3 months already!

Hi All and happy weekend to you.....

It's been a long crazy week without Jason here, but thank goodness he will be home tonight!!! I cannot believe yesterday was 3 months since moving here, time flies so fast and each day I ache for home even more. Today was a tough morning, I'm not sure why, but some days I just wake up anxious and sad. I thought writing my feelings down might help.

I do like it here and love most all of the people I've met. I'm so thankful for the great school the kids attend and all the new friends they are making. Lily is actually going to the movies with her new BFF today!!!

One of the things I'm really grateful for here is that we've finally started to go to church regularly. With the kids going to a Christian based school and living in the South, where everyone goes to church, it just seemed right. I wish we would have done this along time ago. It's been so helpful and makes me feel refreshed every Sunday when we go. I know I've found myself praying a lot more since moving here and it just feels right!

This past week was Homecoming for the Tattnall (Kids school) and we had so much going on. The best thing was no uniforms this week, just theme days and they were so proud to sport their Oregon Beavers and Ducks shirts for college day. Lexi even has a boy in her class that is a HUGE Ducks fan, so that was fun for her. We also has practice or games every night, Lexi's team continues to shine and she's getting more playing time as we go. The Tattnall Trojans won the game last night and the beautiful queen was crowned, it was fun and I even hung out with some of my new Mom friends, so that was really fun.

Less than 3 weeks and Mom will be back for a visit and I'm hoping to have one of my dear friend's, Mandi visit in October as well, that will be wonderful!!!! I also was realizing this week that I need to start Christmas shopping soon, only 3 more months till the big day and Lily's birthday is 3 months from today, a 7 year old....wow!!!!

Anyway, I will leave you all with a quote I need to listen to....

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Have a great weekend y'all!
Holly

Love this pic of Mama and her girls!!! :)

Well another week has gone by and it was a crazy busy one for the Ball family.....I'm not so sure I'm happy that it's Monday already though!!!!

Yesterday was a bit sad, being 9/11 and all the television coverage, brings back so many sad memories and seems just like yesterday. I can only imagine how the families that lost loved ones that day felt. I remember Jason's brother worked at the Pentagon at that time and being so worried about him, thank goodness he was safe that day.

Jason left for a week in Alabama today, so it is just the girls and I again.....we will be busy though. Lily has started cheerleader and I'm 'coaching' the squad, so we've got practice this week and it HOMECOMING week at Tattnall, so that should be fun!!!! The kids don't have to wear their uniforms this week, but can dress up in a theme dress for each day of the week, today was camo day and tomorrow is college team day, so we will be spoting our Oregon Ducks attire!!!!! Also, we'll be there Friday night cheering on the Trojan's to VICTORY!!!!!

Lexi had a few games this past week and her team won!!!! They are a great group of girls and she's not playing a lot, but learning more and more each day. Since she's a 6th grader, she is the low man on the totem pole and will play more in the coming years. She's doing great though and I'm so proud of her!!!

I helped out this past weekend for a Jay's Hope princess event and it was so much fun!!!! What a great cause and seeing all the little ones there was so wonderful. I'm still working on sponsorships for their upcoming walk and it's been a bit tough, with the economy still down it's harder to get people to donate, but I'm still trying!!!!

I'd like to wish my sweet nephews Marcus and Michael a very happy birthday this week!!!! I'm sad we're not there to celebrate with them this year....I can't believe they are 10 and 7 already, time flies!!!!!

Till next time, take care!!!!
Holly

Good week and fun with mom and dad!!!

Well, we had a great week!!!! Mom and Dad arrived last Friday and left today for home. I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to cry, but of course I did. I think each time it gets a bit harder to say goodbye.

I do really like it here in Georgia, it's just SOOOO hard not having any family or friends here. I have made a few friends, but nothing will ever be like my friends back home. I'm trying to stay positive and happy, because sometimes it is easy to just let emoitions take over and then I'm a wreck all the time.

Anyway, back to mom and dad's visit.....it was great. They really enjoyed it here and the weather was great everyday. Most days were just me, mom and dad, while the girls were at school and Jason was working, so that was good bonding time for me. I needed that time with them. We went to the World of Coca Cola last weekend in Atlanta and that was really fun and interesting, it's amazing how long Coke has been around and how much it changes each year. We also got to sample tons of different Coke products from around the world and some were really good and some were horrible!!!! But needless to say, we were on a sugar high for hours afterward!!!!

We also showed them around Macon, took them to the kids school, went to Lexi's softball game, hung out at the pool, and just had a great time!!!! It looks like mom will be coming back sometime in October, since Jason will be working out of town for a few weeks, so that will be wonderful.

It was pretty hard for Lexi today when they left, she has always been so close to my parents. It breaks my heart to see her sad, but she will see them soon. Also, she is doing great in school and making lots of new sweet friends and having a great time with softball. She is on a great team, the girls are all really good and she is learning a lot!!!!

Lily continues to be positive always and makes new friends easily. That makes me a happy Mama!!! She also started cheerleading last week and I am her squad's leader, so that has been fun, nothing like 8 little first graders trying to learn cheers. I will post some pics of their first game next week.

Jason is doing well too and has a 4 day weekend, so we are looking forward to spending some family time together.

That's about it for now, I'll update some more this week. I hope y'all are doing well, love and hugs!!!!

Holly