First soccer practice

Tonight was Alexander's first soccer practice. Ricardo ended up assisting...go coach Ricardo.

Happy Birthday!

One of my employees and pals turned 30 on Saturday. She was kind enough to invite us to celebrate her birthday with her so we headed to Red Robin to enjoy some burgers and fries. We had the joy of meeting her family and of course seeing her beautiful girls. I've had the privlege of watching Ebony grow over the past 3.5 years and she is becoming quite an outstanding woman through her faith and strong will. She's finishing up her Bachelors Degree and I know she has a bright future ahead.

Little drummer boy

Alexander had his first drum lesson yesterday. He's a natural!

Pretending to drink coffee today with Meme

First Day 2012

Today is Alexander's first day of preschool for the 12/13 year. I can't believe my little manny is already in the 4-5 class. He's going 3 days a week this year and I am hopeful he'll learn a great deal. Can't wait to hear all about it tonight when I get home.

Connect Day 2012

Yesterday was Connect Day 2012 at our church. We had a huge corn hole tournament with around 80 teams. Eli and Eric did an awesome job orchestrating the tournament and keeping everything well organized. The main purpose of Connect Day is to get people into small groups and get everyone connected. Since Ricardo and I have been well involved in the short time we have been at CCG we were asked to become group leaders so we formed our own group, Monday Night Madness. Ya, I named the group. Hey, just because it’s for church doesn’t mean it has to be boring or weird. Right!?! We have 10 adults and 9 kids so far. Last night we met everyone who we didn’t already know and got some time to hang out, eat food, and have a great time fellowshipping with friends and family. Steve and I both escaped having our picture taken…not sure how that happened. Ricardo and Trevor made it to the sweet 16 round and got beat and so did Kristy and Beth. After going to service yesterday morning, being coerced into yet another lunch after church (yes Eli I’m talking about you), and heading back to church in the late afternoon, we were beat. But I can honestly say that these are the best days. And honestly we weren’t coerced into lunch…we go willingly to hang out with our friends and enjoy their awesome company. We absolutely LOVE the friends we’ve made and the new friends that we’re forming. We also thoroughly enjoy getting to spend time with our great friends that we’ve known for years now (yes that’s the McDonalds). What a blessing CCG has been to us and we just can’t wait to keep going and getting more involved and seeing what God has in store for our lives.

Ladies night

Got to hang out with my friends from church tonight. What an amazing group of women!

Batting practice

We headed to the park with our friends this evening to do some batting practice. I hit a few and didn't do too bad. Ricardo even took a turn so did Beth, Kristy, and the little boys. Of course, we ran to Orange Leaf afterwards (thanks Eli for mentioning that in front of the kids). HA!

State Fair Fun

Food truck fest

We bought tickets to the food truck fest tonight. Cha chi's friend Colette is a singer/DJ and she was playing and singing. Alexander LOVES her and her music so he was so excited about the surprise. And, we got to hang out with our friends that we don't see often. Jen and I have known each other for years so we juat start right back up laughing and having fun. Jason and Ricardo aoon ditched us and Alexander went with Cha Chi so we hung out, had a cold one, and laughed. Great fun!