Yea, I can't believe it has been since May I posted.  Life has been a little crazy since then.  We had quite a bit of damage from the tornado, had to move, had one car totaled, met new friends, met new neighbors, cried over losing old neighbors, grieved over losing a close friend, started a new school year.....

So my promise it to maybe get back to my blog now that my life has calmed down a bit.

Neena made a competitive softball team.  She is super excited and loves playing.  She is not very happy that they train all year and there are no games until spring.  Poor girl!!  She is also playing volleyball.  And before you say....what... 2 sports???  We signed her up for volleyball before she even tried out for the softball team.  Her cousin is helping coach and I didnt think it would be too cool to pull her out.

Kenzie is doing great now.  She is coaching Neena in volleyball.  Everyone says this is the happiest she has been since her mom died.  I stopped by Joann's grave the other day.  Hard to believe she will be spending her 3rd winter in that cold ground.  It was her birthday.  Time just marches on, doesnt it?  I look back at these past 2 and half years and see so much that came out of it.  There was a lot of grief.  And I will never forget the screams of my nieces when they were told thier mom didnt make it.  Perhaps...beauty is starting to come from such a tragedy?  I feel so much closer to my nieces than ever before.  I am so very proud of the girls.

Jimmy is doing great.  His reading is taking off.  Once I thought, will this boy ever read????  Now he is doing great and blasting through Math U See.  Dad coaches his soccer of course and he loves playing goalie.  He is fearless out there, which is very unlike his personality...LOL  Dont know what gets into him out there, but last week he came home with footprints on his back after the game. 

Joey is still Joey, but starting to grow up.  My little boys are growing at an alarming rate.  Joey can do all the things his brother can and more.  His is very gifted with computers and phones and games.  It seems the kids get stuck with something on a computer and  he knows how to fix it.  I only have to show him something once and he gets it.    He rocks.  He is swimming and loves it.  He will begin wrestling here soon.  I bet he will do well.  He took a hit to the head the other day.  I will have to find my camera cord and upload a pic. (Whoever heard of a desktop not having a memory card slot???)  My laptop is down again... I will have to blog one day about my intense disgust for power cords.

Jon is growing and will turn 2 in 2 weeks.  WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?  He is loving and sweet, but ooooooooh boy he has a temper.  He is incredibly cute and does this thing now....Bugga (his nickname) do you love goldfish??  Lips pursed together tightly... "mmmm hmmmm" with a little grin.  Dont know where he picked that up, but it is incredibly cute.  He chases Neena's little friends around, and yells out their names during volleyball games.. "Annnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  The little girls love him.  LOL

Yesterday was Rich's birthday.  How did we get old???  Last I remember we were in our early 20's.   Hard to believe we are closing in on 11 years of marriage now.  WOW!

So there you have it.  Our life updated.  You know, I think i will blog more often.  Right now I am going to go find my camera cord and plot the demise of the laptop and power cord....