You've Been Booed!!!!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!!!!!

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Although I have not been entering the contests like I used to, I happened to fill out one a while back that paid off. I was notified a couple of weeks ago of the win and received the prize within a week. I won a Logitech Squeezebox Boom from MP3Tunes.com. You hook it up to your home network and you can access music services and thousands of streaming internet radio stations. It works great. I got it a week or so ago and it is really cool. They announced me as a winner on their blog, and it is suppose to be on their website soon. I hadn't heard of one before I won it, so I included a demonstration video on it below.

Tee Ball 2008

The Mudcats finished up their season this week with three games to close out the year. We had a few rainouts throughout the season so we had to make them up at the end. The season was definately a challenge this year. In retrospect, we should have done the coach pitch this year, but Brandon still had fun playing on the same team as his friends Mason and Avery. Since I helped coach his team this year, the number of pictures taken at the games decreased dramatically! You can enjoy a few of the pictures from the season below.

Happy Birthday Paul!

You might not recognize the Birthday Boy above. He's transformed himself after escaping Illinois to St. Louis. In case you need help remembering the "Old Paul" that we all know and love, you can be reminded by scrolling over the picture above! Happy Birthday Paul......we miss you!

Cub Scout Outing

September 20th - Brandon had his first Cub Scout Outing at New Salem Park. He and his troop joined the other troops from Pleasant Plains at New Salem Park to tour the grounds and learn new things towards their Cub Scout badges. The event lasted all afternoon and into the night. Some of the Cub and Boy Scouts camped out, but we went home around 9:00 after the fire bowl and Brandon receiving his Bobcat badge and Ultimate belt loop. He's excited about earning a lot more badges and loops. The slideshow below shows pictures from the event.

Eye Exams!

September 13th - Brandon and Brittany went to get eye exams for school. Since it is a new law that requires the eye exams, the clinic had a special day on Saturday to handle all the young kids. They got their faces painted before the exam and Brittany took along the class teddy bear as it was her weekend to bring it home and write about what they did together. Everyone did "beary" well and passed with flying colors.

Fifth Yellow Stripe

September 3rd - Brandon earned his fifth yellow stripe. We knew he was getting close to it. He's excited about working on to get his yellow belt next! Hopefully his tee ball games won't interfere too much with his classes.