Another baseball season is upon us, Jeffrey will be leaving for spring training on March 5th. After not playing for an entire season, he has signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals. We are very much looking forward to what God has planned for us this season.

We have had a great off season. Like I posted in the last blog, Jeffrey made is coaching debut with a 15 u travel team where the season ended in November. After baseball we geared up for the holiday season. We enjoyed our time with family and friends!

We celebrated the New Year by renting a beach house in the Outer Banks. This was Jeffrey's 1st visit there, and he now knows why I have talked so highly of it! When we got home from OBX, Jeffrey really hammered down and got into "baseball mode". He worked out to local high school teams to get them ready for their season as well as himself.

It is hard to believe that Jeffrey will be leaving in 9 days. Even though this is our "normal" it is always hard to prepare for the season. The boys are at the age that they more aware that Daddy is gone and they don't like it. I am grateful that spring training is only 6 1/2 hours away, however it looks as though we will probably be heading somewhere up north for the season. It isn't an easy few hour drive, we are talking 10 to 14 hours depending on where we end up.

I am looking forward to this season and watching the boys take in everything at the ballpark. We have been to a couple of my brother's games this season (HS ball) and it is fun to watch them. Cade will sit and watch the game for about 40 minutes and ask questions, while Carson is off playing baseball with some of the other kids. Emily really could care less. She still doesn't understand why people want Daddy to sign things for them.

Again, I am looking forward to this up and coming journey in our lives. God knows what he has planned for us, so we are just along for the ride!