Japanese, Sleepover, 30 Hour Famine

Zeb and Judd at "Japanese with Fire"

This weekend the youth group at St. Paul UMC participated in a 30 Hour Famine. We'll Zeb and his best friend Judd (whose mom is our youth director) decided that they did not want to spend the night at the church. So, last night we took them out to eat Japanese (sushi included) and let them stay at our house! Well it was Judd's first time to eat Japanese and it is his new fav! We've been taking Zeb since he was little and he use to hate it because of the fire (hence "Japanese with fire") now he loves it (sushi too!)! Anyway, they had a sleepover and slept in the floor, stayed up until 2:30 (they claim) and were up at 6:30. I got a little more sleep than that, unlike the folks at church! They were up until 6am and then crashed! So now we are waiting on them (the kids at church) to wake up so we can join the famine!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I hope everyone has a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Praying for Pam!

My friend and fellow teacher is having her 3rd brain surgery today. Please be in prayer for her, her family and her doctors. I will post later on her condition after surgery.
Thanks,
Michelle

HAPPY 41st BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Random Thoughts

Zeb on the Court

Wow - I have not posted in almost a week and a half. A lot has gone on in our lives, yet very little. We have spent time at the rec center gym watching Zeb play basketball and going back and forth to practice. We've spent time at church, work, home, been to Huntsville a few times (I love TJ Maxx, thanks Tim Mc and Sis!). Anyway, life at the Walker house is rather quiet right now and we are enjoying a very quiet weekend at home with very few plans! January brought clean-up from Christmas and basketball and NO SNOW! :( February brings my birthday, Valentine's day and hopefully a snow day! And of course more basketball! Zeb's season finishes up mid-February and we hope the Boaz Pirates get to continue playing through the end of the month!

I guess I have rambled enough! I am going to watch the weather and see what our changes of a snow day next week are! Oh yeah, we get a long weekend in February too!

Finished Pottery

Zeb's plate

Outside of Zeb's mug

Inside of Zeb's mug

Zeb's final creations. He had a great time painting them and could not wait to go pick them up on Wednesday! He is already planning a trip back to create some more!

Painting and Birthday Cake!

Our creations!

Christy hard at work.

Zeb's Mug

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON!

Ivy and Kendra

Zeb & Judd

Yesterday was Zeb's friend Madison's birthday, so Amy, Christy, and I took the kids (Jr. High youth from church, along with Ivy and Kendra) to Groovy Gallery to paint pottery and eat birthday cake! The kids had a great time painting and watching Idol.

I love going to the Groovy Gallery and watching Zeb paint. He picks out his pottery and paints whatever colors and designs he wants. He makes some one-of-a-kind pieces and that's OK. I will treasure them always. This trip he painted a mug and a plate. He did let me help with the mug, but not so much on the plate. He is anxiously awaiting the arrival of new mugs so he can paint for grandparents, aunts, and uncles (if the aforementioned are reading this, act surprised).

He painted mugs for Floyce and Ju-Ju (sitter that moved to NC) a couple of years ago. Well, when I went to mail them the lady at the post office ask about insurance and how much were they worth. I told her they were one-of-a-kind master pieces, irreplaceable! Of course, Floyce and Ju-Ju drink out of them every morning! So now we wait for the priceless works of art!

Oh yeah - Good Luck to Snead State cheerleaders at Nationals this weekend! Ivy and Kendra are on the squad!

The Sun Is Shining!

YEAH!!! The sun is finally shining and the sky is blue in Alabama! I was so sick of the rain!

It's Raining Again!

It is raining again and I've just about had enough! The sun has got to shine soon! Our yard looks like a lake and the streets like small rivers. The skies are gray and very depressing. Everything is wet and damp and muddy. Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow!

"GREASE"

I had forgotten what a great movie "Grease" was! Tim got it for Christmas on DVD and we watched it tonight. I love it! When I was a teen (many, many years ago) I probably watched it a thousand times. I babysat for a couple that had it on Beta and I would watch it after the kids went to bed. I babysat for them often, so I got to watch it a lot!

Thoughts on the Sugar Bowl

OK - So the Tide did not Roll last night! Oh well! We have lots to look forward to next year! I never dreamed that we would be 12-2 this season. So we wait and look forward to Spring training, summer practice, and the 2009 season! Of course, we can also reflect on the 2008 Iron Bowl (36-0). ROLL TIDE ROLL!

ROLL TIDE!

Wishing everyone a great big "Roll Tide". I am looking foward to watching the Tide play tonight in the Sugar Bowl!