Stiletto Sprint!

This was super fun!

I was able to join Bridgette in competing in the REI Stiletto Sprint for the March of Dimes Babies.

We ran a 50 yard sprint with about 40 other women (and 2 men in drag) in 3" or higher heels! It was a lot of fun, and Bridgette won 3rd Place!! By the way, I did not lose either, no last place here!

Side note .. Cheryl Schmitt said that I was surely going to break a hip, among other bones, and she was WRONG! Nah, Nah, Nah .. look at me I'm doing the "Cheryl was wrong" dance!!

Bridgette was only behind the girls who truly looked like they were in a serious track competition. Bridgette, of course, came in third with style and grace on her tiptoes, and with a smile on her face.

The race was featured on the local news channel, KXII Channel 12 in Sherman. The piece showed Bridgette crossing the finish line.

This was something that Bridgette has wanted to do for a while, and I had a blast. I am so glad that God allowed us to experience this together.

Catching up with the Davis Family

I am really apprehensive about this blog. It is what it is, a place for me to tell about what is going on in our lives.

This picture is from last Christmas. For those who have not been up to date with the Davis Family, I will catch you up. Bridgette is in her second year at UNT in Denton. She is majoring in English Literature. We are very proud of her. Destiny is a Senior at Gunter High, she plans to attend Flight School in the US Army right after she graduates. She wants to fly helicopters, specifically, medical helicopters. She is a simply amazing girl! Karl is in 5th Grade and at the Middle School, he is all boy, and so much fun to be around.

We have the best friends in the world, as a matter of fact, we don't call them friends .. they are our family. We are the "Schmavis" family. Schmitt + Davis, you get the picture. There are three families of Schmitts and we get to join in on their Birthdays, Anniversaries, Thanksgivings, Christmas, and just whatever, it's really special. I have two best friends, Jana & Cheryl. Their kids all love my kids and vice versa. If you come to visit me, chances are, you will meet at least some of the Schmitts.

Mark and I are taking a break from the Fire Dept. We both volunteered for more than 5 years. It was a great time in our lives, and we will probably get back to it at some point.

Our lives right now are busy with serving God, that sounds kind of "haughty taughty", and I would never want to sound that way, but it's our desire to have a rich personal relationship and family relationship with Christ. Therefore, the easiest way to do that is to surround yourself with others who have the same goal. We have joined up with an awesome group of people at Lifeway Church. This church is in Celina, TX. If you ever have a chance to visit, please do, I think you will find that it is a different church that what you might be used to.

I think that is all, I will post more later .. maybe even later today. =)

My reasons to have a blog.

I have always thought that blogging was for writers, which I am not. Now, I see that people have blogs for many reasons. I decided to do this for three reasons:

1. I want to keep people who care about us up to speed on what is going on with Mark and me and our family.
2. Being a part of the Visual Arts Team of Lifeway Church, this is a place to share our creations.
3. I found out last week that if you have the courage to share your weaknesses and insecurities, you might be able to help others by simply letting them know that they are not alone, or at least, that they are not as screwed up as you. ( I just wanna do my part! )