You gotta read this . . .

If you have a few minutes (or hours) on your hands, and you want a good laugh, go check out this blog. It's called "Confessions of a Pioneer Woman" and it is completely hysterical. It chronicles the life of a city girl turned ranch wife who raises four kids and helps her "Marlboro Man" husband run a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma. She also homeschools her kids, who she affectionately calls "punks," and is quite the cook and photographer. Once you read it, you'll be hooked. I just noticed she posted the latest in her "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" series, which is the story of how she met and married her husband - I'm going to read it now. Soccer all day tomorrow, cookout with the clan Sat. night. I'll try to post something about us in the near future! Enjoy Pioneer Woman! See link to the right . . .

One last hurrah

Some of our very bestest friends have backyard get-togethers for holidays (Fourth of July, Memorial Day, etc), so Labor Day is always the last party of the summer. They have a great yard with a pool, and we all have a blast swimming, sitting around the grill and talking. There are plenty of kiddos of all ages, and they spend their time between the pool, the trampoline, the swings, and the video games inside. The girls almost always get some kind of makeover - hair, nails, or both (today was both) courtesy of the older girls, and the boys, well, they act like boys.





It's been fun - Goodbye, Summer!

Bumps and Bruises

We spent this past weekend doin' the soccer thing . . . three games in two days, and it was HOT!

Learned lots, had a great time, and came home with our fair share of injuries. Ryan has a (little) bruise on his shoulder, but one kiddo on our team separated his elbow - ouch - and another has a nice, large bruise on his foot where he was stepped on. All in all, a great tournament.

Logan, after our win on Saturday


How 'bout that handful of jersey?? Our teammate in red gets fouled.


Ryan fights him off.






The boys played great. We won one, lost one and tied one, but didn't make the wildcard slot for another game. The boys were disappointed to be coming home (they love the hotel life), but I was glad to have Monday to get ready for the week. We're just getting started - a day trip next weekend for two games, then a few games at home before we're off again. It's going to be a fun season.