Welcome Baby Maggie!

Dear diary, First off I would like to Welcome baby Maggie to the world! Congratulations April & her family! She is adorable! Now on to something that is not that plesant....the weather! What the heck is going on????? Thunder, rain, sleet, snow. Just makes me want to curl up in bed! But instead of doing that ,I have been cleaning like a mad woman today! Doing dishes, laundry , vacuming & my computer duties. JUST IN CASE we loose power again! I sure do hope we do not though. Just got word that the b-ball game has been cancelled tonight so no cheerleading for Ashtyn . Looks like a free day! If I can just keep the power going until SURVIVOR goes off tonight then no one will get hurt! Also found out yesterday evening that Ashtyn has a V-Ball tourn. April 5th. The very same w-end as CKC. Looks like I am in exactly the same perdicament as last year. And I am sure I will do the same thing as last year & leave EARLY Sat. morning to come home to go to the game. After all....my kids are more importaint than anything to me ,so....... I guess I can cut my trip short again this year. {DANG IT!} I got a Beautiful card from Rona in the mail yesterday, thanking me for the pages in her surprise scrapbook. Thank you Rona for the card {I think I am actually going to copy it :) } Well I guess I need to get going & get back to the housework.....no matter how long you avoid it , it is still waiting on you when you get back!!!! Talk to everyone later. Be safe & Stay warm!

Congrats! Advance Aces 1st place in the Greenville Il. "Panther Classic"

Advance Aces USAV Volleyball team: Coach Alicia (lying down), {Front Row:} Jasmine, Allie {Back Row:} Rebecca, Grayson, Ashtyn, Madison & McKayla

1ST PLACE Greenville, Il. Panther Classic! YIPPEE!

Dear Diary, That's right!!! They got 1st place in Greenville Il. last w-end!! YIPPEE! Undefeated all day! They were so proud, as were all of the parents. They ALL played very good ball that day. In one of our earlier games Ashtyn served 16 serves in a row!!! That was one of her goals is to serve a whole game & she almost made it {we were going to 19 pts. each game} but they picked up the last 1 and hit it back over. But oh, well still really cool! Kinda boring game though.....the ending score was 19 to 2 . I don't think it hurt that the college colors where we played were orange & black :) the girls felt right at home :) Let me just say again how proud I am of all of the girls, they did a great job & it was definatly worth the trip. With all of the ice we were afraid we would not get to go since we were heading up Friday night & spending the night.{ Now I am really excited about the next tourn. in Perryville on March 9.}Which brings me to another topic.....that darn ice storm! I do hope that everyone made it through ok. We lost power around 10:00pm on Monday & FINALLY got it back sometime around 11:30 Friday! What a trip! We stayed home the 1st night since it was after 10:00pm but then went to my parents house who also had no power but they do have a small generator. Enough to run the heat & some water. We also went & got my grandparents & they stayed there as well. So it was a full house. Tom, the girls & I stayed upstairs in my old room. The girls were bored out of their minds. Ashtyn said everything she uses has a cord or charger for it :) ahhhh, technology! I played ALOT of games on my phone {my personal fav. is Frogger! maybe that's because I can actually get through the 1st level of that one :)} did not get to scrapbook any because I did not want to drag all of my stuff over to moms because I knew if I did I would still forget something I wanted to use anyway! & personally I hate walking on ice & that's what the whole yard was....slick ,wet ice. So I slept alot! Well it looks like everything is cleared up for another ice storm to move in . They are saying tonight around midnight but I hope that they are wrong on this one! Well better get going ...need to get some work done like dishes & laundry in case we loose water again :( & Ashtyn has gymnastics tonight so I need to hurry! Hopefully I will get to leave early & stop by the store before her class starts! If the ice does come PLEASE be careful out there & stay warm!!!! BYE!

Warm Winter Wishes 4 U!

Dear Diary, Well I am officially 1 year older now! Hopefully 1 year wiser as well :) Thank you to my good friends for all of the B-Day wishes! {I did not even know you knew it was my B-Day!} Well isn't the snow BEAUTIFUL???!!! Since I am now homebound, because I do not drive on snow...maybe I can get things cought up around here. Kadence LOVES snow so I had 2 get a few photos of her before picking Ashtyn up from school. Surely I can get those scrapbooked after Valentines day. {a girl can dream :) can't she???!!!} Well the Crop tonight has been cancelled. Actually I am glad because I was not going to be able to go. Again because I am afraid of driving at night when the roads re-freeze. So hopefully next Friday will be clear & warm. My uncle Pat from Florida called me yesterday to wish me a Happy B-Day, & said it is in the 80's there. O.K. .....I'm jealous! Well Ashtyn's team got in the top 4 at the tournament in Perryville last Sunday. {Not bad out of 12 teams.} A few of the girls had never played on a traveling team before, only reg. season ball so I am sure they were nervous. Ashtyn played the best ball I had ever watched her play before, so I was so proud of her for that . It did not even matter to me that they did not get 1st. {Don't get me wrong ...1st would have been AWESOME!} she just played good ball! We have another tournament this Sunday in Bellville. Paula is driving {Grayson's mom} us up Sat. night since we have to be at the tournament by 7:45am on Sunday . I am so glad she does not mind driving in snow!!! Ashtyn & Grayson {1 of Ashtyn's BFF's}love riding together so they can visit :) I hope that the girls play well like last week. It makes for an exciting game! GOOD LUCK GIRLS!! Well I better go Ashtyn is out of school today & 1 of her BFF's Allie just called & wants her to get on Yahoo msnger. & chat. So until next time.....Be careful on the roads & STAY WARM!!!