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In case you haven’t heard, Alex has been doing well in school,especially in Spanish.

You may remember that last year he won 1st place in the instrumental music category at the county foreign language fair.  This year he won the merit award for Spanish poetry at Fine Arts Festival.  And he has made it into both the county’s and his school’s language honor societies.

We are very proud of him!  We know God has wonderful things in store for Alex.  Please pray for him as he heads off to Liberty University, with a missions stop in Nicaragua along the way.

Translation courtesy www.freetranslation.com

Thanks for your patience.  It’s unfortunate, but due to my negligence and confusion I allowed the domain name CarolinaCoopers.net to expire.  Many thanks to Jeff for helping me get it going again!

Did anyone see the Dove Awards this week?  They were broadcast on the Gospel Music Channel Wednesday night.  GMC is one of the reasons I finally decided to go to digital cable.  And I’m glad I got the DVR, ’cause otherwise I may not have gotten to see the show.

I was really moved listening to Phil Stacey (former American Idol contestant) singing Michael W. Smith’s “Place in this World.”  We may only think Smitty’s been in the business for 25 years, or what his songs have meant to us as individuals, but he’s actually helped to prepare the next generations of Gospel musicians.

It was nice to be back in Metrolina last weekend, if only for a few hours.  Pop celebrated his 70th birthday this week.  Mom and Pop will be at a tractor show this weekend, but last weekend was perfect for riding bikes to the top of Morrow Mountain.  Thanks Pop!

Spring has definitely sprung here in western Georgia, and I think we’re finally past most of the pollen.  The kids are finishing up CRCT this week, Alysia’s got a concert next week, Alex is graduating next month, then there’s band camp, Oshkosh, National Fine Arts Festival….

We finally got to that stage in our childrens’ lives…braces!  Yep, Cassie and Carlie went to see the orthodontist today.  I feel bad…I know it can’t be comfortable.  They did spend a few minutes this afternoon making sure they could still play their horns.  (Carlie was concerned she’d lose her tone.)

I’m thankful I didn’t have to go through this!

A closer look.

No fooling now…can you really tell them apart?

(Can you believe both of our teenage girls are smiling at the same time?  There is a God!)