Not-so Hot Tub

I'm not entirely sure what Ken thought he would find when he walked in on me in the middle of my sudsy hot bubble bath, but judging from the look on his face, it wasn't a naked wife exfoliating her gnarly feet and trimming her toenails. By the way, yes, he lost that lovin feeling.

Changing it around

Now that I have officially grown to hate Facebook I am returning to my original venting platform, this old blog of mine.  And I'm just going to record things that occur to me, not events as in the past.  So basically what I'm trying to get across is that any readers that come across this blog will simply not care for what I have to say and that is fine!

Anyhow, today I warned Shannon as he headed out to the bus stop that he needed to be careful because there was a lot of black ice.  Shannon looked at me funny and said, why do I have to watch out for black guys?  Well because they could make you fall flat on your ass, obviously.

Attempted Family Portraits

All our photo session really proved to me is that I have some really cute kids and I am totally going back to short straight hair!  Here's a few of the pictures, there's more on Facebook.

Halloween 2010 in Pictures

We had some friends join us for Halloween again this year, Riley and I got our baby fix playing with Alivia the poodle and Shannon and Corey got a workout running around with Aiden the dragon.  None of them wanted to pose for pictures.

...But I made them anyhow.  Here's Riley and Corey, ghosts from the Pacman game, and Shannon in his football uniform costume.  We were going to do a family theme, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, and three ghosts, but Shannon really wanted to be himself a football player, and Ken and I didn't really want to dress up.  (Hey, at least we're honest.)

Here's one of those rare family shots (thanks, Stacey!) and since they're so rare, you'll probably see this one again on our Christmas card. 

And here's Stacey's crew (it appears they all know how that family picture thingy works!)

Season One in the Books

The boys' football seasons are finally officially over and we don't seem to know what to do with ourselves with all of this time on our hands.  It was a great year all around, with each of the boys being announced over the PA for completing tackles at one time or another.  We thought for sure that all of the games were going to be played in cold wet rain, but the season finished off with two beautiful weeks of weather. 

Anyhow, surprisingly both of the boys LOVED football, and not surprisingly they loved it for entirely different reasons. 

Riley loved the social aspect, whenever his team got riled up the boys would run a quick scrimmage... using Riley as the football.  It's almost as fun watching the boys throw Riley around as it is for Riley to be thrown around.  Another bonus for Riley?  Hello... muscles.  Big guns.  I kid you not, they're there.  Not huge, but there.

Shannon loved football because he got to hit people.  (Not to be confused with getting hit BY people, that was not a highlight for Shannon although it did make for some hilarious expressions.)  He loved playing 'Bull In The Ring,' knocking the bigger kids out whenever he could, and he loved making his "I'm gunna get you!" pose after being tossed around.  Nothing beat the attitude that showed up when Shannon had an audience, wow, did he like to impress!

We're all looking forward to next year!  (They swear they're up for it, I'm crossing my fingers.)

Sis

After a short miserable time back home, we made a quick stop at the cemetery before heading out. Corey read the headstone of his twin sister, and this time I think it really sunk in that there was a person under there. He asked me to explain again why Carley was in the cemetery. I told him the story of how they were born too early and Carley died because she came out first but in doing so, she actually saved Corey's life.

Corey thought about that for a minute and hit his knees really quick. Shannon asked him what he was doing and Corey said he was saying a little prayer for Carley. Shannon then told Corey that he prayed too fast and to get back down there and say a longer prayer, like the Our Father or something. That's when I caught this picture.

Love my boys. And my little girl.

Field Trip: Kalamazoo River

Grahams Visit the 'Zoo (content warning)

The Grahams came for a visit last week, and generally the boys got along really well.

The Grahams were busy over the week, they filled their days golfing, swimming at Lake Michigan, visiting the Air Zoo, reinacting traumatic incidents...

The boys toured 'tornado ravaged' Gull Lake in a boat (hey, people on Facebook said there was a tornado so it must be true...)

Finally it was time for the Grahams to leave. They took the hint.

Joanne Won the Fight

Why...

Today Corey was in full 'I'm going to ask mommy a million questions that I really don't need to know the answers to because I already know the answers before I ask the questions' mode. I was giving him quick rote answers as soon as the questions came at me... not so smart of me, apparently.

Just as I was ready to silence him for good, Corey asked, "Mommy, why do you always sit down on the toilet...?" and I quickly answered, "Because if I didn't sit I would pee down my leg."

"Eeewww, NO, Mommy!" replied Corey with disgust. "Why do you always sit down on the toilet (seat) when you brush my teeth?" Oh. Oops.