Shelby's Soccer

Shelby has played 3 of her 6 games. The others have been postponed due to rain or field conditions. We will have to make some of them up. Brice has had the same situation. In fact, last weekend we had a local tournament and the whole thing was cancelled because of rain. I've only been able to take pictures of Shelby's games and a little video. These were from a game last Monday night. It was so cold and muddy. We lost but Shelby only had one goal scored against her and it was scored by our own team. Next weekend I will be in B'ham with Brice for a tournament so hopefully I will be able to get some pictures of him. I sure hope this rain ends soon. It seems it is raining every third day. Our yard can't take too much more.

Notice the encouragement of Shelby's brothers!

We are still here...

Since I last blogged we have had the flu at our house. Brice came down with the flu but no one else has had it yet. We all got the shot back in October but evidently it's not working as well as it has in the past. He wasn't sick very long though. I took him to the doctor on Sunday and he was back in school on Wednesday. Both Brice and Shelby have started back to soccer in full swing. All the rain we have had has caused problems with practices and games. Shelby has 3 games to make up due to rain and Brice's tournament that we had this weekend had to be cancelled because there was 2 inches of water standing on the fields. I didn't get any pictures of video because of the rain this weekend. I'll have to try again next time. Shelby has a game on Monday night and Brice and I will travel to B'ham week after next. We have had several projects at school to get done and lots of tests to study for. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. We have no school and I'm not working so hopefully we will sleep a little late and enjoy the day.

Well, just wanted to let you know we were still around and still kicking...

Laundry Day

I just want you to see what happens when I don't wash clothes for ONE day. Please note that I already have one load in the washer at this point. Come on, don't you feel sorry for me. Better go, I've got my work cut out for me today...

LifeBridge Land Update

Yesterday, Philip and Greg put up our signs on the land. I have pictures of each one and then how they are seen when you drive down the road. It's so exciting to see them up. We have wondered if the signs would bring any new people. It seems once you have land you are considered a "real" church at that point.

Sean, my boss, helped Philip and Greg build the posts that are holding the signs and another friend, Jay, helped them yesterday put them in the ground. Philip was so sore yesterday when he got home. Anyway, please pray for the church as we meet to figure out what kind and size of building we can build.

Fifth's Disease

If you've never seen fifth's disease, here is a picture. Eli came home on Monday from school and said that the nurse told him that he had fifth's disease. I knew Brice has had it before, no big deal! Well, Eli woke up on Tuesday and it was so bad his face was swollen. He has been itching pretty bad too. I let him stay home on Tuesday and told him yesterday that if he itched too bad at school to call me and I could come get him. I should have known better than that. Of course, I had been at work about 30 minutes and I got a call from the school. I did it, I gave him an out. Needless to say, I told him he had to stay at school today. I did send a note to his teacher though. I know he itches but I think he can stay at school. Once you get the rash you are no longer contagious. It is spread just like a cold virus and it can last for up to two weeks. He has gotten up the last two nights and asked for some Benadryl to help with the itching. Hopefully it will disappear soon. Fifth's disease is also called "slapped cheek". It does look like someone slapped him.

Smores

Friday night we made smores. It was cold enough to have a fire in the fireplace so we roasted marshmallows and made smores. It was fun. Eli decided he really just liked the chocolate. (takes after his mom) Brice burned a few marshmallows and tried to give them to Shelby. We snuggled up after the smores and watched a movie together. It was nice to just be at home and enjoy the fire and each other.

MS Snow

So, we woke up this morning with a light dusting of snow on the grass and places like the roof, grill and slide. About 30 minutes after we got up it started snowing and snowed about 2 hours. I know my brother is laughing at us getting so excited about this amount of snow. (he lives in Wisconsin where it was -9 this morning) My children have never seen snow so it was pretty exciting for them.

Brice had fun making snow balls and they did have a snow ball fight.

Eli didn't stay out very long. He was out there long enough to get really wet and really cold. He came in after about 20 minutes and got in the bathtub.

Shelby was the first one out. She was trying to wake up all the neighbors so they could play.

The neighbors built the MS version of a snowman. I thought he was pretty cute. The had to take a bucket around the street to gather snow from mailboxes and trampolines. They had to tear him down to have enough snow to make snowballs.

The aftermath... We don't have the typical "snow" clothes so everything was soaking wet. We went through all the gloves we had and tons of socks. Some of the gloves aren't in the picture. I had to wash them. Brice just came in and said, "It was fun while it lasted!" I'm so glad they were able to see snow. This is something they will remember for a long time. One day we will visit my brother in the winter and we can see what "real" snow is all about!