Football Season Has Arrived!!

This weekend officially got the boys pumped up for football! Our weekend started off with Shawn, Austin, Papa, Uncle Craig, Cousin Colin and some of Shawn's friends going to the K-State football practice that was held here in Olathe. They were so excited!! Austin hasn't stopped talking about Josh Freeman since they left the practice. They even got to get lots of autographs - my personal fave being Jordy Nelson whom I use to teach when I was teaching in Riley. Pretty cool!! Austin is definitely ready for some KSU football to get going - he's been asking to watch football since the season ended last year.

Austin decided to sing the K-State fight song to some of the players here - they all laughed and thought he was pretty cool. So proud!!And here is cousin Colin chatting with Ron Prince (the coach) - he got he hat autographed - pretty cool!This is a fun shot - that's Shawn getting Josh Freeman's autograph - where's Austin???
This is Jordy Nelson - he's my personal fave!

We have also started "project room rearrange". We are moving the girls in together up in the dormer and then Austin will take Ashlyn's room and the office will be Austin's old room. So, we started with painting the dormer so we can move the girls up together. I ended up painting the same colors as what Ashlyn had since we still had paint left from it. I wanted to do something different but decided there was really no reason not to use the paint we already had, and I knew the pink and purple looked good so we went with it. We still have to put up the chair rail and clean the carpet, but then we should be ready to move them in! I may have to do one more coat of paint - we'll see. Then we can get Austin's new room painted and move him in, then paint the office and move that stuff in. Quite a process!!



Shawn got the first coat of varnish done on our new kitchen table - it is gorgeous!!! I can't wait to get it finished and moved up here. It is going to look awesome!!



Big week this week - our kick-offf party for SGC is this week. We hope to get lots of new members - keep your fingers crossed! I'm president again this year which I am excited about - I think it's going to be a great year - we have some fun stuff planned. Of course, my favorite activity would be the fire station visit coming up soon - love that one!!

Ashlyn got her first haircut - she's so stinking cute!! Almost two and never had a haircut - kinda sad, huh? Just cute as a button though!

We went to Salina for my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary - wow!! Isn't that amazing? I blogged about it a few weeks ago, but it still just amazes me - that's true love!! Notice my kids - they LOVE to dance!! They have already been practicing for my sisters wedding in January.

Speaking of the wedding....Kimberly's dress came in!! We went and picked it up this weekend! Take a look below....ha! Tricked you - did you really think i would put a pic of it on here??? Nope! that's my sister and mom and I toasting to getting the dress here and it FITS!! YIPEE!!

Heath and Jay came over last weekend for dinner - we had a great time. Their little Peyton is almost 7 weeks old in this pic and Gabriella is almost 6 months - hmmmm Gabriella has some growing to do i think!! Notice Peyton is already checking her out - must be into older women.

I better sign off - who knows where all my kids are....


Hope you are having the time of your life!

ST

Target Has EVERYTHING

Here's a recent conversation between Shawn and Austin...
Austin is singing one of his original songs (made up words to his very own tune)
"What song are you singing, Austin?" Says Shawn
"I'm singing a new one dad. I picked it up at Target. It was on sale." replies Austin

Love it.

Hope you are having the time of your life!
ST

throwing up of the mind

I really don't know what this post will be about or when I will have to cut myself off because of a crying child - I just felt like blogging - so just hold your breath and we'll see what my mind comes up with.
Gabriella has sprouted TWO teeth recently. I felt like a horrible mother of three - I wasn't even the one that noticed that she had teeth - my friend Callie did. After she said it, I about fell over and couldn't believe I hadn't noticed her teething. After thinking about it, it started to make sense that she was drooling like crazy, and loved biting on the frozen toys - yes, I know, obvious clues...that's just what it is like to have three. I am pretty sure that I have it written down when Austin's gums maybe started to turn pink in hopes that he would get his first tooth in a few months...ha! Gabriella is amazing! She is such a great baby - and she's even better now that she is loving playing with toys (eating toys is more like it) and she is rolling all over the place. She growing up right before my eyes and it makes me a little sad. I don't know what is in store for us in the baby department, but if this happens to be the last baby, I don't know - that makes me sad! And a little glad...maybe...baby life is rough - I look forward to no diapers and no bottles, but they're really not so bad - won't last forever, right?
Austin has finally been sleeping good again - thank goodness! How is it that my 5 month old sleeps for 13 hours straight every night, but my 2 year old can't??? Hmmmmm could it be the third child again?
I must give another shout out to my parents - shawn had to work late (I mean golf late) last night so of course they came over to help with the kiddos until they were all in bed. And not only that, after I got the last kid asleep in his bed, I came downstairs to a totally clean house - thanks to my mother. How in the world people survive having kids without family around is beyond me. Yes, I am totally and completely spoiled and not ashamed to admit it. Shawn and I got to go out on yet another date last weekend. We went to see my friend, Courtney, who just had her first baby - congrats Court and Erik!! And what a cutie pie he is - absolutely adorable - and BIG!! Ron Prince will probably be getting him into the off-season work out soon. And then Shawn and I went to dinner - it's always fun to go to dinner together with no kids, we actually get to talk without interruption or spilled milk, half the time we forget to eat!
I get to start kick-boxing again!! I can finally get back to Bally's and work out since Gabriella is old enough for the day care. VERY excited about that. Getting three years worth of baby fat gone could take awhile, but hopefully I can stick with it.
I guess that's it for today - oh yeah - check out the side bar - I finally played around and added some new stuff! Enjoy!!
Hope you are having the time of your life!!
ST