Brian on 2nd Base - He has gotten better at hitting recently! 
His coaches are very pleased with his pitching skills 
Amanda's batting has improved tons this year!
Notice the umpire - that would be Andy!
During Brian's game on Tuesday night, they must have been practicing for the Air Show that happened this past weekend. So, I got some cool pictures of the military airplanes flying overhead!
Little League has officially begun! At least the practices have! I'm pretty excited about this spring...Brian, Amanda, and even Andy has a team this year! Now, Andy's not playing, but he did decide to coach this year, so I think that's really cool.
I have decided that I'm going to be keeping up with my blog now, since I find writing down the events is something I don't like doing and end up putting it off! I also got a Canon XSi this past November, so I will be posting TONS of pictures too!
We've settled back into the routine of school, hard to believe I'm in the second semester of my Jr. year!!! It won't be too long before I'm a senior and then college...it's just amazing to me!
Brian and Amanda had their baseball/softball tryouts last night and they both were SOO excited to have them. Brian especially has been looking forward to baseball season again! The league is doing a complete redraft of all the kids this season, so we're not sure whose team either of them are going to be on. Brian's coach last year, Tony, has made it known to Brian that he really wants to draft him again this year, so we shall see. Tony is coaching the Rays this year, so that would be awesome for Brian to be on that team...I could get all decked out for his games!! :)
They both did pretty well in tryouts. Brian hit 2 out of his 3 balls, also fielded 2 out of 3 smoothly, and caught both flyballs that were catchable. Andy was throwing fly balls, and the first was very shallow! Amanda, on the other hand, didn't hit anything, but fielded all the balls, and only missed one flyball!
I am very excited about Little League this year! I enjoy sitting in my chair (not bleachers!) and watching them play (and Andy umpire!). Life will start to get crazy again, but that's ok, I love crazy and it gives us something to do! Here's a few pictures from last night.
Just recently, my family got a new treadmill, so in my quiet (very long) moments while using it and listening to some of my favorite songs, I'm in deep thought and thinking about life and what God's purpose is for me. Although I haven't found out exactly what His purpose is, I'm learning more about Him and what he wants me to work on in my own spiritual life to become a better follower of Him.
The reason we got the treadmill is to start exercising reguarly and getting fit/into shape. Mainly, cause well, I'm getting older and it's coming to a point in my life where I want to look the best I can, and feel happy and energized. While thinking about that, I realized that I needed to be talking to God and reading His Word to know how I can be that way spiritually, and not only feel/look good by using the treadmill, but also be in God's will for my life.
I have to admit, one of the hardest things right now for me, and that I have been struggling with is responding to different situations with a good attitude, that's very challenging for me. There have been several things within the past month that have been difficult for me to understand why God didn't allow it to work out or put obstacles in the way of how I thought everything was supposed to happen, and it was super frustrating.
One of the biggest things was this past month, one of my best friends, from Charlotte, was supposed to come down for a week or so. We both were VERY excited and just couldn't stop talking about it and thinking about how it would be like, since we hadn't seen eachother in about 2 years. But, God had different plans. Her grandma, quite suddenly wasn't doing too well at all and she was going to have to have surgery the day before my friend was supposed to leave, and her parents didn't think it would be a good idea to leave when her grandma was supposed to have major back surgery. We got this news while Andy was in Greenville, visiting his sister, and it devastated me. I do't understand why God would allow this to happen at the same time they were supposed to be coming or why it happened at all. I remember just saying through those first few days that we found out, how unfair it was and why couldn't things just work out, but then you're reminded, that you're not the one whose Grandma is going through this surgery or even that You're the one having the surgery, so I didn't really have the right to complain about it. Yes, I was sad, but I KNOW that God has a reason for everything, and He was just trying to teach me how to be happy and content, no matter what the circumstances!
Within these past few weeks with all the disappointments and frustrations, I have felt so much closer to God and my walk with Him. He's taught me so many things and how I just need to trust COMPLETELY in Him. I can't change circumstances, but I can change how I react to them. Now that I'm 16, I'm starting to realize how my life is going to be changing drastically these next few years, and there are going to be things that I won't like, but I can't control them, and I'm not going to spend time worrying about them! I can't tell you every detail about the future and how it's going to work out, but I do know that God will be by my side, guiding me through everything!
The verse that God really stuck out to me during my devotions recently is Jeremiah 29:11.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
This past week, I was in Gatlingburg, TN, celebrating Christmas with extended family. But I also found time to sit back and relax, and think about the future and how I want to live. There are a few things I promised myself this week, but something that stuck out to me is how to treat people, specifically the male species.It was something that even today I found myself doing, and that is just talking or arguing with the guys around.
I want to have a marriage with my future husband to be so that when I'm old, in my 50's, 60's, 70's, I want to still love him just as much, and SHOW him that. Walking hand in hand in the park, him opening doors for me, making him dinner, helping him with projects, and a kiss every now and then.
I know that's something that every girl dreams about when she's young, and from what I have observed, it isn't very common, but I want that! It is possible, but it takes work and love from both sides of the relationship. I don't want to be hardened to my relationship that we ignore eachother or I yell at him, because he's going deaf and he feels like I nag him too much!
It is still a long way away from where I am right now, but it has been something on my mind lately, and it's never to early to start thinking about how I want to live my old, married life! This is also something that I can just work on now, with the guys in my life, and how I need to be treating them. But I do know one thing, I will be working on it!
With the Woodard's gone for the week, we have some very, very lonely kitties. All Tuesday long, Roofie and Nutty slept. Nutty looked like he was dreaming most of the time, and would twitch or make noises, it was pretty cute. Roofie did come over and sit with us after a while, I think he just wanted some attention, and we were always willing to give him some!
It has been a very busy, exciting, and exhausting weekend. It's been non-stop, go, go go, but I like that! We had the Coffman's 50th Anniversary on Saturday night and that was a lot of fun! I didn't think I 
was going to be going at first, but Mrs. W needed help taking pictures, so I was glad to come! The church was decorated beautifully and it really made it look nice for them. Mrs. Haynes had us laughing because she was so worried her shoes didn't match, but yet they were fine and nobody noticed! Overall, that was a successful night, and we all were stuffed...at least I was!
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