Happy Birthday......

How did we go from this...............................
to this...................................in 10 short years? ... Happy Birthday Spencer, ~We LOVE you !!! ~ ...
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Six Flags Over Texas

Our family didn't go to Six Flags this year, our summer was too crazy ! After today I'm glad we didn't......We didn't need too.....I felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster at Six Flags all day today.....come to think about it, I've been feeling like that for the past few days ! It's funny how one minute you can take a deep breath and feel like your doing things right, that all your hard work, blood, sweat, and tears are paying off........and then........just like that, your feeling a little bit overwhelmed and thinking to yourself "I'm NOT going to get the mother of the year award!" Life is crazy fun sometimes !!! Ohh well,,, maybe tomorrow I'll get that covetous award ?

# 72

I love the guys in my life. I love them for different reasons.... Spencer has started tackle football for the first time this year, being in Texas and being football, Spencer is playing with some of the best of the best, this isn't your mama's football.....this is Texas FOOTBALL !!!

Today Spencer did the hardest and bravest thing I have ever seen him do up to this point in his life, the decision he made tonight will set the tone for the rest of his life, he will be able to look back and grow from this. I'm not going to go into detail of the events of today b/c I won't be able to fully express in writting the emotions and the seriousness of it, without it sounding so corny! and I guess it probably is unless you were in my shoe's today (which I'm glad you weren't b/c they were just my dumb flip-flops!) but I am humbled to tears as I watch my 9 year old son conquer his world!

**So school started today!!! Which everyone else is so excited! Not me !! School means tight schedules and having to be at two different places at the same time! Last year we actually had to be three different places at the same time and that happened on more than one ocassion, and that can get pretty tricky when their is four kids and only two parents, life was so simple and sweet when the kids where little! Spencer and Lynzie were so excited to start school, Candice and Caitlyn not so much, altho, Candice loves the freedom of high school and Caitlyn said there were "hotties" everywhere she looked!!! I never cried when my kids started kindergarten, it was such an exciting time in there little lives, kindergarten and going to school is something they wait there whole lifes to do; so when that day comes it's exciting, I always get excited for there excitment, so needless to say, I never cry on the first day of school, I do remember when Lynzie went it was the first time I was home alone and I walked around aimlessly, I didn't know what to do with myself, it was a strange feeling! But with Spencer playing football, my emotions have caught up with me. It's very emotional for me to watch him play on so many different levels. He is an amazing little man! I love him for many reasons.... one is his funny personality and the other, that I can add to my list, is what he accomplished tonight !!!!

Yesterday was one of those days, I wanted to write and get some of my frustrations out b/c that always seems to help, but I keep fighting the thought of having all that negitivity down on paper, my mom always told me "things will look better in the morning" and so I miserably waited it out and waalaa here it is in the morning and I don't feel sooo heavy! I have to confess... as I have been blog surfing I have found some really good blogs that I have utterly enjoyed reading, they are so creative in their descriptions of everyday life, and most importantly these bloggers keep it real ! I love that ! I start to feel sorry for myself when I read blogs that only show or tell the perfect things...perfect children, perfect houses and husbands and perfect vacations....which I should add, my kids are almost perfect...we are working on it! I haven't even straightened my house up this morning ( b/c I have color processing on my head and I'mmm bloggginggg!!!) Kurt is mad at me, AND I've never gone on a real exotic vacation like everyone else! Are you ready for this tear-jerker...We're never taken our kids to Disneyland yet!!! I know, I know, It's breaking your heart, well it is mine too! Well, my time is up, I need to wash this color out and looky there....I still managed to complain.....I feel better !
blog ya later.....

Eight Eight Oh Eight

A date to remember ! The Olympics start today, I always feel so patriotic and always gets a little tear in my eye,,, it's such a journey to be able to get there! I've never had that Olympic desire but I can really respect others for reaching there Olympic dreams! Not only is it intriuging to watch but I love the life stories behind each person and what obstacles they had to overcome to get there. This should be interesting to watch this year!
blog ya later...

*** Wasn't the opening of the olympics awesome!!! I thought it was breathtakingly beautiful and so well organized and represnted!!!

How "Sugarbucket" came to be...

When Kurt and I were dating over 18 years ago.....
I didn't want him to call me sweatheart, or sweetie, or honey, or baby, or any of those generic names,
I wanted something unique and special, for example, on Valentines Day I didn't want red roses and a box of chocolate that you can buy at the last minute on every corner, I didn't care what it was as long as it was different and unique with a little bit of thought into it, and so one day when we were talking about this, Kurt stops and thinks for a minute with a smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eye and says ;
"okay Sugarbucket"
I'm guessing I'm as sweet as a big bucket of sugar !
(I'm sure you'd guess that too....right?) Anyway , so the name has stuck all these years!!!
I really love Kurt, he has always been so good to me, which is even more amazing because sometimes.... okay, often times... I am not so good to him!
I always think women get too mushy when they go on and on about how wonderful their husbands are;
I always think Why are you telling us, tell your husband!!!
But today I'm going to say it..............
Kurt, my husband is AMAZING!
I'm lucky to have him.......really because there's been a few times over 17 years of marriage that our road got bumpy and I thought, I'm not enjoying these bumps !
But all in all ---- I love my life !
Blog ya later.....

Setting up this blog is kicking my butt! I need one of my professional blogging buddies to seriously help me, but, I'll keep plugging away at it, hopefully oneday the layout with make scence to me and anyone else who reads it!

okay, now it's 2:07am I am really going to bed!

okay, it's 1:13 am and I haven't accomplished anything of great importance, so I'll try tomorrow, I'm going to bed! goodnight...

Howdy

I didn't realize setting this up was so easy, I'm just goofing around! It's only 12:42 pm, i really should be sleeping but since I've come this far I want to play around with this blog a little more.