Fall Soccer 2010

Tell me it's not already the middle of October and I still haven't posted this.  I have blogging spurts and get a lot of posts done at once, and then I poop out for a while. I was trying to be on top of things, but apparently I'm not.  Well soccer is now over, hallelujah.  I love soccer don't get me wrong, but 2 kids in soccer on different days and times is a little overwhelming.  My only saving grace was this year, I was able to convince Micah's team to practice at the same time as Morgan's at the same place, so that coordinated well.  We had soccer every day except Tuesday's, Friday's and Sunday's all of September.  It's nice that it was crammed into only one month (cuz there is no way I would've done 2 months of this) so there was only 4+ weeks of chaos instead of 2 or more.  The kids really liked their uniforms this year, because they weren't the bright things they had last year. 

Morgan's team are the Purple Unicorn's (she wasn't really keen on the name, but she got used to it).  She was moved up a division, so she was playing with 6, 7&8 year old's instead of 4, 5&6.  She struggled a lot more this year, since she wasn't the biggest on the team anymore, but she still had fun.  She made a couple of goals this season, not that I got any on film cuz I'm like that and forget my camera sometimes (ok most of the time).

 But she still had fun, look at that smile, can't ya tell?

 Micah's team are the Black Panther's and Randy was able to coach again (only because their games and practices were not on Wednesday's which is school night for him).  He loves soccer, struggles with the attention span of 4, 5&6 year olds, but loves it the same.

 Micah loved having his buds on the team, here are 2 of them, Jack and Warner.  Micah and Jack were on fire the whole season.  They really learned to pass to each other and get the ball up the field to score, which they usually did.  I did have my camera ready and going for 2 of the goals, amazing I know.

This one was from about half field to score.

This one had a cross shot in it and I'm sorry that I missed the actual entrance of the goal, but he got it in there just the same.

So, we had a good season, made lots of goals, had fun with our friends and it is over till the spring, and we will start it all over again, yeah for us.

Ed Smart's coming to town

Ed Smart has been riding his bike across America to bring awareness to the public about keeping kids safe.  He rode from NY to CA and rode right passed our school.  We were chosen  because we have one of the best schools in the nation for the Rad Kids program.  So all of the kids sat out in front of the school and waited patiently for him to arrive, and when he did it became a scream fest. (this is only part of the school that I could get with my camera)

This was right after he arrived.  He had about 6 other riders with him and the Rad Kids van behind.  He also had a camera crew with him.

He stopped and high-fived as many kids as he possibly could.  They loved it.

It was pretty cool to witness this.  I went to the website and his video footage is suppose to be on CNN tomorrow, not sure what time yet but there is a slide show on his site and there are 2 pics in there from his ride with the kids. 

Camping for my birthday

I was kinda anti birthday this year, so when my friend Matney suggested camping over labor day, I was all for it.  We went camping with them earlier this summer in the back woods, up and down crazy roads and so we decided to ask Randy's parents to borrow their truck, since our van almost didn't make it back last time.  We found this awesome spot near where we were last time with an amazing view.

Unfortunately for me, I still didn't rid myself of my birthday.  Brookie put together a cute surprise for me, with balloons in my tent, a yummy cupcake and singing.  Thanx Brookie.

Micah and Taylor enjoying the campfire and sugar.  Tay is my suto-child.  My kids love her, it's like having a 5th kid without all the work.

Matney's Taylor's mom and she's kind become my kids other mom.  They love her.

Malia loves Brookie as well, cuz Brookie will do anything Malia asks.  She's the swing pusher at playgroup.

These 3 were inseparable, Taylor, Addison (Brookie's little girl) and Malia.  They loved Brookies tent the most.

The guys hanging out amidst the smoke.

Micah and Addison.

McKenzie and her friend Bethany.  Bethany wanted Mac to have a camp out in their backyard the same night and so we invited them along.

We went hiking around Big Springs in the morning.  It was beautiful.

Brookie and her fam.

The affects of camping have set in, can you tell?  Eah is filthy.

Mac, Bethany and her dad, Don, and twin bro with his friend

Coming down the stair. around the Springs.

It was a fun trip, the kids actually slept (even me), we had great company and later on Saturday, Rob borrowed his parents boat and went out on Utah Lake and enjoyed the huge waves, well all of us but Brookie.  I had a lot of fun, Thanx everyone for helping me have a fun birthday.

1st day of Kindergarten 2010

The day has finally come.  This little guy has been asking since last February when he got his kindergarten shots when he was going to start kindergarten.  It's been a long 6 month, but it's here, whew.  This is his little Gingerbread Man he made of himself (actually I made cuz we had such a crazy weekend that it didn't get done so I threw it together right before school, I know pathetic.  But it totally depicts him, can ya tell? The lightsaber, the Star Wars shirt, he was soo happy when he saw it.  He also picked out this shirt at the store, not that you can see it, but it's a Star Wars Lego shirt.  He's been dying to wear it.

He was really antsy to get in, but I managed to get one quick shot of him in front of the school.

The class is decorated in a pirate theme this year, it's really cute.  See the excitement in his face, he really wanted another picture taken (insert sarcasm).

We got him to smile with his teacher one more time, while holding Star Wars Gingerbread Man one more time.  His teacher conned me into being her room mom this year.  I don't mind, she's great.

On a side note, his face looks a lot better already, his eyelid is a little more swollen than I would like, but overall it looks great.  Here's to one more in school, love ya little man.

Happy Birhday Morgie Poo

I feel bad this year that since we didn't have a birthday party for Morgan that it kind of got mixed up with Micah's owie and kindergarten, oh and Malia's bday and mine coming up.  This time of year things just all gets jumbled together and I feel bad.  We did our best making her day special though.  She brought treats into class, got to choose what dessert she had (she opted for this cookie cake since she will be getting another cake on Sunday when uncle Billy and aunt Alina come).

I decided to let her have a play date after school with the fierce-some foursome (who in turn gave her presents spontaneously, cuz they are cute like that).

She got to open her presents we got her and then we took Grandma/pa Schmidt's bday money and went to Toys R Us to pick out one more gift (which was a stuffed husky dog she had been wanting).

 In all she said she had fun, it was pretty much a bday party with the girls coming over anyway, but I didn't have to plan anything (which is why I only do them every other year).    Morgan is such a fun and exciting part of our family.  I don't know what we'd do without her

Micah Update

Micah is fine.  He was in the ER for only 2 hours.  They did a CT scan on him and everything came back clear.  The doctor gave him an anti-nausea pill and discharged him before 9 PM.  This morning the red line down his face is gone and he just has the scraped left.  I'm soo grateful things turned out the way they did.  I don't feel like a dork of a mother for taking him in, sometimes I do, (you the know the paranoid mother thing) but this time I don't.   I was really scared last night that something was wrong and that I he was going to have to stay and I would have to call someone to stay with my kids and he'd have serious issues.  I really was not going to get any sleep last night knowing that he could have a brain bleed and I wouldn't have been able to wake him up.  I was fully prepared to wake up every 2 hours trying to make sure he was ok, so that peace of mind was worth the ER trip.  This was kind of a wake up call for me.  I was not very sympathetic when we fell.  I picked him up, put him in the stroller and kept on going.  It wasn't until we got home and I saw how bad it looked and having him act a little weird for me start acting sympathetic.  I felt like I did when I was a kid and got hurt.  As a kid, I always felt bad when something  happened because I knew that it was going to be one more thing for my mom to worry about and she it always seemed like bothered her (nothing against my mom, cuz she is an amazing woman and I love her to death) but that was one thing I didn't want to inherit.  I need change my attitude and show my kids I care a little more, even if it seems like a little bump or scrape.  I really do love my kids and after last night I know I couldn't stand losing one.

Just One Rotten Day

My next post was suppose to be about Morgan's birthday since it's tomorrow, but we are getting a little crazy and posting something else a little more pressing first.  Isn't it so true that when something bad happens, it happens in 3's?  This all happened today

1). Micah was riding his scooter today while I was walking and he crashed and burned.  This shot is what it looks like 10 hours later.  I seriously think he has a concussion, and I've talked to our nurse and she gave me a list of symptoms to watch out for, for the next few days of when to bring him in.  He's actually a lot more active and alert than he was this afternoon.  Poor guy, I just hope it's mild and nothing more serious happens.

2).  After getting back from soccer practice (and no I didn't let him go), Micah crawled into grandpa's truck bed and got stung by a wasp.  Seriously.  (the pic is blurry, sorry, the spot that is circle is where it is swollen.)

3).  My double jogger, that I bought used on KSL, rusted out on the front wheel and snapped of.  So there is nothing holding the front wheel on anymore.  So I quickly got onto KSL again and found this single (which I wanted to downgrade to anyway) in Provo.  So I checked it out, got it for a great deal, brought it home and cleaned it up (dusty and just for peace of mind), and  will now be using this.   

Don't get me wrong I'm really excited for this, but it was just one more thing that went wrong today.

P.S. after I typed this up, Micah started to complain that he was dizzy and after consulting with my doctor's office again, they said to take him to the ER.  So he is there with Randy and we are praying everything is alright.