"36 year old mother swoons and faints at local concert"

OK... so I thought that could possibly be our newspaper headline this morning when I woke up; and although I haven't seen the paper this morning, I'm thankful to say that I did stay on my feet all night last night.  For Chris' birthday in January, we got 2 tickets to see the "United Tour" which included our 2 oldest faves in Christian music.  Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman.  Oh WOW!  They were incredible!  I didn't fain, however I will admit to shedding some tears when Michael W. first walked out.  I have had a 22 year crush on him and apparently I'm not over it.... not even a little bit!  I found myself wondering what I ever did with the life sized cardboard of him that I used to have in my room when I was in high school; seriously thinking "would Chris reeeally mind having this in our house again?"  well, my school girl crush aside, their concert was an amazing blessing to both Chris and I.  Seeing both of them on stage together was just AWESOME!  Steven Curtis shared about the last 11 months in his family since his little girl went to be with Jesus, and it was such a powerful testimony of God's presence, even in the dark pits of life.  Michael W. led the second half, which was primarily worship and it was just incredible.  Singing his songs in church is one thing, but being led in worship with him was pretty cool.  It was an amazing concert and a really great night, sharing one of the things that brought Chris and I together in the first place, our love of Christian music, and Christian artists.  And.... I stayed on my feet !

The Lady Lions!

The girls final Basketball game was last night, and unfortunately it ended with a few tears.  They lost the game 28 to 26, but they fought through the game with everything they had in them.  We were really proud of how the girls played.  They have both come soooo far this year in basketball, and really learned the game!  It was pretty amazing before the game to see the team together.  Their coach was late, so they decided to huddle up and talk about what they could do to play better.  They all decided they would pray together before it started.  So, 8 girls circled up and prayed that the Lord would help them play good and play for Him!  It really blessed my heart to see it, and just reminded me again of how blessed we are to have the girls where they are!  Of course being the last game, we couldn't help but have a mini photo shoot, and get some silly group photos!

Pocahontas!

This week in 3rd grade, Abbey had to present her first biography report in class.  Her report was on Pocahantas, and in true Abbey fashion, I think she came out of the entire experience wishing you was a real Indian princess.  They had a choice to make a puppet of their character, or dress up and present their report.  Far be it for one of my girls to miss a "dress up" opportunity.  We had fun making her a homemade indian costume, and she turned out pretty adorable.  Daddy thought she was the cutest thing ever, and couldn't resist a photo op before she left for school!

Go Lions!!!!

Basketball is soon coming to an end, and I realized I haven't put up any Basketball pictures.... mostly because I can't seem to figure out how to get some decent action shots.  So, instead of posting no pics, I'm sharing a few before game shots.  The girls are having a great time playing this year, and getting better and better.  The whole team is new players, so they have only won one game so far, but have come close several times.  The girls have both scored, and made several free throw shots, and I am the obnoxious Mom on the sidelines screaming like a howler monkey.  This week will be their final games, and soccer starts tomorrow... thus the crazy cycle of our lives keeps going!