Kelton's flag football pictures

Here are a few pictures of Kelton's flag football stuff. We have our last game tonight and I'm SOOO glad! (And just a few more games of Daylon's and then we're DONE!!) Also a few pictures of Kelton's end-of-season party at Double Daves (getting his trophy!!) :-)





Kelton and my nephew, Caden:


Jace was VERY intent on the game he was playing!!


Daylon and his weird face!!


Blayden:

Halloween

Here are some pictures of the boys on Halloween. I didn't get many because my battery died on my camera (Marie, you and I are just good like that!)

Daylon- he was a Pirate skeleton person. Was pretty cool looking (Blayden finally got used to the mask and would look at Daylon and say "Bubba?" when he was wearing it!)


Jace- he was the alien from Toy Story:


Kelton- he was a ghost. (He was supposed to be Buzz Lightyear but Disney sent the wrong size and I never got him another one. This was Daylon's from a few years ago!) ;-)


Blayden- he was Peter Pan. He looked way more cute than this picture showed!! (He's got a sucker in his mouth. He found the candy REALLY fast!) LOL



Kelton and Blayden also had a party at their school. Here are a few pictures from that (Kelton wore his Stitch costume from last year for that.)


Kelton and some of his friends in their class:



Little "BB" having his snack:

Yes, I'm still here!!

Man, I keep thinking life is going to slow down and it just never does! We're all doing really well though, and the boys had a blast on Halloween (and yes, I do have pictures I just need to upload them and then post them- I promise I'll try to do that really soon!)

School has been crazy for me of course. I'm trying to get everything done before Matt and I go out of town next weekend (we're leaving on the 8th and then we'll get back in town that next Saturday, the 15th.) I'm SOOOOOOO super excited about going and I can't wait. But really, I just have so much homework to get done beforehand so I haven't been able to really look forward to it as much as I normally would. I think it's going to be so relaxing for us to go though. My grandmother is going to come and stay at my house with the boys, and then my mom and nanny will help her whenever she needs it. I'm going to miss the boys like crazy (especially Blayden, just because he's still young enough that we really just enjoy him- he doesn't argue, fight with his brothers, etc!) LOL I'm going to miss them all though, and I know Matt will too. But it's going to be worth going and getting a break from life.

I think that's about it for us right now. I'll try to post pictures of the boys tomorrow, and try to keep updated on everything more. :-)

My Songs

Stole this from a friend (thanks Marie- and Christine too!! LOL) Thought it sounded fun. :-)

A pal of mine blogged about an email she received asking her for a favor. Apparently her friend's social anthropology class project for the semester is finding out what makes people tick. The idea is to tap into people's play list and see...well, what makes them tick. What's their jam? What makes them get going in the morning or for a run?

So, I've posted 10 of my songs, chosen at random thanks to iTunes shuffle and explained my reasons. I thought it was sort of fun and hopefully not too embarrassing. You should do the same!

1. "Take You There" by Sean Kingston
I love the idea of someone (preferably my husband) coming to take me to the tropics, letting me sit on the beach, and sipping a colada with me!!! Fun beat too!! ;-)

2. "What I Got" by Sublime
Reminds me of the 90's. Need I say more?!? It's a great chill-out song.

3. "Numb/Encore" by Jay-Z and Linkin Park
Linkin Park is about as Rock as I get. I can work out forever when I listen to this one. And I love to jam out in my car with it when the boys aren't in there with me. ;-)

4. "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson
Oh god, I don't know WHY I like this song- I just absolutely love it!! And I always think of that movie with Sandra Bullock in it (the one where she's a witch-type person...) Good movie and good song!

5. "I Want to Know What Love is" by Foreigner
I listen to this one when I want to relax and try to go to sleep. LOL And besides, I like Foreigner (sometimes).

6. "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol
Have you ever listened to the words of this song?? "If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don't quite know how to say how I feel. Those three words are said too much, they're not enough...." Love it.

7. "Jessica's Theme (Breaking the Colt) by Bruce Rowland
"The Man From Snowy River" is one of my all time favorite movies and I LOVE this song. I can play it on the piano (not as good as this song is done) and it's just so beautiful.

8. "Far Away" by Nickelback
Loved this song from the first time I heard it. Now when I listen to it, I'm reminded of Kyle, and it always makes me go and hug my boys extra hard.

9. "It's Alright (a Capella)" by Sara Hickman (CD is called "Newborn")
Her voice is just AMAZING!! This song relaxes me and I love to play it for the boys before bed (drives Daylon nuts though! LOL)

10. "Upside Down" by Jack Johnson
Well, as Marie said, who doesn't love Jack Johnson?!?! LOL I loved the movie Curious George and can't help thinking about it when I hear this song. Great words too!! Everything is possible!!!


Ya know, I kinda have a cool music list here! LOL ;-)

10 Things I've Learned From Being a Mom...

1. There are certain things that don't change once your child eats them. Corn, crayons, and hot dog weenies are just some of those things.

2. The best way to get rid of a fever is a dose of Motrin, followed a few hours later by a dose of Tylenol, then a few hours later followed by another dose of Motrin.

3. Motrin generally works better than Tylenol.

4. I WILL be like my mother and answer my child with "because I said so!" the 5th time they have asked me "why??"

5. My fourth child will probably not have to do things that my older children had to do, and will be allowed to do other things that my older children could not do at the same age. It sucks, but it's life.

6. A child CAN learn to talk with a pacifier in their mouths for the majority of the day.

7. Said child will not go to Kindergarten with that pacifier in their mouth either.

8. A child will start going to the bathroom in the toilet when they are ready- NOT when you are ready for them to do it!

9. A child will bypass 3 bathrooms when they are sick to come and tell you they are sick, and then to throw up by the side of your bed.

10. "Goodnight Moon" is just as awesome to read the 100th time as it was the 1st time. (And "Goodnight Goon" is a cute knock-off for Halloween!)


And, although I already have my 10 things, I'll add one more--- Kisses from boys are not "yuck"- they are the most wonderful things in the world. Especially the open-mouthed kind from a baby just learning to give kisses!! :-)

Update

Sorry it's been so long, ya'll!! It's just been crazy busy around here!

The boys have had sports EVERY night, I've had tons of school work (major group project due today that I finally got everything for last night and stayed up putting it together and printing it out until 12:30), and just about a million other little things going on.

And then one big thing.... Matt has been out of town all this week- from Monday until yesterday afternoon. His dad died on Sunday evening, so he and Sarah (his little sister) went to Arkansas to take care of the things there and to visit with that side of the family. I've been meaning to post about that, I just haven't had the time. The whole thing was very unexpected, so it's been a big shock to everyone. The boys and I were very glad to get Matt back home with us though- it's so different with him gone!

I think that's about it for the updates though- nothing else is really going on except the day-to-day gride of living. Things are getting slower with the business (it always does this time of year, but with the financial problems going on no one wants to buy a pool right now, so it's even worse!) The boys are all doing good (I think Blayden had a virus on Monday night and Tuesday, but he's doing better now), and we're just staying busy. I promise I'll be updating more and I'll post pictures from Kelton's football games soon!!

I'm exhausted

I think all of the school and everything with the boys is starting to catch up with me. I'm SOO tired. On top of the every day stuff we have going on, I'm also having my lovely time of the month, which just makes everything so much worse.

I have my first test tomorrow and I haven't studied at ALL for it (I've read the chapters we were supposed to read, and I've been to all the classes so I've gotten all of the lectures, so at least I have that.) But I need to study and I just can't make myself for anything. I have a headache, I'm tired, and I don't want to study (would you?? The class my test is in is "Educational Phsychology")!!!! Ugg! No, it's really not that bad of a class, and the prof is awesome, I'm just so tired.

Oh, and I started back up on my Boot Camp this morning. Matt texted me yesterday to ask if I wanted to go to the Virgin Islands in November (all expenses paid) and of course I said yes! I'll miss a whole week of school, so I need to start planning that out with the profs soon, but still! It'll be AWESOME!!!! But now I REALLY need to get to loosing the weight I've been hanging on to.

Okay. Now I really do need to finish helping Daylon with his homework and getting to studying MINE. Wish me luck on my test tomorrow- I'm going to need it!!!!