A Huge Thank-You to Lori!

I have to say a huge THANK YOU!! to my sister-in-law Lori. We had a bit of a scare with Trey Saturday night when he got the hick-ups and suddenly learned a new noise...sucking air in to make it sound like he couldn't get a breath!! Talk about scary... With his heart situation, we don't like to take any chances with his health.

But, my precious sister-in-law (who happens to be an RN), went out of her way to go to her office and get her stethoscope and drive to our house to listen to Trey's lungs. Thankfully, nothing was wrong with him and we think he's just learned a new sound to make, which was much worse with the hickups. But Lori was a lifesaver and really eased our minds by coming to listen to him. Thank you Lori!! She's such a wonderful aunt to him, and we love her very much!!

PS. She also took time out of her Sunday afternoon to give my wife a flu test since Ashley is now sick. Fortunately, it's not the flu but a sinus infection. But another great act of kindness and caring from La-La as Trey would say!

Until next time...

Happy Birthday to Alex!

Happy Birthday to my nephew Alex who turned two on friday! We had his party on saturday, and he was QUITE excited. He was doing a "birthday dance" all over the floor which consisted of running around and jumping up in the air only to land right on his rump. Quite entertaining! It's hard to believe he's already 2 years old. Seems like yesterday when he was born. I'll never forget his birthday cause I had my Lasik surgery the day after his birthday. Two great occasions!

Speaking of birthdays, with John's in January starts a long string of birthdays for our family. There's John, Alex, Mama Kathy, Lori, Nanny, Papa's, and mine all within about 6 weeks or so of each other. We're all pretty much partied out by the time mine rolls around! Speaking of, it's hard to believe I'll be 28 this year. I'm getting closer and closer to the dreaded 30. Oh well, at least I have Trey to keep me young! Happy Birthday to all!!

Until next time...

Road Trip and a New Drummer

Well, we had our first road trip with our new drummer Friday. Adam was a bit nervous as we prepared to play a concert at the Kirkland's homecoming singing in Douglas, GA. It was about a 6 hour drive to south Georgia, and we left at 10:00 Friday morning, arriving in Douglas at about 4:15 in the afternoon. After a loooong sound check, we played at about 7:30.

I could tell Adam (Plott, our new drummer) was quite nervous, but he did a good job. We had a pretty good time, especially playing X-Box on the way down and back. We didn't get in until 7:00 saturday morning, and I was a tired puppy when I got in bed at 7:30. I got to sleep until 11:30 and took a good nap yesterday afternoon, so I've just about recovered. But, it was nice to get back out on the road and play some music.

Until next time...

SNOW!!!

Woohoo! Finally a taste of the white stuff in our area! It's been quite a while since we got any snow here, but this morning we finally got some. Usually we're afflicted with the dreaded ice storms that do nothing but wreak havoc on the power and roads, but this time we actually got some snow. I love it!

My wife is the biggest snow bunny I've ever seen. At the mere mention of the word she almost wets her pants with excitement. She woke me up at 5 am this morning to make come look at the snow that was falling. I wasn't amused, although I must admit that I love it too! I'm always the pessimist telling her that it won't really snow, but deep down I'm hoping above all that it will. Only bad thing is when it's not too much like today I still have to work. Maybe one of these days it'll come on the weekend and we'll get about a foot like we did years back. Hope everyone enjoys their snow day!!

Until next time...