Weekend in Birmingham

Actually less than 24 hours in Birmingham! We went down to celebrate Abby's first birthday this weekend!

Opening gifts!

Okay, so this is what Aunt Becky made for her birthday present! First attempt at a rag doll!

But it seemed to go over well!

The sliding board we bought... well, she's still not too sure about that!

April 16th

Today is a day of reflection for a lot of Hokies all over the world. Last April 16th was a day that will live in our memories for the rest of our lives. I remember being glued to my computer watching video stream of Channel 10 out of Roanoke as everything unfolded. It started with a girl from work calling me to ask if I knew that someone (one person at the time) had been shot on the VT campus. From there, the emails and new updates kept coming. Pray today for the Hokies and those that are working on campus to help them heal... specifically Darrell Cook, Mark Appleton, and Missy Cheliras at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries!

As I've said earlier, in the middle of all the tragedy on this day last year we received a phone call saying that our niece Abby was born. A bright spot in a terrible day. But today she turns one and we'll celebrate with her this weekend. Happy Birthday Abby!

A New Camera!

We bought our new camera this weekend! Its a Canon SD1100IS. Unfortunately for Jeff, the only one they had left at the store was pink. He doesn't believe me, but really it was all that was left.

Here's a picture we took this weekend with it! Can you tell I took it?

The blog should get much better now that we can take pictures again!

Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Anniversary to Us!

Marta told me I had to have a shameless Happy Birthday to Me post today, so here it is! I'm finding 31 is harder to handle than 30 for some reason. But its also our anniversary today! Hard to believe two years ago we were walking down the aisle! Time's flying!

We begin our hunt for a new camera today, so hopefully our posts will be better once we can take some pictures!!