Soccer type again today!

Good Morning everyone! Well, I'm still sick. My cold is hanging on and I can't seem to shake it. I almost skipped my Bible Study class last night but I decided against it. I'm so excited about the study we are doing I decided to just sit on one end of the sofa and not get too close to anyone. This morning I was wondering if I made the right decision. I need to leave here by 6:45 at the latest because Katie has a soccer game at 8 and she has to be there at 7:30 (and it takes us about 30 minutes to get there) and she stayed the night at her friends house (last minute idea) last night and she didn't have her soccer stuff with her. By the time my bible study was out it was too late to take the clothes to thier house so I'm just meeting there there this morning for her to be able to change there. I got up extra early this morning so I could still sit and enjoy my coffee. The warmth feels so good on my throat.

I'll be sure to post some more photo's of thier games...... I better go get ready to roll out the door.

Happy Saturday!!

Kayla has a game at 12:30 (has to be there at noon). So we will have a laps in time

My turn to be sick

Well, I guess it is my turn to be sick. It's been coming on the last couple days and it is HERE now. My head is stuffed up, I have a fever and my throat feels like a cheese grater was used on it.

I didn't get out of my pajamas until about 15 minutes before it was time to go get the girls from the bus stop. Not because I was relaxing in bed........ nope because I started cleaning from the time they left for school until I had to get dressed to pick them up. I'm in a slower pace of cleaning today but for some reason I picked today to start deep cleaning. Went through all of the boys clothes and sorted them all out and nice and neatly. Refolded and put everything away. Dusted thier room and made thier beds. This is not something I normally do since they are 15 and 18 but today I was in the mood. I also cleaned out my bar "junk" drawers and cleaned off my "catch all" buffet. This all took a lot more time than I expected. I didn't even get my bathrooms or kitchen cleaned yet. But my baseboards and window seals are done. I want to do the same thing with the girls bedroom but it wont be today.

Katie has soccer practice tonight and tonight is family night. So the evening will be spent eating dinner and playing a board game together (after Katie gets back from soccer practice). It will be a late night but it is my favorite night of the week!

I better go get my rugs out of the washer and hang them up (I have A LOT of rugs and I've managed to wash them all today) I'm excited about that, but I'm waiting for them all to dry. With this warm again (darnit) California sun, it isnt' taking long. (We went from having a fire going the other night to turning the air on in a matter of two days.

Have a great one!

Saturday's Soccer Games

It was a busy day today. Here are some photos of Kayla and Katie's first soccer games along with today's photo's of Kayla's 2nd game. She was more aggresive this time instead of being so polite and allowing everyone to go ahead with the ball. She didn't want to cut them off or anything. It was too funny. Today she went for it a little more. She was chasing the ball and taking it and heading towards the goal. They all did great teamwork. It was lots of fun! They won (again)! YEAH! They were so excited, high fiving each other on the field. It was too cute.

This was Kayla's very first soccer game! She was so excited to play. This was her kicking the ball in from the side lines for her team.

Katie was watching Kayla's game......waiting for her game to start. I had to leave because I had a Princess House party I had to go do and I couldn't stay for her game. I took this photo before I left. She didn't have a game today, so I'll have more pictures of her next weekend.

This was today's game of Kayla going in for a goal. She didn't make it, in fact she ended up knocked to the ground in this play but she tried her best.

This is the shot of Kayla right before she went down. lol

You can't see much in this shot because I zoomed in on her, they were right by me near the sidelines. The ball was coming towards her but I was too close to get a good shot, I put this one on my blog because you can see her so well. =)

After the game today we came home for a bit and then the girls and I headed to dinner and movie. It was two other mom's and myself. We had 11 kids with us! The kids had a blast and so did we. We saw Beverly Hills Chihuahua. It was so funny. I had to laugh. Here we are sitting there watching these dogs TALKING to each other and when this one part comes up where a pack of chihuahua dogs come together to save these other two dogs and they all start barking and save the day..... my friend says LOL "This is not realistic" YA THINK. LOL She is such a crack up. I'm like "Ya, the dogs talking, that I can buy, but when dogs start running in packs and barking, I mean come on, we must draw the line there" What a crack up. She is such a bust. I'm not sure who had more fun us or the kids.

Hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a great night!

Towels

How many of you have multiple children and those precious children leave thier towels on the ground after bathing?? I know most of our children are perfect little angels who do everything they are asked to do but occasionally our precious babies "forget they did something".

Now you know it's your children who left the towels on the ground but when you ask whose towel it is it...... Well, lets say it becomes clear that it wasn't your children afterall. No it was dundanannaaaaaaaaa "Mr. Nobody". Mr. Nobody has visited our home way too often. As the CEO of my household (lol) I've decided that I need to work hard to limit his visits.

Problem: Mr. Nobody's towel left on the ground after bath time.

Solution: Each child picks out thier favorite color. You purchase a couple towels in each of the colors they chose. You explain to them that when they take a shower/bath they are to make sure they use thier color of towel. Now when "Mr. Nobody" decides to leave a towel on the bathroom or bedroom floor you can easily tell by the color of the towel exactly who Mr. Nobody is.

Hope this helps!

Tip of the Week

When sitting down at the table for dinner our family has a tradition of "Best and Worst". We go around the table and everyone (including Momma and Dad) gets to share what was the BEST part of their day (and why) and what was the WORST part of their day (and why). Everyone has to sit quietly and listen and wait for their turn.

This is not only great for learning patience, listening skills, learning more about thier siblings (and our children) but everyone enjoys sharing and we as parents often learn things that maybe our children never would have shared with us!

Try it out and let me know whatcha think!

Flu update

So my oldest (Kyle) has a virus that apparently was brought over on a boat from Japan! When there was a huge fire here people came over to help and there is now a (new to us) virus. They gave him medicine and expect a full recovery! WONDERFUL news!



My daughter (Katie) was tested for strep throat. She looks like she has a strawberry on each side of her throat, on top of the flu bug. She was given medicine as well and we will get the test results tomorrow.

Just wanted to give you all an update!

Flu Time!

Tis the season. To be scarry? To gobble? To be Jolly? Well.......all those sound great, but in our house it is the season to be sick.

I had the flu about two weeks ago. The end of last week my oldest son (18 years) came down with it. And yesterday my daughter (10 years old) called me to come get her from school because she has it. I spent most of my day yesterday nursing her and doing loads and loads of laundry inbetween.

When my oldest son got home from work he informed me that he thinks he still has the flu. He said his stomach is cramping off and on and he has other more serious symptoms. I'm like "OKAY, this is information I NEED before three days have gone past PLEASE". So this morning, while babying my daughter, I'm waiting for the doctors office to open so I can call him about my son.

It is double hand washing duty around here and I'll be washing our bedding daily as well.

Saying a prayer that my son is ok, my daughter gets well soon, my other daughter (9 years) doesn't get it and my other son (15 years) doesn't get it!

I'll keep you all posted.

Happy Haunting!
Stephanie