March 14, 1991 @ 4:52 pm

I became the proud Mom of

Matthew Allen.

Matthew means a gift from God and Allen is after my

very favorite Uncle in the world (although all my uncles are special).

Matthew weighed 7lb 120z.

Little did I know that 18 yrs later he would be

6'5" tall and 205lbs.

He has made me so proud through all these years. He is a great student in school.

He has played about every sport in the world and done great.

He is the best son, and the BEST brother to Jaden.

I lost 2 babies before Matthew was born so when he came along it was so special.

Matthew , we all love you. You have made us all proud and you are fixing to be going on a new adventure in the world of College. I know you will do well, and I know you will make us all proud.

All your Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and family all love you!

Happy Birthday SON!

6 weeks old. He had a head full of hair from day 1.

Age 2

Age 3

18, OMG! Did I say 18.

6'5" tall

I love you son and you make me proud.

Stay the way you are in life and you will reach all your dreams.

Did I ever tell you all....

How much I love the game of Baseball. Especially when my boys are playing.

Matthew had his 1st game of the season yesterday. It was about an hour drive south. So I picked Jaden up at school, we set the navigation system and hit the road. It was a beautiful day in the high 70's. Matthew didn't think he would pitch, but guess what? Yes he went in to close the game. Pitched the last inning and threw to 3 player and was about to strike all 3 of them out. It was good for him since we have had all these arm problems. He felt good and loved to go out and show how good he feels.

I was so proud.

Game 2 today.

Have a good week.

Matthew is #23. This is after the game.

I would love to know what he was thinking!

Beautiful!

These are the days I will miss. Jaden is always Matt's biggest fan. Of course we hope

we get that chance in College!!!

"Hey Mom, now that is cool. Think I will be able to ride that when I

play for Siegel High School?"

Snow in Tennessee & Basketball

We got about 4-5 inches of snow overnight. The further south you are the more you got. I woke up at 6am and looked out and never went back to sleep. I am like a big kid when it snows. I love it. I wished it would have snowed 2 feet!

It was a pretty snow. It stuck to everything.

Enjoy the pics.

This is our house!!!

Daisy's first snow!! She loved it.


Top of Matthews car!

Part 2 of Posting....

It is Basketball tournament time in our area. It is so exciting.

Of course Jaden loves this. Here are a few pictures of his fun time during the games.

We have won the last 3 games and we play Tuesday night.

SO MUCH fun!!!

This is Jaden running out. I wish this was not blurry.

This is our team. We won the district, now we play in the Regions.

The coach always makes sure that Jaden is right in the middle.

He thinks he is the stuff...... so sweet. The boys just love him too.

This is after they won. Jaden always runs down there to give them all a HIGH 5.

Again.... we just love it.

Fifths Disease and Misc...

Hello All... we have had a crazy week or so.

Jaden broke out with a rash about a week ago. Of course I didn't think anything

about it until it got worse and worse. It went from one part of his body to another.

It started on his back, then stomach, then face, and now his arms and feet.

Took him to the doctor and he has Fifth Disease!

When that doctor said that... all I heard was DISEASE! I had

not clue what the heck that was. Anyway, it is really nothing.

He has no symptoms and feels fine.

Here are a couple pics!

This is Jadens arm. You can't really see it too well. It is much worse

in person.
Jaden sitting in room waiting for an HOUR on the doctor.

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Part 2 of this post. Through facebook my school classmates have re-connected.
We have gone bowling twice. Once last month and once this month. It is anyone who went to
Antioch from 1985-90.
I know....... we are old.
Anyway, here are a few pics from our fun. It has been great seeing faces and meeting friends
again. We have had a great time.



This is Darrell... he was a Special Ed student back in 86'. He came to the bowling
thing Saturday night and we had to get all the women with him and take
a picture. Let me tell you what .... it made his NIGHT!
See me in the very back. ha ha

This is some ole' friends that I went to school with . We had such a great time
catching up on life and family. Have not seen these people in about 24-25 yrs.
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Hope everyone is well! Oh yea, let me tell you that I am still having senior meltdowns.
Matt picks up his invitations on Thursday and he is got a girlfriend, and is going to
2 proms.
I am very happy for him.

More misc news!

Yes it is that time of year... BASEBALL! Scrimmage games started on Saturday for

Matthew. The nerves hit me Saturday morning when I knew Matthew would

pitch 1 inning and I was praying that his arm would hold up.

I worked myself into a head ache.

So I got to the game and he finally pitched inning 3. The coach

only lets his pitchers pitch one inning during scrimmage games.

Well as Matt went up to the mound, got the ball my heart sunk into my

stomach. I was so nervous what it might be like.

I have to say that I was so PROUD. He did great. No pain in

his arm, and he did really , really good.

I want him to have such a good season because this is his senior year and it is the end of a lot

of good times. He will still play, but high school ball = great friends, memories to last

a life time and so much fun.

Here are a few pictures.

Ok....here we go!

From the stretch......

Love the game

Here is Jaden at the High school basketball game. We clinched the district

Friday night. We start tourn. play this Friday. Jaden loves this and the players

love him back. We are gonna miss this too!

Here is Jaden at his own basketball game. He loves the game.

One thing I am wondering..... How I am gonna make it through the next 2
months before Matt graduates!
It is becoming very real!

Countdown to May 15th.....

My baby is 8

Jaden is 8 today. He was long waited for and I am so proud to be his Mom.

He was 8 lbs 10oz. Born at 7:38 p.m.

He is so special.

Here is some pictures of him that sums up what a

great kid he is.

I love you baby!!!!!

Random STUFF

There has been so much going on that I am just gonna post a few odd and end things.

Here are just some random things!

And also make sure you check out the video to the right of

my athlete of the week!

I taught him everything he knows. Ha Ha!

This Is Matthew and a couple of friends at one of our Basketball games. Aren't they cute?

Matthew and Kolson getting snacks and coke. This is how we spoil Kolson when Kenny is not around.

Jaden at the Basketball game.

Jaden at his 1st game this year #13..what the heck..13, hmmm maybe that is whey he didn't play that well.

This is Me with Kenny and Karla and a few friends. We had a little Mini reunion

at the Bowling lanes a couple weeks ago. There were about 40-45 people there that went the school that Kenny and I went to. We seen people that we have not seen in years. We all have re-connected from Facebook.

That is my new addiction! Have you all tried Facebook yet?

One of the newpaper items on Matt

Few news paper stories

Click link below
"Siegel\'s Roberson finishes 6th in state bowling finals"http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=15175