Brady's Day with the Tigers

Recently the Detroit Tigers took some of their players on the road to meet some of the fans. Their first stop was in Dearborn at the Henry Ford. We ran over there and got there in time to see the guys and hear them talk about the upcoming season. On the way out Brady got interviewed by Matt Shephard from WWJ Newsradio and we even caught up with the Tigers' manager. Brady was pretty pumped!

Marcia's Big Day!

Marcia finally joined the "over the hill" club on Sunday - she turned 40! We welcomed her to the club with a terrific dinner on Saturday night at Longhorn Steak House, breakfast in bed (thanks to the good folks at McDonald's) on Sunday morning, and a dinner and cake/ice cream with family on Sunday (along with some other surprises!) afternoon and evening. Someone even brought over an inflatable moose to greet us when we got home!

Marcia is more beautiful today than ever!

Here we go . . . ready or not!

Last Monday Danielle and Brady headed back to school - can you tell how excited they are to be back in school? Danielle is in 8th grade and Brady is in 4th - WOW!

We are a blessed family to have such a great church and school to help us train our children. Each year I am especially thankful for the godly teachers in our school. I'm especially thankful for my mother's commitment to enroll Tim and I in Inter-City nearly 30 years ago. I still can't believe that she drove us all the way from Walled Lake to Allen Park to attend school here. I can't imagine how different my life (e.g. I met Marcia at Inter-City) would be if she hadn't made that commitment. My children are reaping the blessing of her choice so many years ago!

It really hit me last Tuesday at about 12:20 when Marcia and I were walking home after we dropped Luke off for his first day of school - we're getting old! For the first time in 12 years we have an "empty nest" for several hours. It was so strange to not have kids here at the house - really strange. Luke had a great day with Mrs. Hubbard. She's awesome!