Flash back Friday

My brother Scott and I at his old place in Athens, Georgia...I'm guessing this is 1995.

Friday Fill in

1. Sweet dreams “don’t let the bed bugs bite”.

2. Wine, bagel chips and hummus on Friday nights was made especially for me.

3. Silliness is contagious around here!

4. My dad is coming this Halloween.

5. Outstanding or not I love my family(but they are pretty outstanding!).

6. More time is what I want right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my Friday night ritual(see #2 for more info), tomorrow my plans include soccer and family time and Sunday, I want to get the house ready for my dad!

Flash Back Friday

Picture of me my Junior year in high school when everything finally started to fall into place. 1993 (sorry the pic is so big)



My friend Carrie and I at my dads house. I think this was maybe 2nd year of college, so that would make it 1996?

Kids Quotables Wednesday

Trying to make a habit out of writing down when the kids say funny or memorable things...Here is what I have for this week....(sometimes they don't always come from our kids though-still just as funny)

While Wes was yelling at Charlie for wearing his glasses on the trampoline, he says:


“Don’t wear your glasses outside anymore, you don’t need them to play. You’ll just end up breaking them.”

To which our adopted daughter (neighbor friend) Paige chimes in with:

“Yeah, save 'em for inside and break them there”


My favorite is an oldie, but a goodie...
it was from my brother when he was about 3 years old, he's 20 now.
My mom and he were driving around doing errands and my brother saw Easter decorations and asked my mom what was Easter, she starts telling him...and then he asks about Jesus and what he has to do with Easter...so she starts by telling him and must have said something along the lines of "when Jesus died for our sins..." etc etc...
my brother says "oh, OK"...
a few minutes go by and my mom starts to notice he looks sad, so she says to him, "Pat, what's wrong?"
He says "I'm going to miss him"
My mom looks at him, and says "who sweetie?"
He looks up at her in the rear view mirror with his great big blue eyes and says "Jesus Christ....he was a nice man." LOVE that kid!

Sunday Synopsis

Ok...so I've decided that since I have such witty friends I would take a couple of my favorite quotes of theirs off of their facebook pages from the previous week. I'm going to try and do this on Sundays-hence the title "Sunday Synopsis".

From Amanda there was:
The people I'm furious with are the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket. ~Anita Loos
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin to Pooh

From Terra:
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it....thanks Mario Kart.

From Dara:
posted under a picture of her dear little baby girl, "The face of a serial pooper."

Gotta love these girls for their wit and charm!

Best seat in the house...

So like most weekends in the fall this one was filled with soccer. All three kids had games this weekend, and all three played well and won! Charlie showed some real progress on the field as he played sweeper. Meaghan has become quite agressive in playing, and even had to spoken to about not pushing...is it wrong that I was somewhat proud? It just makes me happy to see her finding confidence in herself in an area outside of the classroom. Caitlynn continues to just love being on the field and to have the chance to be on a team.

This weekend was a glorious fall weekend. Today the air was crisp and the sun shined down on the field. I promised myself this summer I wouldn't say "I'm cold" ever again after the long dragged out heat of the summer. So I will say, "I'm not hot." LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the fall!

We wound down after the game by coming home and riding bikes, working in the yard. Well I observed these things....BUT I have the best seat in the house!!