maybe I can convince Natalie to go back outside and lay in it so i can get just one snow angel. I did get Hollie out there and took some pics of her. Man she needs a bath, as she doesn't look white compared to the snow. There is a pretty good chance there will not be school tomorrow, or maybe we will get to go in late. The roads will surely freeze up and if the buses can't run we can't have school. I'd love just one day and then I'll be ready for spring weather.

I did go out to the grocery store to get the stuff for soup, and everyone else was there. It was kind of funny. You would think that the snow was around for days, but it was neat. Reminded me of when I was little and we all did have to run to the store to get the basics for a few days in side. I didn't let it bother me, because everyone is enjoying this.

Well, I'll post a few pics, try and get Natalie outside for some more, and I know Caitlyn will take a ton, so may post some of those too.