from the sidelines to the field...

I have listened to him cry. I have watched him watch from the sideline. We have bought him cleats even though he never stepped on the field. I have listened to him tell me all he will do when he's allowed to play. Finally....the time is here. Avery can play soccer. It has been his dream from his brother's very first soccer game to play. He practically burst onto that field with the excitement of 20 five year old boys. No World Cup soccer player could match him in enthusiasm!

Family Reunions...

YAY! I have been trying to upload this since we went to this reunion in September...but something was up with my photo uploader and I never could get it to work...so, now on to all those other posts I had planned!!

You know as a kid, and maybe sometimes as an adult, when you heard you had to go to a family reunion, your attitude might not have been a good one. I guess my attitude as always been somewhat ambivilant about them...I mean you gotta eat right! For the most part they have always just envolved eating potluck with folks you see once a year. Like I said I'm ambivilant about them...but this year, my attitude has changed a little. This year for The McCormick Family Reunion (T's Dad's side of the family) we went to Chickasaw State Park. And for the record my favorite family reunion to date...



Rediscovering my thankfulness

Since I evidently can't ever seem to make my Friday deadline I'll just do this on any day! There's never a wrong day to be thankful right...

22. A marriage/family relationship so strong that we all grieve when Daddy has to be gone
23. New school curriculum that brings out a new desire to learn
24. Hearing my children "sing" their bible memory verse
25. anticipating putting up my fall decorations...I Love the orange!
26. Maple Sugar Candles
27. Re-Reading my thankful list

And Their Off...

Lap 1...note whose in the lead

Lap 2...leader change

Defensive driving at its best

determined to regain his lead

Yes she is yelling at him to not bump into her!

The Thrill of Victory...

The Agony of Defeat...

If you ask him what happened, how could his sister beat him...his answer would probably be

"I lost control of my go-cart just for a minute..."

BUT we know...she beat him fair and square!!

Rocky Start...

3 kids with little to no sleep = some problems

** Jack cut his finger while digging in the sand with a plastic shovel...how, who knows? and constantly complained how the salt water hurt his hands

**Avery's swimmies + sand = raw underarms

**Elle-Catherine decided it would be a swell idea to collect sand...in her bathing suit! Which brought on lots of complaining and constant attempts to dig it out!

**Jack busted his nose on his new skim board causing it to bleed everywhere and a huge gust of wind came and blew the blood all over Terry

**The kids begged to go to the pool where it was at least 110 degrees

Yes, all this and much more happened on our very first day!

Soul Searching....and a good friend!

Continuing on my journey to knowing who God wants me to be I come to the weekend I help my friend re-do her hair salon. Now, when you get married you expet to "inherit" certain things from your spouse--great in-laws (which I have), cool brother and sister-in-laws (got those too), and if your really blessed great nieces and nephews (have those!) but what I really never thought about aquiring was a good friend, who also happens to be the best hair styliest I've ever been too. But that's what I got. I got Michelle. Terry and Michelle enjoyed one of those very rare boy-girl friendships in high school that continue still today; in fact it is so funny to watch them interact because they are more like brother and sister in how they bicker. When Michelle decided to go out on her own with her own salon a year or so ago, Terry and I where there to help her in deorating her new space. Then this year she looked at me and said I need a change, so, I gave her one! I think I made her happy...I hope! Here's the results!

Joyful Friday's....Part 5

18. buying school supplies
19. knowing fall is just around the corner
20. hearing my little boy read...(even when he doesn't want to)
21. the joy on their faces when they "get it" during school