Jay's Birthday

We celebrated Jay's birthday today, we had the family over as usual and everyone had a good time. He received all money as gifts, which for a teenager is always welcome. I love when the family comes over and we just eat, laugh and have a good time together.

B Ball at the Y

On 3/14/09 my daughter had her first ever basketball game. She was so excited all week to first attend practice and then to be able to play in an actual game. Their team name is the Wildcats, (too much high school musical) and they did pretty good.

There are 2 boys and 5 girls on the team. Most of the other teams in the league have at least 9 players so our team has to play most of the game. There are 2 little girls on the team that really could care less about playing. They were especially excited to sit out for a quarter.

They don't keep score at this age group and the team played hard. We were very proud of them all.

Just wanted to share another one of my favorite photos. My daughter, who happens to be a drama queen in training, was about 15 mths old and this picture captured her being a ham for the camera. Even now she can stop in mid-cry, smile for the camera, and go back to crying. We believe she is destined to be an actress or something dramatic.

Raider Football

On 9/5/08 my oldest son made his 1st ever touchdown! The ball was thrown to him in the endzone and he caught it. I could feel his smile all the way in the stands. Later in the game he sacked the quarterback twice, he was on fire! The other parents asked me what we were feeding him and considering that he is 6'2", 170lbs and eats everything it was hard to say exactly what did it. I was so very proud of his performance and I can tell he was too.

My son's football team was awesome this year (2008)! We have been in this league for 6 years and this was his last year to play for them. We had a tremendous amount of talent, including my son of course, and they not only went undefeated against some very tough teams, but for most of the games the score was 31-0 and we won the superbowl 31-0! Our family has spent every fall with this team and we will truly miss them in 2009. I can't even listen to the National Anthem anymore with out waiting to yell VIKINGS!! at the end of it, like we did at every game. :-)

We are so very proud of my son and his teammates.

my huband and my son

WELCOME!

This is my first time ever posting to a blog! I am excited and hope to begin interacting with other scrappers, moms, family members or anyone that would like to leave a message.

Like I said in my profile, I have a scrap area in my basement where I like to organize my 70+ acrylic stamps and make pages for my children and cards for relatives. I really like when my husband comes downstairs to work out, the kids are down there playing games and the cat sits at my feet. I am very family oriented so when they are with me I feel at peace.

I also love when we have family gatherings, which we have every month, because then we can all be together and laugh and act silly. When I was growing up we didn't have a lot of that so I am so glad that my husband has a large extended family and that they are so close. My children have grown up with their entire family around them and they love it.

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