Interview with myself

Okay I think I am the only person who has strange thoughts/ daydreams..
Well, today as Drew was napping I was preparing myself for an interview, not a real job, not one that i applied for, or even a job I can do right now. I was sitting at a table trying to answer the first question these made up people gave me.. the question was " Tell me about yourself", I really stumbled through the question as so much of my life right now is my children, my faith and church and what i like to do. Anyways, It was kinda scary to think about that. I guess a better judge for my made up interviewers would be some of my closest friends. What would they say about me or what my passions are.
Anyways.. I really am normal. I think.

Feed the Geese Day!

This one looks like it's about to hiss at me

Drew loves to feed the Ducks

Drew and I decided to go down by Mississippi and chase them..

After preschool, I got roped into feeding the ducks. I casually told drew before his 2 year old class that we may go feed the ducks. He has a great memory already, he remembered when i picked him up from school. I asked him after school (which is one day a week for 2 hrs)if he wanted to go home and eat, that's when his sharp memory kicked in. "Duck food" he remembered and said we had to get duck food... so we went to Walgreen's and bought cookies for the ducks. This was his first experience outside of the van, usually he only feeds them from his car seat. How fun it was.. we then had fun chasing them back to the river.

Red Day!

Red Day Fun!

Savannah, Lindsey, Jasmine

Red Day was Tuesday this week. Lindsey wore her Red Hot Shirt from the daddy daughter dance. Lindsey brought mini red fruit roll ups to share with the class, her favorite red book Fox in Socks Doctor Seuss, and of course her build-a- bear with a red fancy dress on!

Soccer Mom

Okay I am a soccer Mom again this Fall, I'm no Sara Palin but I do try to be a good little family manager. Lindsey started soccer today in Hamilton, Illinois. We had the choice to go to daddy's game or go to soccer practice and DQ afterwards. Which to u think my kids picked.

So we picked soccer and DQ of course. We found 2 free coupons from Lindsey's birthday for the ice cream so that worked out perfect. I feel kinda bad not going to the game but drew has an ear infection and you know what it's sometimes just not fun doing the whole taking kids everywhere and making sure they don't get taken, hurt, oh they have to have snacks, drinks and make sure you go to the potty or change diapers all by myself mode. That is why I elected to not stress myself out with going everywhere and doing it all by going to the high school football game.

Ah I feel better.. thank you blog for allowing me to mom vent.

Trying to pose a 2 Year old

Drew was so exited to watch a backhoe move dirt


Okay stay still so mommy can take your picture


My little guy really is funny


I told drew to go play in the flowers and he loved it!



Drew and I love to go down to the riverfront and feed the ducks.. today we feed them but I didn't take any pictures because those geese are mean, they hiss at you. So we feed them with the van doors open, then went to the bridge and played and I took pictures here!

I am ready for what's next

Okay I am so ready for Fall. I want to make chili that is spicy and go to the pumpkin patch and all the fun Fall festivities. I look forward to the cool weather.. jeans, sweatshirts and letting the kids run and jump in leaves. Although, I think my whole life I'm looking forward to what's next.
Let me expand on that thought.. we do that at dinner. Let's just say you go to friends house for a dinner ( no pressure heather). Well, you eat your dinner and you always look forward to what's next that you saved you fork for. Well of course, it's dessert. Life is kinda like that for me right now, yet I don't want it to just pass me by either.
What's next for us right now is Lindsey in Kindergarten, getting in a routine and realizing you can't go back to the long days at home or preschool. I always like to reminisce on the past, yet look forward to the future.

I'm not as bad as my husband, Chad. He always loves to get together with his classmates and talk about the class of 89' (ouch chad) and how they won state champs in 88 in baseball. It's funny because they make no memories presently together..they only have their past. That brings me to my favorite quote by Rick Warren " your past does not determine your future" In his book Purpose Driven Life, he really makes that clear that you are not a product of your past. How refreshing!
I don't know why it's hard for me to say by to Summer and Fall. I love to say bye to Winter and Spring. I think it's fun to look forward to fun things, that's kinda what God intends for us. "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"- 2Peter 3:18
Change in my view is usually growth in some area of my life, it's not always fun, their is sometimes a pruning of the branches to remove some bad growth or the refining process in the hot fire.

I am trying.. day by day looking for guidance and looking forward to what's next.

Labor Day Weekend Fun!

We Went to the chief football game Friday with Emma and the Campbell Crew

Here are my kids sitting still for a brief moment at the game. I love untraditional pics!

We are at the Labor Day parade.. waiting for candy.. Drew is eating goldfish

Morgan, Lindsey, Drew, Emma & Colin had lots of fun at the parade and I think Morgans mom and my mom had fun getting candy with the kids more than the kids did!

Well it was way hot at the parade, thankyou for Wal-mart for handing out pop... it was cold and yummy and free!

We had such a busy weekend, with Chad's game Friday, I can actually take two kids to the game that walk and handle it. Last year Mr. Drew was not real mobile yet, he would just sit and not really move, not because he couldn't walk it's just he wasn't really curious about the whole stands, and that you could move about. This year is different, and once again I am trying to keep my sanity.. I am crazy. Saturday we went to friends for dinner, Sunday Church and Lindsey and I went camping in my mom's camper. That is if you call it camping, we only watched a barbie movie in it and went to sleep, we did roast marshmallows and made a smore. Lindsey was so funny as she first wanted to eat something healthy before the junk... so we went to hy-vee and bought some peaches and nectarines and had one they a smore. Her dad was proud! That takes us to Monday... parade, cookout and swimming at grandma and pa's. I know there are about 100 other things I could elaborate on but I am the queen of run on sentences and going on and on. So for now I will say goodbye!