Hello out there in cyberland. I usually don't do the blog sort of thing but I must brag a little. MY boys are soccer nuts!!! Last week was the first round of games and while I'm sure after a few weeks of "loosing" a good Saturday Ill think other wise, it was fun to be with the kids. chase had a smashing season opener scoring 4 of the 7 goals for his team. this is quite a feat considering he is only one of 2 boys on the team. not to say that girls aren't good at soccer, many of them are, they just happen not to be on his team. this Saturday was a little crushing for him as he only had 1 goal but he covered the entire field almost by himself, and his team still won. you should see his little legs move!!! At nine he is a head shorter than everyone else on the team but that doesn't seem to matter. Go Chase!!!
Davin is also the star of his team scoring 4 goals in his season opener and 6 this Saturday. I usually walk the side lines with the balls progress yelling encouragement and had the great opportunity to be next to the other team parents and over heard the " oh crap"s when Davin's coach yelled for him to sub in. makes a father proud. its really fun to see their hard work of past practice and soccer camps pay off.

enough proud papa. i am working and doing church stuff and scouts and rarely find time to do any fun stuff. i guess there is no rest for the wicked..

Allie is doing her mom thing and is doing fantastic. she does a wonderful job of keeping the house from falling apart and is incredible patient with all the testosterone she is surrounded by. she truly is the glue that holds us together.

I enjoy seeing all the posts from family and friends. I think its great we have some medium to keep in touch as life gets so spread out and goes by so quickly. i keep seeing little kids that i didn't know about and little kids i do that aren't so little any more . How time flies!!!!


we are truly blessed up her in " Gods Country" and invite all who are able to come visit. until we meet again keep posting!!!!

Brandon

Preview....

So the foundation is in and the floor will be on tommorrow but I thought I'd give you all a little preview of what our new house is supposed to look like!

Cute, huh?! I love it and I'm so excited!!

Vegas

So Brandon is in Las Vegas this week and he called just a few minutes ago. He is wandering around trying to find a Kinko's or something like it, so while he was doing that, he called me to kill time. Anyway, neither of us are huge fans of Vegas and he has been rudely reminded of why. As we were chatting he said there was a guy on the corner wearinf a striped prison jumpsuit, rainbow shoes and rainbow sunglasses holding a sign that says"Welcome to Vegas Bail Bonds". This "Gentleman" was dancing, blowing kisses and giving the "dirty V". (If you don't know what that is, count yourself as extremely lucky!)
Meanwhile back at home things are soooo quiet! We had a gorgeous weekend with highs in the 70's. I took the boys to one of the smaller lakes around here and fed the ducks. Then on saturday night I went to movie I knew B would not want to see with me. I don't think I've ever gone to a movie by myself before. It wasn't so great.
Anyway I don't have much to say today but I thought B's expierience was worth sharing.

No it's NOT boogers!

Actually, it's worse than boogers! I made the mistake of taking a shower BY MYSELF, and this is what I found upon my exit. It's Bag Balm. The nasty stuff that your Mom put on your face if it was chapped, or in our house is used for diaper rash. It is GREASY and smells like farm animals! After finding this smeared in his hair, on my sofa and ground into the carpet, I of course threw out the remains of the offending potion. Wouldn't you? Except to my dismay, 3 days later we are dealing with Murphy's Law and Bridger has the worst diaper rash I've ever seen! Thus I'm off to the store to, (I can't believe I'm saying this) purchase MORE of the disgusting goop! (Which will be locked in a dark room in a dark closet in a safe!)

The strangest noise

My day started fairly early this morning as Chase who is 9 was too excited to sleep. Today is the first day of school and my kids are still young enough that they like school. That being said I still had to drag Davin out of bed. He is NOT a morning person! It's also Tuesday, and being the wierdo I am, I ALWAYS clean on Tuesday mornings. Don't ask me why Tuesday, I don't know. That's just the day I clean. Now, it being the first day of school, I had to take a break from the cleaning, get myself cleaned up a bit and get my boys settled in thier new classes. (I didn't take time to shower, but I did my hair and makeup so I wouldn't be the "frumpy Mom" who shows up to her kids class in her sweats.)I promptly went home and put my pj's BACK on to finish my cleaning. I cleaned EVERYTHING! I even took the time to wipe down the baseboards.Mind you I still had Bridger's "helping" to contend with, but I was suprised how fast it went. Bridger needed lunch right after I finished so as he was eating I folded ALL the laundry! Then I put it away! (This is a rare occurance at my house as there is nothing I despise more than folding and putting away laundry. Thus I procrastinate untill the laundry takes over the house and I have no choice but to do it, or move.) Shortly there after he went down for nap. I looked at the clock and realized I had time to take an actual BATH!!! Once I turned off the water I heard the strangest noise, one I haven't heard in months! SILENCE!!! Sweet blessed silence! I even removed the remnants of the nail polish I put on two and a half months ago. (The last time I was alone!) I keep thinking of all the things I should hurry and do when a wonderful thought intervenes. I get 5 days a week like this for the next nine months! I don't have to hurry! Don't get me wrong, I know I have the best kids ever. And I also know come June next year I will be thrilled to have them out of school. But for now, this feels like total and complete bliss! So now I sit here with no noise other than the clacking of the keys on the keyboard and the gentle hum of the computer and try to decide how to spend the last half hour of my quiet time. I think I'll take a nap.