Before the storm

We are about 12 hours or so away from the storm. As for now, we are still planning on staying. Here is the front of the house before the storm as Todd and his dad and brother were finishing boarding up yesterday.

I am hoping to get on here tomorrow or Sunday and show you an after picture and praying it will still look like this. Everyone be safe!

Soccer

Soccer season is here. Dylan and Emily had their first game last Saturday. JT was suppose to have two games this weekend since they didn't play last weekend, but Hurricane Ike has changed their plans.

Dylan and Emily did great and had a great time too. They won 9 to 7. Here are a few pictures from Saturday. Dylan is #6 and Emily is #2.

Then on Sunday we had gotten tickets to the Houston Dynamo game. It was an exciting game and the Dynamo won 3 to1.

After the game the kids got to go on to the field and take penalty shots against the Dynamo mascot Diesel. Here is Dylan shot:

Emilys:
JT's:
After this storm is gone, we will get back into soccer and will have more to share then.

Hurricane Ike!!!!!

To all friends and family keeps us in yalls prayers! As of right now we are planning on riding out the storm here in the house. We are all boarded up and picked up everything from around the patios and yards so we should be safe. If it makes a big change and heads more towards us (its not far from coming our way right now) we will try to get out ahead of the storm. For all who live in Ikes path I pray for you and your family that you will be safe if you stay or go! Pray for all who will suffer from this storm. Be safe and blessed and I hope to post in a few days!!!!

Long time...

Since I last posted. Everyone keeps asking me what I have been up to with all the kids in school. Well for most of the 1st week they were in school, I was sick so didn't do much of anything. The past week has been busy with soccer and homework and all that fun stuff. I have also been trying to get caught up on my house work. Next week I am hoping to get back to the gym and start working out again. Also I want to get to work on my scrapbooks. I am going away again at the end of this month for a weekend scrapbook retreat and I want to finish the one I was working on last time I went so I can get started on Emily's book when I go this time.

Last weekend I went to watch one of my nieces, Tori. She is cheering and dancing for one of the football teams. They were so much fun to watch. Here is a picture of her cheering, (she is the tall one in the middle back)

Here she is after they got through with their half time dance. They did so good.
Dylan and Emily had their first soccer game today. When I get the pictures uploaded I will share. They did so good. They won (not that we are suppose to keep score at their age). The whole team did great. Should be a great season. JT's team had a buy this week so they won't start until next week.

The weather was wonderful this morning and hope it starts staying like this. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

First day of school

Yesterday was the first day of school for our kids. It is hard to believe the summer is already over and that all 3 of my kids are in school.

Emily started kindergarten:


Dylan went into 1st grade:

JT went into 3 rd grade:

I missed them yesterday and today, but I am sure it will get easier as the year goes on. The day does seem to go by alot faster now though. Hope everyone else had a great first day.

Happy Late Birthday Susan and Christy!!

On August 9 it was Christy's birthday and I never officially told her Happy Birthday so I am now and on August 19 it was my sister Susan's birthday so I want to wish her a late Happy Birthday! We love yall both! You saw the stuff I made for my sister Christy's 40th birthday, well for Susan's birthday I made her a little something too. Her and I always talk about how moody and grouchy we have become as we have gotten older. We say things sometimes that we would have never said in our 20's so I made her this old lady M & M cure. I got the idea from another blog that was for medicine or get well, but thought it suited this too. Here was where I got the idea from: http://creativeexpressionsbyjoanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/m-medicine.html

Here is my version, you can click on the photo to enlarge it.

Outside:



Inside:





For meet the teachers night the booster club at our school had a back sale and they asked me to make something, this is what I made:


Here is all of them together:

Summer coming to an end

The last few days of summer have come and gone. It had rained so much the kids had to find new things to play inside. One day when one of my nephews, Hank, came over the kids built forts and shot nerf bullet at each other. It was Hank and Emily against JT and Dylan. They did this several times over the last few days of summer.

Here is Emily running out of her fort to grab some more ammo:


Dylan and JT reload and planning their next move:

Dylan standing taking a shot:

Hank and Emily in hiding: