Rising waters

Late last week I took Caroline to the levee downtown after work to see how high the river has been lately. I don't remember the last time I saw it this high - maybe late high school, early in college? I don't think it is supposed to crest at Baton Rouge until April 16th, so we'll have to go back next week to see how high it gets. After we walked around on the levee downton for a while, we met Jeff at the levee near LSU. He and Caroline walked down to the water, but I still had my heels on from work and I thought the soggy ground and my footwear wouldn't be a great combination. It was so neat to see barges parked on an area that is normally a grassy area where we take Caroline to run around. She had a great time throwing sticks and flowers into the river and running up and down the levee. Here are the pics:

Ha!

(H/T: The Anchoress)

Prayers for a family

Please pray for this family. They have an amazing story of faith and faithfulness in the midst of a trial most of us will never know. If you plan on reading the blog, go grab a box of Kleenex first.

Oops!

Wow! Surely after everything we've seen this election season (it has indeed been a loooong season), he should know better than to tempt the techies (or tubies) . . .



(H/T: Instapundit)

Matt Maher

I am not the biggest "Christian Music" fan. First of all, I don't like the title, "Christian Music"; sometimes music so labeled doesn't really reflect either word very well. Second, sometimes it seems as though these musicians are trying too hard.
That being said, I do like this guy (whom I hadn't heard of before today):



Check him out here. And you can buy the CD for the low, low price of $8.97 here.

As promised:

Here are some pictures of the newest hazard play equipment at our house. Can you say "static electrictiy"? There's a reason there are no pictures of me on the trampline . . .










Here are a few of the BIG DAY! Caroline's first race:

Weekend

I have some pictures I need to download from the camera so I can share Caroline's new favorite after-school activity: jumping on the trampoline! She loves it. For now, I'll give you word picture that will hopefully hold you over until I get those pictures on here. She bounces around, falls, gets up, laughs, falls, bounces around, touches here hair because it is literally standing on end from the static electricity, asks us to hold her and jump, rolls around, crawls around, bounces, and then cries when we have to go in for dinner. It is a joy to watch.


The other pictures I need to post are from Caroline's first race! Yes, we are those parents who put their two year old in a race. It was only 1/2 mile and she liked every minute of it (except for the mid-point turn around when she thought it was over, I had to carry her and run for a little while). She did great! Jeff and I ran with her and she wanted us to hold hands while running, it was precious. We truly did feel bad when she woke up the next morning complaining about her legs hurting. I'm sure there's no permanent damage . . .






Tonight Jeff and I are going to an art opening at a gallery and then to a concert at a church. The two guys playing tonight are some of my Young Life leaders from Baton Rouge High. Their wives were YL leaders as well, and then my leaders when I went through Young Life training at LSU. I am really looking forward to seeing them again.

Although I would not call myself a basketball fan (I like basketball and I'll watch basketball, but I don't keep up), I will watch the Lady Tigers and Lady Vols play this weekend. Two teams very close to my heart! Geaux Tigers.

It looks like the weather will be pretty good this weekend, so Caroline and I will have to go cheer on Jeff at a race on Saturday and hopefully find something else free and outdoors to do.