Our friends welcome their little one

On Saturday, June 7th, at about 10:15am, our good friends Troy & Sherry became the proud parents of Jacob Eugene Cole. He weighed in at 7 lbs, 5 oz, and was 20 inches long. Jacob had a lot of visitors on Sunday afternoon, which is when I (Sara) took these pictures. I didn't get any pictures of me holding Jacob because I was taking everyone else's picture! Troy did take my picture with Jacob today when I went back for another visit (the perks of not having a full-time job!!!) I'll try to get that picture from him sometime when they are a little less busy....I guess that will be never now, huh?

Troy, Sherry, and Jacob are going home today, and we are so excited for them. We can't wait to be involved in this little guy's life, and we look forward to what God has planned for him.

Sherry & Jacob--isn't he just the cutest thing?

Jacob with Daddy--I think Troy is making a funny face mostly because I caught him chewing gum, not because he's trying to entertain the baby! But, when does Troy not have gum?

Here's Kristal with Jacob

And here's a picture of Wesley I took that day. I know Jacob isn't in this picture, but, Wesley's cute anyway!!!

Indianapolis Indians Baseball

On Saturday, May 31st, we went with our ABF to a Minor League (Triple-A) baseball game in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Indians played the Toledo Mud Hens, and we cheered on the Indians to a 4-3 win! This was a pretty big feat, considering that the Indians were at the bottom of their division, and the Mud Hens were the leaders in that same division.

We were sitting on the 3rd base line, and most of the game was spent dodging foul balls.

Wesley says, "Hey, batter, batter, batter.....swing batter!" Or maybe not, if you're going to send a foul ball in our direction!

Here are a couple of pictures from the game. You can see Wesley at the bottom of the one in the stands, and that is our friends James & Kristal behind him. The picture of the field is just after one of the Indians had hit a home run!

Just Something Cool

We both thought it was really cool that the kid who won the National Spelling Bee this year is from West Lafayette! Here is an article about his win:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As it turned out, Sameer Mishra provided more than just comic relief at the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He won the title.

The 13-year-old from West Lafayette, Indiana, who often had the audience laughing with his one-line commentaries, was all business when he aced "guerdon" -- a word that appropriately means "something that one has earned or gained" -- to win the 81st version of the bee Friday night.

"I don't know about comedy lines, but my parents have been telling me since the beginning that I should always stay calm, cool and collected," said Sameer, who likes playing the violin and video games, and hopes one day to be a neurosurgeon.

Sameer, appearing in the bee for the fourth time and a top 20 finisher the last two years, clenched both fists and put his hands to his face after spelling the winning word. He won a tense duel over first-time participant Sidharth Chand, 12, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who finally stumbled on "prosopopoeia," a word describing a type of figure of speech.

Sameer was a crowd favorite throughout the tournament. When told one of his words in the semifinals was a dessert, he deadpanned: "That sounds good right now." He rolled his eyes and muttered "wonderful" when told that one of his words had five different language roots. He once asked "Are you sure there are no alternate pronunciations?" and later uttered "That's a relief" after initially mishearing the word "numnah" (a type of sheepskin pad).

And what did he have to say while hoisting the heavy trophy? "I'm really, really weak."

Sameer is coached by his sister, Shruti, a high school senior and three-time spelling bee competitor. The first-place finish won him $35,000 in cash and more than $5,000 in other prizes.