MP #2 vs. Bethel

Saturday we played a Bethel soccer team. The buddies both played extremely well and we were blessed to have Landon's mom, my sister-in-law and her little girl to come and watch. Unfortunately, we lost, but the buddies were on fire, especially G. On the way to warm up, the coach thanked me for spiking G's hair so she could tell them apart. After the game they were so hot they both poured water all over their heads to cool off. You guessed it, G's hair fell down. The coach came up to tell him great job and stopped. "Great job G!", she said to S. "Wait.....who is G.....what happened to your hair? I'll never be able to tell you guys apart!", she said looking at me and laughing.

First Sleepover

The buddies had a friend over to spend the night over Labor Day weekend. The first hour was a bit hairy as they tried to top each other with things for him to do.
I had to talk with each of them separately, as they were running the poor boy ragged. I think we need to have two friends over next time. Now I know what triplet moms are always talking about. They finally calmed down, and had a great Nerf war followed by a trip to the movies to see the Smurfs.
Cheesing it up for me in front of the corn header. :)

4th of July Parade

This year our kids program at church walked in the parade to advertise for our VBS. I took a pic of the Sundrop monster truck to remind everyone that we have always known how awesome Sundrop is. It is our claim to fame, as it comes from Cabarrus County.
We lined up at the middle school and went down main street handing out icee pops. Yeah, it is as hot as it looks. I would like to add here that it is not cool for an adult to walk up to one of my kids and ask for a WHOLE bag of icee pops.
Some kids started out in the wagons, but we ended up trading them out for the coolers of icee pops. How cute is she? Couldn't you just eat her up? When I asked her she told me NO, lol.
The line of people at the start of the parade. We had allot of fun, and I saw many people that I haven't seen in a while. Several kids were shouting to the buddies so I made G get out of the truck and walk.....since they were all there to see him, haha.
P.S. I will be taking a week off from blogging to drive out to California with my two sisters. We leave in an hour, so I should probably be loading the car. ;)

Baby Shower

Last Sunday my sister, Bethany, and I gave Leigh (which is my other sister) a baby shower. It went off great. We planned it at the beach and everyone had a very short notice so we weren'tsure who would come. It turned out great! Peanut is due January 1, and I can't WAIT to meet him or her.

Baseball Party

End of sesaon baseball party and cook out at the Petrea's. Thanks Brooke and Jeremy for letting us all invade your backyard before the storm came. The boys had fun!

Carowinds

Sunday, after early service, we headed out to Carowinds with my family. Shot of the grandkids and Wyatt's friend.
The buddies were tall enough to ride this, but not the bumper cars. Go figure.
Everything has changed from Nickelodeon, to Planet Snoopy.
The kids had a blast and are ready to go again ASAP!

Super Saturday

The buddies first baseball game was today. They did great!
They both got hits, and G scored a run.
Despite the strong winds we had it was allot of fun today. Ready for game two Monday night.

Let's go Green Machine!

Busy Saturday

Lately our Saturday's have been super busy. This past Saturday we had basketball pictures made at 9:20. A basketball game at 10. A birthday party for a school friend at 11:45 at the skating rink. At 3 we left to search the county for a glove for S, who is left-handed (easier said than done). At 4 Wyatt had a friend coming over and at 4:20 Levi went to a friends house. I finally got home at 4:30 only to realize that if I would have thought about supper I would have been half way to Pizza Hut from where I took Levi. Ahhhhhh, back out again to get supper. The best part of the day, was watching the buddies gain their confidence on skates. By the time we left they were getting quite good. P.S. It was 81 degrees on Sunday. So sweet!

Last Soccer Game

Saturday was our last soccer games of the 2010 season. Whew, it was way too long. We were all glad it was over, lol.
The kids and the coaches. Frontrow: Leland, Lena, Amber, Knox, Gage, Madison, Xerses, and Stone. Backrow: Colton, Kayla and Dillon.
Showing off their medals.
Cheesing it up. We get this week off and then basketball season starts.

Insight

Levi told me this on the way home from the last soccer games of the season.....

L-I saw a parent tell a lie today.

Me-What?

L-I saw a parent tell their child a lie.

Me-What do you mean?

L-The kid was running up the bleachers with his trophy. When he got to the top he tripped and the trophy fell onto the pavement. It broke in several pieces. The kid started to cry and the mom said, "Don't worry honey, we can fix this." "No you can't!", yelled the kid. The mom hugged him and said a little glue would do the trick and the kid sucked it up and they left.

L-Mom....no amount of glue was going to fix that trophy.....

Me-Probably not.

L-Man.....being a parent is really hard work.

Me-Hardest job on the Earth.

Halloween

Iron Man, The Grim Reaper and Spiderman on a candy run.

Trunk-or-Treat

Saturday night we went to the trunk-or-treat in Stanfield. They had free candy, games, hayrides, and hotdogs.
The crew. Where else can Bank Robbers hang out with Storm Troopers?
Playing games for candy. Ah, the joy.
The boy who was too old to dress up, but not too old to carry around a candy bag.
The CMC helicopter landed while we were in line for the hayride. It was quite windy. (no one was hurt, it was a scheduled landing :) This was allot of fun. I hope MP takes a lesson from it, and does it one year. The only change I would make, would be to sell the hotdogs and drinks for a dollar each to raise money for the elementary school PTO.

Road Trip with my Brother and Sisters

Wow, okay. This weekend we packed up and headed to see Leigh and Dave. We all went to the Biltmore House on Saturday together. The biggest thing we will all remember, is this huge light falling from the ceiling about 30 feet, and shattering onto the marble floor below. The sound was extremely loud and scary. The floor shook, and the bottom of the light went up inside of itself. This is blurry because I was trying to get it while I was being told not to take it by the security people, lol.
This time around we got to tour some things we have previously not had the time to see. Such as the green houses and gardens and the winery. Here we have Leigh taking a shot of some ladies, while Landon looks on.
The four girls posing on the porch. Brandy, Bethany, Leigh, and I.
Walking into the greenhouse. The staff were setting up for a wedding to take place on the property later in the evening. We saw two different brides getting pictures made.
Landon and Shaun checking out the landscape. That evening we drove to Leigh's house, where we were greeted with the wonderful aroma of chili beans made by Dave, and many licks from Sleepy and Gertie (Leigh and Dave's dogs). It was a great weekend and I hope the first of many more trips to come with all of us together. Thanks Leigh!!!!!

Birthday Party

This year I let the Buddies have a birthday party at a friends corn maze near by. I highly recommend this, as there was much to do and nothing to clean up. Here we have Anna and her "boyfriend" Wyatt. :)
They had a huge play-set, corn hole, a corn maze, a sunflower maze, a corn pit, snacks, and a sling shot game.
This was one of the kids favorite spots to play.
Blowing out the candles. Look at our awesome cake find at Sam's.
The kiddos in front of the Get Lost sign. Much thanks to Kent and Amy for letting us celebrate at the maze, the kids had a blast!!!!

Wedding Day

Bethany and Tyler tied the knot Saturday. We had a worried week of huge rain after weeks upon weeks of no rain. But Saturday came and the weather couldn't have been more beautiful.
Me, Bethany (sister), Tara (B's best friend), Leigh (sister) and Bailey (our niece).
Shaun (brother), Tyler, Justin (Tyler's brother), David (brother), and the Buddies.
Last dance amongst a sea of bubbles. The whole ceremony and reception were perfect.
Getting ready to leave. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us. We love you dearly.

Happy Labor Day

We had a great afternoon of swimming, talking, playing cornhole, and eating at my grandmama's house.
My brother's kids and our crew. A little over half of the great-grandkids. Can't wait until the other 4 are running around over here with everyone.
They had no problems acting crazy for this shot. I wonder who they get it from? :)

Second Game

Do not be fooled by the look of these photos. It appears that we played on a cloudy overcast afternoon.
Which may lead some to believe that it wasn't hot. When the opposite is true.
It was hot, humid and hazy. Yes, we all had our umbrellas out for a small spot of shade.
There was allot of walking around on the field by the third quarter. You could tell the kids were tired and hot.
(Wyatt is number 5. And we are MP team 1....not sure what the 1 is for since we are the only MP team in this age group. His charity is CVAN)