End of July????!!!

Wow! What a fast summer. I cannot believe it is end of July. I guess it didn't help that we went on vacation for 10 days. That probably sped the summer up a bit. Vacations fly by so fast. We went to Traverse City, MI and camped for 10 days with our good friends and their kids. We had so much fun on the beach, went wine tasting (got a little tipsy!), had campfires and celebrated my birthday! Now I am back to work, kids are back to their social life, and Jon is back to working and coaching soccer for Taylor. I will post pictures of vacation as soon as I upload them from the camera.

Jon has his 20th class reunion this weekend. I am really not looking forward to going. I know NO ONE! Ok...maybe one person, but that could be pushing it if she doesn't go! I don't know what to wear either. Do we dress up, stay casual? No clue here.... Ugh!

Other news....Little Jon broke his leg 5 days before vacation. He broke his femur riding his dirt bike around our yard. We had to call an ambulance b/c I didn't know if his neck and back were hurt. He hit the guide wire that comes down off of the telephone pole. So so scary. He is ok though. He had emergency surgery and got 2 rods put into his leg. So, vacation for him probably wasn't the greatest, but his friends and best friend took great care of him and made sure to do things that he could be involved in. Jon is still on crutches and will be until school starts. What a bummer for him! and so scary for his dad and I!!!

Have a good day everyone!

Highly Recommend...

I was reading one of my daily blog reads on The Ross Family. I have been following Lindsay's post for a while now. She put these two blogs up on her site and boy, did they make me cry me eyes out while here at work.

www.adailyscoop.blogspot.com
www.sheyerosemeyer.blogspot.com

The first site is about a little girl who fell in the hottub at home and the other is about a 3 year old little girl who crawled into the family car on a hot day and by the time the parents found her, she was unconcious. Both of these really made me step back and think and really cherish my kids even though they drive me nuts sometimes. I was watching my daughter sleep last night and I started crying thinking that I don't know what I would do if she wasn't in my life. Words can't explain the devestation of not having Jon, Taylor, or Megan in my life. Thanks Lindsay for the recommendations.

It's July Already??!!

Oh my gosh....Where has this summer gone already? And what a rainy, rainy summer it has been. Here in Michigan, we have had a TON of rain constantly. I want warm weather, I will even take humid, BUT NO MORE RAIN.

Anyways, we are going on vacation in 8 more days! We are going to go camping for 10 days at Traverse City. We went there last year and had a blast. This year we are going with family friends, should be even more fun. I can't wait to get away and do nothing and have no plans for 10 whole days. And...the best part is...the day we come back is my birthday! I love my birthday, love, love, love it! If only I could get Jon to understand this!!

I have been playing soccer twice a week on an adult outdoor league. It has been fun and great exercise. I have also been doing training here at work to start a new part of my job. Can you say unlimited Overtime??!! Once I get back from vacation the OT will start. I bet we will be needed money after vacation...

I Need Opinions!!

Ok all my lurkers and regulars!!!! I have been put in charge of coming up with a fundraiser for Taylor's soccer team. What are some good ideas for this that people will actually buy? Candles, chocolate bars, etc. PLEASE HELP!! I know Little Caesars pizza kits were popular and raw cookie dough.... Ok, I am rambling... HELP!!!!

Long Time No Post!

We have been bussssy! Sports are finally winding down for the kids. Megan and Jon are done with lacrosse and soccer. Taylor has her softball playoffs tonight, but is done with soccer. I don't see her team making it much further than tonight or Thursday at the latest.

We are going camping this weekend with the kids. About 25 minutes from our house. It is a beautiful state park. We are having a lot of our nieces and nephews stay with us. This weekend is supposed to be 80 and Sunny! Yeah!!

Kids are out of school finally! Taylor had a graduation ceremony because she is moving up a school. She won an award for physical education called the National Physical Fitness Award. She also won an award for having perfect attendance this year. Yeah Taylor!

I will post pics of Megan's friend birthday party as soon as I get them transferred over!

Back to training class...Here we go!

How Nerdy Are You?

Go Red Wings!!

Go Wings!!!! Yeah Detroit!! We finally need something else to talk about around here besides Kwame Kilpatrick and his nonsense. I am not sure what Jon and I are going to watch at night now that Pistons are out of the running and Wings finally did it. Well, I guess we still have the Tigers...

Preschool Graduation

I can't believe it...Megan is now a preschool graduate! It was so nice. The preschoolers did a little program and then had their names called to recieve their certificates. They got to stand on a podium and everything! Megan's teachers put together a nice slide show with pictures. The teachers also made photo albums for all of the students, got them books, and teddy bears. Megan was in heaven with all of the gifts.

Pretty Princess Ready to Go
Megan Singing in Her Program
Mrs. Lubeski, Mrs. Messner, and Megan
Samantha, Megan, and Leah

The Longest Sunday Ever!!

Jon had a day long tournament yesterday at Cranbrook. Now, I am all for supporting him in his sports, but 4 games in one day?? His first game was at 8am and he had to be there at 7am. We live over an hour away from Cranbrook which meant leaving our house on a Sunday morning at 5:45 am. I don't even leave that early for work! So, we head to Cranbrook, the sun is shining and it is warming up nicely...Then....the sun goes away and it drops about 20 degrees in 3 minutes. We all wore tank tops and shorts... BIG MISTAKE. After freezing for an hour hoping to get the sun back I head over to buy us all hoodies. I was shocked at the good deal on got on them! I know I had checked the weather that morning and it said sunny and 80. WTF???? Finally we got our sunny and 80 at about 3:30 in the afternoon. So, needless to say, 7 and 1/2 hours later and 50 bucks lighter, we had warmth and sunshine! His last game was at 5pm. Ugh!! He and team did well though. They won 2 and they lost 2. That is good for his team.....

Now it is Monday and a whole week ahead! Off we go!!

Megan 5th Birthday Party!!!

We celebrated Megan's birthday on Saturday with the family. What a blast Megan had. It was sunny and warm (thank goodness), so everyone could be outside. I still cannot believe she is 5 already. On Wednesday of this week she graduates from preschool. Earlier in the day Megan had a soccer game scored the winning goal for her team! Yeah Meg!! That makes 5 goals for this season... What an all-star!

Megan and her bike from Papa

The birthday cake she just had to have!


Finally! A great pic of all 3 kids!
Opening her Nintendo DS
I think she likes it!
Check out Papa's face in the background...LOL
Uncle Ryan being...well....Uncle Ryan LOL....