Sunday again

Good Morning,
It's Sunday again. The family and a few other kids are sleeping right now. Wuick update ahead with tidbits:

I went to Bethany's Briday shower yesterday. It was a "personal" shower and she received several beautiful nighties and such for her honeymoon and there after. It is just freaky wierd talking about honeymoon and marriage with Bethany. It is hard to see her as an adult woman now with a house of her own and yet I still see her as a 12 year old. But it was sweet and fun and great to see some friends I hadn't seen in a while.

Afterward, I took Grace and a friend shopping. Grace has $200 in birthday and babysitting money and she was on a mission to get some shorts and tops for summer. Poor girl was desparate! But she did great and while we were in Hollister we called Uncle John. As most of you know, Hollister has a live video feed in their store of Huntington Beach. One wall shows the sights off the pier in one direction, the ohter wall shows the sights off the pier the other. My Uncle John lives in HB and every time we go in there I can't help but get homesick and call him. It was great to hear his voice!

Sam won first place in one of his weightlifting events at a competition yesterday. He "cleaned" 295lbs which was a new personal best for him and he bench pressed 265lb which was also a personal best. He brought home a little trophy and was really pumped about it.

we are also looking at colleges. He wants to go into engineering but hasn't specified what area. At first he thought aerospace but not so sure now. His top college choice is Ohio State which has one of the top football programs in the country. Wouldn't it be something if he could play for them someday? It is a HUGE dream but that is all it is for now. There are ALOT of pieces that have to fall into place and he, quite frankly, has to be good enough! So...we are going to send him to a football camp there this summer and also hire him a personal trainer (I get a discount at the gym) who can work with him individually. Mike and I are considering this an investment into his future and if he DOES get a scholarship at least somehwere, the money we spend now is a whole lot cheaper than college tuition! Sam also has other choices and we will explore those options as well.

We are starting to look at schools for Grace as well. There aren't any colleges that we ahve found yet that offer a Film Acting degree. So whe will probably hve to major in Theatre but take as many film acting classes as she can. That is still her dream. However, she has also toyed with the idea of hair and make up in the film industry as well. We hope to start her in voice lessons in the fall. She has been teaching herself guitar and writing songs. She sang one for me the other day that was very good for her young self!

Jessie...gets herself in trouble because she won't take "no" for and answer. That is our latest lesson with her. She went to a little cheerleading session with a friend yesterday and of course, wants to do cheerleading now. We told her that we would look into it for her but I am not so sure that is really "her".

Gotta go'. Mike has coffee ready and I have to get ready for church. Love you all tons!!!