Conversation with Erin on the way home from school

Erin: Guess what mom Matthew has three girlfriends and I am one of them.

Me: What?! Who is this Matthew?

Erin: There are two Matthews on our bus one with blue hair and one has an ipod.

Me: And which one is this Matthew?

Erin: The one with the ipod

(Okay should I be relieved?)

Me: Erin now why in the world would you want to be this boy's girlfriend?

Erin: He is my friend I - he is my best friend actually.

Me: I am doubting that Erin since this is the first time I have ever heard his name. Now you do realize you can be his friend without being his girlfriend. Beside you are waaay too young for such things. You just tell him thanks but no thanks let's just be friends.


Okay seriously people why am I having the conversation of Let's Just be Friends with my six year old? Oye I swear I could feel my hair turning gray from this conversation! Not even close to wrapping my mind around such things with my BABY!

I got burned

Okay for those of you that know the procedure I had done that title might make you giggle. I had my outpatient procedure done and it all went just fine. I was in and out pretty quick.

I am still trying to fight off the groggy after effects of the medications and feeling a bit nauseous this evening. Of course also a bit of cramping but I seriously thank the Lord for the invention of Ibuprofen it does wonders for me (plus my trusty heating pad)

I want to thank all of you for your calls, sweet words, and most of all your prayers!!

I think I officially hit the point where I am not the youngin any more

It seriously seems like it was yesterday that I was getting that nod like"uh huh yeah, you know all about what, whatever you are just too young to understand." Something happened one night as I slept because I woke up and became the person on the other side of that nod. It all started with my own medical issues and the doctors discussing with me a possibly hysterectomy. Even though I decided not to go that route and for an ablation instead (scheduled for this Monday) it is like psychologically my brain said girl you just jumped from being the young one to the Over the hill crowd. I swear I was sitting in church the other day and all of a sudden out of no where I felt like some one had turned the heat ALL the way up. I grabbed my program and fanned myself furiously I looked around to find it was only me that was feeling like I was sitting in a wool sweater in the July sun. Yep I think I was experiencing a hot flash! After a couple minutes my internal thermometer seemed to be going back to normal but I was still a bit shook up. Seriously people is 35 over the hill?

I am so bummed I really feel like I am just starting to come into my own now. I am starting to get myself now. By that I mean I am more understanding of my weaknesses and learning how to cope with them. I am embracing my strengths and try to use those to their best advantages. I even feel like I am getting better with my relationships in trying to understand them and how we can improve. Hmmmm wait a minute maybe this getting older thing isn't so bad I'm also getting...wiser?

All right I guess the fact that our bodies just don't want to stay like they were when we were 18 all fit, tone, and well smokin hot (if I do say myself) ;) is definitely a bummer. Man do I still wish I had the insane metabolism I had at that age! There are some up sides to getting older. No more midnight feedings and still having to be up the next morning to be glamorous mom, starting to get a better understanding of myself and enjoying my life quite honestly and also realizing that boring is a good thing. Why oh why did we so love the drama? I seriously don't get my younger self!

I have to say though that even though I am starting to embrace this getting older thing the whole body wearing out thing does at times scare me. Just yesterday my friend who had let me know her 34 year old husband was going in for some testing for his heart had to rushed in to have a bypass of 5 arteries! Wow it really makes you think this is the time to really love those around you and realize this life we are given is a gift and what we do with it is our responsibility.

I am looking at today as a gift and during this season of Thanksgiving I want to let each of you reading this know I am thankful for you and what you are to me in my life.

Final shots from Football

Here are the last of the shots from Jordan's football game. (remember he is #29) Those boys had such a hard time just planting their foot in a stable spot. That ground was muddy and SLICK! Yep one of the boys (thankfully not Jordan) twisted his ankle hard in that mud mess. It was almost humorous watching them try to run around and see through the pouring rain and the ball itself was like grease lightening as well! They moved Jordan to defense and he got some good hard hits in, but when he came home that night let me tell you he was FILTHY. He took a hot shower and went straight to bed!

In hind sight I was so nervous about him trying out football especially since he didn't join the team until his Junior year. But now looking back I am so glad he tried. I am actually quite proud of him for putting himself out there and sticking with it! He made a lot of great friends and definitely got in shape. His coach is an amazing man that really makes sure the boys that leave his program leave with the values he wants to instill. On the last Thursday night dinner he asked each of the boys to stand up and repeat a quote that they thought captured what they had learned from their football experience. Here is Jordan's:

"It's not about winning the game, it's about wanting to win the game."

So hoping that means he is saying you need to have a positive outlook on life? Anyway this chapter is now closing and even though I am relieved this football will no longer be taking over our lives I am feeling a bit sentimental about the fact that we are beginning to see a lot of Jordan's chapters ending and his adult chapters will be opening soon....

Senior Night

Jordan's high school football is now over. His last game was on Friday night. They honored the Seniors that night and had the parents come out on the field with them. It was a very nice little ceremony. Can I just insert in here that it was literally POURING sheets of rain that night. So yeah only in the Seattle area does the show keep going on. I had to laugh as Jordan came out to greet Christian and I at the end of the line he was suppose to present me with the rose. We walked on and his coach had to say not so under his breath Give the flower to your MOM! He just giggled and said oh yeah here mom. That kid you gotta love him, I know we sure do! ;)

Anyway after the ceremony Christian I went back to the car two very wet parents and turned on the heat full blast to dry off. Thankfully we got a great parking spot and could see the game from our car!

They unfortunately lost the game but I still enjoyed getting to see Jordan get some good hits in! Poor Jordan was just soaked to the bone. I think he had a good time but suffered for it the next day as he slept on and off all day and coughed his lungs out.

Thanks to Arielle who took the pictures for us from the stands!

Extreme fun

How do you turn it up a notch and have even more fun at an old classic like pillow fights? Blind folded of course! Yep this is what I saw when I came in to see what the ruckus was about in the other room. Erin with the stocking cap over her eyes and Regan with a scarf tied around her eyes. Lots of laughter and noise. Oye...

Trick or Treat 2009

Here are our two girlies all dressed up for Halloween. Regan is Hermoine from Harry Potter complete with the fantastic wand that the Lamb family sent her for her birthday. Erin is Hello Kitty. Aren't they just so cute?

We went to the Harvest Fest at our church they had a chili supper, games, and trunk or treating. Jordan and Arielle helped with the games so we all went and had a great time! Erin made me laugh as she was so excited and ran to go do the trunk or treating and looked at me really nervous and said Mommy I just don't know what I am suppose to say Trick or Treat or Trunk or Treat. I assured her either way would work just fine ;)

Happy Spider Day!

We cannot celebrate Halloween at schools any more so Erin's 1st grade class decided instead to celebrate Spider Day. Leading up to today her class learned all about spiders in their Science class so this was also a fun way to end this section of learning. They made these adorable spider hats (yes us moms got the pleasure of blowing them all up). Then they made some fun snacks with Ritz crackers icing and pretzels to make their own spider looking snack. I always love and appreciate the opportunity I have to help in my kids classes. I left right before lunch Erin was not happy to see me leave. I told her mommy has to go home because I am very hungry she got puppy dog eyes and told me she would share her lunch with me. It almost worked....almost.

I also need to add the tshirt was a gift from Grandma Meyer. Erin loved it as the question mark so appropriately had a spider on it!

Fun in the mud

Thought I would share with you where our family has been most Monday and Friday evenings. Watching Jordan play in the mud! Let me tell you I am not sure I have ever cleaned dirtier clothes than after his games!

If you look at the players he is #29 with the white Under Armor shirt on. (those Under Armor shirts are the best things to get for your kids if they play sports! They wick the moisture off them keeping them dry and warm!)

These pictures are from a home game that they beat the other team 7-0 and Jordan got in a lot of good plays. They had him playing defense which is not where he usually is. I was a little nervous as he was going against some of these REALLY big boys but discovered what the coach was thinking when I saw him in action he is small and fast so he is hard to catch!

Hi Regan!

Just a heads up to friends and family who blog. Regan reads all of these blogs every day and if she could figure out how to comment she would. So just keep this in mind while blogging she loves them and reads them every single day!

Corn Maze

We have never done the Corn Maze before with our kids and decided this year to give it a go. Regan was really pumped and excited. Erin decided she would pair up with daddy and Regan went with me. I decided to let Regan be in charge of the map. Yeah I know...

We seemed to keep going round and round and at one time I swear we ended back up at the start but Miss Regan was very determined. It reminded me a bit of the Harry Potter movie when they were stuck in the Labyrinth of shrubs. If only I could get someone to come in and help us out. I was starting to get really hungry as this was very close to our dinner time and it was starting to get dark.



We find a look out and we can see nothing but corn in front of us. Oh boy! Let me tell if I heard it once I heard it hundred times. "I think if we just cut through the corn we will make it right here." NO we are NOT cutting through the corn!




Thankfully after what seemed like an eternity and was beginning to creep me out as I started to remember what other this movie made me think of "Children of the Corn" we made it out and got to go home to some nice warm dinner I made for everyone while daddy rinsed off everyone's muddy boots.

You may have noticed Jordan wasn't with us. He is now a Senior in high school and is so busy with his own activities we feel lucky when he is able to do things with us now a days. Awww he's growing up :(

Happy Fall Y'all!