It was a total SPORTS Weekend

Just wanted to give the photo update of our total all-sports weekend -or I should say all-sports Saturday. We started the day on Saturday with Hayes' Flag football practice and then had his game. We just after that to grab lunch and then head to Annalise's soccer game. The "Coconuts "(as Annalise's team is known as) totally dominated the game. I must say they really seemed to enjoy themselves. Then it was off to the Colorado Rockies Baseball Game that night--where, sadly, they did not dominate. I hate to report that the Rockies lost and Houston went home the victor. We did enjoy pizza and dippen' dots so it was not a total loss for us! Enjoy the photo journal of our "Sports" Saturday. We all had a ball. i wish every Saturday could be that fun!

Fighting for Fig Newtons

Here is a funny story I just had to share....

Last night at around 2:00 am I hear this really loud scream...."NOOOOOOO, No" coming from the monitor that is in Benjamin's room. I quickly come awake and start to panic as this is not something that Benjamin does often. Usually when he is asleep we don't hear a peep from him. So, I go running down there to soothe him and find out what is wrong. I go in and ask him what the problem is and he says in this little voice in the dark, "That guy ate my Fig Newton". I ask him if someone from preschool ate his fig newton today and he says, "No, it was that guy and he ate my Fig Newton". So as best as I can tell is Benjamin was having a dream where he is in a tussle with some strange "guy" over a prized Fig Newton....who knew those little cookies were worth fighting for? That must be some good cookie! It is funny what is a nightmare for a three year old. I must say that he settled down again pretty quickly and went right back off to dreamland with the promise of a Fig Newton in the morning. Gotta love em!

We Survived Day Two

Well we made it through day two of preschool and it is going great. There were a few tears at drop off but he was not crying by the time I made it out the door. I was faced with 5 hours to myself...what to do? Well, I spent far too long grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. I didn't realize there were so many new food products that have come out in the last three years! We will be eating well for the next week or so. Pick up at preschool was quiet. B-Man is still so out of it as it is usually the time that he is in the middle of a nap. He was kind of zoned. He has perked up toward evening.

The highlight of the day has to be a comment B-Man just made to me a few minutes ago...he said,"Mommy, you don't have scary eyes. You have happy eyes -yeah happy eyes and you are beautiful." It was just totally unexpected and will be cherished.

Off to do dinner. It was a good day!

Hometown Fesitval

Today Benjamin and I spent the day at the Hometown Ranch Days Festival. Once a year the town opens up the land where the old mansion stands and have a lot of fun things to the kids to do and see. It is so neat to see all the land and imagine what it was like to live here when there was no development. It must have been amazing. Today we enjoyed seeing all the wildlife, the petting zoo, and Benjamin's favorite was the hayride. It was a beautiful day...a bit crisp...but not cold at all. It was just perfect.

First Day of PRESCHOOL

I can't believe the day has finally arrived. My emotions are so mixed with this new milestone. On one hand...I am so excited that the time has come for the B-Man to spread his wings a little and branch out from the Mommy world. On the other hand...that's my baby. I am not ready to let go. That said, however, he is very excited for school. He was up at 3:15 this morning wondering if it was time to go. After a little convincing I was able to get him to settle back to sleep for a few more hours.
As I write this he is at school. I keep wondering...how is he doing? What is he doing right now? Is he missing me? I hope you are having fun. I will see you soon.

Benjamin Turns 3

All the kiddos have had birthdays this summer and I am not playing favorites by just bloggin about one of them. I have photos to prove that we love them too! Benjamin's birthday just happens to be the most recent celebration we have had. I can't believe my little man is already three. Enjoy some of our celebrations from the photos. I love you Benjamin.

We did not drop off the face of the earth!

Hi all- Sorry it has been so long. I know it seems that we just dropped off the face of the earth...but it just seems I am not disciplined enough yet at this blogging thing. I will do my best to do better-but I can't promise. I figure there will plenty of time for writing so now I am going to let pictures speak for what we have been doing the past two months. Enjoy!