Thank you

Sometimes when I sit to write my blog all i can think is.....how thankful I am for my family. How did i get so lucky? Thank you God is all I can say.

Grandad

So thankful we got to see Grandad this past weekend AND get to see him this week too!

Smartie

My mother in law was telling me this story about M yesterday. He was playing a computer game where you build a city. So he built 3shops so people would come in and shop there and he made money on the game for everyone who shopped in his shops. A bus would drop people off and they'd go into his stores. So my mother in law tells him that he should build a bench to put in front of the shops for the people to sit on and he tells her, "But then they'd sit down and not come into my store." Smart kid huh?

BF's

Before and after.....

My boys

My boys. One of my favorite phrases. I took them to the golf course down the road from my inlaws today so the kids could run some energy off. They were sooooo funny running up and down the hills. And we are talking big hills! I found these pictures and had to post them of me with my boys.

Happy Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving meal my mother in law cooked. I am still stuffed hours later! I think Thanksgiving is such a great holiday since it is a reminder to everyone to be thankful! B took the boys to play ball earlier today down the road and then I took them to the park and for a long walk. It was such a pretty day today! Probably the last pretty fall day.

I love you

I overheard B telling M today, "I love you " for no reason. And M said, " I love you too." awww....

Piano

My kids really should be in bed but since their dad is gone, I am using this as "piano practice time". Amazing how good they do when they get to stay up late.

My boys

I helped at M's school today. I got to paint the kids hands for a craft. Very cute! Had lunch with M. He always walks down the hall putting my arm around him and leaning on me. Him and B have gotten where they have to touch me when we are walking and shopping . Usually they are in a cart but if they walk they want my arm around them and leaning against me. What would I do without my boys?

Sweet

Today at basketball practice a kid fell down and was laying there for a minute and M ran over to check on him and help him up. I thought that was so good!

Wednesday

I just finished making mashed potatoes for my work Thanksgiving meal for tomorrow afternoon. Going to heat them up in crockpot beforehand. Never have done this but read about it online. I love the internet. Boys asleep in my bed. The house was quiet and I was taking a bath. My new dryer beeps so I ignore it of course since I am in the tub and it is so late I don't want to do laundry anymore. 5min. goes by and it turns itself on and then beeps again after a few twirls. I ignore it. Then 5min goes by and it does it again. Apparently in the month I have had this dryer my house has been too loud to ever hear that my dryer does this. So there went the quiet bath! LOL!

Tueday

Today the boys and I made cookies over at a friends house. M got out early and B didn't have to go due to a teacher inservice day or something? It rained most of the day. Then we had piano. I found out that the kids piano teacher may have to give up teaching lessons next year due to her husband losing his job and needing to go back to school, so she would need to work fulltime. I am really disappointed and saying prayers for her and her family. We have to all appreciate having a job in this awful economy.

Piano

The boys practice their piano twice a week. I am so proud of how M has come such a long way. He can play two hands at one time and press more then one key at the same time. His Dad and I don't know how to play the piano so that impresses me even more! And B just started in Aug. and he has trying hard too!

King for a day

Here is the king on his throne! LOL! Tonight when hugging him before bed he asked me when i was going to bed. I told him after I took a bath. Then he says, "and after you email Grandma?" and I said yes. (he's so smart) Then he says (with a GRIN), "and after you clean our playroom?" funny boy! : )

Saturday

Good day for M's bday party at the Jumpy place and then my brother and Dad's bday party at my house. Tradition to celebrate them all at my house since I had kids. Had mother in law, sister in law and my family all here. Enjoyed! Love this picture. How lucky am i?! M said that today was his best birthday party ever!

Cards

Hubby pulled out his baseball , football cards and comic books from when he was young and collected them. The kids were thrilled to look at them and he gave them some to keep. So B (the 4yr old) says to me when they are done , "Mom, can we get some more next time we are at the store with YOUR money?"

Today

M woke up excited that he had basketball practice today. I look forward to his first game. B has a couple friends he plays basketball with on the sidelines during the practice so it is good for them both.

M had his Veteran's day program at school today where his grade sang "Yankee doodle dandy" and he told me that he was nervous singing in front of the whole school. As confident as he always acts that suprised me. Since M was up in the bleachers the whole time and even when they sang, B asked me half way thru it (after M and his grade sang), "When is Michael coming?" LOL!

My sweet boy

He opened his Pokemon gifts, Daddy made him his favorite dinner which was steak and he wanted me to make my mashed potatoes. Then we had an icecream cake. He had so many calls from all of his loved ones. He's so polite and sweet. I am proud of him. He was SOOOO excited about today. We picked up donuts on our way to school so he could share them with his class.

Bday boy!

I was just remembering how 7yrs ago, at this time, B and I went to the hospital thinking I was having M. We got sent home and then right after we got home, my water broke and we went back to the hospital and had him hours later. I was remembering how on the way to the hospital that my thought was "I want my mom". And my husband said, "then call her" even though it was 1am. That is definitely a person you can call at 1am. I still remember his birth and them handing him to me and being so thankful. And now he is going to be 7. I am so proud to be his mom. He is asleep in B's and my bed. And in the morning we will go get donuts to take to his classmates at school so they can celebrate his birth!

(this picture is from his 2nd bday party)

Anniversary

Saturday B and I celebrated our anniversary at Bonefish Grille which is yummy! Then we played pool at our hotel restaurant/sportsbar and when they announced our annivesary we even danced a couple slow songs. Great night!

B

I am so proud of B today for knowing all of this letters now (age 4) and he wrote them all for the first time today.

Super M to the rescue!!!

Last night on the way home from church we were listening to the christian station and the lady on there asked the audience what superpower they would pick if they could be a superhero. Of course, M picked up on this and started a big conversation on it. He asked me what I would pick and I said "healing", he picked, "flying" and B didn't feel like playing. M said he'd love to fly so today he tells me (out of the blue) that he wants to change it to "stopping time". Then he proceeds to sy that if he could stop time that he could stop people from drowning because he'd get there and when they started to drown he would stop time and save them. Then he'd help the police catch criminals but stopping time, handcuffing them, starting time and they'd be in handcuffs with the cops holding them. I LOVE his imagination and the fact that he thought of such good things to do with his superpower!

Sweet

At church tonight I was talking to a friend and M was looking around and saw his bible teacher he use to have on Wed nights when he was 5. So he asked me if he could go say hi to her. Of course I said yes and he went across the church to talk to her for 5min! Sweet boy!

Gorgeous Fall Day!

The kids were out of school today so Laura and I took them (and Donnie's daughter) to play at the park. We played baseball (and I do not exaggerate when I say I threw 100 balls to B), the kids ran on the real football field there (we pretended we had a ball and then when that got old we used the plastic bat as the ball), did tire swing, slides, took a discovery walk, had picnic, played in the leaves, etc....What a gorgeous day it was too! Then I took the boys (and Ainsley) to piano lessons and realized I didn't have my glove I have had since I was 9! So I let the two big kids go into piano and B and I ran back to the park to look for it. I was so distressed because we found the plastic bat and baseball scattered in different places around the picnic tables but we couldn't find me glove. So I prayed that we could find it and these two kids rode by on their scooters so out of desperation I asked if they had seen a baseball glove (imagining I'd have to say this to 40kids) and they excitedly said yes and ran over to the playground and found it for me! Oh I can't express how happy I was to find my glove. I kept telling B that I had that since I was 9 and he kept saying 19????

Ball

This boy loves to throw a football and a baseball. He would do it every day if possible. He hits like a natural. Even his stance was never taught to him. He is constantly throwing balls up in the air and catching them. "Watch me mom." 10 x's in a row.