Wow! What a game. The other team was given a penalty kick just out from our goal because one of our players was off-sides. Just as the other team kicked the penalty kick, Connor charged the ball and took one for the team. He jumped as he charged the ball and it hit him in the side, preventing the other team from scoring. He slowed for a moment, but then he was back in the game full speed!
When Coach David sent out the email recapping the game, Connor was named defensive player of the game! Here are Coach David's words ... "Defensive player of the game this week was Connor. Connor ran and jumped in front of a free kick to save a goal in the first half and didn't flinch. If you look in the dictionary under "no fear" there will be a picture of Connor taking one for the team."
Way to go Connor! We are proud of our little defensive soccer player.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Oh, Lordy ... I'm Really 40!
Saturday, September 20th was my 40th Birthday. The morning was quiet and uneventful. Then, my mom arrived, and she and I went to Hollywood Spa & Nails for a manicure and pedicure. We had a nice, relaxing time talking as we were filed, trimmed, buffed, and polished. Next, we headed for Connor's soccer game. His team did great, and won 5-2. After the game, my mom and I headed for the outlet mall to browse a few shops. We tried on several outfits at MaxStudios and I purchased a new purple top and black heels after my mom told me that I was not going to be able to go home to change before we headed to church. Because it was rather hot and neither of us had any make-up on hand, we made a quick stop in the cosmetic company for some blush, eye shadow, and purfume before we headed to church. I changed into the purple top and heels at a stop light, and by the time we arrived at church, I felt refreshed.
After church, we stopped by the house to pick-up my dad and Blake's parents before heading to Josephine's for my family birthday dinner. As we drove up, I saw that everyone had already arrived, but I hoped to have a few minutes to run inside to fresh up. As I entered the house, I was greated by several friends and family members yelling, "Surprise!" It was great! There were 40's hanging from the staircase and the ceiling of the kitchen, a large "Over the Hill ... the Party Continues" banner above the doorway, red and yellow roses, tulips, food, birthday cake, pictures of me from various years of my life, gifts, and lots of smiling friends and family.
It was a fabulous evening! Thank you to everyone who helped make my 40th birthday one that I will not soon forget. Thank you to my mom for spending the day with me and keeping me "occupied" while the surprise was prepared, to my dad and other friends who helped setup the food and drinks, to the many friends and family who joined me to celebrate, and to Blake, Megan and Connor for all of your planning, decorating, and love! It truly was a fabulous evening and one that I will always remember.
After church, we stopped by the house to pick-up my dad and Blake's parents before heading to Josephine's for my family birthday dinner. As we drove up, I saw that everyone had already arrived, but I hoped to have a few minutes to run inside to fresh up. As I entered the house, I was greated by several friends and family members yelling, "Surprise!" It was great! There were 40's hanging from the staircase and the ceiling of the kitchen, a large "Over the Hill ... the Party Continues" banner above the doorway, red and yellow roses, tulips, food, birthday cake, pictures of me from various years of my life, gifts, and lots of smiling friends and family.
It was a fabulous evening! Thank you to everyone who helped make my 40th birthday one that I will not soon forget. Thank you to my mom for spending the day with me and keeping me "occupied" while the surprise was prepared, to my dad and other friends who helped setup the food and drinks, to the many friends and family who joined me to celebrate, and to Blake, Megan and Connor for all of your planning, decorating, and love! It truly was a fabulous evening and one that I will always remember.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Clothe-A-Child
Clothe-A-Child is a local charitable program that provides $100 clothing vouchers to underpriviledged children so that they may purchase school clothes. The program is sponsored by area churches and Kohl's Department store. Our church has participated in the program for several years now. Although Blake and I have always participated, until this year, there has not been an opportunity for our children to participate.This year, our PT Kids program (K-5th) sponsored a Bike Rally to raise money for Clothe-A-Child. The K-5 kids were to obtain donations from friends and family and then to participate in the Bike Rally and submit their donations. Connor was excited about participating in the program. Blake told him that he would buy him a new bike if he raised enough money to sponsor one child. Well, Connor raised enough money to sponsor two children! So, Blake purchased him a new bike, and he rode it in the rally on Friday night.
Overall, the PTCC children raised enough money to sponsor 68 area children, and on October 11th and 18th, Blake and I will help a couple of area families spend their clothing vouchers at Kohl's. Thank you to everyone who supported Connor with a donation. I know that the children you helped sponsor will be blessed.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Megan Got Braces
Megan had her upper braces put on today, and she was not very happy about it. She told me several times during the process that she did not like me and that we were making her get braces just because we wanted to torture her. Although we have told her multiple times that she will LOVE the results when the braces are off, she is not believing us.
So, as you can image, she was extremely "dramatic" when they put the braces on. This meant, it took longer than they anticipated, and there were several Kleenexes used to dry tears. But, the braces are on, and she is still alive. Imagine that!
Braces are so much easier now than they were when I had them. They put the brackets only around the back molars. When I had braces, I had brackets on every molar. They created a mold of her teeth a few weeks ago, so today, they had all of the brackets for the other teeth aligned perfectly on the tooth mold. They cleaned her teeth, applied glue, and stuck ALL of the brackets on her teeth at one time! We had to wait two minutes, they removed the mold, and ... instant braces. After that, they put on a wire, added some color bands, which Megan was able to choose, and she was ready to go. Again, not happy ... but ready to go. Megan chose hot pink and glittery silver bands for her first round, but she soon realized that the glittery silver doesn't show up too well again the silver brackets. So, this may be the last time for silver.
She goes back in 7 weeks for the next visit, so please pray that the drama of the braces has subsided greatly before our next visit. Yes, she is smiling in one of the photos, but this was the 3rd or 4th photo that I took. I told her that if she did not smile, I was posting one of the bad photos, so ... I got a smile.
So, as you can image, she was extremely "dramatic" when they put the braces on. This meant, it took longer than they anticipated, and there were several Kleenexes used to dry tears. But, the braces are on, and she is still alive. Imagine that!
Braces are so much easier now than they were when I had them. They put the brackets only around the back molars. When I had braces, I had brackets on every molar. They created a mold of her teeth a few weeks ago, so today, they had all of the brackets for the other teeth aligned perfectly on the tooth mold. They cleaned her teeth, applied glue, and stuck ALL of the brackets on her teeth at one time! We had to wait two minutes, they removed the mold, and ... instant braces. After that, they put on a wire, added some color bands, which Megan was able to choose, and she was ready to go. Again, not happy ... but ready to go. Megan chose hot pink and glittery silver bands for her first round, but she soon realized that the glittery silver doesn't show up too well again the silver brackets. So, this may be the last time for silver.
She goes back in 7 weeks for the next visit, so please pray that the drama of the braces has subsided greatly before our next visit. Yes, she is smiling in one of the photos, but this was the 3rd or 4th photo that I took. I told her that if she did not smile, I was posting one of the bad photos, so ... I got a smile.
Monday, August 25, 2008
First Day of School 2008-09
Today was the first day of school for Megan, Connor, and I. Megan started her 7th grade year - her second year in middle school. Connor started his 3rd grade year. Megan's schedule changed again today when she arrived at school, but she seems ok with the new schedule. She knows at least one person in each class, and she has classes with several of her friends. While she does not think that she likes all of her teachers, she does like over half of them after meeting them only once. The ones that she described as "mean" she does not think she likes. But, I told her that some teachers start out mean or tough because they need to set the tone that they are in control of the classroom. Many times they lighten up/soften as the year progresses, so I have tried to encourage her not to count them out yet. She ran into her Math teacher tonight at the baseball field and went over and said hello to her. I was glad that she took the initiative to talk to her outside of school.
Connor loves his new teacher already. Her name is Mrs. Orr, and she is fabulous. I have known her for a few years now, and she is an amazing teacher and person. I am so excited that Connor has the opportunity to be in her class this year, and I believe that this is going to be another great year for Connor. Connor was excited about returning to school today, but he was not excited about all of the practicing that they do the first few days. They practice walking down the halls, to the lunch room, sitting at the lunch tables, etc. He does not think that they need all of this practice, but I tried to explain to him that there are new kids and that there are other kids who need to be reminded of the rules and procedures. This afternoon, he did not seem to be too bothered by the practicing, afterall, and he said that he had a good day. I saw him a few times during the day, and each time, I received huge hugs and lots of kisses. I will really miss it when he is too old to give me hugs and kisses at school in front of his friends and teachers. That will be a very sad day for me. I am going to enjoy my hugs and kisses from Connor each and every time I see him at school. They make me smile, and they help me get through the busy, hectic days.
Connor had a pre-season game tonight. Although his baseball team did not win, they all played really well. Connor did not get a hit when he was up to bat. Instead, he received 4 balls, so he was able to take first base on a walk. This season is completely kid pitch, so I think that there may be quite a few walks. He had the opportunity to play third base and catcher tonight. He did rather well at both positions. He really hustled while playing catcher - well, until his legs got really tired - and he stopped a few balls at third base, and nearly caught a ball to tag a runner out. Although he did not catch the ball and get the out, it was a terrific effort of his part as the 3rd baseman and on the part of the catcher. I don't have his baseball schedule yet, but when I do, I will be emailing it out to friends and family. If you would like his schedule, please let me know.
Well, it is 11:15, so I had better get some sleep. We all have a big day tomorrow ... our second day of school, and I am sure that it is going to be harder for us to get up tomorrow than it was today. Until next time ...
Connor loves his new teacher already. Her name is Mrs. Orr, and she is fabulous. I have known her for a few years now, and she is an amazing teacher and person. I am so excited that Connor has the opportunity to be in her class this year, and I believe that this is going to be another great year for Connor. Connor was excited about returning to school today, but he was not excited about all of the practicing that they do the first few days. They practice walking down the halls, to the lunch room, sitting at the lunch tables, etc. He does not think that they need all of this practice, but I tried to explain to him that there are new kids and that there are other kids who need to be reminded of the rules and procedures. This afternoon, he did not seem to be too bothered by the practicing, afterall, and he said that he had a good day. I saw him a few times during the day, and each time, I received huge hugs and lots of kisses. I will really miss it when he is too old to give me hugs and kisses at school in front of his friends and teachers. That will be a very sad day for me. I am going to enjoy my hugs and kisses from Connor each and every time I see him at school. They make me smile, and they help me get through the busy, hectic days.
Connor had a pre-season game tonight. Although his baseball team did not win, they all played really well. Connor did not get a hit when he was up to bat. Instead, he received 4 balls, so he was able to take first base on a walk. This season is completely kid pitch, so I think that there may be quite a few walks. He had the opportunity to play third base and catcher tonight. He did rather well at both positions. He really hustled while playing catcher - well, until his legs got really tired - and he stopped a few balls at third base, and nearly caught a ball to tag a runner out. Although he did not catch the ball and get the out, it was a terrific effort of his part as the 3rd baseman and on the part of the catcher. I don't have his baseball schedule yet, but when I do, I will be emailing it out to friends and family. If you would like his schedule, please let me know.
Well, it is 11:15, so I had better get some sleep. We all have a big day tomorrow ... our second day of school, and I am sure that it is going to be harder for us to get up tomorrow than it was today. Until next time ...
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday Night Church
We attended our second Saturday night service last night at Preston Trail. Our church decided a few months ago to add a third service, and Saturday evenings received the highests votes. We were excited to hear about the addition of a Saturday evening service, and we committed to attend the Saturday evening service for the next year. Our first two services have been great, and we are looking forward to the grand opening of the Saturday evening service next weekend.
Megan initially was not as excited about the Saturday evening service as Blake and I were. In fact, one day she told us that we were ruining her life by making her attend church on Saturday evenings. When we asked how we were ruining her life by going to church on Saturday nights, she said, "I will never be able to go on dates because I will always have to go to church!" She was completely serious. We both laughed and said, "You're 12! You are not going to be going on a date for several years. Remember, you can't date until you are 35." Her reply, "Still! You're ruining my life." Oh well. I'm sure that there are worse things that we could do.
Megan initially was not as excited about the Saturday evening service as Blake and I were. In fact, one day she told us that we were ruining her life by making her attend church on Saturday evenings. When we asked how we were ruining her life by going to church on Saturday nights, she said, "I will never be able to go on dates because I will always have to go to church!" She was completely serious. We both laughed and said, "You're 12! You are not going to be going on a date for several years. Remember, you can't date until you are 35." Her reply, "Still! You're ruining my life." Oh well. I'm sure that there are worse things that we could do.
Megan's Belated Birthday Party
Megan decided to wait until closer to the start of school to celebrate her 12th birthday party with her friends. We held her party on Friday & Saturday at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The girls swam, spent a few moments in the sauna, participated in multiple scavenger hunts, ate pizza & cake, played sleeping bag tag, watched part of the Rough Rider game from the hotel window, watched the fireworks after the game (which were right outside our window), and had a great time together. I was not sure that they were ever going to bed, but they finally did fall asleep sometime after 3:30am. When my alarm went off at 8am on Saturday morning, I felt as though I had just gone to sleep. But...they all got up and we had a great breakfast before their parents came to pick them up. All in all, I think that Megan and her party guests had a great time.
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