Heading to Atlanta

We just got the word that it will be o.k. for us to take Owen on the Thirst Trip!! Yeah!! Nick and I had wanted to go last year - but I was ready to pop being 8 1/2 months pregnant and Nick wasn't able to take off work since he had big pregnant wife! C.J. had a ball last year when they went to Philadelphia. This year we are heading to Atlanta. We leave Monday March 30th. We are so excited! C.J. has worked hard to get this opportunity for a second year in a row. We are so proud of him. Nick and I love working with the students and cannot wait to enjoy this time with them.

As many of you know it is pure comic relief at our house. You would have loved it last night! During the ice storm our big pine tree fell in our back yard. This tree was about 75 feet tall. We were very lucky that it fell in a way that did not cause any damage - PTL! But with Nick's hectic schedule we have not been able to get the tree cleaned up. Our back yard looks like a disaster area - but the pine smells wonderful. A few weeks back when Nick had a chance to work on it, his chainsaw broke. So over the weekend we bought a new one and he was able to get off at a decent time last night to work on the yard. But guess what? The new one did not work properly! Nick was not a happy camper! So to Home Depot we headed. On the way there we realized that my cell phone (that was just replaced under warranty 3 days ago) had malfunctioned. We then headed to Verizon. This is why I do not try to plan too far in advance. Plans change because of things out of your control. But the bright side - Our back yard still smells wonderful, Sassy has a nice obstacle coarse, we will have awesome fire wood next winter and my cell phone will be replaced (again) under warranty.