5th Grade Graduate!

My little Autumn graduated 5th grade today. She also got two awards, a Math Award and the Presidental Academic Award! I'm so proud of her and I'm so glad that my Mom, my Mam Maw and Grandma got to go see her.

Softball Season

Both girls are playing softball this year so our life is very very busy right now. Autumn is playing rec minor league on the DevilRays, plus 10u travel softball for Broadway, Alyx is playing rec farm league on the Diamondbacks. Both teams are off to great starts, Alyx's team is 2-0, Autumn's rec league is 1-0 and the travel team lost their frist scremmage. Alyx is mainly playing 2nd base and outfield, Autumn is playing outfield. Both are doing good hitting and Autumn score the first run for her team this year. We have 4 games just about every week now until mid June and travel ball goes till September but those are all weekend tournaments. Here are some pics of my softball girls.

Alyx's Field Trip

Alyx had a field trip today to the Frontier Culture Museum in Stanton. We had a great time. There were lots of new things since I went with Autumn in 1st grade. First we came to a house in progress, the 1720's Valley cabin. It was really neat, the kids got to split wood to help make shingles for the house in progress and help make a fence.

They also got to saw the wood, with a two person saw!

After the 1720's farm we moved the 1780's farm. This one was super interesting-at least to me. The first part of the home (when you look at the picture the left side) was built in 1780 by a German settler George Bowman in Timberville, just up from Rader's Lutheran Church. Then the second part, the parlor (the room the class is setting in) was built by his grandson John Bowman around 1820. More interesting when I called my mom and told her about it she said we'll you know your Granddaddy's good friend John, he is John Bowman-he was named after his great grandfather-so how cool I've actually meet someone from this family! I think I learned more then the kids.

While at the Bowman farm Alyx also got to do some wood work.

Then it was off to lunch, this is a pic of Alyx and her good friend Jesse who was in our group. Then we went to the store, of course, here is a pic of Alyx and Jesse waiting for the class. We had a great time as always-I just love field trips!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend despite all the rain!

Picture

I usually hate pictures of myself, mainly cause I'm so darn fat (working on it) but Kevin took a really good picture of Autumn, Alyx and I Saturday while it was beautiful outside before we went to Charlottesville with some friends to eat at Cheeseburgers in Paradise-which was wonderful. So I thought I'd share the pic. Hope everyone has a great week, my allergies are acting up-a good sign of spring!

Sorry!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Work has been crazy! In case you don't know what I do, I am the lead Program Administrator the charge card programs here at JMU. So total we have 496 small purchase charge cards, and in small purchase really isn't that small they all have transaction limits of $4999 and monthly limits between $5000 and $50000, so not really small and over 300 travel cards. Well we just entered into a new state contract with Bank of America Visa cards moving from the GE MasterCards, so that means testing file feeds, learning a new system, teaching that system to cardholders, myself and the girl that works with me. Also I represented the state supported College and Unversities on the bid/review process (big honor) but lots of time setting up training, etc. Plus we had a state audit on our cards-so it's been crazy-lots of stress and all that junk because it's my baby sink or swim and my neck is on the line if it isn't done right. Well the new cards hit the campus this week, still some stuff to figure out but things aren't quite so bad now I just need to catch up on all the regular work that has taken a backseat.

The girls are getting ready to start softball. Practices started this week, Alyx on Monday/Thursday and Autumn on Wednesday/Saturday. It should be very exciting when they both start games because they both will be traveling this year so it looks like two times a week in Timberville and two times a week somewhere else (Harrisonburg, Grottoes, Woodstock, Mt Jackson, New Market, Bridgewater!) so we will be busy busy.

I am also doing a weight loss challenge with some friends family. We each pay $10 a month and on May 1 the one who has lost the biggest percentage of their starting weight wins the money. I've cut out all soda from my diet (which was super hard) and I've cut back on other things and I've tried to walk about 4 times a week 2.5 miles (has only happened once this week). So far I'm only at 4.2 pounds lost but hopefully things will turn around.

So that's the update on the Dellinger family.

Finally a SNOW DAY!!!

We finally got a snow day yesterday, for mommy and girls!! We just hung out at the house but the girls did try out the new sleds that Nana & Papa got them for Christmas. My Mom wanted them to find the old timey ones with the runners, she found them, for a pretty penny I'm sure, but the girls loved them. Hope everyone enjoyed the snow day, now it's back to the real world.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009!

We had a great New Years Eve. We met Kevin for lunch at the Congress Street Pulik House in New Market. I had bought my mom and step dad a gift certificate there for Christmas. Since they have both been sick my mom asked me to use it since they are closing on January 4th. I'm so glad I got to go. It was a beautiful place and the food was out of this world! I wish I would have found this place before now-I wish there was a way they could stay open.

Then we headed to Harrisonburg. We want to get the dice game Center, Right, Left-it's so fun and anyone can play. Yeck Alyx won one game on New Years Eve. Then I went by Bath and Body Works to get some $3 lotion-love that stuff.

Then we went to Jody's shop for New Years Eve. It was a small crowd but we had a great time and like every trip from the shop the kids came home totally dirty. Below are some pics from New Years Eve.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful 2009-filled with lots of laughs, smiles and wonderful memories.

Happy New Year.