Mothers Day and Oh Crap--how'd that dog get here???! 05-2011

 Joyce and Bill, Evan-age 16, Kyle-age 10, Seth-age 13, and Copper---well, he was born on 1/31/2010 so however old that makes him...yep another male lives at my house.

The two Mothers which make for the celebration today!

Kyle's Christmas gift-about 5 months late, but he is housebroken.  And so is the dog--ha!

Evan-I am so proud of him. 

Seth-lost about 20 pounds and grew about 4 inches all in about 3-4 months.  Women everywhere are asking for his diet plan...

Hail, Hail--the gang's all here--and even sat down for a picture!

The In-Law's--and we even all like each other!  (or at least I do...)

Mark gets very excited when he gets his favorite dessert...only available at Kroger and evidently it tastes best when I go and get it about midnight when we are out of it...  I am a good wife :)

Seth

Evan

Kyle

Happy Mothers Day to all.  If it wasn't for a mother, you wouldn't be here reading this post...

Once again, we are truly blessed & more than a little bit spoiled... I just hope the boys always remember waking up on Christmas morning with a lot of packages... More than that, I hope they know what Christmas is really about--Jesus Christ and the gift he gave us that no one else could ever do the same for... Thank you God, for your Son and the ultimate gift.

We just want a few more home runs, Seth! Merry CHRISTmas

Aren't they cute?!
Here is Kyle...loving his computer! Just waiting to see how long it takes for him and his Dad to start fighting for it...

Here is Evan with his biggest gift--the new x-box limited edition!

And Seth who would only have one wish... a crazy priced phone...

Thanksgiving 2010

How to Waste a Week's Vacation and a lot of $$

Well, pay close attention to the first few pictures as we had 1 good day, 5 HORRIBLE days, 1 decent day but with a RED flag, and then a day to drive home... The boys even wanted to go home early...

Look below in the background in the picture of Mark and Evan... Here come the clouds...

Playing in the sand...My favorite thing!!

Well, I see a LITTLE promise of sunshine behind the clouds.

And a rainbow as a promise that the next week would be pretty! Too bad we can't have a good weather return policy on our condo rental

Kyle-Cubs 9-10 year old Championship

Cubs-9-10 Year Old Championship Kyle

What an awesome year--16 - 0 and winning the tournament! Gotta love those boys and the coach, too... They can now all say, "Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!"

Kyle catching.

Evan & the boys. Evan has really gotten more into the game this year. I am glad.

May 2010 Kitchen Home Improvement

Draft... You know--
Al Roker from "The Today Show" made it look so easy....



Here is one of the "before" pictures.

I have to find the rest of the pictures..., but it DOES look good. See my facebook page for the rest of it. I have to thank my cuz Stacy for the real talent. I was the apprentice!

Seth 11-12 year old MBA Team--Go Cubs!!!

GO CUBS GO! HERE ARE PIX FROM THE SPRING/SUMMER 2010 SEASON. I LOVE MEETING EVERY NEW AND RETURNING PLAYER WE HAVE EACH SEASON. THEY ARE ALL AWESOME. THE BEST COMPLIMENT IS THE CALLS TO MARK REQUESTING THAT HE TRY TO GET THEIR SON ON HIS TEAM AGAIN. OF COURSE WITH THE DRAFT, IT ISN'T POSSIBLE. I GUESS IT IS A COMPLIMENT THAT SO MANY ARE DRAFTED SO EARLY THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO GET TO SO MANY THAT WE'VE GROWN TO KNOW AND LOVE :). Here are some pictures of the newest round of Cubbies :)

L-R Will Ganues, Tyler Broiles, Caleb Hall, Logan , Jacob Reissner, and even our returning player who is too old to play tis year, but misses us... Brad ______,

I used to be so bored with baseball when I had to follow my brother in high school. Now, I have learned more about it and I enjoy it so much more--especially when we win :) Seriously, I've learned to take it less seriously over the year. Here are a few pix from the first games we played in.