oops....

I knew that I had not blogged in awhile but I did not realize how bad it really has been - oops :)

So here are a few pics from some of the most recent things going on for us. Being that it is November, Halloween has pasted and this year we had a pirate and Bumblebee in the house. We also had a little Barbi cheerleader/princess (my niece). After hitting up our neighborhood for way to much candy that we will not eat we headed over to a friend's house and hit up their neighborhood too. So what did I do after we got the kids down..... No I did not eat it all - I had maybe one or two Twix (my favorite besides dark chocolate) - I sorted the candy with Danny's help. So now we have trashed the stuff that will no doubt get touched, we have all the suckers in a bowl, all the chocolate candy in another and everything else that is sweet is in the last bowl.

A great way to get rid of your candy is have teenagers over or better throw a party for you son and use leftover Halloween candy in the cupcake sundaes***more about this to come.


Next that has been fun and is also over till January is flag football for Cody. This season was a fun one with many interceptions and touchdowns by Cody. He was also great on defense - not afraid to grab the flags and run from one side of the field to the other to make sure he got the flags off and the other team did not score.

Interception by Cody - one of the many he ran back for a touchdown!

Cody also played QB and threw some touchdowns as well!!

Cody running in for a touchdown in his last game!

After the last game Cody was awarded a trophy by his teammates votes for the player with honor and character. We are so proud of the hard work he did and also for who he was on the field!!!

Cole has been tearing it up on the soccer field this season. For me it has been so much fun to watch him play (soccer is what I played for many years and loved it and miss playing). He is a hard worker and means business on the field. He is a natural defender. I am not sure how many goals he saved this season (there are no goalies) by running back to stop the ball from going in their net. He has also scored lots of goals.

Cole also has a bright orange ball (not planned).

They have one more game this season and then Cole wants to play flag football with Cody (and dad as coach). I am sure he will come back to soccer again.

This has been fun watching the boys play hard at a sport they love and do well at. And this is only the beginning of our sports adventures ....

Something for today

The end of summer we took some students on a houseboat trip and had a fun relaxing time. I took a lot of pictures and here are some that make me smile - hope they do the same for you.

Hope you have a great day!!

This is New for me

Since November of 2002 I have been home with a kid. Now both of my boys are in school. Cody in 1st and Cole in Kindergarten. They are loving it and can't wait to go to class. Today is their 3rd day in school and my first day home with no one (last week Danny worked from home and then I helped in Cole's class).

So what am I to do....

• enjoy the silence
  
• work on the computer and not feel guilty
  
• laundry
• clean
• read
• hang out with some friends
• take a shower with no worries about what I am missing
• run errands and get them done faster or really take my time to look at other things
  
• photography (according to Danny)
• blog more :)
• help out in their classes
  

I am sure there are many more things that will take up my time but this time has been nice and different. A friend had asked me if I was excited for both the boys to be in school and I could not answer yes or no. I am excited for them and us as a family to enter into a new phase of life but I also enjoyed the time in the days with the boys. I am thankful that I have been able to be home with them during that phase of life, and like I said I am looking forward to the adventure of this new phase of our life as a family.

So here are some pics of the boys heading off to their first day of school.

Alive....

We have been enjoying an amazing summer and I haven't blogged any of it YET.... this post is really to stop Danny from saying "when are you going to blog again"

So get ready I have over 1,600 pictures and lots of adventures from just 3 weeks of this past summer to share.

Quotes for My Day

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything your do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (Message)

"God is more concerned with my obedience than He is with my qualification."

Vicki Courtney

Cody and Football

Cody has finally been able to play football and he is loving it. Of course Danny is coaching and they are having so much fun. When we told Cody that he could play flag football he said that he did not want to but that he wanted to play tackle :) silly kid. When I told him that this was all there was he was game to play.
They have done really good and this weekend is their last game and then we are done with sports till the fall (I think).

Spring Break Update

A few weeks ago was spring break for Cody and since Danny was going to be gone in Mexico with students building a house I thought I would take the boys to Colorado to visit with family. We were able to see everyone who still lives there :) I drove through the mountains to see my parents and help my dad with some weeding then we just set them on fire. It was nice to see them again but the visit was short.

Donny came over for dinner one night, it was nice to see him too. He beat me in air hockey but oh well, we had fun.

We had lots of food and fun times. The boys even got to see a little snow too. They rode the horse and tracker and played with the dogs. Here is one for the boys to remember that we do still have the dogs they are just at grandmas.
We also went to the aquarium with grandma and grandpa Bob. While we were waiting for tickets the boys were trying to catch bubbles. I love the look in Cole's eyes of pure joy.

APRIL 16

I didn't get to posting this yesterday because I was to busy having fun with my big 5 year old now. That is right Cole turned 5 yesterday. He is such a simple boy. I had asked him what he wanted to dinner and he just wanted mac 'n cheese and it had to be the box kind. He also wanted a Kung Fu Panda cake with cookie dough ice cream and when we asked him what he wanted for gifts he said a tow truck. Yep a simple little tow truck at the store he saw the other day when Danny was buying some meds (that is another story).

So we did all that and a little more. Cole and I went to McDonalds for lunch because that is what he wanted, he played at the park with some friends, had his dinner and presents, most of what he said that night was "This is totally awesome!"

It was simple but he was happy and thankful for it all. What a boy!And he is also intense and loves life