Sectional Swim Meet

We had our Sectional Swim Meet on Valentine's Day and I am proud to say that both my boys have advanced to state. I am so proud of them, they worked so hard all year and that hard work has paid off. Zach is going in the 100M Individual Medley and the 50M Butterfly. Jordan is going in the 50M Butterfly, 50M Freestyle, 100M Freestyle, 200M Medley Relay and the 200M Freestyle Relay. At least our state meet will be occupied by all these events. The meet tends to go quite long, about 8 hours. Great job boys and I can't wait to cheer you on March 6th at Marshalltown.

Zach waiting to start his event.
Jordan in the 100 free

Zach in the 100 IM

Jordan ready to dive in.

Zach in the 50 fly.

Jordan's 50 fly results. He is the sectional champ!

Zach diving in.

Jordan in his 50 fly.

He Ain't got Rhythm But He Can Hula Hoop

Family fun night on the Wii. It provided us two hours of entertainment and this awesome little video? This was our first time hula hooping on the Wii Fit and I am so stinking glad I had my camera ready for this occasion. And also so glad I wasn't videoed when I was up there. Curt was such a good sport about being taped and I am so glad he was because it has given me countless moments of pure joy and laughter. Thanks, honey!

BTW, Jordan still holds the record but Curt came awfully close to breaking it. I guess those hips don't lie. :o)

Christmas 2009

Isn't it crazy to think that Christmas has come and gone so fast. I always get sad the day after Christmas because I don't want it to be over. I love seeing the joy and happiness on my kids' faces when they open their presents and see what they got. And what I love most is that my kids are truly happy with what they get. Santa may not have brought the most extravagant gifts but the gifts are loved by the kids none the less. Thank you Jordan, Zach, Riley and Gavin for making this another great Christmas. Love you all!!!

This is how Gavin cherished all his gifts. Big hugs for all of them. :o)
One of the most prized toys, Riley's guitar. She loves this thing.

Number one on his very short list, his own camera.

Jordan showing his happiness in getting Wii Sports Resort.

Curt also showing his happiness in getting new shoes. Totally needed.

This is how Riley opens all her gifts, with total excitement and smiles galore.

Jordan getting ready to open his stocking stuffers.

Gavin's most prized gift, his Webkinz whom he named Mason.

Zachy loves to read so he is loving a new book that was tucked in his stocking.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and may this new year bring you all the happiness in the world.

Poor Jordan

Being the tallest player and the post on the Wildcat's team, Jordan tends to get put up against the tallest kids from the other team. Supposedly they are all 7th graders, but sometimes I wonder. How do you get this tall and only be 12 or 13. I guess, Jordan is close to being the youngest in his class, but never would have guessed that he would still be dwarfed by some of these kids. I just have to chuckle at these pictures because he looks so stinkin short. Time to be aggressive Jordan, because your height is not going to help you much this year. :o)

And all these kids he plays against, how easy is it to block some one's shot or just stand on your own two feet to shoot a layup without anyone being able to match up. Needless to say, we have been beat every game, but they still keep trucking and I love their desire to improve and better themselves as a team and individually. And Jordan, I hope you know I am very proud of you and your desire to always do your best and keep fighting. You have such a great competitive spirit and I hope you never lose that. When times may look tough (or tall) just keep on going strong and always know I will be your loudest cheering section.

Happy Birthday, Gavin!!!

How did this happen, how did my baby turn 4 already? Can it be true that I have already shared four wonderful, happy, silly, cranky, rambunctious, fun years with this cute little boy. It can be true and it is. I continually press the pause button on my remote but it won't keep this little boy from growing up, although it does honk Gavin off when I do this because it disrupts his Transformers movie. Sorry, Dude!!!

Can you guess how old he is with his frosting fingers, this was a big hit by Daddy and he had to do it to all the kids.

A priceless expression when he found out that he got the one gift he really wanted.

His Devastator Transformer. Please grant Curt the patience to assemble this baby!!

My generic cake. I consider myself a crafty person, but never a cake decorator. My thoughts is that it gets eaten up to quick anyway for anyone to notice my amateur skills. Hurry up and eat the cake people before everyone finds out I can't decorate a cake.

One last parting conversation -

Me: "Gavin, you are four years old now, you are growing into a big boy."

Gavin: Looking at me with concern, "But can I still sit on your lap."

Me: "Of course you can buddy, anytime you want."

Gavin: Runs at me with a huge smile and a big hug. "Thank you, Mommy"

Me: My heart is now officially melting.

Finally!!!

Hi everyone. I am finally back to blogging. I just got my computer back to normal and am loving it. So, here are some old pictures from the end of the summer to help warm you on this cold December day.

Riley and Gavin annoying their brothers by throwing rocks in the pond, and scaring the fish.

Love this picture. I wish I had a my better camera with me to capture the true feeling of this picture. Such a nice quiet moment.

Ahh, success. And poor Jordan looking on wishing he had caught it. But it is half his anyway because I think he baited most of Zach's lines that day.

I love this picture too because it shows the great patience Jordan is having fishing. That is unusual for him but for this night, he was being as patient as he could get. I just wish he could have caught a fish for a reward.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to have more updated pictures for you soon.

Christmas Photo Shoot

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Still having computer problems but I am able to work in safe mode until our computer gets taken in to get fixed. Argh.

Anyway, here are a few photos from our weekend photo shoot. I normally take our pictures in mid October at Dolliver Park when there are more leaves on the trees, but this last month got away from us and I had to settle for few or no leaves. I even stayed around town to take these pics due to the little time I had to get the pics done. In a small town of 2000 I was worried I couldn't come up with good locations to take the pictures, but it turned out pretty good. My only problem was the sun as you can see in a couple of pictures. And of course the group photo shown is not the final cut for the Christmas card pic, got to keep that one hidden a little longer. I got a good one for that though. :) And since someone will ask, no, Curt and I didn't get in any of the photos. Due to the lack of time, I didn't want to work with more poses than necessary. Lame excuse, I know, but hopefully next year. A least I got a lot of family pics on our vacation this summer.

Have an awesome weekend. Ours starts today since the kids have tomorrow off. Glad it is going to be nice out for them to play outside all they want.