Marley Lanier

My brother Danny and sister-in-law Cindy had their second daughter today at 6:00 p.m. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 4 oz., little Marley joins big sister Sophie a week ahead of schedule. Ron and Cath are up to 7 grandkids now:)

Velociraptor

I could survive for 1 minute, 6 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

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Sharks Win!

After overtime and 3 shoot-outs, Joey's season did NOT end today! It was a battle of the Sharks with both team wearing navy and it was intense! Joey played offense during the second quarter, goalie during the third (no goals scored on him), and offense during the fourth. While he much prefers playing defense, he had a few good plays on offense and did great as the keeper. When the game went into overtime, he went in during the second 5-minute period on defense. The game was still tied at the end of overtime, so the Sharks went into the first of 3 shootouts. Since Joey was in the game during overtime he got to take the goal shots. Sadly, he didn't make any, but he handled it well. No tears for our boy which is definitely progress:)
Tomorrow afternoon, his team will play again and get their well-deserved trophies. Not bad for a team that went into tournaments 2-7!
The best part of all is that Joey has grown to enjoy the game and wants to play again next season!

Thanks Lorraine!

Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT.........

Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.

Two more games

Joey only has two more soccer games this season. We are making signs for the boys to run through today, but I am not the world's greatest artist. In fact, I may be the world's worst artist, so I found this image and am trying to replicate it with no amount of luck. I was hoping one of my neighbors (graphic designer type) would be home since my artist husband is not, but no such luck!
Greg starts a new line in a few days-this means at least 28 more days working for the airline. The word furlough has been floating around a lot, but we'll just face that if and when it happens. As it is, his last four days of this line are off days, and his first day of the new line is off, so we'll have five days of Greg at home! Yeah!
My dad is going for another stress test on Tuesday since he is still having chest pains. He had hoped to start the cardiac rehab, but there could be some damage inside the heart. We'll know more in a few days.

Our List

Joey and I have put together a list of things we want to do on the weekends. We have no idea when we will find the time since our weekends usually include soccer, church and PSR (Joey is making his first communion this year) as well as all of the weekly chores, but we have a list and that's a start.

1. Horseback riding-I've checked out Eastfork Stables, but if anyone knows of any other stables in the area, let me know.
2. Nature Trail-Cincinnati Nature Center has lots of opportunities.
3. Bike riding-I've been considering the purchase of my own bike, but worry that it will just be another dust collector (like my Wii and my balance ball). We might try Loveland Bike Rental and the Loveland Bike Trail. Greg wants to do this too, so we'll probably wait for him on this one.
4. Art Museum-This is another one Greg wants to do. I haven't been to the Cincinnati Art Museum in a while, but I think Joey might find something interesting there. We'll give it a try when Greg is home-he wants to go too.

This is our list and we're sticking to it.