Shooting Hoops (or atleast trying)....

Gabe played 3rd Grade basketball at the rec center this year. He had a great team and wonderful Coach Bill. Here he is #20 in white....

Getting ready to shoot

He has a great time playing and he has really improved since last year. Way to go Gabe!!!

Icy, Icy Baby......

The first week in February we had a terrible ice storm. We got over 1.5 inches in 2 days. It had covered everything. Although it was pretty to look at the ice caused alot of damage to trees, power outages and the schools were out for 4 days. Here are a few photos I took in our yard.

This photo was actually published in the Effingham Daily news. They were having a winter photo contest and I submitted several photos. I did not win but about 80 out of 600 were published in the paper.

New Year.....New Posts.....January 2011

I decided to update my blog, when I want too. I like this blog to keep up on what we have done throughout the year, kinda like a diary with photos. I do print them off at the end of the year and keep for our family records. So with the New Year I am going to start again...

January, 2011 begins Abby's Winterguard Team season. Here are some photos from their competition in Villa Grove...

The team with their 2 1st place trophies in Tall Flag and Lyrical.... Abby got an individual award called The Rising Star.....and she is!

Here are some photos from the Tall Flag routine....

Here is Abby during her solo....she is wearing Brian's lettermen's jacket from high school...

Some from the Lyrical performance......

The first of January Ben got to participate in a Pepsi Bowling tourneyment in Bloomington...He did great and got 18th out of 72.

Look at this form.....perfect!!!