Celebrate good times. . . .

Come on! Today was Mardi Gras and we went to the parades and worked at the annual Boy Scout Fundraiser concession stand, but we really had cause to celebrate Hunter's school soccer team win last night in the quarterfinals for state!! It was an exciting, nerve-racking, 1-0 win! We don't have pictures cause unfortunately Hunter was still hurting and couldn't play :( But he'll have another chance to play in the semi-finals this Saturday against a team in Shreveport. It should be an exciting match up and hopefully a win. Here is Savannah with her friend Sarah waiting to catch some good beads!


Freaky people on a freaky float.


That's me in the red coat getting ready to catch that gold bead necklace coming from the float. (Yes, I really did catch it!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ever since my kids were little, we always had a family Valentine's Day Party with red food. We're still doing it, but not EVERY food we eat is red. We had Spaghetti, red jello, strawberries, green beans (not too many red veggies) and rolls.

Snow again?!!!

This winter is getting ridiculous! It snowed (again) this morning! According to the news, this is a first for this area- two snow days in one winter in Southern Louisiana. Typically, we don't get any snow at all, so I don't know what's going on, but I'm ready for the summer. The snow was really coming down but not sticking to the ground.

Now for a soccer update . . . . . Hunter's team won their game last Wednesday night (4-2) and they will go on to the quarterfinals playing against a team from the New Orleans area on Monday night! This is a picture of his fan club at the last game. They made this sign with his nickname that started in 2nd grade. (Hunter played a shrub in a Christmas play :) ) Hunter got tackled by some dude from the other team that night and bruised the muscle in his calf pretty bad. Hopefully he'll be better in time to play in the next game.

A Winning Weekend

The Saints winning the Super Bowl was great, but the more important win was the Lafayette High Mighty Lions!! Hunter's school soccer team won their first playoff game 7-0 (yes, they killed them) and will be going on to the Regional round tonight against their town rivals, Acadiana High. They have beat them twice before this year in district play to become the undefeated district champions so we are hoping for a third win against them tonight! This would move them into the state quarterfinals. Above is the starting line up- go #8! They are wearing jerseys from the 1980's for good luck. It worked in this game, we'll see about tonight!!

YW Under Construction

These are some pictures from our latest YW group activity at church. This was our New Beginnings program and the theme was "Young Women Under Construction." It was a lot of fun! The girls sang a song about work, related tools to our values in our personal progress program, played a game and had a guest speaker from the construction business. We also ate some yummy sack lunches and watched a slide show from the past year.

Who Dat!

Okay, so I NEVER watch football but if you live in Louisiana right now, it is all you hear about and I have to admit that I broke down and watched the New Orleans Saints last Sunday night. It was an exciting game and the thick, humid air is filled with anticipation as we near the Super Bowl. I've even caught the Who Dat spirit! (If you know me well, that is really saying something) Of course, all this Who Dat talk is really weird and makes me feel like it confirms the horrible grammer of Louisianians, but whatever, I've begun to embrace that as well. Who Dat! Who Dat! Life for us is still all about soccer and that is all we've been doing since before Christmas. Hunter's team has made the playoffs and they will begin next week- we'll keep you posted- in case anyone cares :) Mardi Gras is coming up and I'm sure we'll have some fun pictures to post from the parades. The kids have the whole week off of school so that will be nice.

Brrrrrrr!!!!

Well, we have spent a lot of time outdoors over the holidays watching Hunter's soccer team play in two different tournaments one in Lake Charles and one in Covington (near New Orleans) and it's been kind of cold, but nothing even comes close to the game we went to tonight at his high school! We sat outside for two hours in 29 degree weather!! That might not seem cold to some of you, but this is Louisiana, y'all- we aren't used to this! I'm not sure how Hunter played in this, but they won their first district game 4-0. They ended up in the semi-finals in the other two tournaments only to lose, but they included the toughest teams in the state. Between the cold and and rain, this hasn't been a great season to watch or play in so far, but hopefully our weather will improve. We felt like we were packing to go on a camping trip when we were getting ready to go to the game. We had a thermos of hot chocolate, a portable outdoor heater, a sleeping bag, two blankets, stadium seats and layers and layers of clothes! It's all worth it :)
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