Sunday, November 16, 2008
The picture I promised
OK, I promised I would post a photo of the picture that Abi painted w/my mom! Here it is. I know that I'm her mother and would be proud of anything she made, but I really think that she's got some pretty good artistic ability for an 8 year old! I hope that she'll be able to go far with it. She'll either be a chef or an artist... maybe both!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Happy November!
Well, we have officially started Basketball! 3 kids in 3 different teams @ 3 different times! I'm so glad we live close to school. I really don't think that we would be able to do this if we hadn't of moved this summer.
Gabe has practice every weekday but Wed. from 5:30-7:30 or 8:00 pm. He comes home from school, gets a snack, finished up homework and then heads out for 2+ hours of practice. Tomorrow their team was picked to scrimmage against a school down the road, and he was picked for the "A" team. The game is at 8:00pm...YUCK! At least there isn't any practice. Jacob practices on Saturdays at 11-12:30 and then they hang out and shoot for another 1/2 hour. His games haven't started yet, but they will be on Saturdays. Abi is playing for a YMCA team. Most of the girls are from her school and then the other 2 are relatives of the coach. They also play on Saturday mornings. They have won 2 out of 3 games that they have played. This week Abi won the "Golden Buffalo" award for 2 steals and good screening!
Last week Abi stayed w/my mom for a couple of hours while the boys played b-ball and Todd and I went to a meeting. We came home and she and mom had painted a little 4x6 mountain landscape! She is very good! I'll get a picture of it and her and post it. It's pretty amazing how well she did for an 8 year old!
This weekend my in-laws came over and we made valances for my living room. We were able to find some great bargains and MOST of the supplies were 1/2 off! I'm not a shopper, but every store we hit, we found things that matched and that were on sale!
Well, I guess that's it for this week! Such is my life....Basketball and kids! WHOO HOO!
Gabe has practice every weekday but Wed. from 5:30-7:30 or 8:00 pm. He comes home from school, gets a snack, finished up homework and then heads out for 2+ hours of practice. Tomorrow their team was picked to scrimmage against a school down the road, and he was picked for the "A" team. The game is at 8:00pm...YUCK! At least there isn't any practice. Jacob practices on Saturdays at 11-12:30 and then they hang out and shoot for another 1/2 hour. His games haven't started yet, but they will be on Saturdays. Abi is playing for a YMCA team. Most of the girls are from her school and then the other 2 are relatives of the coach. They also play on Saturday mornings. They have won 2 out of 3 games that they have played. This week Abi won the "Golden Buffalo" award for 2 steals and good screening!
Last week Abi stayed w/my mom for a couple of hours while the boys played b-ball and Todd and I went to a meeting. We came home and she and mom had painted a little 4x6 mountain landscape! She is very good! I'll get a picture of it and her and post it. It's pretty amazing how well she did for an 8 year old!
This weekend my in-laws came over and we made valances for my living room. We were able to find some great bargains and MOST of the supplies were 1/2 off! I'm not a shopper, but every store we hit, we found things that matched and that were on sale!
Well, I guess that's it for this week! Such is my life....Basketball and kids! WHOO HOO!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
October is gone!
Where did the time go? Halloween has come and gone! Yes, I did say Halloween, I know many don't participate, but for us it's "all about the candy". The kids are almost too big. Abi was the only one that really dressed up. Jacob and his friend Isaac went as basketball players, Abi was a bug catcher. We did her hair up in a "tinkerbell" pony tail and sprayed green glitter all in it. Gabe had basketball practice so he went out w/his friend Tyler later to scare and go trick or treating. They all had a good time.
Abi played her first ever, 3rd grade, basketball game and they won 16-10. I think she may decide to like the game. Jacob was invited to play on the 6th grade team (he's only a 5th grader) with his other friends, so he's pretty happy. He also bought a rifle this weekend so he's anxious to go out and try it out. He wants to hunt turkey. ( I just wonder who is going to clean and gut the thing if he does get one?! It's not going to be me!) He enjoys fishing also and i have posted a picture of him and Isaac and their big catfish they caught yesterday...Thank goodness it's a catch and release pond! I don't DO fish! I will help w/the photographic journaling of their adventures, but that's about as far as I'll go. (I know, I'm a wimp!) I'll post more about Gabe when he starts his playing. His first game is on the 11th. He's pretty pumped still about playing w/the 7-8th graders!
Abi played her first ever, 3rd grade, basketball game and they won 16-10. I think she may decide to like the game. Jacob was invited to play on the 6th grade team (he's only a 5th grader) with his other friends, so he's pretty happy. He also bought a rifle this weekend so he's anxious to go out and try it out. He wants to hunt turkey. ( I just wonder who is going to clean and gut the thing if he does get one?! It's not going to be me!) He enjoys fishing also and i have posted a picture of him and Isaac and their big catfish they caught yesterday...Thank goodness it's a catch and release pond! I don't DO fish! I will help w/the photographic journaling of their adventures, but that's about as far as I'll go. (I know, I'm a wimp!) I'll post more about Gabe when he starts his playing. His first game is on the 11th. He's pretty pumped still about playing w/the 7-8th graders!
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