We have a new soccer player in the house! Isaiah wanted to play soccer this year, so after putting it off for 5 years, we finally signed him up this fall. I tried to hold off doing much sports or extracurricular activities, until the last possible moment. Just cause I knew once that started, we would be running all over the place, for practices and games, a couple times a week - at least. But Isaiah has been ready for a while, and loves it when Jeremy goes out in the yard and plays soccer or baseball or anything with him. So I knew he was ready to do something. He's had 2 practices so far, and 1 game - in which his team won - but they don't keep score for this age group. =)

Isaiah was sooooo excited and telling everybody that he plays soccer now - he loves it. Below - at his first game - Gena was his biggest cheerleader!

He was constantly giving us, and other players the 'thumbs up' sign

I'm not ready to buy the "I'm a Soccer Mom" t-shirt and bumper sticker yet, but it's fun =)

Go Mighty Penguins!!!! ;)

thirty-one

Someone in my house turned another year older this past week.....we won't name any names though..... =)

......and because some people just deserve TWO birthday cakes.....lol

kisses and disses

....because it's been a few weeks.... =)

one week from today.....

is my birthday! =) Just a heads up, my wish list includes gold or silver jewelry (I'm not particular), a new car (can we say yellow mustang?), a maid (once a week is good) and a full-time nanny. I don't think I'm asking for much! =)

Ok, Gena is now up from her nap, and since I don't yet have #4 on my list, I shall go tend to her......YOU on the other hand.....ya better get started on that list! ;)

Labor Day 2011

Well, we are back from a (mostly) fun, yet exhausting weekend away at the lake. I say 'mostly' because we did spend some time in the ER with Isaiah, that of course was not wanted or planned. So that part was kinda scary! Jeremy was down a few cabins over in his parents and sisters rooms (they had adjoining rooms - we were stuck way on the other side of the resort! :( ) and it was 10:30 or so and they were getting ready to play a game (Jeremy, his dad, his sister, his brother in law and his nephew). Andy, our brother in law had bought a big bag of peanut m&m's earlier, and everybody was snacking on those. Most of you know that Isaiah is like deathly allergic to peanuts or any kind of tree nut. So we have to be very careful - we've made several trips to the ER with him. Well, long story short, before anyone knew what was going on, Isaiah came up to the table and grabbed a peanut m&m and stuck it in his mouth and bit in to it. Everybody freaked out and had him spit it out, and Jer attempted to get it all out of his mouth and rinse his mouth out. It was allready too late at that point, and shortly after that, Isaiah started wheezing and coughing. He brought him back to our room, where Gena and I were sleeping. We gave him a shot of his epi pen (THANK YOU GOD that we had it!!), called Jer's mom, who came down to stay with Gena and me and Jer were off with Isaiah to the hospital. Got there about 11:30pm or so. After the doctor giving him more of the epi medicine (his breathing was still wheezy) Isaiah finally started feeling better and quit coughing as much and could breathe a little better. After keeping us to observe him for a little bit, they finally let us go home about 3:30, and we got back to our room a little after 4am. A little more excitement than we hoped for on Saturday night! Isaiah is doing much better now, and is back to his usual ornery self. Other than that little incident, we had a blast this weekend!

I wanted to share a few photos with you this beautiful Tuesday! Here are some highlights of our trip.....we did a lot of swimming, jet skiing, eating, playing games and just having fun, hanging out with family - some we don't get to see but once or twice a year.

Saturday night we met up with some family at the Dam, where there were swings, a merry go round, tennis and basketball courts and a nice shelter house.

Sunday we took the kids jet skiing - that was a lot of fun! Lilly and Isaiah both got on the jet ski for the first time - they both loved it!

And what would a family reunion be without a fun game of Spoons?!? =)

Right before we left, we had to take our annual family pics.....every year we usually have one kid that just.won't.cooperate. Not this year bygolly! All the kids did great - I was so proud of them!!

After we leave our room, we always go down to the lighthouse harbor and feed the fish....

This is Aunt Carolyn - one of Judy's many sisters

And eating lunch on the way home....

That was our weekend in a nutshell! Hope you all had a fun, safe labor day weekend, and your weekend did NOT involve an ER visit!

Jude Michael

Ok, so we're heading to the lake this weekend for our annual labor day family reunion, but I had to post this pic real quick before we head out. My good friend Pam had her baby early this morning (like 12:23am to be exact), and me and my friend Monica were there at the hospital and got to meet baby Jude Michael only like 40 min after he was born. Jude is welcomed by Daddy, Mommy and big sister Hailee. He is an absolute doll. So glad I could meet him before we left town!

Hope you all have a fun, safe Labor Day weekend, and we'll see ya next week!!! :)

The car in front of me had a bumper sticker on it. It read: “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8.” When I got home I opened my bible to the scripture and read it and started laughing. Psalm 109:8 –“Let his days be few and brief; And let others step forward to replace him.” At last –I can voice a Biblical prayer for our president! Let us bow our heads and pray.

Ha! Saw this on a friends facebook status and had to repost =)

Hope you all are having a great week! Gena was ill and has had a mystery rash the last few days, but she seems to have made a turn for the better this afternoon - yay! Here's to a great rest of the week!! =)

Random Fact about me #327:

I really enjoy mowing the yard. Especially in the mornings or evenings, when it's not as hot, and there's a small breeze - there's just something about it that I enjoy. Just me and God, alone with my thoughts. And of course it doesn't hurt that the engine of the lawn mower drowns out the yelling, fighting and bickering of the kids. That's an added bonus. =)

this weeks kisses and disses

Have I mentioned that school has started?