Nikki's Current Song Obsession...It is Pat Green's What I'm For. Take a list if you want.Pat Green - What I'm For [ New Video + Lyrics + Download ]

Life In General...Things have been really busy around the Elliott house with baseball, dance class, school, work, and Jacob is participating in an after school program at his school once a week for 6 weeks called MAD SCIENCE. He is having a blast and doing really cool science experiments in the process. And he is just amazing on the baseball field. He is really doing so great and we are constantly amazed that this is his first year playing. He really seems to have a lot of natural ability. He hits the ball and gets on base every time he bats, he hustles like crazy, and does a great job catching the ball. And he is having FUN! I am so proud of him.

The kids and I are in the process of figuring out which faces we want to draw/carve on our pumpkins. Seems like a good weekend project. The weather is gorgeous and in the 70's so it is wonderful to just have the windows open enjoying a cool breeze.

Julia got her Halloween costume today in the mail from Gramma and Big Daddy. She wants to be a bride. Oh boy! Is she gorgeous all dressed up in her gown, veil, and bouquet! I'll have to post some pictures this weekend.

We are anxiously awaiting the OSU football game later today. It is homecoming weekend and we sure wish we could be there to take the kids to their first walkaround, parade, and OSU football game. No one does homecoming quite as great as OSU! GO POKES! Beat Mizzou!

Have a great weekend!

This is my great grandfather, Walter Holke. He lived from Dec 25, 1892-Oct 12, 1954. He had a very successful 11 yr career at 1st base playing for the Giants, Braves, Phillies, and Reds. He was a switch hitter and was a left handed thrower. His nickname was the "Union Man". I am so proud of his accomplishments and the impact that he made on baseball. But mostly when I see this picture, I see my grandfather, Pa (Kenneth Holke), my dad (David Holke), my brother (Doug Holke) and my cousin, Landon Beck. His face so reminds me of Pa. But there is something in my dad's eyes that reminds me of Walter. And my brother and my cousin have his head shape and square jaw. So, when I look at him, I see my life. And now, as my son starts baseball for the first time...Jacob has Walter's piercing blue eyes, his ambidextrous abilities, and his left handed-ness. I hope my son enjoys baseball as I enjoyed softball. But more than that, I hope my son looks back on these cards and sees an honorable man who worked hard, raised an honorable son with a great sense of humor, who then raised my father (another good man), and then there was me...and then Jacob. I can only hope we carry on that same sense of character. And maybe I am imagining things...but I think I see a little bit of this german girl in Walter "Union Man" Holke.