Birthday season has officially begun!

Happy Birthday Ellie! Can't believe today you turn 18, yikes. So tell me where has the time gone? One minute you're 8 and the next 18!

Tigers vs. Crimson Tide

This is what you look like when you're cool, and a senior, and headed out the door to smack your helmet with somebody else. If you were wondering, Friday's game was lost 21-41 to Glencoe. We went back and forth the first couple of touchdowns and I thought we could possibly hang with them the whole game. No such luck, Glencoe had several more TD's before we were able to score on them again. Looking forward to our home game this week.

Football Friday

It's game day...go long or go home! Hah. We travel to Hillsboro tonight to play Glencoe at Hare Field. We are hopeful as we are each week but Cody is out due to injury and Darnell is limited as well. We had a game until the very end last week which was very exciting. This week it's going to be a win! I'll keep you posted on that...

one of God's greatest gifts

Jordan, Jordan, Jordan. Oh my goodness. Saying his name is just a mouthful some days. Love that boy but why is he soooooo high maintenance? Today is a short school day for him so he has been there and back. He came home with a senior packet and...can't he just do it all for himself? Early decision, SAT, ACT, deadline for this, deadline for that. He needs his own planner! News flash it's not me. Can't hardly wait for that first phone call to tell me he hasn't turned in a stitch of work. Already had the call he missed a class. How is this possible? "I was there. Late maybe, but I was there." I'll say it again: oh my goodness.

one week

One week and Sydney will be off. Just one week...she will be happy to stay up late, visit with her friends and not have to be up at 4:30 a.m. She will be sad she won't have any plants to water, sad she won't be pulling Harley's hairs off her clothes and sad her brother can't summon her to kiss him goodnight. Reality is that she will have more people to share her 20,000 words with and mom and dad will have more time to focus on Jordan. He is going to be happy about that :/

Not quite yet, but soon.

Another week at Xerox for Sydney and then she will be done. Another week and a half and she will be gone. Not ready for that yet. She will have to get her 20,000 words in long distance(she confirmed the number today). The girl has been busy, busy, busy. She has a job lined up on campus and starts as soon as she gets there. She will be working the IT help desk. I think she will learn lots from this job...hopefully she can pass me some of that knowledge. I know nothing. And she even has a sitting job lined up for this weekend. A few more dollars to help fill her tank up. Besides, who wouldn't take some additional time with Calvin. There is also the issue of her "stuff" that is all over her room and that has spilled to the living room as well. So much packing to do yet too...

Wacky Wednesdays

Can we just rename Wednesday? Who thought up late start Wednesday? Why do we need to start late? Why is Wednesday over the hump day? Having my child home and extra hour doesn't make that hump any less. For that matter, what is with early release? Having my child home early going to lessen that hump? No, wet nose Wednesday doesn't work either Aunt Ninnie. It's just Wednesday, it is what it is. Today is Wednesday...so far, so good. Everyone is outta the house, dishwasher is doing its job, crockpot is doing its and any minute Jordan will bust through the door. Happy Wednesday!

first day of school

Maybe this should say the last first day of school...for Jordan. Senior year. Yep, it's here no matter how much we didn't want it to. Should we be sad? Or doing the happy dance? My Jordanism for the day, "I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty nice to have everyone outta the house today." Jordan has a lot of work to get done before graduation, it's not going to happen on its own. We are so close but yet so far, far away.
His day started off with the Senior Parade and I'm sure he will have a lot to tell us when he gets home tonight. Can't wait!

The Participants...

The Spectators...

Another September

It's that time again...back to school. Usually a celebrated time of year but this is Jordan's senior year. Mixed feelings from "sad" to "thank goodness!" I really wish I had figured out how to freeze frame them when they were small. It was good when Sydney was in third grade and Jordan in first. How do we go back in time? They were pretty darn cute then. Now, not so much. Well, they are still keepers but what I cherish about them comes and goes. Love, love, love having the girl around. She will be missed once she leaves for school. Proud to say she has worked hard this summer. On the other hand, Sydney sure has to get a lot of "words" in these days and I don't like "no" out of her mouth. I don't much like anything out of Jordan's mouth but I do like a good snuggle. At this point of his teen years he is only around to eat, sleep and poop! And let's not forget to take every last penny from us. I'm sure someone finds peace with the phrase "this too shall pass." Me, not so much and the"happy dance" I reserve for this time of year...well, I think I'll hold out until Jordan finds a job. Soon! Lord, please hear my prayer :)