The Windy City

I'm leaving for this gem of a city today. It's time for SIFE Nationals, and Belmont SIFE is ready to represent.

Unfortunately, I'm leaving my husband behind and we're both kinda sad. This will be my fourth trip to the Windy City and my second without Cliff. He has never been. I keep telling him all of the amazing places I want to take him and show him, and yet again, we wait for the next time.

Please keep the team in your thoughts at 10:15AM Central Time tomorrow, is that is our first round of presenting. My uncle's team from Montgomery College is competing in the 2-Year Division and is presenting right before us in the room next to us, so you can keep them in your thoughts as well!

See y'all soon!

Baby Love

I know we've mentioned the numerous babies that our Sunday School class has recently been blessed with. It's so fun just watching how they grow and how their parents grow and change with the addition of a new little one. We've recently had good times with Ava, Caden, Elise, and Miss Hailey who's pictured here with me at the Larews' going away party on Sunday (notice Andy's handy PhotoShop skills?).

Just thought I'd show you how ridiculously cute she is and is just one of many lovelies that have come along and are still yet to come! (Baby Elliott, Jackson Larew, Baby Faught, Baby Jones, Baby Capurso, and Baby Krehbiel... one every month from May through October/November!).

In other news, I'm off to Atlanta today and tomorrow with the Belmont SIFE team for Regionals. Wish us luck and lift up some prayers. There's a lot of pressure riding on these students to live up to the precedent set by our teams from the last two years, and I believe they can do it - but there's a lot of great service being done in this country and we're one among many. Besides that, I've been walking in Cliff's shoes from last year and they're pretty big to fill... no pressure though.

Pray that Cliff survives the night, morning, and day with me away. You'd think I was leaving forever the way he's going on about it. I can't deny, though, it makes me feel pretty darn special. Sigh :)