The pictures below are against The Villages. They are a private school so it was going to be a tough game. Chase had some amazing catches. We had a scare at the beginning of the game. A fellow teammate, Matt, dropped before kick off with a seizure. It was VERY difficult to witness--his dad being the head coach-running round looking for his kit--throwing things trying to help his son, which that is what they thought caused his seizure. They took him by rescue to the hospital. Meanwhile, his mom stayed at home for the first time ever because she had a bad migraine and it was a long drive for her to make with the other kids. So our boys just rallied together and prayed for Matt. We got word that at the hospital, they did a scan since all of his counts were
ok--they found a tumor on his brain. I'm not sure what to say about that and the way I felt at the time that I heard that. I felt so many emotions. I felt for Matt--being 17 and knowing that he has a tumor--I felt for his parents, trying to
fathom how we would deal with that.But God is good--ALL THE TIME. Two o'clock the next day, he was in surgery and it was a non
cancerous tumor the size of a lemon. He is doing well............. I'm thankful.
We were only playing hour from Aunt Renee. She was coming up for the Gator game so it worked out very nice. It was a great
surprise for Chase. She got to see Chase play a great game. Even though they lost, Chase did great.
We were at the Villages on Friday night for Chase and to
Alachua on Saturday for T-
Dogg!! This was a big game for the Panthers. This was there best game EVER. They are a very good team. It went back and forth the entire game. It came down to the last 3 seconds....and we won by ONE point!!!!
We made a VERY unexpected trip. Our kids had things to do and we decided that we needed some time together. Sooooo at 10:30 on Saturday morning that we would head to the Gulf Coast. We ended up at Maderia Beach.We did not even have anywhere to stay...which is unlike me but it was FUN. We just walked around and found somewhere that we liked. It was the Barefoot Resort. It was perfect for us. It was in walking distance of the shops and resturants. John use to go there with his grandparents when he was little. His best memory was looking for sand dollars. As you can see, we found a few.
The gorgeous sunset...
I love this one with John.
I loved John's statement when I sat down as the sun disappeared..."If you don't believe in God after watching that....you're crazy!!!" I would have to agree. If you have never watched the sun sink into the horizon on a clear afternoon..that should be on your list.
The shoreline that we walked each day..
Our footprints in the sand... 
The drivers there are so crazy that you are suppose to carry a flag when you cross the street..SO THEY CAN SEE YOU BETTER!! Anyways, it is a law that they must stop at the crosswalks.That cracked us up each time we saw it. All we could think about was the kids and how they would act with those flags... We just wanted to share..
Below is the motel that John stayed at with his family over 25 years ago. We walked around the property and took some shots. He said it seemed smaller than he remembers :) Time has a way of doing that.
Hopefully, his Mema will find a picture of him at this same seawall--if so I will scan it in.:)
