Puppies For Sale

We have 2 litters of puppies that will soon be ready for their forever homes. They were born on October 8 & 9, 7 boys and 4 girls. Parents are on site and these pups were born in our home, not in a kennel.

There is 1 black/white male, 1 gold/white male and the rest are gold with either a splash of white on the forehead or a black mask. These puppies are just adorable.


Contact me if you or someone you know is interested in a puppy just in time for Christmas!!

2008 MNHS Soccer Awards Banquet

Last Tuesday night, we held the 2008 Soccer Awards Banquet. The "Senior Moms" (that'd be me) decorated a table dedicated to their player.

Each Senior received their "Senior" Award and there were some fun awards that the coaches made up to give out. Jordan received the "Crystal Slider" Award because he loved to slide to kick the ball. Jordan received a nice surprise when he was presented with the "Most Improved Defense Player" Award.

Jordan made a video that was shown during the dinner. He had video clips from the North-Grayson Co game. This was the game that went into double OT, with North winning 4-3, putting them into the District Finals. There were lots of pics of the players and special pics of each senior that was taken on Senior Night.

Our boys had a great year and I think I enjoyed this year more than any other. Too bad it was our last year.

Note-Pics aren't the best due to the lighting in the gym.

Jordan at his "Senior Table"

Pics on Jordan's Senior Table

Jordan preparing to show his video.

Awards Table


Receiving the "Most Improved Defense Player" Award.

Jordan with the coaches, Eric & Grant

Award Recepients

Soccer Seniors

Silly Seniors

What's Been Going On???

I haven't posted anything since Labor Day Weekend. Not that there hasn't been anything going on, actually, just the opposite. Too much has been going on and I've not had time to sit still long enough to write about it.

Since the middle of August, we have been either practicing, playing or refereeing soccer games. Jordan is a senior this year and I think he has done something with soccer 4, 5 and sometimes 6 days each week. When he's not at practice or at a game, he referees games at the elementary school.

I've been really getting into my photography. I have been taking lots of soccer pics, I did Jordan's Senior Pictures, took pics of a 1 year old girl, took fall pictures of a family, took pics of a brother & sister and a teenage friend of mine. I'm really enjoying my new hobby and even took a class to learn more about it. I'm meeting lots of photography friends and I'm amazed at how helpful so many of them are. Most are very generous in offering advice, although there are a few that want to keep their knowledge to themselves. I figure they know some really good stuff.

I've posted some of my pics on my "Photos by Leigh" blog. Here are a few of my favorites.

Labor Day 2008 Cruise-In

Cruise-In 2008 is being held this Labor Day weekend. I went on Friday night to watch all the happening. One of the most interesting things I found was the Hula Hoop contest. There were many food booths, vendors and lots and lots of people.

Looking up Broad Street

Hula Hoop Contest

The "Purse Lady" with her Shih Tzu

Jack & Donna's Bike

Jack & Donna

Senior Soccer

Muhlenberg North Soccer season is in full gear with the Stars starting off the season at 0 for 2. Oh well...it's still early. This is Jordan's last year to play soccer and he's really enjoying it. These pics were at their first home game against Barren County, who won the game 4-1. This was also my first attempt at taking some action shots. Pretty good for a beginner, huh?

"Backyard Guest" aka "Backyard Pest"

When we first moved here, we found that there was a family of groundhogs living under the outbuilding. We haven't seen any of them for years, but recently found that one had moved in. This groundhog, now named George, comes out the eat the pears on the ground and creates such a commotion with my dogs, you've never heard such barking. I've not been able to get a pic of him because everytime I go out the back door, he runs back to the building. I took this first pic through the glass of the back door and as soon as I opened the door, he took off. When I let the dogs run, they ran right to the building to try to find George.

GRC Kiddos

I had the pleasure of "kiddo-sitting" on Sunday night during the evening worship service. We were hanging out at the new playground when I decided to bring out the camera. I caught some wonderful shots as well as some "priceless moments".

Carter in Blue

Cody in the trunk of my car!!

Tyler entertaining the kiddos.

Playing on the new playground.

The Three Amigos--Nick, Anna Beth & Rachael.

Playing Ninja Tag

Paradise Park in Muhlenberg County

I recently visited Paradise Park in Powderly, Ky, right off the Highway 189 Bypass. I don't think a lot of people know just how beautiful this park is.

There is an old log cabin, a Coal Mines Shotgun House, the Old Springridge School House, old outhouses, an old jail cell and Merle Travis' birth place. Merle Travis was born in Rosewood, Ky in Muhlenberg County and is well known for his "thumb picking" style of guitar playing.

You can go into all these buildings with the exception of the Merle Travis home, which is only opened for special events.

There is also a play ground, a bandstand area and a pavilion with picnic tables & grills. There are lots of trees making for a nice place to go on a hot sunny day. You can drive through the park or park outside the fence and walk in.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see a slide show of pictures of Paradise Park.

Bill Smothers Park, Owensboro, Ky

I recently was in Owensboro and went to the Ohio River to take pictures of the bridge and some boats. I knew about the Shelton Memorial, but I had never visited it. This memorial to Colonel Charles Shelton, who was shot down over Laos on his 33rd birhtday in April 1965, was absolutely beautiful and very moving. Because of Colonel Shelton's resistance to his captors & his legandary attempts to escape and because his wife, Marian, refused to allow her husband to be listed as dead until the government proved he was not alive, Shelton became known as "the last P.O.W." This memorial to his life and his family was erected at Smothers Park in 1999.
To read more about Colonel Shelton, click to go to the offical Arlington National Cemetery Website at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/charlese.htm

Bridge over the Ohio River connecting Kentucky & Indiana

Plaque about the Flood of 1937

KiKi

We share a cat with our neighbors. Wendell and Barbara live in Lousiville but come here to her "home place" a few times each month. When they are in, the white & gray cat I call Rachael stays at their house. When they go back to Lousiville, Rachael comes back here. About a month ago, Wendell told me that he found a kitten in his garage and wondered what would happen to the kitten when they left. I knew what would happen, they would travel across the road to my house. I was right. Rachael is a beautiful, long, sleek cat. She has a very unusual quality about her. She has 6 toes on her front feet, making her feet looks extremely big. She passed that quality onto her kitten, which we call KiKi.

(Wendell & Barbara are in for the week, but Rachael & KiKi are still on my front porch!)

Mommie Cat Rachael

Notice the 6 toes?

My Destanee

This is my friend Destanee. I asked her if I could practice taking some pics of her and she jumped at the chance. She loves having her picture taken and she was a great model. I'm enjoying working with my editing program, don't know how good I am, but I'm getting there. Destanee loved them!! Thanks for letting me snap you!!

My Favorite!!