1st Day of the 09-10 school year

It's currently 12:26p.m. and a lovely 66 degrees outside..... both boys are at school, Callie & Charlie are down for their naps.. YIPPEEEE!

This morning was a little rough with Owen... He was very excited about the 1st day of school. He was bouncing off of the walls.. literally! I don't think I have ever seen a kid so happy about school. He was almost late,too. I walked out of the house in plenty of time but until I took a few pix and got in the van it 8:28.. school starts at 8:32..not normally an issue but some brianiac thought it would be good to do some construction on the main road that leads to the school and has that road closed so we had to detour around it. I really hope he wasn't late :(

He looked real sharp this morning dressed in a pair of khaki shorts from children's place, a graphic t from target, a camo backpack from children's place & a pair of Marc Ecko RED sneaks!

..::Owen ready to go::..

..::Carter walking to the bus stop::..

Carter had a peaceful morning! He got to chill and relax without Owen here to bug him. Although him & Callie did go at it a few times. ;)
His bus comes at 12:15.. he has the same schedule as he did last year, which in nice. He eats lunch around 11-11:30 and then gets dressed for school.

..::Carter waiting on the bus::..

Carter looked pretty snazzy himself::: He chose to wear a pair of teal khaki's from children's place, a plaid button down from target, a sponge bob backpack and a pair of etnies... My boys have a great sense of style.. wonder where they get that from.. *wink*wink*

..::Carter gettin on the bus::..

As usual I have more pix of Carter than Owen.. Owen just isn't as willing anymore :(

Happy 87 Birthday Pawpaw!!

Today is Pawpaw's 87th birthday.. Can you imagine what the man has seen come & go in all those years? How about WWII? Of which he is a decorated soldier. Although we never hear the stories and I am almost positive that he has some great stories to tell from all decades.

Yesterday we all got together at the "home" to have a picnic & cake to celebrate. It was us, mom & dad; Peggy,Be & their kids; Raul, Courtney & Gabby; Eddy jr. & his kids

Mom & Dad brought in KFC & a coconut cake, which is the cake Pawpaw requested! It was yummy!!!

..::Pawpaw & the great grandkids::..

..::my family with Pawpaw::..

..::Pawpaw with his gift from Peggy::..

..::Pawpaw receiving gifts from us::..

..::blowing out his candles::..

gettin our hair did!!

Owen wanted to get his hair frosted but I didn't want to spend the money at the salon.. I needed to get my blonde chunks taken care of....

So I bought a frosting kit at walmart & a hair dye for me. On Saturday me and Owen bonded over hair dye!!

:::during photo:::

:::after:::

..:::dentists & doctors:::..

In the past week or so we have been to see the boys Dr. & a new dentist to get ready for the upcoming school year...

Carter had to get 2 shots.. chicken pox & I forget the other.. Owen's was just a routine med check for his adhd and physical..to which the ped. changed Owen's rx to Vyvanse. I think it could be tuned up a bit more.

And the dentist appointments .. they are another story all together... Carter's was just for a cleaning since we were there in the beginning of the month for his emergency crown.... but he still has 2 more silver crowns to get and 2 fillings, I think.

Owen's was for a cleaning and x*rays... He has 2 teeth with cavities.. 1 is small so a very small white filling and the other has a cavity on the top and the backside(its a back molar). They are gonna put a silver crown on it.. I think this dentist office is all about those silver crowns.

Callie has an appointment for her very 1st check up on the 2nd of Sept. I sure hope it goes better for my wallets sake!

::Who'd you be today by Kenny Chesney::

Sunny days seem to hurt the most.I wear the pain like a heavy coat.I feel you everywhere I go.I see your smile, I see your face,I hear you laughin' in the rain.I still can't believe you're gone.It ain't fair: you died too young,Like the story that had just begun,But death tore the pages all away.God knows how I miss you,All the hell that I've been through,Just knowin' no-one could take your place.An' sometimes I wonder,Who'd you be today?Would you see the world? Would you chase your dreams?Settle down with a family,I wonder what would you name your babies?Some days the sky's so blue,I feel like I can talk to you,An' I know it might sound crazy.It ain't fair: you died too young,Like the story that had just begun,But death tore the pages all away.God knows how I miss you,All the hell that I've been through,Just knowin' no-one could take your place.An' sometimes I wonder,Who you'd be today?Today, today, today.Today, today, today. Sunny days seem to hurt the most.I wear the pain like a heavy coat.The only thing that gives me hope,Is I know I'll see you again some day.Some day, some day, some day.

I heard this song on the way home from taking Carter to meet my sister half way.. I've heard it before but today it struck a cord..

It makes me think of the baby I lost in Sept. 03...... It really gets a mind to thinking.. who would the baby look like, what color hair, boy or girl.. ya' know those kind of questions. My angel baby would have had a birthday in May & would be starting Kindergarten this year..,I know that God does things in His terms.. I also understand that if I wouldn't have lost this baby Carter would not be here on Earth with me.. and I am positive that Carter has a very meaningful purpose in his life.. The loss is bittersweet to me.. I see all side of it.. the trauma, the happiness of a healthy child, the mourning, the celebration... but I still can't help but wonder....

"Who'd she be today?"... Yes I believe with all my heart that my Angel baby was/is a girl.. even twins.. So looking at it from that angle... Callie wouldn't be here today either.. Like I said God has a plan and int the end we will find out the plans full details..

Until we meet again My sweet Angel baby..

XoxoX

sOcCeR has started... with a bang!

Tonight was the official start of our fall season.... it didn't go smoothly to say the best..

1st of all both boys had a Dr. appointment at 5 p.m. (Remember that I have Charlie until 4:30). So we ate dinner super early..well early for us around 4 and then we rushed off to the Dr. spent a full hour there.. we never spend that much there. It is usually in and out... but NOOOO not tonight.. Carter had his 5 yr. check up.. he is long and lean but only at 32%tile for his height and 10th for his weight. Plus he had to get 2 shots.. he was not happy about that at all!



Owen's appointment was for his med check.. I finally convinced the Dr's to change his meds.. this has been a battle since before school let out. I have a check up in 3 wks. rather than 4 for an assessment. He hasn't gained much weight since June.. so the Ped. recommended that I give him Carnation instant breakfast instead of milk in the morning.. It has a higher calorie count. She gave me a few samples and coupons for it..YAY!!



So it was 6:05 when we got in the van.. practice starts at 6.. No biggie.. We get there and there are big nasty black clouds looming over the high school (near the soccer fields). Of course I knew it was gonna storm because we have to park like a half mile away from his field.. He is on field 4

Here is a map of the field layout to give you a better picture of how far it was...

The map isn't as clear as i hoped.. buti f you click on it it will open in seperate window

We weren't even a half hour into practice when.. BANG!! It stared thundering and lightning.. I told Owen let's go and get to the van.. Carter had already started to go. I had to push Callie in super thick grass.. I tried running but that didn't go so well.. I could tell how bad of shape I really am.. I was about half way to the van and another jolt of lightening cracked.. there were kids screamin and cryin. They were terrified and have every right to be.. It wasn't that long ago.. the beginning of summer, i think, that a tornado ripped through that exact area!

Once I got to the van I was soo out of breathe my heart was pounding and I had a hard time catching my breath.. Which is when it started raining.. big 'ole drops! I felt so bad that I couldn't get to the van fast enough for Callie. She didn't seem to shook up by the whole ordeal but Owen & Carter were in the van terrified!

I just hope that isn't in store for us most of season..

Carter is 5

I can hardly believe that my baby boy is 5 years old today ** sniff sniff** !! His birthday literally snuck up on me. .Jason and I had to out shopping for his gift last night. We still didn't find the main gift.. we went to Target! FYI...They do not have a nice selection of bikes..
Later today I plan on taking his yearly portraits. He is very excited about that.. he wants to do it now but I am waiting until after lunch and the babies are down for their naps so I can focus just on him :)

some how he got a broken tooth for his birthday. .not a very nice gift is it?? I called the dentist and they aren't in the Lancaster office on Tuesdays, so he has to wait until tomorrow at 2:30:(

His party is on Saturday.. Cars theme...I still have to figure out what kind of food we will be serving up.. Boy this year I haven't been prepared at all for the kids birthdays.. maybe it's my own way of not wanting to see my babies getting older.

Here are the results from his photo shoot:::

Lycoming County

This past weekend we were invited by some friends to a cabin.. a very primitive cabin.
The water supply was from the nearby spring.. it was gravity feed into a box which had a pump.. what wasn't used was returned to the spring. There was no bathroom.. well technically it was a changing room.. We had to use an outhouse.. a very smelly one!

(the cabin)














(the outhouse)




















We had a wonderful time with the Martin Family(Anthony, Kathy & kids)! On Saturday we went for a hike.. the men folk got lost in the woods for 2 hrs... They were gonna sneak through the woods ahead of us and jump out to scare the kids.. it didn't work! They were faster than we were(go figure) and got too far ahead of us.




(startin off on our hike)















We also had a campfire and roasted weinies and made s'mores.. yummmeee!


(Anthony & my boys.. Jason & Hunter in the back)









The kids had tons of fun playing in the spring.. they were able to get wet & muddy and not get in trouble for it :) Jason even enjoyed playing in it.. He made a dam out of mud, rocks & old branches. Callie like stomping around in it as well.

(Jason working on his dam)


















We did a whole lot of nothing.. and it was fun. Kathy & Anthony introduced us to Blokus.. What a fun game! Jason and I had a wonderful time being with another couple that we have so much in common with.. Like we both have 3 kids, our oldest ones have ADHD, we parent our kids alike.

We saw a hummingbird right out the dining room window(very neat), Jason saw a snake(ewww), we saw lots of bear poop(no bear, though)& we heard a wild boar late saturday night! The boys found a couple of lil toads!

(the kids hunting for a toad.. same area Jason saw the snake.. yikes!!)