Weekend Report

Well, where do I start?

Last weekend we ended up down at the river trying to catch some fish. MArtin's friend Jim came over with his son Kirby and a friend. We all trekked down the path to the Nooksack hoping for some dinner. Unfortunatly the only one who caught anything was me, on the first cast no doubt. It was feisty and after having instructions shouted at me on how to pull it in, then put it back into the water so it wouldn't die, not to hold the rod but the line, etc. I sweetly asked my husband to take a photo. So he did, and a good thing too, since the darn fish thrashed so hard it snapped the line and took the lucky lure with it into the river. So that's all we have, a photo, no fish for dinner....

I spent the weekend at an overnight crop with some girls from the store. It was a blast. I got way more done than I thought and even won the grand prize to boot. Well, technically my Survivor tribe won the contest and then Cheryl, the organizer, drew my name for the grand prize. Thanks girls you rock.

Then today I finally managed to finagle husband and step-son into a family outing to the pumpkin patch. Except when we got there the sign said CLOSED! What's up with that? We weren't the only ones that had to turn around and head back home...strange!

So instead we spent the day going out to the Rusty Wagon for breakfast, napping, mowing some lawn, washing trucks, scrapping and watching lots and lots of football.

Grace's First Ever Soccer Practice

After numerous requests from Oma and others I am finally putting up some pictures of my new superstar. She loves it sooooo much, her first question in the morning, (after "Can you fix me something to eat?") is "when is my next game?"

Grace is now an official member of the Jaguars, the YMCA's 3 & 4 year old soccer team. All the players received a cool (if somewhat large) blue T-shirt which they all wear with pride. Their coach is Christa and she is the coolest...as you can tell by the adoring looks the kids give her. They learned how to dribble, which in 3/4 year old language is "kicking the ball using baby steps", how to stop the ball using your foot (Gracie is still working on this one, I personally think she may be destined to be the goalie. LOL), and how to play Red Light/Green Light using this new technique.
My wonderful boss Elizabeth just happens to have her two boys enrolled in the same program. So her youngest, Thomas, is part of Grace's team. I think there is some budding romance going on... Grace has officially been adopted into Thomas' circle of friends and she is thrilled to tell anyone who will listen that she is playing soccer with her friends Jackson and Thomas. Most strangers just give her weird looks, but family and friends are quickly informed of who these two budding soccer stars are.

Next Saturday's practice is going to be Picture Day. I think I am more excited than Grace.

Birthday Update...

I finally had some time to download these photos so I can publish this post I've had saved for over a week, and then my computer crashed. Wouldn't you know it...so here we try for the third time.

Just wanted to post some photos and give a big shout out to my darling In-laws who sent me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. It was delivered by a sweet elderly couple who pulled into our driveway the night before my birthday and were arguing about whether or not they were in the right place. It was really cute. The flowers are soooo pretty, with a little sprinkle of glitter on them and a sweet butterfly tucked into the center. I am sure the pictures don't do it justice.

Lisa at work was soooo sweet to get me some Halloween decorations. Must've been all the whining I did about not knowing where my stuff was still siting in boxes somewhere. Thanks Lisa. When I came home after work my hubby had gotten me more flowers and put them in various places around the house. Beautiful pink roses and gorgeous gladiolas, even a little vase for Grace. Then he had arranged this whole little display of cards, flowers, gifts and food. What more could a girl want?

The sushi was divine and he won't tell me where he got it. It was waaay cheap, so if you know of any good, inexpensive places in town please fill me in. I could eat sushi every day the rest of my life.