Da Byrd's

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Football time

As you all know...we are big ol' football fans here at the Byrd house. So of course we had to have a big ol' party for the first day of NCAA football!! We planned this party months ago, before we knew Kevin would be playing football. So when we got the time of his first game, we were in a bit of a mess. His first game started at 2:30, and people were set to start showing up at 3:30. The game was about an hour away from our home, so we were not sure what to do. So our friends the Pullyman's offered to come over and set up for us and great guest until we got home. So it all worked out and we watched football until almost midnight. Starting with the Georgia game, a little bit of Auburn, a whole buncha Bama, and topped it off with LSU. It was a great day shared with awesome friends!!! FYI...Bama ROCKED!!!

Miami fans.....

Auburn..(Heather)....Gator (Maria)..Ohio State (Sue)...Bama (ME!!)

ALl the girls dressed up!

Kevin's First REAL game

Our first real game did not go much better than the first practice game. We lost 41-0. Kevin still gave a good effort and tries really hard. He is not very focused, so he did not do well when he was put on offense and caused a penality for moving (for anyone who knows Kevin, that is typical). However, he is still looking forward to practice and games.

Niki gets Baptized

Niki was also baptized by Mr Moises. Even though he worked in the chilren's side of the church, a few months ago, he was called to come and work with the youth. During this time, he has really connected with the youth group and we were honored to have him also baptize Niki. He gave a great speach about how we have a family call "kaw kaw", and when one of the Byrd's yell this out, all of us answer. He said that Niki had a calling on her heart from the Lord and she answered it. We are very proud parents and we are blessed to have such wonderful children.

Kevin is baptized by Moises

Almost two years ago, we began going to church as a family at what was then Celebration Baptist Church, but now FaithBridge. Niki and Kevin both took to the church right away and were very comfortable there. Mr Moises was Kevin's first Sunday School teacher and we came to know him, his wife Nita, and sweet daughter Eden over our time there. Kevin gave his life to Christ a while ago, but we were never able to set a date for him to be baptized due to Jeremy's underway schedule. However on Sunday August 30, 2009 Kevin and Niki both were baptized.

Kevin Plays Football

Kevin has now signed up to play football. He is #25 on the Pablo Creek Saints Team. He is enjoying it so far, even though he has never played before and does not get much playing time. The below pictures are from their first practice game. They lost 31-0. He has kept his chin up and a positive attitude so far.

Kevin getting ready in the back field. He plays on defense. He is still a little timid to make direct hits or tackles, but he is doing good by running towards the action, he is just not "in" the action yet..

As you can see, he was a little hot....

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Ground Zero

We went to the site of Ground Zero, but I was a little disapointed. You can't really see anything now, they have fence up all around with "blanket" type things all around. You can peek through, but you have to stand on road blockers and climb the fence. I would love to go back when they finish whatever it is they are doing.

This is a picture of the fire fighters that were first on scene. This fire departmen is directly across the street from where the towers stood.

Central Park

We had dinner at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. It was a nice resturant, not sure it would be one of my favorite places to eat if I lived in NYC, but it was a nice one-nighter.