Update for August

Hello! I am being terrible about posting but I've been so crazy busy that I haven't had time to blog! Zach has started football practice, well, sort of... it started last week and he went on Monday and then we went on "vacation" for a few days, so he missed Tuesday ... then there is no practice on Wednesday .... Thursday, we returned from our trip and Zach and Ashleigh were complaining of ear aches.... So he missed practice that night, Friday morning, I took him and Ashleigh to the doc and found out that both of them had ear infections... her's was an "inner" and Zach's was an "outer". They both were pretty miserable. They have been on antibiotics since... The med that Zach is on must have a unlisted ingredient of gold, because it was $100! For ear drops! WOW! I must say that the pharmasist doesn't have a very good sense of humor because I looked at the ingredient list and asked him "which one of those words meant "gold"? Ash's was just the pink stuff, so her's was cheap. They are both almost finished with the antibiotics.... Zach's torture ends tomorrow morning and Ashleigh's ends Saturday. Practice on Monday (yesterday) was cancelled because of the heat (104 degrees) .... practice tonight starts later than usual. Zach is really looking forward to getting back to practice. Ashleigh has been cheering this summer... cheer camp was 2 weeks ago and practice is 2 days a week for and hour and 1/2. She is 100 percent cheerleader and really gets into it. Allie just signed up for soccer for the fall... no word on practices yet. Saturdays are going to be a little hectic around here.... Ashleigh cheers for football in the AM and Allie's games are usually in the AM too.... thankfully, Ash's squad only cheers for home games, so no traveling there! Allie plays at the local sports plex with local teams. Zach on the other hand may be doing a lot of traveling this year cause the division his team is in has 3 teams that are and hour 1/2 away. Hopefully they won't be all away games :) Here are some pictures that we took recently....

Easter 2007

We had a wonderful Easter this year! For the past 20 years or so, we have had a family (and friends) Easter egg hunt and dinner at my Aunt's house in Collinsville. There is always too much to eat and way too many prizes but we all have a great time getting together (even though the weather on Easter was more like winter time.) At church that morning, we had a special speaker at our church. Miss America 2006, came to speak to us about all the crowns she has won over the years, but how they all pale in comparison to the crown that Christians get when they go to heaven.
Afterwards, she made herself available for people to meet her and get pictures made with her. Of course, Ashleigh wanted to meet her, so we stood in line and the girls got to meet her and have their pictures made with her....


Zachary didn't really care to much to meet her, especially after he found out where she was from.... Jenks.... (for those of you who aren't familiar with this area, Owasso and Jenks are rivals) He also wouldn't dare meet a "GIRL" willingly. hehe

Here are some other pics that we took during the day.

WHAT A GREAT SEASON!

Today was the championship game. It was a total defensive game, with TBC ending up on top @ 6-0. We ended the season at 12-1.
We all are soooo proud of our boys for making it this far! We ended up being 2nd out of 60 other 3rd grade teams, so, they have nothing to hang their heads about!
The boys get to stay together thru 7th grade. I really like that, because they learn to play as a team. As far as I know, all of them will be back next year! Zach has been blessed to play on this team. I am thankful for them picking my son in the draft, even though he had never played before. There were about 5 or 6 that had never played football before and I think they learned alot this year. I am thankful for a caring and supportive coaching staff. Couldn't ask for more than that. Our coaches love these boys as if they were their own sons. It's a awesome thing to watch.
Zach is not playing anything else until baseball season, so we won't start getting really busy again until March or so. He has a tryout for a baseball team next weekend.
GO RAMS! Below are some pics that I took that day.....

THE GIRLS ARE READY FOR THEIR BROTHER'S BIG GAME! GO RAMS!

THE HIGH SCHOOL LET US BORROW THEIR BIG HELMET AGAIN. OUR BOYS LOVE THAT!

"WE ARE A TEAM!" This was taken during the opening coin toss. Our coach always told them no matter what, win or lose, we are a TEAM! He has always told them that when they make a mistake, not to worry cause they have the rest of the team to back them up.


TROPHY TIME! -------------->


Here is a pic of Zach holding the 2nd place team trophy. I am sure that Coach Tucker will display it proudly at his house!

Our boys got to run through the helmet that the high school team uses for their games.... just for a few moments, they got to be like the big boys! (Zach is somewhere on the left side of the pic in the "herd" of rams... you can't really see him)
Our next game is in the "final 4" or the tournament...... there are about 50 3rd grade teams in the conference and we are in the "final 4" so I'd say that's pretty awesome.
The game is on Tuesday night @ 7PM @ Sapulpa HS.
GO RAMS!

Crazy Hair Day for Red Ribbon Week

Today was crazy hair/spirit day for Red Ribbon Week at school.

Tulsa Maize

Zach's football team had a cook out at the Tulsa Maize tonight... they all had a blast.
They went on a hayride and of course through the haunted maize maze. I am hoping that they all sleep well tonight cause the haunted maze scared all of them silly. I didn't go in the maze cause I don't do things that scare me on purpose! Yes, I am a chicken, and as one of the other moms put it "I wear my feathers well!" Yep.... and I am proud of it!

Girl's first fishing trip

Troy took the girls the other day on their first fishing "trip". We have several "catch and release" ponds in our neighborhood to go fishing at. The girls had fun... Ashleigh caught 5 fish, and Allie caught one... Troy said that Ashleigh did great and loved fishing... Allie was fine until a fish actually bit and then she quickly handed her pole to Ashleigh for her to reel the fish in.

Hurry and take the picture, daddy, the sun is in our eyes.

Ashleigh's first catch!

Allie's first catch!

One on One time with Ashleigh.....

If you know my middle child,Ashleigh, you know that she always thinks that her brother and sister always get more attention than she does. So, she and I had a little time together today, just me and her! Her brother had his party yesterday and her sister got to go with her daddy to Wetumka for a few days, so she was feeling left out....so, we went to the Tulsa Zoo. We had a great time, just me and my blondie.

Zach's 8th Birthday party

Zachary had his 8th Birthday party yesterday at Incredible Pizza in Tulsa. He had a great turn out and had a blast!

Picture day

Today was picture day at school. I remember on my picture days, mom said she would fix my hair up really cute but when she'd get the pictures, it was all messed up and looked nothing like it did when she sent me.
So, I wanted proof that I actually did fix Ashleigh's hair before she left the house for school..... When she got home, almost all the curls were gone. I hope that they got the pictured taken before that happened! We will see when we get her pics back.
(Zach got his pic made too, but he wouldn't let me touch his hair, so I didn't bother to take his pic.... besides, there isn't that much on top of his head to mess up!)

GO DRAGONS

Pics of Saturday's game

There was a photographer on the sidelines at the game Saturday. Here is the link if you are interested in looking.... Zach is #10 and is in 4 of the 130 or so pics....
Sure Shot Action Photos Click the "Photo Gallery" button and then "INFC Youth Football" then "3rd grade Owasso vs Broken Arrow"

Kid pics

Our Cheerleader, Football player and the "little sis" cheerleader.... Allie says that she wants to be a cheerleader when she "grows up"

My little Cheerleader

Tonight was Ashleigh's first game to cheer at and they all did a great job.... Ashleigh, of course, was the loudest.... and if you ask me, she was the cutest! (I might be just a little biased tho!)

1st day of school (August 17th)

Ashleigh's first day of Kindergarten

Showing off the backpacks

Allie had to get into the picture too, she's having "school" at home with mom....

Zachary's 1st day of 3rd grade

Zach's first scrimmage

Here are some pics from Zach's first scrimmage.... the team scored 5 touchdowns on Jenks in 15 minutes... the boys did really well... (Zach is wearing the black jersey with white pants...)

Zach's first football practice....

Here are some pics of Zach's first football practice.... he's the one in the red shirt, black shorts....