Soccer Weekend

The girls and I traveled to Tupelo this past weekend to cheer for Carlyn's soccer friends. Some of her old teammates were playing for Starkville Soccer Association in the Northern District Tournament. Her coach from last year coached the pink panther team again and again they made it to the semi-finals. We had lots of fun seeing all our old Starkville soccer friends and watching some exciting games.

This team made it to the State Games again this year. The games are in Meridian. That might be just a little too far to travel for us.

Noelle was going to stow away in Mrs. Krista's trunk.

I can't wait to sign up for soccer here in Southaven. I hope we have as good an experience as we did in Starkville soccer. DeSoto County Soccer Association is in the same district as Starkville.

Maybe next year we will be playing in the Northern District Tournament again.

Happy Birthday to...

Marcus!

I am so jealous of all of you going to Disney. It is about time for the Pattersons to make a return trip to Orlando. Have fun and be careful on the way down. I can't wait to see the pictures!

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth....

Wow, how can it be that we have been here in Southaven for a month and a half? I still feel like we are on an extended vacation in somebody else's house and we will be packing up and heading back home to Starkville soon. The house is coming along but still needs more pictures hung, etc. Apparently my sister had her house unpacked and curtains hung in a span of about 12 hours. She moved three weeks after I did and was decorating while I was still unpacking boxes. I guess she has had more practice, I don't know. I offered to buy her a plane ticket to Memphis so she could come and finish unpacking for me.

I am still unemployed at the moment but attended an orientation session yesterday for substitute teachers. Their schedule is closest to the girls schedule. I would love to find a job working from about 9:00am to 2:00pm. That would be ideal. If anyone knows of a job like that, let me know.

We are learning our way around Southaven and Hernando. I go to the Hernando Walmart because it is closer to our house and doesn't have a steady stream of people from Memphis who come to Southaven to shop because of Mississippi's low sales tax. The Southaven Walmart is always crazy! I can't wait until July when they open a Target very close to where we live.

The girls are still settling into school. Carlyn wants to go back to Starkville because this school is a little more challenging than her old school. She is getting used to it but would rather not have so much homework! Noelle is doing fine. She has probably double the homework she had in Starkville, but she doesn't complain about it.

Thank goodness the Memphis Tigers lost in the championship game. I don't think I could have stomached any more talk about that basketball team. "This is our year!!" If I heard that one more time, I would have exploded! Apparently while the team was in San Antonio, their dorm rooms were robbed. Welcome to Memphis!

Well, I could go on all day trying to catch up on all the things that have happened during the last month or so, but I need to be working on the house some more. Cindy, Help!!