3rd of July

This was probably the only time they actually watched the game. They played for the most part.

I couldn't really capture everyone in a picture. There were 3 rows of us.

Last night we met up with friends and had a picnic, watched a Riverdogs game, which was followed by fireworks. Tonight we are getting together with our friends again for more food and fun.

New Twins

Our friends Doug and Michelle welcomed their new boys this week. This was a very tough pregnancy and she was off of her feet for almost all of it. The boys are full size and healthy.

Ian Douglas Ross was 7lbs 4 oz and 21 Inches

Sam Henry Ross was 5lbs 12.2 oz and 19.25 inches.

Image of my eye

I went to have my eye exam for new glasses and they do this thing now where they take a photo of your eye. It looks like a regular camera but the picture that comes out is so cool. You will notice that in the top picture my eye has some damage on the side. He said he wants to check in out in 6 months to see if there is any change. He seems to think it happened a while ago and may not continue to grow. I hope so b/c the area it is next to is one of the areas of the eye that has the highest concentration of photoreceptors for sight.

VBS

This week we have VBS. My group is 6 year old girls. These are my four girls. Imagine them following along behind me. Everyone says it looks like little baby ducks following their mom. They are actually really good and funny.

Youth Mission Trip

Our youth are taking a trip to Mexico next month and they performed their drama they will be doing there. The pictures are blurry b/c Josh took them :)

Doubletake Photography

I thought this was a great picture(this is a picture of her twin girls) I went to college with Nikki and she has started a photography business in the last year or so and I think she takes some of the best pictures. You can check out more of her pictures on her blog for Doubletake Photography.

Baseball pics

Here are some of the pictures taken of Josh coaching over the past year.
Looks like he works real hard.

We've Adopted!!! SORT OF

When I was at the Women of Faith Conference a few months ago they had representatives from World Vision there. This organization allows you to sponsor a child monthly. I signed up to sponsor a child named Sandy in the Dominican Republic. I picked him because on his card he said he liked baseball and math. I thought that was a good combination for Josh and I. This week I got my first letter and drawing from him. He is in the fourth grade and I look forward to continuing our communication with each other.

Tall Ships

Notice the people standing on the top of the sailboat

This past weekend was the Maritime Festival. This year the Tall Ships came in to visit. We got to tour them and then in the afternoon we went with Meagan and Jeff to the point at Fort Johnson to watch them sail out.

Almost Over

Baseball season is almost over. It is still going on??? Yes. We have 2 more games this week and next week is conference playoffs. Josh will turn 31 this weekend, I joke with him b/c I am still hanging on to my 20's.... at least until Dec. We want to go to the Maritime Festival this weekend. We went last weekend and had a great time so hopefully I will have some pictures from that. I also got a waterpark pass for the summer. I will be going with some friends from church so that will be fun. It beats going to the beach b/c there is no salt and no sand.
I am busy getting things ready for my summer course I am teaching. I am making it partially online so when the class starts I won't have too much work to do but the prep work is taking up some time now.

Marine Life Dolphins

Several of the Marine Life dolphins have given birth to new calves. Remember these were the dolphins displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now they live in the Bahamas. It is nice to see them doing so well.

Comparative Cognition Conference

A few weeks ago I went to the Comparative Cognition Conference in Florida. I had a great time and I got to visit one of my favorite zoos (The Brevard Zoo). They had this new exhibit with the girafee and you can feed them graham crackers. You can see how close they get to you. It was truly amazing how many people thought that just because they came close to you they wanted to be petted. It is difficult for people to understand that not all animal enjoy being touched by people. Things have been really busy this semester. I am in the middle of advising and things are wrapping up this semester. We only have 3 more weeks of classes then we have finals. Josh is busy with baseball so basically he is never home.
This weekend was a very active weekend in our area. We had the Cooper River Bridge run which has about 30,000 people running in downtown Charleston, we had the Cajun festival in James Island (just a part of Charleston) and we had the Flowertown festival in Summerville. I was able to go the the FLowertown festival b/c it is about 5 minutes from my house. They shut down all of downtown Summerville and they have booths and vendors set up. It was perfect weather this weekend. I am looking forward for this summer for a nice break so hopefully I'll have some interesting pics to post.

It's that time of year again

Well, we are in our 4th? week of baseball. I have already lost count. Unfortunately nothing really exciting to talk about. This is our spring break this week and my dad is in town. Oh, he brought us crawfish....now that was exciting. It has been a long time since I have had some good crawfish. I will be going to a conference next week in florida so I should have some pics from that. Sorry life if boring now.

Angel Food

Our church does this community outreach program where they take part in Angel Food Ministries. You pay 25 dollars for food. You come by the church and pick up the food on a certain day. Each month the list of items change and you have to preorder. This is the first month I have done this and I have to say I was really impressed with the amount of food that you get. It also seems to be a great community outreach.

Violin

I have been wanting to learn a second instrument for a long time. Two weeks ago someone ask why I didn't just do it. Well the next day I had found an instrument to borrow and found a teacher. I have my first lesson on Monday.

Stamp it

I have been to a couple of stamp it parties. I like the idea of making your own cards. Here are some items we made at the last party.

Living Seas at Epcot

So now it is not called the Living Seas it is called The Seas with Nemo and Friends. It no longer has the underwater station with the divers. Now you ride in on a Giant Clam in search of Nemo. It is really cool and kids like this a lot more. It was funny b/c when I got there I was looking for someone I know that works there doing dolphin research and I ran in to another person I know that works there with them as well. Talk about small world.

Orlando

This was a new roller coaster at Animal Kingdom, it was really fun to ride.

View from our hotel balcony. It was 80 degrees so we could enjoy the pool and hot tub at night.

When we got back from NV we turned right around and drove down to Orlando so Josh could go to a Baseball Coach's convention. We stayed at the Marriott World Center Resort and as you can see I went sightseeing while he was in meetings.

Pics from Tahoe

Here are a few more pictures we took while at Lake Tahoe.