Congratulations Jessica!!!!!

Our daughter Jessica graduated from High School on May 22nd. We are so proud of her. Jessica is going to go to Parkland College and become a dental hygienist!

Warriors/Rockets @ Busch Stadium

After the Cardinals game, the Tuscola Warriors got to play a baseball game on the field against out local rivals the Unity Rockets. It was something fun that our coach sat up. Both schools had to sell a bunch of tickets to be able to play there. Our nephew James plays on the Varsity baseball team so we went down to watch him play. What a wonderful experience he will always remember. Good Job James!

Cardinals/Astros Game @ Busch Stadium

We took the girls to their first Major League Baseball game on Thursday. We had an awesome time. It was a perfect day, almost 80 degrees and the sun was shining. I think the highlight of the girls day was getting to see Fred Bird. Both girls got their picture with him and he signed their shirts. We are Pittsburgh Pirates fans, but have chosen the Cardinals as out local team to support. Game started out with "THE FIGHT" and the girls thought that was hilarious, players coming from everywhere onto the field. Cardinal's lost but we got to see Pujols and had a wonderful time. Here are some pics from the day! And a picture of where our seats were "Big Mac Land"..WOO HOO!

My kids

Had some pics taken while Jordan was home in October. I finally got around to putting them on here.

Jami's first Prom

Jami went to her first Prom last night. She went to Villa Grove. A really good friend of hers asked her to be his date. He came over and gave her a beautiful corsage, and after many pictures, they were off. Prom was at the Holiday Inn in Urbana. Then post prom is today @ Six Flags in St. Louis. All the kids boarded a charter bus this morning and are headed to St. Louis for a day of fun. Here are some pics of Jami and her date Adam.

Update on Jordan

Talked to Jordan on Skype yesterday afternoon. He is back in Italy. Jordan said he had an awesome time while in Germany for 10 days. He said when he is out of the Navy, he would love to just live there. As of right now, Jordan will finally be leaving Italy and heading back to the USA around June 3rd. He will arrive in Jacksonville, FL where he is going to be stationed. Jordan will get 2 weeks of Liberty and be able to come home to Illinois around June 24th. We are so excited. Jordan left for Italy on November 29th (my birthday) and has been there every since. 6 months is a really long time to not be able to talk to him anytime we want and although I love Skype, its just not the same. So can't wait to see how much he has changed. We are so proud of our Sailor!

Jenny-Soccer

Jenny is once again playing soccer. This year she is on the Yellow team. She is playing really well. We have played Arcola 3 times now..and for those of you that are familiar with Arcola..They dominate at soccer..once again we were slaughtered in each of the 3 games. Tonight, we played another Tuscola team and FINALLY won a game. We have taught Jenny that it does not matter if you win or lose playing soccer..just go out there and have fun! Here are some pictures of Jenny playing soccer.

Jordan

Prayers for Jordan please.!!! Jordan is going to be flying to Germany on Monday for 10 days. The Navy has send him on a mission trip. I ask for prayers for safe travel and his safety while he is gone. Only 2 more months and we will have him back on American soil! I am counting down the days. He will be HOME! Tuscola home...by the end of June for 2 weeks of liberty!

Jami Alison Knight

Woo Hoo!!! and Congratulations go out to Jami. She tried out for the Tuscola High School dance team this week and today she found out that she made it. She is soooo excited. We have another dancer in our family! So for Jami's Junior year in High School, she will be dancing at all the home football and basketball games and then competing in competition like Jessica did! We are so proud of you Jami!

Warriorettes State Performance

Warriorettes!!!!!!

Warriorettes competed for a State dance title in Pom on Saturday March 13th. Jessica and I started the day off by getting up at 4:30am to get ready to go. We had to meet the team at the High School at 6am. After a bag check and a run through on the routine, it was time to hit the road to Champaing. We arrived at the Assembly Hall about 7:30am. checked in, did the music sound check and then it was the start of an extremely LONG DAY! Performances started at 8:05am and a team performed every 5 minutes. The girls took the floor at 1:15pm and had a flawless routine. It was so awesome to see them perform at the Assembly Hall! We watched several more performances, then about 3:30pm we took all the girls to Bioggi's Italian Restaurant for some yummy food. Got back to to the Assembly Hall about 5:30pm to watch the rest of the performances and get ready for the awards ceremony. There were schools from all over Illinois. FINALLY after spending the last 14 hours in Champaing, it was time for the awards ceremony. The girls were nervous as the best Tuscola has ever finished was 6th. So we anxiously awaited to hear the results. The judges went through all the different dance categories and finally came to ours. These girls competed against the best of the best in Illinois and did a SUPER JOB! We placed 3rd and the girls were so excited with that. You would have thought they were the state champions..HA HA! 2nd Place went to Fieldcrest and first went to a Catholic school and they were both up by Chicago so I think these girls did AWESOME!!! CONGRATULATIONS WARRIORETTES ON A FANTASTIC SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are some pics from today. One is a picture of all the teams that performed at the Assembly hass. there were 91 teams.

Happy "40th" Birthday to Jerry

Today my wonderful hubby is celebrating his 40th birthday! Also a shout out to Aunt Janet Ruby who shares a birthday with Jerry. Happy Birthday Aunt Janet! We have nothing special planned. We celebrated Jami and Jerry's birthday's last night with dinner at Los Potros! Nothing beats fried ice cream smashed in your face for your birthday! Jose let Jenny smash it in Jerry's face and Jessica took pleasure in helping with Jami's :-)

Happy Sweet 16th Birthday Jami Alison Knight!!!!!

Today is the BIG day! Jami Alison Knight is "16"! Watch out everyone Jami is going after school to get her license! Happy Birthday Jami...We Love you!!!!

Warriorettes

What an awesome day for the Warriorettes. They competed in competition yesterday in Tuscola. There were 26 schools that came and participated. The girls placed 2nd and FINALLY got the score they wanted and qualified for STATE!!!!!!!! The Warriorettes will be competing for the State title on March 13th at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall!!!! The other highlight of the day was when Jessica won the Rising Star award. Each competition the judges will select girls that they think did an awesome job on their performance and facial expressions. Girls that really stand out from the rest of the team. Out of 26 schools yesterday, they chose 6 girls to receive this award and Jessica was one of them.WOO HOO!!!!!! We are so proud of her. She will be recognized at state and will have her name in the state program for being a Rising Star.

Jenny

Well, basketball season for Jenny is almost over. She has only 4 games left. Jenny has scored 5 baskets this season. Which is really good because she only got 1 basket last year. She is definately improving. She will not get much of a break when basketball is over though because she will play soccer in the Spring.