Pig Skin

I am back to the blogging world after a long hiatus. I am hoping to maintain it now, but life gets crazy at times. I have decided that too many women, and oftentimes men, know very little about the greatest sport on earth. Therefore, I would like to begin posting a helpful tidbit to enable you to follow a game without sounding like an idiot. My goal is to enable all the ladies out there to make their own calls. We will go through positions, their roles, formations, plays, penalties and whatever else we feel like diving into. Let the games begin:
I will skip the basics, assuming that if you are able to walk, talk, and have passed puberty...you know what an offense and defense is...so, today we will start with positions.
My husband coaches defense and I mean, he jumps up and down when his guys make a tackle, get a pic, properly wraps 'em up or recovers a fumble. If a kid reads his offense correctly, his reaction resembles when someone gives me a white cake with white icing. Therefore, we will start with defensive players. Not all of them...we will take this slowly.

Defensive Line
Defense is not really like the offense where positions are specifically defined. When we look at the basics of defense...you can start with how they line up before the play. You have a defensive line that are literally on the line of his side of the line of scrimmage. You get it? Defensive line = on the line. We will get into specifically who is on the line later.
Linebackers
Now, behind these big dudes, you have linebackers. Did you hear that? "behind" the guys on the "line"..meaning they are to the backs of the defensive line. You've heard of them. You may have 2 or 3 of them performing various functions that we will get to later.
Secondary
The other defensive players are cornerbacks and safeties. To sound impressive, let's just start calling them our secondary.
The defense, simply stated, wants to keep points off the board under that other teams's name. You know how your husband can ask you a question like, "how come there is no milk in the fridge?" and it automatically puts you on the defense? Amazingly, it doesn't make me want to run out and get milk. In fact, I try and decide if I ever want to have milk readily available for him again...I don't want him to "score" in that scenario. Ok, that may be harsh and extreme, but you get the point.
Ladies, this was your first lesson...now go watch some football and start naming those defensive players and then we will start learning their roles. War Eagle, GO GS Eagles!!! We'll get some updated Special K pics up soon.

What you might have missed...

So, it has been a while. I will work on getting up some pictures of the following events and fill you in as I go. They may be out of order.

1. Mother's Day
2. 2nd 2010 Trip to L.A.
3. Kade's Graduation from Little Toddler's class
4. Brett's visit
5. Hamilton/Hackelburg/Birmingham visit


Mother's Day was excellent of course. Just time with my Kade is always fabulous. Saturday I did get to go to the beach BY MYSELF! Wow. I was loving it for about 15 minutes and then I got bored. So, I did a little shopping and got me a mother's day dress and a bathing suit. Yeah! Kevin and I had a date and went to The Wharf to see Date Night and then eat at Shuckers. It was great spending time with my baby's daddy before my day to spend wrapped up in my little boo. Here are some shots.





Baby Harper

2. Kade and I took a trip to Birmingham the first of May to see Mamaw and Papaw and take them to their annual high school reunion. Aunt Caw Caw went with us and we had so much fun! Claudia and I boosted the economy in Hamiton at a precious little boutique. We also got to see Allison, Joel and Madeline and stay with them one night. AND, Kade's future bride was in town...Mary Patton (aka Pat Pat). Wonderful wonderful trip!It was so special to take my grandparents back to their home towns and watch them smiling at old friends, family and hot spots. It doesn't get much better than those two. Agree? yes, agree.

I'm a Big Kid Now

Ugh. I hate writing those words but it feels so true! I am in a hurry, but I had to tell all that my baby boy pp'd in the potty yesterday for the first time!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it? This is the beauty of daycare. Although I hated to miss the celebration, it is nice that someone else is starting this process. :) Also, the Easter bunny brought Kade a small tv for his room (yes, I know it's a bit over the top for the bunny and that will not be a ritual every year for that hare). We were trying to "transfer one bad habit to another" by getting him to fall asleep watching it in his BIG BOY BED! Although I am quite sad that my little man is not sleeping with me and daddy every night (we are parents that actually enjoyed it...probably me more than daddy), it is nice to stretch a bit more with our bad backs. Hehe. Can you believe how time flies! Pictures of the new look to the room once we get a little comforter. As the big eared mouse would say, tootles!

I'll take Jesus over Oschter Haws

I often wondered, but never cared to look too hard, about how the bunny came into the picture. I mean, we have Santa at Christmas which really has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus but we also have this bunny or "Oschter Haws" as it was known in Germany in the 1500s which was the bunny that came bringing colored eggs to your house on Easter morning. This was the first time the egg and the bunny were mixed together. Springtime, bunnies, birth of a new season...yada yada I get it. But, Easter, is so much more, right? Absolutely. Not only do we get a good day with family, but we get to celebrate the fact that our Jesus brought freedom and salvation to all of us Christians and gave the opportunity to anyone that would just believe and surrender their life to him. Our sunday school teacher called is Christianity 101. I guess that is one way of putting it. He also said it is a simple concept...while it is a simple concept...living it out is not easy. He never said it would be easy. In fact, WE can not do it on our own. However, through Him (John 14:6), we can be on the winning side...eternity with Him! Thank you sir. Imagine...Mary when she saw those angels and then saw Jesus standing there! What a wonderful feeling to know that He was not defeated. That man that she loved and had so much faith...shouldn't we feel that every day?
Words from a beautiful song:

my precious son, i hear them screaming
and i am watching the face of the enemy beaming
but soon I will clothe them in robes of my own
Jesus this hurts me much more than you know
but this dark hour...I will do nothing
but, i hear your unbearable cries
the power in your blood destroys all of the lies
soon you'll see past their unmerciful eyes
look down below and see the child.
trembling by her father's side
Now I can tell you why

She is why you must die

Egg Droppings?

Mimi and Kade


Easter Bunny! He did not want to get to close, but he also didn't want to leave his sight.

Look at all the eggs





Well, it was an exciting day we had planned today. However, it ended up going a little differently...but still wonderful. I just love hanging with Kade. Even riding in the car is fun because he always has something to say. Last night, Kade was coughing all night long. It was so frequent that I tried laying with him on the couch at one point to keep him sitting up some. He has drainage...I was thinking allergies...but now he has a 100degree temp. Not sure what is up. Needless to say, we were up literally all night long. I think we finally got some good sleep between 6am and 8:30ish. The biggest problem is that I didnt even go to bed until 2am because we showed the house this morning and it was mommy's time to clean. By the time the realtor showed up this morning, my hair was still wet and Kade was still in pjs so we just rushed outside. We went to Memorial Park, which is where we had planned to go at 9:30. My friend Carey told me about her church putting on this Egg Hunt where a helicopter drops the eggs. They had the Easter bunny, jumping things and tons of eggs. Kade enjoyed watching everything, but he wasnt really in a playful mood. He sort of goes up and down because something is going on. Anyway, here are some pictures of the fun. We were supposed to go to our Sunday School get together at the beach after that, but he was ready to zonk and well, so was I. Therefore, we took a 2 1/2 hour nap together. Yep, I said it. I nap whenever I can...I mean, my house was clean and there was nothing else I just had to do. I loved every second. Mimi came over later to give him his basket and he dove into the candy. We are looking forward to a fabulous Easter Sunday. I love Easter. I've been trying to take myself back to the holy week and reflect on what was going on at the time each day and today, I started thinking about something. Maybe I just need to research it more...but, where did Jesus go after he died and before he rose again? I mean, where did His physical body and spirit go? I mean, it wasn't there, but does it talk about those specifics anywhere? Does anyone know or is this one of those questions I just need to add to my list? Until tomorrow, night night.

Thank Goodness for THIS Friday...a look back

There is no way I could begin to tell this story better than the scripture that brought it to us. I simply can not even begin to know what this event must have been like to actually be there and watch all of my sins be nailed to a cross by way of a Savior. Absolutely nothing in this world matters but this man who died such a brutal and humiliating death so that I could be here and be set free. How could we even call it a decision to follow Him? But, it truly is. Not only is it a decision to surrender my life to Him, but it is a multitude of decisions we face every day to ensure that we are pleasing to Him. Thank you thank you thank you for dying for me. Thank you thank you thank you for taking the worst pain one can imagine so that I can live. Thank you thank you thank you for forgiving me when I am absolutely not worthy of the forgiveness. Thank you thank you thank you that I can feel your presence and talk to you and know that all of my needs are met. Thank you thank you thank you for the best family one could ever imagine. I can not wait until Sunday when we can celebrate the fact that you were not defeated. We were not defeated. We may feel defeated at times, particularly in this world around us. However, we have already won and one day I will be sitting at your feet.

John 19

Jesus Sentenced to be Crucified

1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in the face.
4Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”

7The Jews insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

8When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10″Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

12From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”

13When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.

15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18Here they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:|sc JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”

22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

23When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24″Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said,
“They divided my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing.”[a] So this is what the soldiers did.

25Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” 27and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

The Death of Jesus

28Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[b] 37and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[c]

The Burial of Jesus

38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[d] 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Run, Baby, Run

It's been a while. I'll just have to start with last weekend. Kevin had his big 2010 Esca-Santa Rosa County Championship Track meet that he put on at West Florida. Yours truly was the medaler and Historian for the day. I got to give the kids on the podium their medals and t-shirt and then be the photographer. I have to say that I really did enjoy myself. High school kids are just fun. Made me miss my high school days with all my girls. Well, we didn't exactly run around tracks for fun, but we did DANCE...can I get a wha wha ladies??? Are you gonna go my way? Nostalgic.
Here a few pics of the grand event and I will say that Mr. Kevin Rollins (aka hubs) did a fabulous job with the organization. I mean, it took every waking moment for the past few months, but it did pay off. Thank you to Andrews Institute for sponsoring! You were well represented.


...and here is Kev in action

...and then there is me in action

look at that muscle definition...oh, to be young again (not that i had that)

i like this one





...one fast chica "Pookie"

Another year added for lily-loo

This has been a gorgeous weekend. This weather is my absolute favorite...not too hot but sunny sunny sunny. Saturday, I ran in the McGuire's race. I always say I wish my best friends would come down and run it one year and I never remember until race day. People dress crazy...and I mean crazy. How can you run with a pot of gold attached to you? I did see Superman or Batman leaning over about to puke at about mile 2. One superhero...down. I bet he felt awesome. I ran it in 28:30 which wasn't what I wanted but I felt like I had to stop every 10 feet to go around someone or jump up on the curb to keep moving forward. There seemed to be way many more walkers this year...the party at the end is what entices most people. I had to leave right after to get ready for Lily's 4th birthday party. She had it at Funplex in Gulf Breeze. It is a gymnastics training facility. They had the trampoline, bouncy floors, awesome pit, swinging rope. I am considering having my 33rd birthday party there since I had so much fun. Be aware...those pits are way harder to get out of than you would imagine. especially after running in a race. But, worth every dive. Thanks for a fun party Lily...so fun watching you grow into a little lady.













Dad thought it looked fun...until he couldn't get out by himself.





Me and my Boo...