Jessica is a Warriorette!

Here are some pics of Jessica. She is a 2009 Tuscola Warriorette. That is our High School Dance Team. They will be performing during halftime of all the home football and basketball games. Then in January, they will start their competition season where they compete against other schools for bragging rights.

School is in Session

Well, School is back into full swing. The girls have their first week under there belt and are ready to take on the rest of the year. Jessica is starting tomorrow @ Parkland College. She will go there Tues-Fri. She is taking 2 classes this semester. They are Medical Terminology and Orientation/Health Careers. She will be done with these Dec 11th. Then will not start back @ Parkland until Fall of 2010. Jami is working @ the IGA when she is not in school and hanging out with her friends. Jenny is getting ready to start Soccer again. She asked Jerry the other day if she could play football next year. He told her no that she needs to do "Girl" sports. She was not too happy with that response. I definitely think she should have been a boy. She loves being out in the garage with him. They have been cutting wood together for the fire pit so the girls can have friends over after the football games. He gave Jenny her own pair of gloves and she has her own hack saw. It is hilarious to watch them and listen to their conversations with each other.

It's Football time and that means it is time for us to watch our 2 favorite teams play! Tuscola Warriors Football kicks off this Friday. We are going to go watch our nephew James play and also watch Jessica perform @ half time for the Dance Team. Hopefully the WARRIORS will make it to STATE!!! It's also time to watch the PITTSBURGH STEELERS kick-off their season and win another SUPER BOWL TITLE!!!!! Life is Good!

I have a request for all my friends and family that read my blog. Please keep a friend of mine in your prayers. Her name is Megan and she is very special to Jenny and I. She is pregnant with her 2nd baby and having some complications. Please pray that baby Stirrett will be healthy and that he will wait a little while longer before he decides to come into this world. He is not due until October! But he is trying to arrive early. Please pray that he will hold on just a few more weeks!

Back to School Time

Hard to believe that the summer is coming to an end for the girls. Monday Aug 10th, I have to go register the girls for school. It is going to be expensive this year! The first day will be August 19th. Where has the summer gone? Jessica is going to be a Senior. She has all of her credits for school so she is going to Parkland College Tue-Thurs morning, and then has classes at the High School in the afternoons. So not only am I paying for her to go to high school, we have fall tuition at Parkland along with the purchase of books for those classes. Jessica's goal in life is to be a dentist so this is going to help her get a head start on her college classes. Jessica is also in Student Council and on the Dance team so she is going to be very busy. Plus she still has her job at Polo. Jami is going to be a sophomore. She is going to be in FCCLA (Future Community and Career Leaders of America), Lifesavers, and she is going to try the Drama Club this year. She also works part time at the Tuscola IGA. Jenny is going into 4th grade. She is getting ready to start fall soccer also. Our Friday night's are going to be booked for football games. Our nephew James is on the Varsity football team so we will be traveling to all the games and watching him play. Before we know it, the school year will be almost over and I will be planning Jessica's graduation :( Hope you are all having a great summer!!!

Florida Vacation

We are finally home from our week in sunny Florida! It was an awesome time. We took the girls to Panama City Beach for 6 days of fun. While there, they went riding on jet ski's, we swam with the dolphins, rode on a banana boat and even para sailed over the ocean. Jessica and Jami also had to get their thrill ride in. Last year while in Colorado, they sky coasted over the Royal Gorge. This year, the rode the Sling Shot. It shot them 360 feet into the air. They loved it. We had the best Jack Daniel's ribs at a place called Pineapple Willy's, and had dinner one night @ Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville. Thursday we
headed to Pensacola so we could spend a little time with Jordan. Pensacola is not near as nice as Panama City, but it was fun. We drove across the 3 mile long bridge that is over Pensacola Bay. I don't know how many of you know it but I have a fear of bridges over water. Jerry thought it would be funny to take me over it not once, but 3 times!!! We went on Jordan's base one day while he was in school and went to the National Naval Aviation Museum. It was awesome. We even got a private tour behind the restricted area by a retired pilot. He took us to where they are restoring the old planes. There is one that they found in Lake Michigan that they are working on. He also showed us all of the old planes that they store there. It was really neat. We took Jordan and 3 of his friends to the Outback for dinner and then went bowling. Let me tell you, you have never really been bowling until you have been with 4 sailors! Let's just say it was a night that we will never forget! They were absolutely hilarious! But now the fun is over and we are home. Oh I almost forgot. Jordan is going to be home in October for about 2 weeks. He is going to be stationed on a new base to finish his schooling. He will either be going to Maine or Washington (the state). Hope everyone is having a safe and fun summer!!!