You Can Never Go Home Again

I'm sure that is more true to me now than ever. Tomorrow morning we will be on the way "home" to New Orleans. I am concerned that it is not at all what I left when I was there last year. I hope it's not too depressing.

We are having the Brown Family Reunion. I'll get to see my dad, stepsister, and nephew (haven't seen him yet) - who is only a week younger than C4, along with all of the other relatives. I'm sure we'll have a great time eatting, bragging, lying, and eatting. Of course I'll have a lot of pictures to share when I get back.

TBall Clinic

This is Coach Nick (Coach Moses' Brother) helping C4 with his stance. This is a drill where C4 goes from side to side and touches balls placed behind cones about 4ft apart. The tempature was very hot, but the kids (and parents) stuck it out from 1-5 Sat/Sun. Big shout out to Coach Nick's wife Nikki who is expecting her first child any day now. She even stayed with us throughout the camp. Their son is ging to be one tough little man!

Coach Moses is going to coach his own team starting this fall and I'm going to be the Team Mom. When our team gets through running all of these drills, they will be in prime condition to compete with all of the other teams.

Ryan's Service

Ryan had a wonderful Celebration of Life service at his church The Heights. It was wonderful to see so many people who's lives he and his family have touched. There were great stories of when he was working diligently in the church and how he'd gone on mission trips and led others to Christ.

Kim and I saw quite a few people we knew. A mixture from Nortel (where Scott Halls and I worked) and Garland High School (where Ryan and Scott attended 9th grade).

See you in Heaven Ryan.....

Ryan is in Heaven

Ryan went home to be with the Lord very early this morning. Please continue to pray for his family.

http://www.thetweeners.org/Home/About%20us/Ryan.html

Kim was so excited when she read about the surgery last night. She was so sure it was going to "fix" everything. Then when she read that Ryan died so came running into my room crying uncontrollably. She kept saying, he's supposed to be in school with me, he's supposed to be sitting right 'there'. It was really hard.

Father's Day

Christopher and I attended Sunday School and Church. Afterwards we went to Dollar Tree where Christopher picked out a toy for being such a great son. We called Daddy (my Dad who Christopher says is his dad) and Grandaddy to wish them happy Father's Day. We also called Coach Moses to thank him for being a father not only to his own kids, but to others as well.

After straighting up the old house some we are going to eat Gumbo at Grandaddy's!!!! I am also going to make Grandaddy a Sock-It-To-Me Cake which is his favorite.

Last night I got to crop for the first time in months and really enjoyed the time for me. I learned that I should really organize my stuff to maximixe cropping time, so I plan on working on that before next Friday's crop. I picked up something at Dollar Tree that will hopefully be a good start.

Please Pray for Ryan

Ryan Hall is a young man who attends Garland High School with Kimberly. Ryan was a very healthy young man a month ago, but has spent the last few weeks in ICU at Children's Hospital in Dallas. His church has set up a "Prayer Pager" for his family to know when someone has just prayed for Ryan. Please read the information on Ryan at http://www.thetweeners.org/Home/About%20us/Ryan.html and then follow the directions for the Prayer Pager.

There but by the grace of God........

Weeee're Back!

Chicago was great! The tempature was 65 degrees. I couldn't believe it! Darius' graduation was very nice. We got to visit with 20+ relatives that haven't seen us since C4 was 1 year old. I was reintroducing a whole new family to him.

Chi-Town

We are leaving for Chicago tomorrow!!!! My wonderful godson Darius is going to graduate from High School on Saturday. He will be attending North Park University in the Fall with on a FULL SCHOLARSHIP!!!!!! He will also be the football team's QB!!!!!

Here he is dressed for prom