Go Boilers!

So, I am a little excited about Purdue basketball in the fall. I know it's early, but GO BOILERS!  An excerpt from a website... Boilermakers Already Drawing Attention For 2008-09   Several Web Sites have Purdue top 10 for 2008-09.     Matt Painter has a lot of people nationally talking about Purdue basketball.   April 9, 2008 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After a second place Big Ten finish and 25-9 record, the Purdue men's basketball team is already getting some recognition from the media for the 2008-09 season. ESPN.com's Andy Katz released his annual predictions for the preseason top 25 for the 2008-09 season. In his poll Purdue is No. 8, the highest ranked Big Ten team. "Mackey Arena is rocking again, and Matt Painter has ascended rather quickly as a well-respected coach." said Katz. Luke Winn of CNNSI.com has Purdue No. 4 in his top 10 poll for 2008-09. Jeff Goodman of Foxsports.com also has the Boilermakers No. 7. The Boilermakers finished No. 20 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll and return all five starters.

It's Brackets Day!

As previously mentioned, today is an important day. Today we find out which college basketball teams make it into the NCAA Tournament and which teams don't. Today we also find out who our favorite teams are playing and where they will be playing. Today is Brackets Day!

Growing up in my home, we often had parties to celebrate this day.  My dad often traveled to watch the Purdue games, and we would get to go sometimes.  So the brackets often determined where we were going on vacation as well.

Although I pay very little attention to basketball during the regular season, I get really excited about the postseason.  In less than thirty minutes, we will know the fate of our teams and can start filling out our brackets.  This is truly one of the greatest times of the year!

Go BoiLeRs!  Go CaTs!

Caleb is 18 months!

Caleb turned eighteen months yesterday.  We celebrated this mini milestone with a mini party with our staff team.  I made baseball cookies for Brandon and basketball cookies to celebrate Sunday's Brackets Day (NCAA Selection Sunday)...a national holiday in my family.  As I mentioned before, we gave Caleb a little guitar, and the two have since become inseparable.  Lucas, a friend of ours even taught him how to use a pick!

Taylor, Caleb's best friend, is staying with us this weekend.  The two of them are amazing examples of just how differently God created male and female.  Caleb seems to want to play independently alongside Taylor, but she is constantly hugging him.  Caleb is quiet and focused, and Taylor talks all the time.  Caleb plays with his food, and Taylor takes dainty bites and keeps clean.  They are so much fun together!