Babies!

Lately I had noticed that our 2 finches, Buster and Cracker, had been rotating times in their nest. I found it a little odd, but not knowing a whole lot about birds I didn't think too much of it. This morning when I went in to check their water and food, I noticed the male in the nest. He is normally the one that is chirping his little heart out when he sees me getting their food and water. Well, he finally came out. Since our birds at school had babies, I took a look in the nest not expecting to see anything and OMG we have eggs. Not just a couple of eggs but 6!! How exciting! Buster and Cracker are going to be PARENTS.

ATTACK!!!!

The afternoon air was much too calm. The army could feel that the enemy was near. It had been several days since the last attack, and this time they were prepared.

General Filley had designed a sure fire plan that would take the enemy down. He was confident his men could handle the mission.

He walked the battle field to make sure that everyone knew their positions.

General Filley assisted his men on the enemy lines. He wanted to make sure they were all prepared for what was going to happen next.

The men waited for what seemed like an eternity, until finally they saw it. The enemy was close enough to be seen. She was bigger than described!!! She was grounding all the planes, so attacking by air wasn't an option.

Even General Filley was shocked by her size. She was bigger then he had remembered!! He told his men, "Don't let her looks fool you. She seems nice at first, but don't trust her. She will act innocent and sweet to lure you in, and then she will turn on you." The men waited and waited to see what her next move would be.

At last, night came. It was the perfect opportunity (with her asleep) to perform a sneak attack. Jones was the bravest of the men. He quietly snuck in.

But to his surprise he wasn't quiet enough. The enemy awoke and grabbed him.

He had seen his last day. He was eaten alive!

This infuriated the other men and they attacked.

But the enemy was too strong.

Many of the men were stopped in their tracks.

But, they kept fighting, they were going to take her down......for the sake of their fallen friends. At last, she had been overtaken by their determination and defeated. "Strength in numbers had been their motto."

Victory was theirs! General Filley was proud!

Steve visits his Grandfather in Leesburg, Va.

Steve and O.D.

O.D. (Steve's grandfather) turned 90 this month. Since he hadn't seen him in a long time, he decided to join his dad who had gone up a couple days earlier. They had a really good time, ate some yummy crab cakes, visited O.D., Aunt Barbara and Uncle Bob, and took a tour of the land. One of the places they went to was Harper's Ferry in West Virginia. The view was amazing!

National Junior Honor Society

Blake was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on Wednesday, September 24th!

Band and Football

Jason is playing for Lincoln this year! He is having a great time and doing really well. His favorite part of the game is the tackling. He had a game today and had 5 tackles! Way to go J!

Blake is part of Lincoln's "A" Band. Last night they played with Coronado High School (Wow, big league). It sounded really good, and when I told him that he mentioned that there were some parts where he and his friends messed up so they just pretended to play. lol

Look how tall he has gotten. I am not bending down and his isn't on his tip-toes.

Austin had a friend over last night so we took them and John to the game. Austin was impressed with how the band performed and John, well John was more interested in the snack bar.

Look out road the oldest Filley Boy is about to take you on

It has finally happened, Sean will be getting his Drivers Permit today, 9-23-08.

Steve and Jackie are Webmasters!

Steve and I were asked to re-design Sean's high school basketball team's website. Last year I was so disappointed that the website wasn't updated for parents and family that we jumped on the chance to do it.

Check it out at! You can either go to the high school's website http://franklin.episd.org/ then to Athletics, then Basketball-Mens or you can go directly to http://www.franklincougarbasketball.com/

We are really proud of it!
Enjoy!!

Moving into September.....

September brings in Blake's birthday, Mimi and Badad's anniversary (both on Sept. 7th) and John's birthday on Sept. 12th.

Sept. 7th Blake turned 13! We had a "Family Party" on Saturday up at Fuddruckers.

All the boys had fun with the birthday glasses.

This year Blake decided he wanted to celebrate at a playland down the street from us. On Sunday he had around 14 of his friends come and join him and brothers for an exciting time at the playland.



The boys were so brave and road all of these rides while Steve and I were the responsible parents and safely watched from the ground.

Mimi and Badad celebrated their 66th Wedding Annivesary on Sunday.


And last but not least, John's birthday was Sept. 12th. We took the gang to Adventure Zone. Hard to believe the youngest Filley is already 6!






Whew! The best part is no more birthdays until December!