NC State Football

I bet you never thought to see this title on my blog. In January the quarterback for the NC State Football team came to our church. His father Johnny Evans gave the sermon. Johnny played for State years ago and played for the Cleveland Indians. He is now the Voice of the Wolfpack and the chaplain for NC State's football team. Daniel talked a little but tonight he led the kids youth with his brother Andrew. Andrew is the wide receiver for NC State. They are two of 4 - quads. I think the other two are girls. Anyway, Kristopher and Nicholas really enjoyed youth tonight. They said it was a great message. What great role models they are for kids. Nicholas was so excited. He didn't think to take anything to get autographed but we let him use his NC State coat he wore. He said he is never going to wear it again. It is officially going to be used to collect autographs.

Grace's First Car Wash

Stop,don't get any closer!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

If only I could turn back time.

We Are Leaving on a Jet Plane

Grace and I are headed to Florida at 5:15a.m. Our flight doesn't leave until 7:30a.m. but Dallas and I have this obsession with getting to the airport early. You never know how much traffic will be on the road, you never know how long it will take you to get through security, etc. Better safe than sorry. It is one obsession that Dallas and I have in common. We would rather sit at the airport for hours than to be pushing it.

We are staying until Tuesday. Mom is home and doing well. We are looking forward to seeing everyone.

Way to Go, Nick!

Nicholas' video won first place for his age group in our county. The video was not chosen to go to the national level but we are still very excited for him. In mid March there is a county level banquet where he will be recongnized. Great job, Nick!

Our Church

We finally decided on a church. I would have strongly disliked it 5 years ago. To say the service is contemporary is an understatement. We all feel like it is the church God wants us to attend. The boys spent last weekend at Revolution-sort of like a retreat but they stayed in people's homes. The first night Kristopher did not want to stay the night so we agreed to pick him up. By the second night he was fine. The boys had so much fun and learned so much. Youth Quest(a group from Liberty University)led the program. We finally feel like the boys are plugged in and the girls have adjusted to the nusery.

If you would like to hear the sermon we heard Sunday go to www.C3church.org. The senior high youth pastor preached and it was a great sermon. When we miss a sermon we just download the video podcast to our zune and can watch it anytime.

The Last Week

It has been so long since I posted. We came back from Florida on Monday. Mom seems to be improving. Hopefully she will be going home next week.

Grace had her 3rd follow up with the plastic surgeon. He doesn't think the hole in her palate is going to heal at this point. He would not want to do surgery until at least May. He has referred her to speech and will see her again in April. If she does need surgery it will be minor.

Nicholas made the Fuquay Varina travel baseball team. He was so excited. Practice starts Saturday for him. Fortunately the longest distance he will have to travel is about 1 1/2 hours.

Kristopher's mouth is healing well. He goes to the orthodonist on Tuesday so we can start that process.

Dallas is in Florida until Friday. He is bringing my neice, Maribeth, back with him.