SnOw DaY!!!!

Are there any sweeter words that "Snow Day"?? I remember sitting by the radio, waiting to hear those words when I was in school....and I will admit, I was sitting there again on Monday night....keeping my fingers crossed! But, in the age of technology you no longer have to sit and listen to the radio...the superintendent just gives you a ring or KSN sends you a text and an email....but none the less the excitement and anticipation was still there! Well with a snow day, the boys got bundled up and ran around outside like a couple of crazy monkeys! I stayed out long enough to snap some pics....but I'll tell ya, I can't do this cold! I sat inside, sipping my coffee, roaming from one window to the next...watching my little fellas flop around in all of that fluffy wonderful snow! They lasted a little over an hour...which was about 50 minutes longer than I had expected! Happy Snow Day!

Grady making snow angels....isn't he sweet?!

Gabe making tracks through the undisturbed snow!

Our Little Grapplers!

We spent all day Sunday in Valley Center at a wrestling meet! Oh My GOODNESS....I'm not ready for this! I had never been so sore and exhausted as when we walked out of that gym on Sunday afternoon....I really don't know if I have another 13 years of this in me! First of all, both of the boys wrestled in different gyms, so I was running back and forth the entire day.....I hardly had time to use the restroom...let alone eat! The way our boys were bracketed it was pretty much back and forth...one would wrestle and then the next one would be up about 10 matches later...and because there were a few forfeits and such the 10 could go pretty fast...so we were running back and forth! Plus the place was packed...there were around 500 wrestlers...so just add on a couple of spectators per and you get the idea....CRAZINESS! I'm sure the gymnasiums were in violation of every fire code under the sun...thank goodness no alarms went off...it would have been worse than the running of the bulls in Spain! Last, I do not usually see my boys live wrestle during practice.....I am just the pick and drop off person...Shawn is there coaching during practice, so I don't usually hang around for the entire time. I was a nervous wreck....both of the boys ended up with 3rd place.....we were very proud of both of them! This meet was very difficult, Gabe saw some very good competition....it has given him some moves he needs to work on...and Grady, well Grady is Grady! He did perfect for a 5 year old...I mean how critical can I be? He won 2 and lost 2, but gave a fight to the 2 he lost. He has vowed to work on the half nelson.....he got caught once in that, and was amazed how well it worked! Anywho, we have it all on video if you are itching to see it.....well, most of it is on video, after all I was the video tech and if I got excited you may only have a good view of the ceiling and floor with me yelling in the back ground.....maybe the tripod would have been a better way to go! WAY TO GO GABE AND GRADY! We are so proud of you!

Showing off for the camera....love those two little hams!

Happy 2011!!!

Well, our family was finally on the mend by New Year's Eve! We celebrated our kicking the bug that infested our family for 2 straight weeks by having lunch at Sumo and taking in Gulliver's Travels in 3-D!! We had a fantastic time.....there is just not a better time than a hibachi grill! I love the show aspect of dinner and well the food....it just doesn't get much better! Afterwards we headed next door to the Warren and watched Gulliver's Travels. I tell ya, anytime we go to the movie as a family it is always a struggle....Grady still likes the animated flicks, while Gabe has definitely outgrown most of those....Gulliver's Travels made everyone happy! Bonus! After the movie we headed out to spend some gift cards and got home before all the crazy people hit the road! I can't think of a more perfect way to ring in a new year than with my three fellas! Happy 2011!!

Merry Christmas!

The busiest time of year has come and gone....it is crazy how we work and rush through the last 4 weeks...and then it is just over! So, I finally have time to catch up! We started off our Christmas with our Fox Family on the Sunday before Christmas...presents, pictures, food and lots of laughs....the best way to start off the week of celebrating! Our next Christmas came the Tuesday before Christmas with my Dad and Sister! We had beef and noodles and black forest cake...yummy! On Christmas Eve we spent the first half of the day at my Grandma Seiler's and then the evening at the Koop Christmas! It was a wonderful day catching up with family and eating, eating, eating! On Christmas Day...the stomach bug found it's way to me...BUMMER! So, I spent Christmas on the couch, while Shawn and the boys reluctantly headed to Fredonia to have Christmas with my side without me! It was the first Christmas since our little family got it's start over 12 years ago that we have not been together! Fortunately, I slept through most of it...so I wasn't aware I was alone! They came back that evening and we had our little Christmas! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and were able to steer clear of the stomach bug!