Stephie Takes Second Place!

Well Stephie and her partner did a great job yesterday at their tennis tournament. They took second place in Girls Doubles and earned themselves this nifty trophy! Yeah, Girls!!

Here she is mimicking the girl on the trophy :D

"You take my trophy? NO!"

All in day's work-- and many, many hours, weeks and months on the court!

Congratulations! WooHoo!!

So Thankful!

I am so thankful that this sweet sugar, my sweetie pie niece Blaise, is okay!
She and her mom, my SIL and best buddy Laura, were in a terrible car accident last week. They were in an accident in a sleepy neighborhood just outside of the school. A chic was speeding, was on a cell phone and ran a stop sign. They were hit at the back passenger wheel and their vehicle tipped on its side, spun and slid and then righted itself again.
I am thankful for seatbelts otherwise Blaise would have been a tossed around the car and possibly would not have survived. Good job on wearing your seatbelt, Miss Blaise!
As it is, she had a huge bump on her forehead and had to get 15 stitches behind her ear.

Laura is also okay, thankfully. She suffered some deep bruising and soreness along one side of her body.

I have been much more diligent about cell phone use in the car lately. I think that we each need to revisit this. What tragedies could happen in a split-second?

But mostly, I am so thankful.

Stephie Wins!!

Today Stephie had her first victory in a tennis tournament!! She and her partner Debbie took first place in Girls Doubles! (note the huge smile and the medal)

She was so thrilled last night that we practically had to peel her off of the ceiling!

She is on the JV-A team- she played in A-bracket yesterday. We are so excited for her achievement!

WooHoo, Stephie!! Or should I say, 'Steffi'?!
(yes, Steffi Graf is my FAVORITE-OF-ALL-TIME tennis player)

Here she is in 2004, as a ten year-old, learning to serve.

Congrats, Sweet Girl!!!

A Day in My Life...

I like to think that my blog is my journal. It is. I blow my own horn- both for myself and for my family. I write down silly quotes that are heard around our house. It is a great place to put some some favorite recipes and display pictures. I love it.

The only thing is...

It's not really like a journal at all, in that others read and comment. (yeah! keep commenting, I love it) So, with that comes a desperate desire to seem interesting. But sometimes things are just not. You know?

Like today.

Wake up.

Take kids to Seminary.

Sleep in car-- I like to read, but couldn't do it today

Come home.

Take big kids to school.

Come home.

Feed little kids. Work on Kindergarten project. Get kids dressed.

Take a shower.

Pick up carpool. Take Kindergartener to school.

Come home.

Check weather, blogs, write lists, change laundry loads and load dishwasher.

Make an appointment.

Pick up Kindergartener from an extra-short 2-hour day~

Come home.

Feed little kids.

It is now 1:17 pm.

See what I mean? Interesting? No.

But I love my life.

I am glad that I can stay home with my kids. Glad for all of the uninteresting moments that make my life mine.

Right now in the background I hear:

Kids squealing, a bike being ridden with great joy through the house and the dog growling to get back her beloved toy.

Nicky spins around wearing his Hot Wheels helmet; Lilly's pigtails are flying.

Life is Good.

Shoes

So the thought of spring always makes me want to buy fun shoes. I don't know why, but besides boots, I HATE fall shoes. This year I boycotted and didn't buy any. So, yeah, I kind of wore my boots or my tennies most of the time.
The sun is shining, and I am thinking that a new pair of shoes is on the horizon.