102nd birthday

this weekend i went to nashville to celebrate my great granny's 102nd birthday...amazing! she got a letter from the president. how cool is that! i've never gotten a letter from the president on my birthday. anyhow, she gets around pretty well still. she lives with her son, my grandpa, now. she lived in hawaii until right before she turned 100. i'm glad she lives with him because now i see her more. though we did visit her just a year or so before that. she lived by herself up until then. we even played poker...and she won. i took a picture on my phone of all the chips in a big pile in front of her. she is such an amazing woman. i love just listening to her 'talk story,' as we say. i also got to see my great aunt whom i love dearly. she however lives in san diego and i see rather seldom. anyhow, it was a fun trip and i'm looking forward to going back to visit for thanksgiving, as is tradition.

pet fair

not quite what we thought it would be but a fun afternoon nonetheless.

my nephew

my nephew is a stud! i hope he continues to play soccer as he gets older. i have a feeling that he will be playing some sport because he is very athletic. so far he has played soccer, basketball and t-ball and done very well at them all. soccer is really my passion though so i would love to seem him enjoy the sport that i grew up loving. he is already a much better player than i am, because he listens to his coach (me). he will shoot and score. and he will pass when i tell him to pass. i am afraid however that my competitive nature has rubbed off on him in a negative way. i've been working on congratulating the passes and times where he tries really hard and fails, rather than only the times that he scores. i hope it is helping. i've seen a little change in his attitude toward his teammates, but he can be really hard on himself. anyway, i've thoroughly enjoyed the few weeks we've had so far and look forward to 4 more games. i think i'm going to look into assistant coaching an older girls team next year, maybe for parks and rec or a middle school team, a little more competitive than upward but not blount united. i would love to get to that point some day, we'll see.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUSS!

for small group tonight we went bowling at thunderworld for russ' birthday.

sushi night

saturday night was girls night out. we ate sushi at lemon grass. i had my favorite... yellow tail, which was ono. then off to joy's for cobbler and more time for relaxing and fellowship. we each told our best & worst moments from our school days. just mentioning that brings about memories for you, i'm sure. it is such a sensitive time in each of our lives and those moments resonate within us.

futbol game

so, apparently we don't even keep score. they all played great and had fun...that's the important thing! grant scored 5 goals or more...i tried so hard to confuse them of the score that i confused myself. anyway, i was so proud of him. he played unselfishly, when i told him to pass he listened to me. we had a relaxing weekend. we spent some time with our friends kermit & kristen on saturday evening. and headed to the in-laws for some quality family time all afternoon/evening after church. monday brought about another soccer practice. and tuesday i got to spend some time with my baby girl (not really my baby girl, she is kermit & kristen's daughter). but i love her! she has been learning animal noises. i taught her that crabs say "hey." we're working on turtles now. turtles say "dude." she hasn't quite caught on to that one. she did say broccoli for me the other day. which she won't even eat. at least she loves her mac & cheese.

futbol

i'm the assistant coach for my nephew's soccer team and we're having a blast! it is a church league so a little more informal. they actually do a devotion during practice, which is pretty cool. our first game is on saturday! i'm so excited...maybe more so than he is. i need to find a league and start playing again. i miss it. it is something i didn't realize that i missed so much til i started dabbling with it again. i'll let you know how he does. during the practice scrimage today he scored 2 goals...but we don't play to win, we play to have fun. my competitive nature goes completely against what i just said. but i'm trying to teach him and all the kids that it isn't just about winning, it is about having fun and doing your best. you may not have realized the sore loser that i can be. i think i'm definitely better than i was before. but when i know i'm better than someone else at something and they get lucky...that wears me out. kevin is not suppose to win at backgammon...that's just not how it is suppose to work. and yet he does. and i'm forever baffled by this curious happenstance. i should stop now before i ramble...and yet i should probably have said that 10 sentences ago.