Tagged

I was tagged by Brooke who was tagged by her friend who was... you get the idea. The tag was to open your fourth folder and post your fourth picture from that folder. I guess I had saved possible house plans to folders. I didn't even know I had this on my computer. This is the downstairs of one the house plans that we didn't choose to build. So here it is, interesting facts that proves I need to do some sort of clean up on my computer. ha ha!

More Wrestling

Parker on top in orange beat this boy from Blackwell for third place.




Cade is on top in this picture. He pinned this boy, from our own wrestling club, for third place.




Megan and Cade in between matches.

This weekend the boys wrestled another open tournament. Open is for kids that have wrestled more than two years. My boys have only wrestled for one year but there's not many novice (beginner) tournaments close this early. The downfall to open tournaments, other than the competition is much harder, is they last ALL day long! Weigh in (to make weight) starts at 6am then bracket play begins at 9am. We got home Saturday around 5:30pm, just in time to watch OSU choke to Tech. (That's another post at a later time... still too upset to talk about that one). Both boys placed 3rd which in excellent for an open tournament. Wrestling takes a lot of dedication of both parts: parent and kid. The kid must maintain his/her weight all week. The parents have to be dedicated to check their child weight throughout the week AND to sit through a L-O-N-G tournament. It takes great strength to watch your baby possibly get put in a crazy, jacked up position and to be able to keep your composure so you don't yell something ridiculous! Megan drove all the way to Blackwell to watch the boys wrestle. I'll post a picture of her and Cade and a few of them from their matches.

Grandma of the year goes to....

Many of you have laughed and teased about my mom and "Grandma of the year." My mom is great. She raised 3 wonderful, smart, independent, beautiful daughters and instilled her good values in us. So, I take back my words and give back the title to my mom. Here's to you mom... Grandma of the Year! Posted above is a picture of my mom, along with my dad and boys, trying to win back that title by cheering Parker on at a football game.

WHEW... What a weekend!

It was another busy weekend in our house. So much to do and so little time. Where do I start?

Friday: Cade had a play at school. He was a ghost in the play. Actually, a red ghost. The play was followed by parties. Cade was a rebel and Parker was a nerd. Parker and two of his friends dressed up as nerds in his classroom. They were so funny! We trick or treated 3 houses and boy was I thankful for just 3! Who needs all that tempting Halloween candy. We ended up at my mom's house for a "treat" for dinner. My nephews were at grandma's house too. They had a ton of fun scaring all of grandma's little trick-or-treaters although I don't think grandma appreciated their help.

Saturday: This day began very early. Up by 7am for our first wrestling tourny of the year. First, let me add how nervous I was due to this tournament being an open instead of a novice. (Advance vs. beginners) I had so much anxiety about this tournament and it didn't help that I didn't find out we were going the night before. The boys did awesome and I'm so proud of them! Cade placed 2nd and Parker placed 4th. Way to go boys!!! We raced home, with two extra friends in tow, and went to the OSU game. Of course OSU won and it just made the day even better. We were suppose to take the 2 extra friends home and go out with grown up friends for my b-day but I was POOPED! I let the boys bring their friends back to the house for a few more hours of play then I took them home.

Sunday: Early church and worked the nursery during Sunday School. I love playing with the wee ones in the nursery. They are so cute and sweet! We work the crawlers room the first Sunday of every other month. It works out great, plus it's good for the boys to see how much work babies can be. Finally, Carey's dad and step mom stopped by with Carey's aunt from TX. Oh ya, laundry, laundry, laundry, and a few dishes. Trying to get it all done so I don't have to do a thing on my actual b-day. Carey is working on my mantel and our entrance gate. I was hateful when he asked me what I wanted for my birthday. Other than another trip (hehehe) I just want all of the final things done to our house... it's been 4 months. Waaaa...I know.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Update of events

I have really neglected my blog. I hate people who use excuses but we have been incredibly busy. I haven't been conserned with posting lately due to the lack of comment but then I find out several of you just view my blog but don't leave comments. So, here's the run down of events for the last several weeks:

Cade and Snowball

Our beloved cat, Snowball, was ran over last week. Snowball was a great hunter and fearless cat. He, yes it was a he not that you could tell by his name, was the leader of our cat pack, the protector of the barn, and beloved friend to my boys. Snowballs lack of fear ended up getting him too close to the road the night of homecoming and he met his maker. Cade was devastated and demanded a new kitty. Of course, not being able to say no, I took him to Pet-Co and we bought a new kitty. Cade has named him Sam. Sam is nothing, and I do mean NOTHING like Snowball. Sam was born in a shelter, INDOORS, and fears everything. He loves our dog Daisy, or maybe that is backwards and Daisy loves Sam. Either way, we are stuck with this fearful, indoor wanna be cat, but we love him.

Parker

Parker has hunted with Carey since he was very little. He has never shot a deer and I expected this year to be the same. Although, this year they leased a different field to hunt on. It's about 15-20 minutes away and they have seen a huge buck and several doe all over this 40. I hate hunting but I figured it was good bonding time for Parker and his dad. He loves the outdoors and I cheerfully say every year, "You gonna shoot a deer this year?" Always hoping he gets my sensitivity and just enjoys watching instead of harming. Unfortunately this year he pulled the trigger. He brought home his first deer, a doe. I can mark this down as a partial battle won even though he shot a beautiful animal. Parker came home very upset and told me the entire story how the doe had fawns with her and they ran off momentarily after the gun shot but came back after a few minutes to finish eating off the field. He told me he never wanted to shoot a deer again. YIPPEE! Carey loves to fish and hunt and I love to feed and pet. They say God puts opposites together for balance. Boy does he ever!

Carey and Shanon

Carey and I have been working out together for nearly a month. We go right after we drop the boys off at school and do resistance training. I feel like "The Arnold!" I love working out with my husband although there are times when I'd like to drop a weight on his toe! It has been a long time since we have worked out together. Carey, as most of you know, is very lean and must have the metabolism of a rock star. He stays leans with definition regardless if he picks up a weight or steps on a treadmill. We have been working it like champions. I am finally getting those GUNS I wanted, biceps that is. I stay late and get my cardio in since he refused to go more than a mile.

Finally, a few nights ago I drove the Gator down past the pond to fill up the deer feeders... (YES we feed and watch, no shooting on our land:-) on the way back up to the house there was a beautiful harvest moon over our house. I took a picture, it's not the best but you and see a bright full moon.

So there it is. A few of the crazy moments in the past weeks from our household. We are anxiously awaiting Halloween and our trip to Colorado. I'll post more this week about Halloween.

Busy Weekend

I have lots of pictures to post from our busy weekend. Megan is finally back in Oklahoma ... YIPPEE! She came to town to watch Cade play soccer, Parker play football, tale gate, go to the game, then spent the night with us. It's so good to have her back in OK! :-)

Family First

My cousin, Kim, was here for a long weekend from Ohio last weekend. We have been best friends since we were little girls and I hate it that she lives so far away. She has her own family, four children all under 6, and I have mine so we cherish our few visits each year. The main reason for her quick return was to check on her dad. My uncle recently had a heart attack. Kim's relationship with her dad resembles the relationship with my dad. We are very close to our fathers and worry about them immensely. Since her trip was planned quickly she was unable to bring all the kiddos but she was able to bring her youngest daughter Gabriella, or Grabs as we call her. Grabs loved my little cocker Daisy, maybe a little too much!