Western Days... I am so behind!

Jillian had her Western Days program at school. Sorry the video is so bad. Andrew was not there, and I was trying to get video and stills! Hope you all enjoy!! The pictures were taken with the video camera, so they are not that great!!

Jillian's first swim of 2008!

Jillian decided the other day that she was ready to swim! It was a nice warm day, and the pool water is getting warmer! I actually got in all the to my knees! That is huge for me! I was hardly past that in July of last year!! She had so much fun, and getting better about being confident in the pool! I cannot wait until summer!!

San Antonio Final Four

Lowe's sent Andrew and I to San Antonio for the Men's NCAA Final Four! It was amazing! Our tickets were in the first row, corner on the floor! We watched some of the best basketball I have ever seen. I was pulling for Memphis. (I guess because that was the closest team to us!) By the final game, I felt like I had been a fan since I was born! I was devastated when they lost! Andrew was laughing at me!! We enjoyed the River Walk... I kept seeing people and thinking I knew them from somewhere. There was a ton of people from television, old college players, and NBA players. Penny Hardaway was there with his Memphis Blues!! We enjoyed great food and drink! We had Landry's Seafood, Pat O'Briens, Tia Mia Mexican, Ruth's Chris (my favorite), and CBS fajitas! Since we were with Lowe's we got into the CBS Sports Party. They had Barenaked Ladies and Hootie & the Blowfish to perform. There were maybe 200 people total there! It was very neat!! It was a great little vacation! Thanks Lowe's!

Hootie!!
Andrew & Me at the CBS Concert





This one I took with my cell phone... for hose of you who love Bobby!

Late Happy Easter!

John had Jillian for Easter, and I didn't have my camera! So, Sarah sent me some pictures!Hope you all enjoy, and Happy Belated Easter!!

Monroe Trip

Andrew had to go to Monroe for the night. Jillian was really missing him, so we went to Monroe to stay with him. Jillian brushed up on her swimming so she would be ready for summer. She did really good. After she was swimming for a couple of hours, she decided that we would be coming to Monroe every time Andrew did! The pictures are not very good because I took them with my cell phone. Sorry!!

Reality Check...

Tonight, it was the Oprah show. It was the episode of the "Mistaken Identity". I don't know if any of you saw it, but it was definitely a reality check for me. The show was about two girls that were in the same van. The van was hit by a truck, and killed five people. A girl survived, and was giving the wrong identity at the accident. The other family was contacted and told their daughter was dead. For five weeks the wrong family took care of whom they thought was their daughter. They found out their daughter was the one that was already buried.

The families wrote a book titled "Mistaken Identity". Oprah read an excerpt from the book... do not quote me, but it went something like this... It was a year later and the families were all to unite. The mother of the surviving daughter felt ashamed because she was the one living the fairytale ending. How could she face the other family? When that was told to family that buried their daughter, the father simply replied, "We have a fairytale ending too, we just haven't witnessed it yet." it really struck a cord in me.

It takes great courage to keep your faith in an event such as he faced. Most people would feel that their life had been ripped apart at the seams. I couldn't even imagine what they went through and what they are still going through.

Please take an extra moment today and pray for all the families that have lost their children of what we might feel as too early. Please also pray that yours, as well as my family, will keep strong faith throughout our lives.