A Showing of Character

This morning was such a great morning started by going to the farmer's market on the search for fresh grown in the Tri Cities produce(you have to be careful I was nearly lured into to buying what I thought was yummy MI strawberries then took note of the truck full of cases of strawberries straight from California not that CA is bad just I wanted picked today or yesterday strawberries not picked last week and shipped here strawberries).
Then it was off to the soccer fields and what a great day for a soccer game not to hot with a nice breeze. I am so impressed with my soccer guy he had gotten advice when he was 8ish that the best soccer player on the team is the one that makes everyone look better and he has held true to that. Stepping up when he needs to but truly letting other players grow. He scored 3 goals today but I am more proud of the 15ish attempted assists than those 3 goals. I am amazed at the leadership skills he has honed in the last year thanks to a great coach that realized this kid knows more about soccer than I do so I will get advice from him and let him lead the team which he has with selflessness which quite honestly is a lost characteristic of most 14 year olds now a days. Today might have been his last soccer game of the season but more importantly than the game or the outcome was a true showing of his character. Love you bud!

The first of many fun summer nights I am sure!!!

Tonight we went to a Loons game and we had so much fun. If you have never went to a Loons game when BirdZerk is there you need to do it if you have young kids he is hilarious!!!! The kids loved him! Tonight was also the first nice warm night this year and we so enjoyed it! My Princess(she always does, the players love her) and My Joker caught balls or at least one was directly handed to one of them which does make the game for them. Of course the brains of the operation was on the big screen twice, the princess once and my little dancer was loved by the camera man so he was up there dancing away and the camera guy did catch him peering over the fence watching the game...how adorable! I now have 4 tired kids, one exhausted mom, one wound up pup(sorry you couldn't come with us Jasper-my fifth kid), and one missed husband/daddy!

GOTCHA FINALLY!!!

I have finally did it! It wasn't until my sons second bowl of Italian soup and many compliments that he asked what was in it and the look on his face when I listed the last ingredient as bulgar was one in a million. I finally got bulgar by him after almost 9 months of trying! Yahoo for me!!!

An Extended Weekend of Fun....Monday!!!!

Jet skiing, Paddleboating, Fishing, Basketball Playing, Hot Tubbing, Knee Boarding, Speedboating, Nature Sightings, and Fun in the Sunning Day!!!

An Extended Weekend of Fun....Sunday!!!!

Not so fun. All the digging I did has left my already funky back in lots of pain so I spent the day taking lots of pain meds but not too much to cause my liver to shut down! We did however have a lovely barbque at the inlaws and all the fun that goes on there!

An Extended Weekend of Fun...Saturday!!!

Yard work oh how fun and it was with enthusiastic little guys ready to dig, weed, rake, plant and water!!!! Well I did most of the digging, weeding, and raking but they did love playing in the dirt and on their "playground" for their little breaks from the dirt! Hopefully soon we will have little flowers popping up everywhere!!!

An Extended Weekend of Fun....Friday!

This day might not been so fun but we did get somethings done. The request was in from the teenager that he could sleep on his break from school so he did until 9 which I was surpised to see him up and then he was a man on a mission to get the grass mowed(you have to love the FHE lessons about work). I was getting stuff done on the inside and then we took a little trip to a grainery to pick up some soybeans which I had been wanting in my food storage for sometime. To be quite honest I think the kids had fun going somewhere new and I am sure the McDonalds we picked up onthe way made for a fun little outing!
It is Friday after all and so it was taco(we do a pizza taco rotation for movie night) and movie night for us!!!

An Extended Weekend of Fun..Thursday!

If there is any movie saga my hubby loves more than Star Wars it would be Indiana Jones so I set up the babysitter(thanks Grandma Kepler) weeks ago for the anticipation of the question when are we going to see it? My response was the day it comes out I have everything taken care of and so off we went to see the much pined over movie(for the last 2 years) and we LOVED it!!!

Until Midnight...you have got to be kidding me!!!

We have had our first up until midnight project extravaganza! I remember when a book report was a book report but not anymore. You read a book, a magazine, a couple of internet articles then the fun begins. Putting together the book report 2 page essay typed, fliers, medical reports, photo album, journal entries, a crossword puzzle, a cover, bibliography, table of contents,title page, news clippings all nicely appointed in a 3 ring binder with page protectors. My how school has changed and I am exhausted!!!

Words from my Four Star General

Today my 4 Star General and I were talking about food storage and joking he says,"I have finally figured out why food storage is so important to you........you know I am going to eat no matter what and you don't want it to be you!"
Actually the truth of the matter is he would eat whatever he could find and I don't want it to kill him so food storage is on my list right now and I don't want to be eaten either(LOL)!

Joking with a joker!!!

I am sitting at lunch and look over at the back of my dark haired boys head and notice one white hear near the crown of his head. I exclaim, "You have one white hair and you don't even have kids yet!" Without missing a beat he replies, "I have you!"
Love ya Christian what would I do without you to keep me in check!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Motherhood feels much easier after a good massage...doesn't it!!!

The age old question: Once a week or a load a day?

I can tell you I have always been a load or 2 a day person. Then I had heard of someone that does it once a week and that it was wonderful to do laundry once a week and be done with it! I decided to try to do laundry once a week! UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I do believe it was 1am when I had all my laundry done and by that time my little guys and big guy were sound to sleep and here I had laundry still to put away the next day and with sport socks and other disgusting sports clothing hang out for a week well you can just imagine. Laundry isn't pleasant anyway and this made it way more unpleasant(for those you that do not have a teenage boy yet, just wait) and I found myself doing laundry in the middle of that week anyway(church pants and socks are also for choir and soccer socks from practice are covered in mud and i need them for the game and on and on). Needless to say to answer the age old question:

A LOAD A DAY!!!

Rainbows are...

I have a little artist in my midst and he drew me this lovely picture. When I had him tell me about it he went on to tell me the following..."It is you and me under the rainbow holding hands. The cloud is a little bit in front of the sun like it is today. The red bag is full if rain drops so we won't get wet."
Inquiring about the picture I asked, "If the rainbow was protecting us from the bag of raindrops? " He looked at me like I had asked the silliest question in the world and said, "Rainbows can't protect us they are made out of little water droplets."
Our little jewels are smarter than we often give them credit for!!!

I'm a Thinker

One of my lovely jewels asked me if we could do something, get something any way he wanted something and I was in the middle of going over my shopping list to make sure I had grabbed everything needed. In the midst of my intense concentration on my list but also knowing I was being summoned by my dear child I gave a just a minute response which was " I will think about it." Now his response to this was immediate, " but Mom you are such a long thinker" with a sigh to follow.

I think at times being a long thinker is a good thing but is it always? We are always learning from our little jewels!