April Birthdays

Celebrated my birthday all day on the 28th!  Margaret & Granny took me out to lunch, which was DELICIOUS! And then Duane and I went to Calvert, where we picked up some truffles from Cocoamoda.  Yes...they were as delicious as they look!

Chris's birthday is also at the end of April, so we always use that as an excuse to get the crowd together for a nice dinner.  This year, we went to Atami!  It was a delicious meal and a great time!

 It was a FUN night!

FACES Golf Tournament-2012

Supporting FACES Houston is a family event.  Duane had a great time participating in their annual golf tournament at the Cypresswood Golf Course!

Aunt Kathleen has registration table under control...

Uncle Larry makes friends!

Aunt Patsy & Sarah run the course and keep the tournament running smoothly...

Jeff tees off...

The Fantastic Foursome!

Keith, Duane, & Rusty.  I feel sorry for the one who got paired with these jokers!

Look at that form!

Go Rusty!

 Back in the clubhouse...

Winners, Door Prizes, & Dinner!

  

 Uncle Edward helps with dinner...

A good time was had by all! What a fun way to support a great cause!

TLA

A few months ago, the Library Program Coordinator surprised us by telling us that we were going to get to go to TLA (The Texas Librarian's Association's Annual Conference)!  This year, it was in Houston.  Seeing authors is always a HUGE highlight!  Scholastic hosted a Reader's Theater program with several of their authors. That's Augusta Scattergood, Michael Northrup, Maggie Stiefvater, Elizabeth Eulberg, Chris D'Lacey, Sarah Mlynowski, & Jennifer Nielsen performing excerpts from each other's books.  It was a great morning, and I've already got all of their books on next year's order!

 The BEST was seeing one of my absolute FAVORITE authors...Judy Blume!  She was there celebrating the 40th anniversary of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!

 Kristen Cashore signed my copy of her new book, Bitterblue.

 Veronica Roth signed my copy of Divergent.  I gave it to my nephew, Eli, for his birthday!

We went to a breakfast for tween/teen librarians.  Patrick Carman was the guest speaker; he was fantastic!

TLA is a fantastic conference.  Attended lots of sessions and got lots of new ideas.  Ready for next year!

Play Ball!

The Brewers had a really good game this week!

Their bats were H.O.T. HOT!

And, they even managed to steal a few bases!

It wasn't perfect; Duane was a little impatient at the plate, and fouled out...

But, he redeemed himself with a beautifully hit, stand-up double!!!

As good as the offense was, it was the DEFENSE that stood out! Huff had a 3-pitch inning!

And the guys worked hard to get 3 DOUBLE PLAYS!
It was a GREAT game!

The Brewers in March

Once again, Duane is playing softball with the Dudd's Brewers.

It's always a fun time, win or lose!