Put Me in Coach! I'm Ready to Play!

The Rockies got to play their first game on Saturday afternoon! The weather was beautiful and although it was a little windy, it was a great day to play ball! Everyone had a great time and Beckett hit the ball well! He has made some new friends and is enjoying playing with these guys! Sean is enjoying coaching them as well! That's what it's all about! On Saturday evening, we traveled back in time and went to Jerusalem! Well, actually we went to the Jerusalem interactive marketplace that was put together by New Providence Baptist Church. It was really neat! They made tunics for the kids to wear and we walked around and experienced sights and sounds from over 2,000 years ago! We had a great time looking around and visiting with friends!

Do you think the children in Jerusalem wore Colorado Rockies baseball caps and crocs?

Helen was excited to get to see Bailey perform! She did a great job!

Day at Dollywood!

Spring is in the air and we couldn't turn down a trip to Dollywood! We have season passes this year, so we decided to spend a warm Spring day hanging out with the Kirklands at Dollywood! Everyone had a great time and I wanted to post a few pictures of the kids on the "Lemon Twist" and with their funny hats!

We are hopeful that Beckett will get to play his first baseball game this weekend! All three of his games and one make-up game have been canceled due to rain! He and Sean are ready to play!! Sean is heading to Brentwood on Sunday with several other guys to hear John Eldredge speak at Fellowship Bible Church. He is really looking forward to that!

I hope that you all have a wonderful, restful weekend!

An Afternoon in the Mountains!

The sun is back! We have had so much rain lately and we were happy to see the sun again! Sean took the day off and we headed to the mountains to enjoy the beautiful weather.(Sean took his fly rod of course!) We enjoyed a picnic lunch and some fun in the water. Sean caught a few fish and we all had a great time! I'm also posting some pics from this past weekend when all of the Harper side of our family came to our house for dinner. We got our first picture of all six cousins together since Marley has been born! It was a fun night! And I'm also putting up two pictures from our trip down to see Susi in Atlanta. They are pictures of the kids with Susi's new puppy, Barley. See if you can tell who "isn't really into puppies right now." (Direct quote from Helen!)

Sean's second rainbow of the day!

All six cousins together!

Just the girls!

Beckett holding Barley and Helen sitting beside Barley as Susi holds her up close. Helen finally did pet Barley right before we left!

Our Trip to Atlanta

We had a very full day today! We are in Atlanta visiting Susi and we had all kinds of fun! It all started this morning at the zoo where we had a "behind the scenes" tour of the reptile exhibit with Susi's friend Dr. Joe. He is the curator of herpetology at the zoo and he let us get up close and personal with frogs, turtles and snakes! Beckett loved it and Helen was a little apprehensive! After a cool and rainy day at the zoo, we went to lunch at The Varsity! Susi has lived here for 7 years and had never been before! It was a treat for us all! After that, we went to my new favorite place....IKEA! Unreal. There are no words to explain how cool this place is! I am ready to re-do the interior of my house! This was the most unbelievable shopping experience! It has been a great day and I am happy to share some pictures with you all!

"What'll ya have?"

2 Naked Dogs with Fries

Beckett found a chair that he liked at IKEA and Susi gave him a lesson about gathering the information he needed. He was making his wish list! It wasn't nearly as long as mine!

Helen LOVED the see-saw at the zoo!

Dr. Joe introducing Beckett to a snake! 

The pandas were cute!

Well, the computer problem has finally been identified and will be fixed within the next few days. (I won't hold my breath!)

The latest from the Harper's......

Beckett's first baseball game was canceled on Saturday due to rain, so we had a nice, lazy day at home! We were afraid that tonight's game would be canceled as well, based on the weather forecast, but it has been clear and sunny for the last 3 hours, so it looks like the game is on!! Sean is coaching Beckett's team this year and they have a great group of boys on their team, so I'm sure it's going to be fun! Go Rockies!

Beckett and I babysat for our neighbor's (the Guldans) twins this morning while Martha went to an appointment. Matt took their 2 year old son Carson and Helen with him to a class that he teaches for their age group at his gym! Helen had fun "tumbling" and Beckett and I really enjoyed our time with Noah and Turner. They were napping when we arrived and we didn't know which one was which when they woke up! We made our best guess and we were wrong! Anyway, they were so pleasant and such sweet babies! It was fun!

The kids and I are heading to Atlanta tomorrow morning for a few days to visit with my sister! She has several plans for us including the zoo and a couple of museums! We are looking forward to our time with her! She also said that I could use her computer to add some pics to our blog! So get ready......it's been a while!

My computer has gone "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"! I don't know if I'll ever get it back! Sean and I spent some time trying to load the software for my camera on this computer last night, but it will not recognize the camera for some reason. I am a frustrated blogger! The technician who is working on our system says that he has not had this hard of a time trouble-shooting a problem in a long time! Great!

Anyway, just wanted to check in and let you know that we are here and we have so many fun pictures to share of the last few weeks! (Maybe one of these days!) We hope that you all had wonderful Easter celebrations with family and friends! Beckett sang in a children's choir at church on Sunday morning, so my mom and dad and Sean's mom and dad all came to church with us! We were all blessed as these kids led us to worship our risen Savior! It was a wonderful day!

Check back in a few days to see if the computer saga continues or if we finally have pictures!

Just playing around....still can't post pictures, so I'm playing with music! Beckett has been wanting me to change the music on our blog to Toby Mac! It took me a while, but I found a Toby Mac song to put on our site! I don't think it is one of Beckett's favorites, but it will have to do for now!

Sean took Beckett to his first concert back in the fall and they saw Toby Mac. (Christian rock/hip-hop artist) They both loved it! Sean was very impressed with what a great performer he is. He said that the concert was WELL worth the admission price! (Unlike our most recent experience with Mr. Van Morrison!) Anyway, Helen was so disappointed that she couldn't go. We told her that she wasn't "big" enough and that when she got "bigger" she could go. Not long after that, every day she would stand up very tall and say, "Mom, I'm getting bigger" and I would respond that yes, she was in fact getting bigger. Then she would say, "So when do I get to go see Toby?" Well, her wish is coming true! On April 26th, we are all going to see Toby at the Franklin Graham Crusade that is coming to Knoxville. Beckett (and Helen too) know many of the words to his songs and LOVE to dance around and jam to his music!

So, in honor of one of the Harper kid's favorite musicians, I'll leave some Toby Mac playing on our blog for a few days!