Homecoming

Casey and Cassie went to Homecoming last weekend.....their theme was a Knight out.......They had a blast. The school also won the Homecoming game as well.....Cassie was on the float at Alice In Wonderland and Casey's truck pulled the float. Enjoy the pics.

Halloween....with teenagers

Wow.....i have really been behind on my blog....We celebrated Halloween last night, and decided to do a haunted maze in our yard....our kids, as you know, are old and are not into the trick or treat thing anymore. So we have to think outside the box and go for more age appropriate stuff. The Maze was a hit.....we had smoke coming out of our cars and Casey sat on the hood of his car scaring people....Cassie and her friends were dead dolls.....it was great...Gavin was leatherface and decided that after 30 minutes he was done and wanted to venture out into the neighborhood looking for friends and candy. Here are some pics of the kids and our maze. Enjoy

My Baby is 13

September 15, 1995 was a day that i will never forget...my baby was born and my life changed like you would never believe. Even though having him was not in my plans....it was definitly in someone elses, and for that i will never be ungreatfull. Having a boy has definitly made me thank my mother for not giving me a brother. Boys are way different then girls and learning all their different likes and dislikes is hard. It is also hard to have a son who all of a sudden just calls you Mom instead of Mama like he use to....who would rather talk to girls on the phone now then sit on the couch and watch TV with you, and of course who would rather go to Daddy with questions instead of you. Raising Boys is hard but at the same time fun. They dont have attitudes like girls at his age do and they don't go through to much of a Change like girls do, but they are entergetic and have to go go go all the time. Speaking of Go Go Go, Gavin for his 13 Birthday decided to have a Pole Position Party with his friend and family. It was alot of fun and a great Big Boy way to ring in the first Teen Year. Enjoy the pics.

Crazy two weeks

Well it has been awhile since i have been in my Blog...life can sure throw you some curves when you are not expecting it. On August 16th Kevin rushed me to the emergency room. I was having pain in my lower right side of my stomach. After hours of testing they determined my appendix was inflamed and i had to have surgery. So twenty minutes later i was under and ready to have it taken out. The surgery was a piece of cake...the recovery on the other hand is another story. My body didn't handle the medicine very well and caused dizziness and headaches that also have led to nausea. This sent me back to the hospital twice with me having chest pains and problems breathing. Not only could i not relax but the pain i was in was uncontrollable. It has been two weeks since my surgery and i am still not fully recovered but the dizziness is slowly going away and my sight is half way back. I can walk and stand up straight which is a blessing. The worst part is not being able to do anything. My kids are back in school and the house is a mess. I hate asking people for help...not one of my strong areas, even though between my friends and co workers they have all asked to help....i tell them no. I have decided i am stubborn. I guess we all go through these fazes in our life to help us figure out we are not all superwomen or men and we all just need to rest and let others help. So, besides resting my kids are back in school......Casey has started his Senior year off well. His last day of work is this Monday at the Storm Stadium...it is the last game of the season. Cassie started her Sophmore year off with tons of homework and Golf Practice every day . She is exhausted already. Gavin started his Seventh Grade year off great. He loves not being the low classman this year and thinks all the sixth graders are tiny. Of course with him being 5'7" all the kids would be small...he is following in my tall footsteps.

Cassie

Last night was Cassie's 15th Birthday Party. It was Disco theme....and boy was it fun. She has never had a party at the house where the kids just hang out. She is so use to a theme or going to a bowling alley or a pizza house....so we decided to go all out and do a backyard Disco theme....it turned out great...her friends all came and she was a Go Go Dancer. If you know our backyard it is in the middle of construction but we added some amazing lights...a disco ball and bought some chairs and bam......it was great. Twister was the hit of the night and Kevin and I both agree that the game was alot bigger when we were kids. Enjoy the pics.

Casey, the Senior

Well today was Senior picture day.....it is amazing what happens to you when your kids get there pictures done. I can always remember taking them to get pictures done when they were little, either by themselves or as a group and thinking to my self, "Oh how cute they are, or gee they really are getting big". But today i actually cried for the first time when taking one of my kids to get their pictures done. For today i realized that the time is here.....Casey it is a Senior. When he put on that Cap and Gown it brought back so many memories. It also scared me half to death, knowing that he would be experiencing half the stuff i did after graduation. So, we checked off one of the many things on the Senior to do List yesterday.....enjoy the pic....i put one of him when he was in Kinder and then his most recent one today.