Waves kicked up by Hurricane Ike at Pensacola Beach Pier Waves kicked up by Hurricane Ike at Pensacola Beach Pier
The first lesson we learned was just a week ago…
Never drive the van through deep saltwater :)
We applied this lesson just a day ago when we went out to the beach to watch yet another storm, [...]

Ballbangers Competitors 2008This past weekend was a lot of fun. It started out friday night with BeerFest at Seville Quarters. Over 53 breweries and vendors were set up to share their wonderful brews for everyone. Cost was only $20. And we more than drank our $20 worth. We hustled very quickly from booth to booth [...]

The outer bands from Hurricane Gustav lashing out at Pensacola BeachWell we got lucky again with avoiding Hurricane Gustav. Just afraid how long our luck will last with Hannah, Ike and Josephine out there, and more to come since this looks to be a crazy season.
There was almost a tragedy however for us from Gustav, [...]

Well we made it back without any troubles, we now have over 188,888 miles on our van! And still running strong, great MPG.
On the drive back Sharon and I talked a lot about Noah and the possibility that we may get blessed with another baby. We are pretty excited at the thought, but it is [...]

Feeling like we needed a break from real life for a day or so because of all that has happened to us, we planned a quick getaway from Rachie’s place in Port Charlotte to Key West.
Our getaway to Key West got off to a rough start, literally. First getting up at 5:30 to drive to [...]

We decided we wanted a break from Pensacola and got in the van and headed down south to Port Charlotte to visit Sharon’s sis Rachie and my best friend Scooter.
We could not have picked a worse time perhaps. Tropical Storm, soon to become Hurricane Fay, is barreling down on the Port Charlotte area as I [...]

Well the day came that we had to meet with the Funeral director to make arrangement s for little Noah. Since neither Sharon nor I ever want an open casket or want to be buried in a coffin we made the decision to have Noah cremated.
As we discussed all the details with the Director we [...]

The last full day Sharon’s family was here we went to the beach for lunch and to hang out. We got food at Flounders and then headed out to the Cross. The Cross is a surfer’s break which is marked by a large white cross on top of a large sand dune. Pretty col because [...]

I realized I have not explained what happened and why Noah did not make it. From what the doctors and midwife can figure out is that, while everything was developing, the placenta, the cord and Noah, they did not develop properly. For whatever reason the placenta did not function as well as it should, which [...]

Photo courtesy of Angela Dowling, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep PhotographyOur Noah was the most beautiful and perfect thing we have ever seen. We would have done anything to have him alive on this earth with us. There is an emptiness that I feel in my heart and one I think will always [...]