Haircuts, Baby Geese, Motorcycles, Jesus and Baseball

As I posted already, I have been a very busy bee lately!

So I have decided to update you or bore you with the details of what has been going on in my life...

HAIR TODAY - GONE TOMORROW -

Austin FINALLY decided to get a haircut. He decided to let his hair grow out a while back and I was against it. Little did I know that I would like his hair grown out. Austin was doomed from birth with bad hair. Both Todd and I have very thin, fine hair. When Austin wanted to grow his hair out I was set against it because his hair is just like ours, so I figured it would be very stringy looking. Plus he hates to have his hair brushed and would rarely let me comb it nor would he bother with it himself! Well it actually looked nice when he would let me fix it. Anyway - since baseball season is starting he decided to go ahead and cut it. I almost cried like it was my own hair hitting the floor!!! But I know that he can grown it back out.

These are not the best photos, but you get the idea!
Oh Well, I think he is still adorable no matter what hairstyle he picks!

BABY GEESE
At work we have a grassy field behind one of the buildings and a family of Geese have been gracing us with their presence. I work in a different building and I don't get to see them. Well one day they showed up and a friend called me to come and take pictures. (I almost always have my camera). I asked to take a 15 minute break and sneak over and get a couple of shots...

Aren't they adorable!
Of course I was trying to get as close as I could for pictures, but the momma and daddy wasn't going to have that. I'd get to close and they would let me know it by hissing at me!

MOTORCYCLES
My father-in-law loves motorcycles and has always owned many of them. Usually he would buy old ones and restore them, but the past couple of years he has been buying new ones and riding with friends. I LOVE his most recent purchase. It is a beauty!


JESUS
I was invited to attend an Easter Program that a couple of my friends were going to be in. I had to go and I am soooo glad I did. It was of course about the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus and Austin and I went to watch and I believe it was one of the best programs I have ever watched. We sat on the front row so that I could take pictures and it was like a 3-D movie, very up close!!!! It really moved us! Austin was tearing up and leaned over and asked him if he was ok and he said yes, that he was just yawning, but I knew the truth. It was during the part that Jesus was draggin the cross and they were torturing him. I was fighting back the tears myself. When we got in the car he admitted to me that he was "almost" going to cry! I explained to him that it was perfectly normal to show emotions like that.

This is one of the pictures that I took and I think it's one of my favorites. I was very impressed by the performances this group did. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!!

BASEBALL

We went to Greenville this past weekend for a scrimmage game to get the boys ready for their first tournament of the new spring season. They llooked ok, but you could tell that they still need practice. I'm hoping that they perk up for the tournament!
We will be traveling to New Albany this weekend for that first tourney. We play the first game on Friday night at 9:15. WISH US LUCK!!!!

Well that is a sum of what has been going on with me! Exciting stuff, huh?????

Enjoying Summertime!!!!

As you can see I haven't blogged in a while...

I have been a busy bee!!!

It seems like I ALWAYS have something to do and things will only speed up from here!!!

I attended the Wings Over Columbus Air Show a couple of weekends ago.
I took ALOT of pictures and you can view them on my website
www.printroom.com/pro/sharpeyephotos

They are not my best work, but pretty good non the less.

A couple of odd photos that I took were of an umbrella! Sound weird?
The wind was really strong that day and someone's umbrella broke free and was just floating around in the sky! I couldn't resist, I had to get the shot!


Then there were the AWESOME Thunderbirds!!! I would love to be able to fly an aircraft with the skills they possess, but I guess it wasn't meant to be for me in this life time!



These guys and gal always put on an amazing show and I always try to go to the event.
We had a great time. Good, clean family fun... you can't beat that!

Well, it's late and I am ready for bed. I will post more of my exciting life tomorrow!!!!

Catfish Statues, Music, Snow Cones and Pork Rinds

I know this all sounds like a STRANGE combination, but I can explain...

We took a trip to spend the weekend with Austin's tournament baseball team because we did a cookie dough fundraiser so I had to go pick up the goods. Since it's a three hour trip for us we just decided to squeeze as much as we could into the weekend. We planned to do another fundraiser at the Catfish Festival that was being held in a nearby town. It was decided to sell Snow Cones and Pork Rinds!!

WELCOME TO THE SOUTH!!!!!!

The heat of the day brought in crowds of people wanting a snow cone to cool off. The pork rinds didn't go as well as we had hoped, but that is mainly because we had competition from other booths that were selling them as well.

It was overall a great turnout and we raised another $1,000 to go towards our trip to the World Series this year in Branson, MO.

It was hard work, but well worth it!

The actual festival was interesting. The turnout was better than I had imagined considering the size of the town. It is a very "old", small town, but with a lot of character. On every street corner you would see catfish statues painted with different themes. The entertainment was blues bands and they sounded great. The vendors also had some interesting and weird things for sale.

Here are some pictures from the festival.


OK this one is weird even for me. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this to share!
Potted Possum?????? <<>>

I loved all of the different colors in this picture!

Austin and some of his team mates watching a street juggler.

All of the kids had a blast. One of the vendors sold a "Marshmallow Shooter" that was made out of PVC pipe, so of course all of the boys had to have one. They would sit and find innocent passer-byers and peg them with marshmallows. Then they would have a war amongst themselves. I'm surprised that they didn't get in serious trouble with these things. That just goes to show how nice us southerners can really be!!!!!

I had a great time as well! Even though we worked our tails off Saturday, it was absolutely a breath of fresh air. I got to actually enjoy their company on Sunday while the boys had practice. I love the group of people that we have blessed to travel with. Austin has been playing tournament ball for about 4 years now and he has been on a couple of teams during that time. On those in the past I got close to a couple of parents (and we are still fairly close), but this is much different. With this team all of the families get along with each other and they really treat everyone equally. They are much more than just a traveling baseball team, they are a family and I am so lucky that they have included us to be a part of it. They are amazing.