Flordia

I am in Flordia 

This morning I read a devotional that made me take pause.  Of course, as all days, I had all my thoughts of what to get done, and how few hours I had to do them. Today ended up being a pretty crazy day... Lexi was ill and spent most of the day in the nurses office (this caused me to drop the original plans I had for my prep time).  Then we had a student fall ill on the playground during our lunchtime team meeting (which caused us to delay our unfinished meeting until after school).  This was all in addition to the crazy, running late for work kind of day that I normally have.    I've posted part of the devotional below. I'm so glad I read it this morning so I could handle each emergency and change of plans as they arose.

You can make some plans as you gaze into the day that stretches out before you. But you need to hold those plans tentatively, anticipating that I may have other ideas. The most important thing to determine is what to do right now. Instead of scanning the horizon of your life, looking for things that need to be done, concentrate on the task before you and the One who never leaves your side. Let everything else fade into the background. This will unclutter your mind, allowing Me to occupy more and more of your consciousness.

2013 WM Phoenix Open

Wow!  What a great day!  Lexi was one of 20 kids to caddy at the WMPO and had the most amazing experience.  She caddied for Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, and the 2012 open champ, Kyle Stanley.  After her shift on the famous 16th hole, we walked the course and saw many other great golfers including Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Keegan Bradley, and  Davis Love III (plus a few more).  In addition to the awesome golfers, Dierks Bentley, Michael Phelps, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Jim McMahon all played in the tournament.  It was a great experience and we're so thankful to the First Tee of Phoenix for making it happen!

Happy New Year!

We've had a great Christmas and week leading up to the new year! Here are a few pics of our events over the past week. Marvin and I are celebrating our 25th new year together in the sleepy looking picture! Here's to at least 25 more!