BUMP, SET, SPIKE

Hey y'all. Well we had a good week. Ashley had her first volleyball game yesterday. Her team played a double header. She had so much fun even though her team and the other teams had a hard time serving the ball over the net. It was funny because once a team did get it over the net the other team just watched it go over. They did sometimes return the serve and have a good game going. Ashley's team is the Roy Mustangs and they won their first game but lost their second. All in all they were great games.

As most of you know yesterday was my birthday. Believe it or not I am 31 yrs old. It hit me that I am officially in my thirties. I feel really old. We didn't do much for the occasion. Went to a volleyball game, took a nap and went out to dinner. The girls each got me a movie and Alex got me a gym weights set. Oh and I am supposed to let everyone know that it is what I wanted and not that he thinks that I am out of shape. LOL

Some of the ladies in my ward and I started a walking group. It has been really nice walking with others and I have made a couple of new friends. Alex is still working really hard. He has been acting 1st sgt this last week. Well we hope that all is well with you. Take care and we will talk to you all later.

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hey there y'all. Not much here has been going on in the last couple of weeks. The girls are really enjoying school. Sam seems to be getting the challenging work that she needs to keep her busy. Ashley has started on geometry in the fourth grade. She seems to be handling it better than I did at that age. Ashely also started volleyball this year. She is really loving it even though she can get upset sometimes if she can't hit the ball over the net when she serves. We keep trying to tell her that she isn't going to be perfect the first time she plays. All that matters is that she is having fun. Her first game is going to be on Saturday. She is so excited. I'll let you know how she does.

Sam found out that she can do basketball this year. Practice doesn't start until late next month but she wants to start practicing now. I guess now is the beginning of our Saturdays being filled up with going to games.

Yesterday we got to meet up with Nana Barb, Aunt Ashley and Britten. We all had lunch and got to enjoy each others company. The girls had a great time playing with their cousin. Alex and I had a great chat with Barb and Ashley. It was really great seeing them again.

Alex and I are doing good. Alex is still working hard. I think that if he was asked to volunteer to go to Iraq or something I believe that he would go. He needs a vacation away from work. :P I on the other hand am going to be looking for a job here soon. I decided that I want to go back to school and don't want to acquire the loans to do it. So I plan on working and saving it for classes. My goal is to start when the kids go back to school next year. Well there isn't much else going on. We will talk to you all later. Take care and we love you all.

Hello everyone. This has been a really crazy week. To begin we ended our Labor Day weekend like every red blooded American family with a trip to the emergency room. Samantha had hurt her hand when a shelf holding my canned dry good and all of the tomatoes that i had canned fell. She doesn't know how she hurt it though. I took her to the ER just to make sure that nothing was broken. Her finger was pretty bruised and swollen for a couple of days.

The girls finally started school on Thursday. YEAH!!!! I took them to school since it was their first day and was going to walk them to their classrooms like I do every year. Well this year was different. They told me that I couldn't walk them to class because I would embarrass them. I was shocked and hurt that my kids would think that ;). I admit that it made me laugh. You know that you have finally arrived as a parent when your kids tell you that you embarrass them.

Ashley had a doctors appointment and was told that she is now not allergic to peanuts. She was so excited. She has not eaten peanut butter in over four years. She is now making up for it. I am surprised that she hasn't OD on peanut butter.

We did end up going to the Puyollup fair yesterday since Alex is off this week. The girls got to skip school to go. We did see someone there that we haven't seen in years. Aunt Ashley and Britten. I got a picture of the three girls and sent it to grandma lane on her cell phone. It was really great to see Ashely and Britten. We got to chat with them for a while.

Well nothing else is going on so we will chat with you all later.

STRIKE! STRIKE!

Hey everyone. Well not much has happened this week. The girls were supposed to start school on Thursday but their teachers went on strike that day. I will have to admit that this is my first teachers strike to deal with. The girls and I are hoping that it will be over by Tuesday. We did got to the open house at the school on Tuesday and were able to meet their teachers. Ashely has her first male teacher this year. Sam's teacher seems to be a challenging teacher which is what she will need. Now all we need is for the school year to start.

I had a good week. I canned my first batch of tomatoes. It was really interesting because it was the first time I had ever canned tomatoes. I have another box to do but I think that I am going to make salsa with that. Well I will try to keep you up to date with the whole school thing. Talk to you all later