So Much Going On!

Ok. We have had so much going on, I forgot to post update on what is going on!
Emma finished volleyball season on March 28th with a dreadful game. Not going into detail, except to say it wasn't a good day.

Michael's soccer team won FIRST place in their U-10 Bronze division. With the final game for the season on April 5th. Tomorrow, we travel to Concord to Frank Liske Park for the First Strike Tournment. First game is at 10:30, so Michael needs to go to sleep now (i just heard him bounce around in his room). Then on April 25th, his team will travel to Winston for the Beat the Heat tourney being played at the Sara Lee Fields.

Emma is now playing softball. Their first game was on the 15th and they won 11-1 (against Arcadia) and tonight they beat Welcome 11-2. She played well both nights getting on base, scoring 1 tonight and was left on 3rd Wednesday as the 3rd out came before she could run. She also stole 2nd & 3rd tonight. She is having a blast on the Lady Dragons.

Joey is doing well, he isn't participating in anything other than band at school. Occassionally, he will leave his room for food but not much more than that. We visited TEACCH (www.teacch.com)in GSO to see if they could help us any & at the moment I am filling out papers so he can be put on a waiting list. TEACCH is for kids and adults that fall under the Autism spectrum.

Unfortunately, due to us running so much, I don't check email often enough at the moment, so if you need us, you can call or text me at 336-470-4737 or jamey at 336-240-3455 or emma at 336-240-4283 (Easter Bunny got her a boost mobile cause I was tired of her using mine.)
Time for bed, I will post pics later - or you can visit my Picasa Albums online @ http://picasaweb.google.com/jameymande

The Twilight Saga

So, Edward and the rest of the Cullens have come to visit and Jacob isn't far behind.

Nikki, Angie, Chrislin - will we all fight to be a Bella? or is there enough Edward for all of us?

Emma READ faster!!!!!

Nikki - I finished last night.

2nd Place Overall!!!

Improvement every tourney! The Wolverines played their hearts out yesterday. For a total of 5 games played, they won 4 of them. Beginning at 9am and finishing at 6pm, they worked hard.

#1 in Pool Play!!!!!

WAY TO GO WOLVERINES!!!!! Emma's volleyball team placed #1 in their pool play yesterday. Awesome accomplishment for these girls! Can't wait to see how they improve when we travel to Fayetteville on February 21st.

Placed 2nd in Pool Play!!!

Emma' s team placed 2nd in their pool during the tourney at Barber Park in Greensboro yesterday!!! The beat FC Firecrackers in 3 games (25-23,19-25,15-11) and the Cape Fear Typhoons in 2 games (25-10, 25-23) to get into second place. They were only beat by the Brick City Embers (25-15,25-16)which were the first place team. Unfortunately, they will not get to play the Embers again because the Embers are moving from the Silver level to the Gold level in play.

This is completely awesome do to that these girls have only been playing together since November! They lost in the semi-final to a team from the Durham area. The team had better servers, but that is all. The girls played their hearts out & work well together as a team.

The DCVA Wolverines are 9 middle school girls from 5 middle schools - Tyro, North, Central, Ledford and North Davie.

1st Tourney - Salem College

For being on a team that Emma is the only one who has ever played J.O., they did extremely well yesterday and only one girl on the team is 13 - the rest are 11 & 12 playing other 13 year olds. The played 3 sets. The first set they lost 2-0 (25-17, 25-15), the second set they lost (25-11, 25-9) and the third set the lost 2-1 (26-24, 25-17, 15-8). These girls have nothing to be ashamed about. They played as a team, had fun and learned more about the game. They even had the Brick City Embers cheering for them in their 3rd set!

The picture is of Emma getting ready to serve.
She plays again January 24 at Barber Park in GSO. If you are interested in watching a game, just let us know. We arrive at 8 am to be ready to play by 9 am, but she may not play until 11. Weird schedules!

Joey's 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Argh!

Why just not wach it with the golf club!!!!!

New Food Lion

Today is the Grand Opening for the Food Lion in Tyro! What a great day it is! I never have to go very far to the market now!!!! I never have to shop at Wal-mart any more!!!! Since I had to work, Jamey dropped by this morning & picked up some free goodies for me. I am planning on going after work today, I have to pick up some eggs to make a Danish Puff Pastry for the office plus one to have taken to a co-worker's whose husband passed away Sunday. I am so excited!!!! I am as excited as a student going on a field trip to the zoo.

Emma's in The Dispatch - Again!

Mr. Osborne, Emma's Social Studies teacher won $1000 worth of technology. Here's the link to the article. http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20081107/ARTICLES/811070285/1005?Title=Teachers_win_money_for_technology#

Rowan Revolution

Today was the last game of the fall season. They played a great game using everything they had learned on since August. The score card showed the game tied 2-2, but that's only the score card -- not how they played or the ways calls were or WEREN'T called. Time to work on skills & kept conditioned for the spring - unless indoor soccer beckons Michael's to pay attention to it.... we'll see.....

Back row: Coach Ryan, Irving, Carter L., Adam, Michael, Coach Greg

Front row: Carter R., Ahmed, Tanner, Braxton, Wyatt

Michael's 10!!!!!

:-( Season's over...

Last night, West lost 3-2 in the second round of the 2-A playoffs. The boys played well as they always do.

The boys in the picture are Michael's resident heroes. From left to right, Will Triechler, Diego Carvallo & Patrick Boger

It's Pig-tail Time Again!

Today is the first day of try-outs for JO Volleyball so the pig tails have been put up, shirt with no arms, spandex shorts, knee socks, & volleyball shoes have been pulled, snapped, twisted & tied.

Wonder how sore she will be this afternoon????

It's that spooktacular time of year again!

Night @ Catawba

The Catawba Indians faced the Lincoln Memorial University last night in Salisbury. Unfortunately, they lost 0-1 to the Railsplitters. There is a story on the game at http://gocatawbaindians.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=3261 Michael and his teammates were ball boys during the game. During halftime, smaller goals were set up and a mini field was created half of the main field. The boys played a friendly game against each other. It was fun to hear the college kids cheer for the little ones.
In the picture with Michael is Matt Halton from The Woodlands, Texas who is a Junior at Catawba. Matt plays defender, which is the same position Michaels plays mostly. Michael made it a point to find Matt after the game. Michael had met Matt during a Skills Night that Catawba holds occassionally.
As a side note, only 7 of the 25 players for the Railsplitters are from the USA. The other ones are mostly Brazilian with a couple of English and Canadians. If you are a soccer fan, I highly suggest to check out local colleges to watch. You will NEVER complain about high school refs again!

Family Cookbook???

I was thinking about doing another family cookbook. I was wondering how much interest there was in a new one.

Emma made the paper - sorta!

Take a look in the back ground.

That's our Em holding the ball sitting on the bench last night when West beat Leford.

Here's the link to the story in the paper:

http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20081001/ARTICLES/810010322/1003/SPORTS?Title=West_Davidson_spikes_Ledford

Go Dragons!

Emma & Mom watched West stomp Central today in volleyball 25-9, 25-10, and 25-11.

Time to register for J.O. Volleyball!