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My bff Becky is moving to Africa! She's living the dream! I'm so excited to see what God has in store for her. It's going to be amazing.

You can see her story and follow her journey at www.wheresbecky.blogspot.com

Its going to be so sad to see her go, but so exciting to see the fruits of her labor!

Today's good...

....for a cruise to Mexico! My sister and my friend Paula, got together behind my back and surprised me with a 5 day cruise to Cozumel. We leave today (in a few hours) and will be back on Thursday.

Pictures will come later.....

CJ vs. Wasp

The wasps won this time....CJ was over at a friends house Saturday and they decided to swing. Somewhere on the swing set was a giant wasp nest. CJ started to swing and got smacked by at least 3 wasps, but ended up with about 6 stings. Mostly on his head and face. Three stings to his ear and 2 on his cheek. One stung him on his forearm. He's fine now and back to "normal" (whatever that is for CJ) but only after a visit to the urgent care center for a shot and the pharmacy for some steroids and benadryl. Some pics for the curious...

Alligator Bayou

Last night, we visited our dear friend, Jim over at Alligator Bayou Tours. Its so sad. Iberville Parish decided to open the locks for the canal that feeds Alligator Bayou and the Spanish Lake basin and have completely drained the bayou. Its left the place a waste land. Almost completely putting Alligator Bayou tours out of business. http://www.alligatorbayou.com/

I wish there was something more we could do to help save this beautiful, natural, wildlife preserve, but it looks bleak. Of course, there are pics.....

Bayou less than 1ft deep....will not sustain life for fish much longer.CJ and Jim trying to come up with a plan to save Alligator Bayou....

Roots of the Cypress trees are exposed and fish just fight in the low water level to survive.Jim feeding Hannibal. Jim calls the gators up by name and hand feeds them, each one. So amazing to see the love they have for this place and these "dragons". Simply beautiful.

CJ learning the ropes. Hannibal is one of the largest gators in the preserve and he is no 'gentle giant'. He can move fast and is unbelievably huge. He got CJ and Jim back over the fence pretty quickly. (note the picture of CJ and Jim from the back, CJ's shirt is ripped because of his quick retreat over the fence)Love Jim, Frank and Alligator Bayou. Praying for a quick resolution and recovery.

Carly's back......

Carly's passion is softball. No big secret. However, she had to sit out several seasons due to chronic knee dislocations. After several attempts with physical therapy and braces and a cast, Carly made a decision with her surgeon to undergo a major surgery that would involve cutting bone and screwing it all back together. This would leave her in a wheelchair for 6 weeks and in a full leg cast for 8. Ultimately, it worked and Carly was able to get back on the field the summer before high school. We made a "thank you" video for her surgeon and thought we'd share it with family and friends.....enjoy....

From Blog to Facebook....

I must apologize to my 3 readers that have probably disowned my blog. I moved over to FB and because of my ADHD, struggle with updating both. But after taking heat from some of you, (you know who you are, Cathy, Kev...) I'll try to at least do something so you know what's going on with the Ragsdale's.

Much love to you all.......