Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Way to go Midnight Wolves!
They definitely went out with a bang at the end of their season. They won their first game, 5 to 0. Layne made 2 goals, Laramie made 2 goals, and Lauren made a goal. I am so happy that Lauren made a goal. She is the Head Coach's daughter and she has been so upset this year about the team never winning and how bad it has been for this group of girls. Her dad used to play soccer in college, also. Big game for them!
We had the first game of the day - 8:00 a.m. It should not be legal to have an 8:00 a.m. soccer game when it is only 40 degrees and the mist is so thick you can hardly see because the sun isn't even fully up! But at least it wasn't windy and Grandma brought lots of hot chocolate.
Since we had a game that was so early, we of course decided that pizza would not work. So I got doughnuts from Sara's Doughnuts in Alpharetta. They are really the best doughnuts. Matthew said I should get a referral fee - everyone wanted to know where the doughnuts came from and where they could get them.
Here is Layne on the field today:
The coaches are in the back, Coach Allen is on the left with dark hair, and Coach Shulstad (I don't know his first name - he is the soccer player) is on the left.
We had the first game of the day - 8:00 a.m. It should not be legal to have an 8:00 a.m. soccer game when it is only 40 degrees and the mist is so thick you can hardly see because the sun isn't even fully up! But at least it wasn't windy and Grandma brought lots of hot chocolate.
Since we had a game that was so early, we of course decided that pizza would not work. So I got doughnuts from Sara's Doughnuts in Alpharetta. They are really the best doughnuts. Matthew said I should get a referral fee - everyone wanted to know where the doughnuts came from and where they could get them.
Here is Layne on the field today:
And here is the whole team together:
The coaches are in the back, Coach Allen is on the left with dark hair, and Coach Shulstad (I don't know his first name - he is the soccer player) is on the left.
The girls standing from left to right are: Rachel, Sofia, Fiona, Laramie, Layne, Lauren, Maddie
The girls kneeling in front from left to right are: Ansley, Emma, and Ashton
Way to go Midnight Wolves!!!!!
We also got a little into the holiday spirit today. We went to see Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at the Center for Puppetry Arts. It was really good! The puppets were exactly like the ones in the TV show. So cute - and the mesh screen in front with the projected images really added to the show.
We also went ahead and got tickets for the Muppet Christmas Show on December 3 - can't wait!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Just another day
Oh, yeah - except for the part where we woke up at 7:00 a.m. I know, I know - how does that happen? Well, we were out trick-or-treating and didn't get home until almost 9:00 p.m. Then I insisted on everyone taking a quick bath/shower. Which means we didn't get in to bed until about 10:00 p.m. I think everyone was sound asleep in just a few seconds.
For some reason Joshua decided to climb in our bed about 1:30 a.m. Which led to reshuffling, grumbling, and lots of pushing with little feet.
Then at about 4:00 a.m. I hear "Daddy, I wet the bed". UGH!!!!!! So - off Joshua goes for another bath and mom cleans up the pee and starts laundry and we climb back in bed again about 4:30 a.m.
Then we have the pushing / shoving / grumbling - "please Joshua go to your bed" discussion again.
Next thing we know - it's 7:00 a.m.
So I had big plans to get home early, go to Miss Dawn's to get our nuts / chocolate order from Girl Scouts, then get home, have dinner, be the happy family and ask everyone about their day - while daddy plays basketball. Nope - not going to happen. I have management classes tomorrow at work, interviews to perform for new EEG Techs, patient calls, Dr. Flamini on call and needing help, etc. I didn't even leave work until after 5:30 p.m. Then I realize that I have a total of 14 miles until I am supposed to be out of gas.... grrrrrr. So I make it to the most expensive gas station on my way home at Northridge - with 1 mile to spare!!!!! Get Joshua - who is out of control playing with Jack (his best friend at school) - get Layne and Jacob, go to Miss Dawn's. Now it's almost 7:00 p.m. Yep - we ate out - Taco Mac and cheese dip with tortillas. I still can't seem to get it all done. I feel like I spend my days rushing all the time.
Had to elect our new health benefits for next year. Yes, they increased - AGAIN. Yes, we get less benefits for the same money - Thank you to the current government (sorry had to say it). We have further limits on our Flexible Spending Accounts - less allowed and less items that can be applied. It gets even worse in 2013. Hopefully something else will reverse this trend. Going to be a tough election year. Not intending to make a political statement - but every year when I have to review / renew benefits it really gets to me.
Here is one of Matthew's artistic photos - he loved the curl of the pumpkin:
This is a picture from our trip last weekend to Burt's Pumpkin Farm. We made the trek again. We went up on Sunday and took a picnic lunch and ate at Amicalola Falls State Park (along with a million other people from metro Atlanta). Enjoyed some great weather. Then came back out of the park to Burt's and picked our pumpkins. I think it's a pretty good picture - except Grandma looks like she is visually impaired - and there is some girl in a pink t-shirt trying to move in to the shot :)
Here is Jacob amongst the pumpkins:
And here are all kids - Pumpkin Farm 2011:
For some reason Joshua decided to climb in our bed about 1:30 a.m. Which led to reshuffling, grumbling, and lots of pushing with little feet.
Then at about 4:00 a.m. I hear "Daddy, I wet the bed". UGH!!!!!! So - off Joshua goes for another bath and mom cleans up the pee and starts laundry and we climb back in bed again about 4:30 a.m.
Then we have the pushing / shoving / grumbling - "please Joshua go to your bed" discussion again.
Next thing we know - it's 7:00 a.m.
So I had big plans to get home early, go to Miss Dawn's to get our nuts / chocolate order from Girl Scouts, then get home, have dinner, be the happy family and ask everyone about their day - while daddy plays basketball. Nope - not going to happen. I have management classes tomorrow at work, interviews to perform for new EEG Techs, patient calls, Dr. Flamini on call and needing help, etc. I didn't even leave work until after 5:30 p.m. Then I realize that I have a total of 14 miles until I am supposed to be out of gas.... grrrrrr. So I make it to the most expensive gas station on my way home at Northridge - with 1 mile to spare!!!!! Get Joshua - who is out of control playing with Jack (his best friend at school) - get Layne and Jacob, go to Miss Dawn's. Now it's almost 7:00 p.m. Yep - we ate out - Taco Mac and cheese dip with tortillas. I still can't seem to get it all done. I feel like I spend my days rushing all the time.
Had to elect our new health benefits for next year. Yes, they increased - AGAIN. Yes, we get less benefits for the same money - Thank you to the current government (sorry had to say it). We have further limits on our Flexible Spending Accounts - less allowed and less items that can be applied. It gets even worse in 2013. Hopefully something else will reverse this trend. Going to be a tough election year. Not intending to make a political statement - but every year when I have to review / renew benefits it really gets to me.
Here is one of Matthew's artistic photos - he loved the curl of the pumpkin:
This is a picture from our trip last weekend to Burt's Pumpkin Farm. We made the trek again. We went up on Sunday and took a picnic lunch and ate at Amicalola Falls State Park (along with a million other people from metro Atlanta). Enjoyed some great weather. Then came back out of the park to Burt's and picked our pumpkins. I think it's a pretty good picture - except Grandma looks like she is visually impaired - and there is some girl in a pink t-shirt trying to move in to the shot :)
Here is Jacob amongst the pumpkins:
And here are all kids - Pumpkin Farm 2011:
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