Rosie all grown up!

Rosie's friend, Cara, invited her to her dance recital on Saturday night. Rosie was excited to wear some of her new clothes, especially this jacket. She loves her boots that her aunt Mary gave her too. I thought she looked adorable & very grown up. Wow - flash back to when she was just born & was our only child. Weird how you suddenly see them as an infant & then poof, they are almost 10 years old! I love you Rosie!

Rain Rain Go Away

Our soccer games were cancelled again this weekend. What a bummer! Of course, it was sunny on Saturday, but our games were early & given the rain the night before, there was not enough time to dry out the fields. Ugh! Who knows when they will reschedule all these games. We are patiently waiting, but November can be so cold! It's raining again right now, and the week ahead doesn't look good.

On Friday night, I went out with some of my close friends. We had a great time eating at Chuy's (& drinking margaritas), and then we headed to a bar close to home. We told our hubby's that one of them was in charge of driving us home from there! Robert closed his pizza place & then took us goofballs home. We played songs from the jukebox & sang & danced & were silly. What a great night - out way too late but I sucked it up on Saturday with the kids. I did go to bed at 9pm on Saturday night...

Anna's Prayer Service

The 1st Graders led the Friday prayer service last week, and they did a super job! Miss McNair is a great teacher, and the kids really respond well to her. They each made a poster for their portion of the prayer, and they were so cute & proud of their creation. Each one represented part of the "prayer poem" that went along these lines, "God created flowers for...."

Way to go 1st Graders!

Observation Evening at Dance Class

We are trying out dance class on Monday nights. Rosie loves it, and Anna wants to go back to gymnastics only. I told her she has to stick with it - she wanted to do it & she has to finish it now. She gets to do gymnastics once soccer is over, but she still has to do her dance class (plus I already paid for it!) It's with her best buddies, Caroline & Hailey, so I don't know why she doesn't love it??? I think she just wants to learn routines & doesn't much care for learning the names of each step. It does seem a little challenging especially to a non-dancer like me. I love to pretend to dance, but I have NO formal training.

Rosie really enjoys it, so that makes me smile. We'll try this for a year & see who wants to do it again next year. The parents could "observe" the classes this evening, so we watched both of them. Jo was pretty good & did some dancing of her own, but we were all "done" by 7pm when Rosie's class was over. I was still in my work clothes & hungry & tired of keeping Jo occupied. She needed food, bath & bed!

She was actually pretty darn good the whole time. I packed some good snacks for everyone, so that helped. She gave my good friend, Tera, the biggest hug & sat on Ro Ro's lap during Anna's class.

The little dancer doing some tap steps. I do like the teacher; she is very sweet, calm & positive.

Good job Stephanie!

My niece and goddaughter made it into nursing school at Mizzou! She is so excited & has worked so hard. I am so happy for her, and so I am dedicating this blog to her. She is the hardest working student and deserves only the best. We never doubted that you would be admitted to nursing school, but I know it is a relief for you. Keep up the great grades & remember I'm always here for you. You rock!

September / October Birthday Bash

Another fun birthday party for the family! Anna has been patiently waiting for this party as her birthday seems like years ago, but we combined the two months into one big whopping bash.

We celebrated:

Adam - 14 years old

Anna - 7 years old

Rachel - 15 years old

Dad - 75 years old

Joanie - 36 years old

Mom - 72 years old

Wow! That's a lot of years! Plus a couple of wedding anniversaries just to make it complete.

Mom & Dad reading their cards. As usual, Dad had to say "shh, listen while I read my cards."

Anna loving all her gifts, especially this shirt from Justice. Good jobs Aunts!

Adam being as excited as a 14 year old can be. He's just way too cool to hang out with family! We caught him hugging Grandma though!

The whole gang waiting to blow out the candles.

Fun cake with all the names - everyone was fighting for the leaves and pumpkins of course.

Anna playing soccer

I got on Pete's computer and found some cool pics he took. His camera can get action shots - soon, I will have a new camera!! I can't wait - I'm ready to graduate from my basic camera.

Going around a player.

Finding an opening & trying to pass to her teammate.

Rest break at Anna's game - notice Jo is on Megan's lap - too cute!

Using her speed & dribbling down the field - go Anna!