I think he is catching on!

Tonight Brayden had a soccer game and it started off as one of our typical games. But something happened. Brayden scored!!! Let me just say, I believe the light came on after he scored. I think he finally figured it out. Or maybe it was the jersey. Tonight is the first time we have gotten to wear the them. Brayden says it was the red flames on the shoulders that made him "on fire"! He got more aggressive and wanted to get the ball more. Bryan thinks he scored two times but I really think it was another kid.

Anyway, it was a good game!!! Congratulations Brayden!!!

Sparkley Jeans

Avery's not one to just put on jeans and be comfortable. She's a little round in some areas if you know what I mean. The one pair she had last year she wore once because she didn't like them. Well this year is a little different. These are sparkley. Oh, she was so excited about these that she didn't care how hot it was wednesday at school, she wanted to wear them. She was decked out with the sparkley jeans, silver shoes, silver sequin belt and her new t-shirt with the silver ladybug. Boy, she thought she was something!!!

Avery & Lila

Avery and Lila hit it off big time at Acey's party. They hung out the whole time. You would have thought they were best buds. It was cute. They had a good time!!

I'm Addicted . . .

to Facebook that is!! If you haven't done it then you really need to try it out!!! You will find everyone you have ever known on that thing. It is a little overwhelming to me and I am totally learning new things about it everytime I get on it but it is so much fun reading peoples profiles. Go to www.facebook.com and check it out!!!

Kiddie Photos

This is Brayden, Avery and their baby cousin, Myers who they can not keep their hands off of. Brayden was obsessed with holding him and Avery wanted to bring him home with us. Need less to say, I couldn't keep my hands off either.

Mama is so sneaky

Notice that she is waving to the picture hanging over the computer.

Does SIZE matter?

Not when you are talking about a snake. Yes, a snake. And yes, it was found inside my bedroom! ALIVE!! I went to pick some pillows up off the floor and it was lying there all cuddled up under the pillows. Gee, I wonder how long it has been there? Hmm . . . I would say a minute too long. I don't know what kind it is or how big it is going to be or if it is venimous or not . . . it doesn't belong inside. Especially in my bedroom NEXT TO MY SIDE OF THE BED. Avery of course thought it was so neat that there was a snake in the house. She just wanted to know where the mama was and how it got inside. Yeah, me too!! Although it was about 12 inches long, it's still a snake!

Gatti Town

Saturday night we had some family fun. The kids have been begging to go to Gatti Town. Unfortunately we chose to go on a busy night. Too bad you gotta pay for the nasty food. I wish you could just go and play game rather than making yourself sick off their food. Anyway, regardless of it being busy (which really wasn't too bad) we all had fun!

Our first soccer game . . .

Our team blew where the wind blew today. It was quite obvious we only practiced once before our first game. Regardless of the wind that Ike blew in and not having jerseys yet and only practicing one time . . . it was fun. The kids had a good time! We didn't walk away as the winning team but atleast they have winning attitudes.

Gearing up for soccer!

Well, I was hoping that he wouldn't ever want to play again but I figured I would atleast let him try it out once more to see how well (or bad) he actually is at soccer. It's been a while since we played so hopefully by now he understands that he is suppose to get in there and kick the ball, not just follow those that are kicking it.

He had his first soccer practice on Thursday and we have our first game on Saturday (and we don't even have jersey's yet). Talk about waiting to the last minute! Oh well, he seemed to enjoy it during practice. We will see how saturday's game goes.

Oh, notice the long skinny bird legs (and arms) . . . and no shinguards.

She is Obsessed . . .

I think we have listened to the Taylor Swift cd now for three days straight. I am just about tired of listening to her. When we are in the carpool line Avery likes to get up front and push all the buttons to the cd player and she will go through every song on that cd. Here, she had just put some of my lipstick on and you will notice how she has to check herself out in the mirror.

It's a Circus Out There!

Well, we just got back from the circus. Although Brayden was quite nervous about there being fireworks (which they did not have), everyone had a great time. Brayden laughed the whole time and talked about the circus the whole time and asked questions the whole time. It kept Avery's attention until intermission. Once it started back she was up and down in her seat playing with her glow-in-the-dark thingys that we went and bought at the Dollar Tree because mama is too cheap to buy those ridiculously overpriced gadgets.

Now, those of you who know Brayden real well i'm sure you know his favorite part was the elephants (even though I really think he liked everything about it). Avery, she just changes her mind on what she liked the best.

Since I intentionally forgot to bring the kids candy to the circus (that we got from the dollar store) I told Avery we could get some cotton candy. We fed the kids in the car on the way but me and Bryan had not had dinner yet so let me just say . . . the cotton candy was GOOD! You will notice the silly hat Bryan is wearing in the picture. That was part of the overpriced ($10) cotton candy which by the way I could have bought at the Dollar Tree for a BUCK!! The worse part is that the kids don't even want the hat!

Oh, and the best part of the whole circus. Let's put it this way, it was OUR grand finale of the night (thank goodness it happened in the last circus act and not the beginning). The little boy that was sitting right behind Brayden threw up all over his back!!! Yep!! I think the kids parents were in shock. They just sat there (like us in shock) (in the dark) with this blank look on their face like, what do we do? So Bryan says, "here's a cup". Little did Bryan know that when we were walking out I noticed he had it on his shirt too. So now you know what I did when I got home . . . washed clothes!

Regardless of the STINKY MESS, we still had a great time!!

As Avery calls it . . .

"Bass Crow Shop". That is where we ate dinner friday night. All week Brayden had been wanting to go there so we told him that would be his night to pick dinner. Of course everytime we walk through the doors you would think that is the first time we've ever been. They are in total awe over everything in there.

We met meme and pawpaw, David and Megan so we can all be a family as Avery said when she found out we were all going together. Once dinner was over naturally we had to look around and play the huntin' game a dozen times. That's always fun!!!

Story Time

Every Wednesday and Thursday is story time at the library. Avery loves to go and listen to Ms. June. Let me just say . . . Ms. June has GOT SOME PATIENTS. I would have had to jerk a knot in most of those kids by now if I was her. I guess that is why I am not a librarian. Anyway, she always reads them 3 books with dancing songs in between them or an activity where all the kids can participate plus a craft at the end which they all love. Today they paraded around the (children's) library with maraccas to some song I forgot. Ms. June is a hoot!! She does a GREAT JOB!!

Notice the kid at the end of the video . . . it's kinda hard to miss!

Oh, and Melanie, i'm still waiting for you to come. Don't worry about how your kids might act. You will think yours is one of the best once you see the rest!

All Quacked Up

Sunday afternoon Avery went outside to ride in the "red car". It didn't take her two seconds to come back in and let us all know that there were ducks in Max's yard (that is the dog next door). Of course the kids immediately ask for some bread. All I could think about was Gustav making a turn towards Mississippi and we would be out of power and that is all the bread we had. So like a nice mother would do, we sacrificed 4 pieces of bread. The kids thought it was the coolest thing that ducks walked over to their yard. Need less to say, Bryan got a few more pieces of bread later on because after the kids chased them off the first time the crazy ducks came back. Let me tell you, ducks are a poopin' machine. Wherever they walked they pooped. Bryan had to was the garage out.

This morning I went out to take the trash and the ducks were back. This time we gave them crackers. Avery wanted to pretend we lived on a farm. Those ducks were about as bad as a begging dog.

Working Overtime

Towards the end of the work week Bryan had asked me if we (me and the kids) would want to come to the office saturday and help out. Brayden and Avery love to go to the office and play around so I told him we would. Brayden went with Bryan earlier (around 6:30ish) and took the crazy dog.

Once Avery and I arrived around 9 Brayden had found a rolling cart he could race on. Avery thought that looked fun so she had to go find her one. Actually, if I could find one a little bigger for me then I probably would have participated. The only bad part of them playing around at the office is their nasty hands and feet.

After awhile Brayden and Avery decided they wanted to help out witht he machine . . . they loved that!! I think it made Brayden feel like a big boy and important.