22 More Days

We wanted to share some more pictures of our exchange student, Renan. He sent us some pictures with his mom and sister, and another with his sister and his dog. Renan will be arriving around August 15th, and we will pick him up in St. Louis. He will be a senior.

In Memory of Shawn Marie Bradbury

This blog is dedicated to my sister Shawn, who passed away on January 15, 2007. She is missed everyday by all of us. Shawn, you were and are so important in our lives. There are alot of good memories that we have to keep you in our hearts until we see each other again. Love you baby sis.

There's a new dog in town!

Alex decided during the week that we needed to add to our menagerie, so we went to PetsMart on Adoption Day today and adopted Damon, a Labrador Retriever mix. Believe it or not he is only six months old! As I type this Damon and Blossom are chasing each other around the house having a good time. He is quite the character. The only downside was not being able to bring them all home - all the animals there touched my heart.

Our Exchange Student

Our family is trying something new this year. We are hosting a foreign exchange student through AFS. His name is Renan and he is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He will be staying with us for the upcoming school year. He is sixteen and will be a junior. We are really excited for him to join our family and hang out for the year. It will be a great experience for us and the school, and hopefully for Renan. Renan is the one at the bottom of the picture, along with a friend of his.

Class of 2012

Alex and his 8th grade class had their promotion ceremony on May 20th, promoting them from 8th grade to start their high school years in August. What a good group.

Baseball is back!!

Well, my favorite time of year is back - baseball!! To my great delight Alex has decided to play again. The past two springs have seemed so empty without baseball practice, games and all that goes with it. I'm so excited that he has decided to play at least one more year. Some of our best memories are during Alex's baseball seasons; evenings spent at the field watching the games, working the snackbar, practicing or being there to cheer other teams on. This years team is co-ed 7th-8th grade. It is good as neither group had enough players to field a team, so by combining they will make it work. A lot of the kids have played on past teams together, so that is a plus. I'll post results as games begin. We don't have a game until somewhere around May 12th. Spring is in the air!!

Alex takes 3rd in discus

Alex competed in his second track meet in Ash Grove and placed 3rd in discus. He threw 97' 1". Their meet before that was rained out with the massive amounts of rain we had. Throw in a few tornado warnings during school and it has been crazy. We have more rain again tonight, with more chances of tornado's tomorrow. It has been a crazy year for sports and everything else with weather messing up just about everything. What can we say - it's Missouri! It gets even better - chance of snow flurries tomorrow night!