Hellavagood 200

Our big present to Owen for his birthday was tickets for him N Jason to go to the race at Dover! We opted for the Saturday race..it was 200 miles shorter than the Sunday race and we thought he would sit better. Just by chance it happened to be take your kid to the races day! Owen's ticket was free when Jason bought his. Plus Owen got a free admission to the kid zone! There was lots of cool things there or so I was told.. he he he


Owen had a fantastic time and wants to go back next year!!

Jason and Owen in front of the Monster Mile car

Owen in the fan stands with his favorite driver's hat on!

Mother's day 2009

On Mother's day around here.. the men do everything that day.. YAY us! even if it means we have more to do on Monday!!!

Me & my babies!

My mom & her girls.. me & Peggy sue

The fun one

The serious one

Happy 8th birthday Owen Jaymes!

Owen celebrated his 8th year on the 27th of May. We had a patriotic party for him on Memorial Day with my family. The party was lots of fun.. we had pin the beard on Uncle Sam, Badminton, Corn hole, and a pinata!


Owen blowin out his 8 candles

Callie & Owen pinnin the beard on Uncle Sam

The pinata.. Owen busted it open on his first hit

Opening his gifts

Then on his actual birthday we had my parents over and Jason's dad & sister over for homemade strawberry shortcake and meadow tea!!
We saved a gift for him to open on his actual birthday.. BONGOS! the boy can beat out a good rhythm with them.

I want to ride my bicycle!

Carter finally ditched those training wheels on his bike.. well the one that was on it. One has been broke off for a very long time!

Another school project by Owen

Owen brought home a project to do on Dinosaurs. He got to pick which Dino to do.. He picked the Stegosaurus. We have learned some cool facts about that creature.. like it didn't have any teeth & it's brain was close to the size of a walnut... (I know some people like that!) Anyway, we spent about a week of him doing research on the stegosaurus by collecting data, watching videos online, learning how to make a clay model(which he did very well and it was a must for the project)
Owen searched both the web and books. He amazes me at the skill level he has for the PC.. it's scary!
We have now finished the diorama to hold his clay model. That was lots of fun.
Currently we are in the rough draft stage of forming all his data into full structured sentences with lots of detail. This is harder than 1 might think.. especially for someone who can't stand writing and is always in a hurry so he can go play on his game cube. Lucky for us, the project isn't due until May 26th. So far we have been able to take it nice and slow but we are still getting things done.

Mother's Day

This past Sunday was Mother's Day.. well I guess you should've known that and if you didn't then you screwed up! HA!
My boys got me some very thoughtful gifts. Jason got me a lovely card and a bracelet that says "MOM" on it. Owen made me a hand flower. The flower itself is his hand.. way cool! Carter grew me some marigolds at school.
I need to plant them. He grew some for me last year and I ended up letting them die... (bad mommy, I know!)On Sat. Jason stopped with the boys, Callie and I to let the boys pick out some flowers for me.. pink tulips!
Jason made me a heart-shaped pancake Sunday morning.. I thought that was so sweet!
I guess all in all it was a good day.. unless you factor in the part where I had to sit in the van with all 3 kids while he went into CVS to buy my card, that was to "my wife" and then he signed it from him & the kids... uless you factor in that he forgot to give me my bracelet(which i prompted him to buy) until we got ready to go to my mom's.. unless you factor in that i cried over him not doing anything on his own for me.. unless you.. well you get the idea!

Reamstown's spring concert

This year the theme for the spring concert was what else but GOING GREEN! The school adopts a theme for the whole year and with all the talk about saving our planet, recycling, water conservation, etc.,the school adopted that for their theme. Owen is all about "GOING GREEN" thanks to all the new found knowledge he has learned at at school.
The concert was pretty entertaining,even though we had back row seats and could hardly see a blasted thing. They had a packed house. The principal said she hadn't seen the gym that full before. Carter was very restless for the whole thing. Constantly complaining.. like "I'm hot, I'm thirsty, I want candy". The list could go on and on and on. In his defence it was really warm in there.

Owen had a part in the section It's Easy Being Green.. he got to ride a tricycle as an example.. the others were : walking; recycling; growing your own food; and cutting electricity.. all very good ideas! The whole Spring Concert took about a hour and a half.. no wonder Carter was so restless!

Here is a short video of Owen on the trike:::::

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Just a FYI::: don't ever rely on Email... why do you ask? Well I emailed my family & Jason's sister to let them know about the spring concert and only Jason's dad showed up. My dad stopped in after we were home and I asked why they didn't come? He said they knew nothing of it. Apparently, Mom was having work done on both of her PCs and didn't get the email. Go figure!

home improvements

Jason has been working on replacing the windows a room at a time... which totally sucks, right? 1st it was Callie's room (before she was born) and the boys bathroom.. this year it is our room(we have 3). On Saturday he done the eve side window and now today is replacing the 2 in the front of the house.
With refinancing the house we were able to get some money back(money that is in our current escrow) so we are using that money to do a few more things around the house.. like ordering the rest of the windows for the house.. which is 2 for the dining room, 1 for the kitchen, 1 for my bath & 1 for the downstairs family room. Plus we are ordering a new back door. All of these great improvements that Jason is able to install himself should help a lot with our fuel bill. I hope!! The old windows shook and rattled with the wind and you could feel the cold air just pouring in. Not to mention that 90% of them were stuck shut so I was never able to open a window to let fresh air in. Not to mention these are tilt ins, which now i will actually need to clean them.. i guess that is a down side.. he he he!!

We had a date night on Saturday and to show how lame we are we went to Lowe's and bought a new pedestal sink and a water sense toilet for the boys' bathroom.
The new toilet only uses 1.28 gallons per flush.oh and did I mention it's not pink!!? It really is quite amazing! My over all goal is to rip out the old mint green tile and replace it with wainscoting and then have the tub redone and new tile put down in the shower area and the floor. I am so stoked about upgrading their bathroom.

come back kid

Saturday's soccer game was a great game... it was very competitive and lots of action. You didn't want to blink an eye or you would've risked missing a goal!

The start was rough... we were missing 2 players, that left us with only 5 on the field. Those boys ran their butts off let me tell you. At the half, we were down 4 points.. the score was 0-4. Coach Laura must have gave those boys one great pep talk because after the half our team came back.. with a vengeance! It was great to watch the team pull together and use team work. Coach Laura does a wonderful job with Team France! She gives them encouragement and keeps it fun but yet she shows them what they are doing wrong! A winning combination in my book! Owen wants her as a coach next year(I doubt that will happen though).

So any way.. the final score was 8 up! and Owen scored all but 1 of those points! He was on a mission.

3 weeks

What happens in 3 weeks? Owen will be 8! I can hardly believe it.. My 1st born is gonna be 8. Last night we registered him for soccer for the fall teams.. we will have try outs.. I know the boy is good but I am not sure if he is good enough for that kind of team just yet. I hope i didn't make a mistake with this one. I told him to practice hard until try outs, and then if he doesn't make it...well he needs to keep playing and then maybe next fall he will be ready to try out again! I will keep everyone posted on this.. not sure when the soccer club will be holding try outs