Atlantis

One of the coolest things about living in Titusville, is watching the Shuttle Launches. Atlantis Blasted off yesterday, it was my 5th launch, and remains the coolest thing i've seen, other than the thign Shelby does with her tongue and a chery stem...............







There are only 5 launches left...........try to get there...........

The long road home...........

Shelby and I returned to washington for the first time since we left last year. Jacob had concerts on bothe the 6th and the 7th. We had hoped that it would be a suprise but someone had let thew cat out of the bag(which could've been me) and , althoiught they may not have been shocked by seeing us, they were thrilled.

We met Jake's girfriend, Brittney, who was as pretty as she was sweet. We met Jake's bandmates, who were as talented as they were weird. We were re-introduced to Washington weather, which was fa-reeeezing!

We spent 5 days there, not nearly long enough. but, it was good. We were able to see how bad the boys have it there, and our goal is to get them both here by the end of 2010. They are are both great kids, and deserve better than what they are getting . I take full responsibility for that and plan on rectifying this situation swiftly.

Halloween

Halloween was going to one of the worst nights of my life and it almost turned out that way.

Shelby had decided that we were going to dress up and go to a party, then follow up by going out around Titusville in our retarded costumes. I'm not one to shy away from opportunities to embarass myself, but, i want to look decent while doing so............

We awoke to a note on the kitchen counter that said that Bill was in the hospital. Everything turned out well, he is fine, but had to spend the weekend in Parrish Hospital. It was an incredible gesture of solidarity from a father-in-law to son-in-law to go to extreme measures for the sake of saving dignity. Perhaps Bill saw my costume, perhaps he knew where i was going and his friends would be there too. Perhaps he, too, was in this very same predicament years ago and someone had saved him. Maybe he is just trying to save his own face in this town, which is a full time job since his daughter married me and we moved down here.

At any rate, faking that dizzy spell was a stroke of genius that saved the day for both of us...........

We're back!

After a 7 month hiatus, Shelby has forced me to start writing again. A lot has changed since we last posted, a lot has stayed the same. It would be incredibly self indulgent to believe that anyone would care to "catch-up" with everything over the last several months, so let's just say that we are all still alive and doing well. I "survived" my first Florida summer, although I am extremely disappointed with the wimpy hurricane season. Let's hope that the future holds more excitement than this summer. We are planning our first trip back to Washington since the move, which we are looking forward to. So, although nobody is listening anymore, we will have a lot to share. I can't wait to, again, shame ourselves and both sides of our families with way too much information, shameful pictures, and ridiculous stories. The writing isn't always great, but it sure is fun!

Shelby Dawn Sygitowicz

Happy Birthday to my best friend. You are more beautiful today, than you were when I first laid eyes on you, which is incredible. I am so grateful that you came into my life 4 years ago. You are and always will be my dream girl. I still get butterflies when I see your gorgeous smile. Each milestone that we reach together, is more precious to me than the last. I hope you have an incredible day, and I am so thankful that I am here to share it with you. To the one who i will always see when I close my eyes, Happy Birthday, I love you with all that I am...........

Happy Birthday Papa H!

March 9th marked the end of Mr. Holdens calender for the 64th time. He celebrated surrounded by his 3 favorite, and his favorite son-in-law( I win this title by default, as I am his only son-in-law ). Thank you, for all you have done for us in the past few months. Happy Birthday, and here's to celebrating many more.

Here's a cake baked by Brianna...





And, just like every party, there's always someone on the outside looking in. This night was no different............

GO LIGHTNINGBUGS!

Brianna had her first soccer game on the 7th of March.............They play 4-12 minute quarters. She did really well, playing forward in the first, fullback in the second, goalie in the third, and center in the fourth...Unfortunately, they lost 328-3, but they don't keep score in this league, so ALL IS GOOD! Here's what the massacre looked like :)




Here's Brie, taking out a chick who dared to infiltrate her space...........


Inspired by Brianna, as the ball was coming towards the sideline, I saw a little girl, not paying attention....I had to take her out before she disrupted play...Hey! It was a legal tackle!



Since I was kicked out of the complex, I don't have any other pics to share....probably a good thing :) There's always next week!