What happened to September...

What happen to September???

How is it almost October???

I know I am going to blink my eye and it is going to be Christmas morning... like tomorrow!!!

Welcome to the"busy season"in our household....

Can someone please tell me what i am going to do with myself when i am not at a ball field???

I don't think I remember what that is like? :)

Or possibly what it is like to buy groceries, cook, and actually eat at home

because i can sure tell you what concession stand and fast food taste like...

I can also tell you a box of dish washing detergent will last you a long time when you don't cook...

and your house stays pretty clean but your laundry piles up... b.c you aren't here to mess up your house nor are you here to wash clothes...b.c you come home from one place change clothes and go to another... it's great fun! Glad i am not a home body!

In all seriousness... it rained one day/night which in turn canceled all outside activities and that was the VERY. FIRST. TIME. we have all came home from school/work and did not have to go to any practices or games since AUGUST 1st.... seriously i cooked chili and brownies... it was like a celebration... we all ate dinner at home at the same time...homework was done and the kids had baths and were in bed and it was still daylight... i am pretty sure i heard angels singing the hallelujah chorus...only one more month of this craziness and i will be home free and probably bored! :)

OK so here is what we have been up too...

Jackson & Richard, Cole & Wesley, and Ray & Anthony all scored some free tickets to the Alabama vs North Texas football game... we kept it as a surprise for Jackson and did not tell him until he was about to leave... he was so excited and they all had a great time playing football on the quad, walking around campus, tailgating with friends, and of course watching the game... they were kind enough to send me two pictures! :)

Roll Tide!

We celebrate Granny's Birthday with a cookout and ice cream cake at our house! Happy Birthday Granny!

Fall Baseball is in full swing. Jackson is playing on 2 teams right now...

He is playing on a regular fall baseball team at the park and

then he is playing on a travel ball team with some of his all-star buddies...

He is enjoying playing!

Jackson completed his first school project of the year and i am happy to say everyone came out alive... he turned in a nice project and I did not loose my mind b.c i am a perfectionist and he is not! :)
Brylee is starting to enjoy school.... thank you Jesus! I am not sure what the turning point was but I am VERY thankful for it. I know lots of prayer for sure and thanks to GoGo's sweet Bible Study group who have been praying for her! :) She also got "off the chart" which is better than all the colors on the chart... yippie ky yea! And the mom that teachers GA's with me on Wed nights at church son had her for a teacher last year and she talked to brylee and told her that her son was on green a lot mainly b.c she (being the teacher) forgets to move the clips up... it is easy for her to catch you being "bad" but it is harder to catch you being "good" so not to worry about trying to make it all the way up the chart or off the chart everyday. So between all of this she seems to be enjoying it! :) This dumb... i mean fantastic behavior chart... it is a memory for sure! gezzz... more like a thorn in my side but memory none the less! :)

My after school bunch! My nephew Zac comes home from school and stays with us in the afternoons... this particular day i brought them CC cookies home from the mall... Jackson and Brylee were all smiles... Zac looks thrilled don't you think?? Gezzz... one of my goals it to teach this child to SMILE for a picture... come on buddy it is not hard! :)

And just for laughs... because OMG my life would be so dull and boring without this little monster... he may send me to the looney bin one day but love him to death...

These were his dollar section "prizes" from Tar-Jay... only jackson would pick these items! :)

And last but not least Cheer Picture Day... Can someone please tell me how i ended up with the jolly green giant?

gezz our kids are going to be taller than us when they are in 5th grade...

someone ask me at cheer picture day "where does brylee get her height from?"

and i thought well i did not think that she was that tall...

until i put her next to all your shorties... :) ha!

Cheer Chicks...Well that pretty much catches us up!

Lots of fun going on around here!

** we had "chelsea" family pictures made... see header for a few... and i have been working on posting the slide show of them and for the life of me can't figure it out :(... but i am not giving up yet... Leisha did a great job and i love them all... hopefully i can get it working soon! :) **

PS... you win a prize if you made it this far! :)

Brylee the Super Star....

Today was a day Brylee has been looking forward to since school started! The day she would be Super Star of the Day!!! When you are the Super Star you get to bring 3 things from home to share with the class (like show and tell) and you get to fill out a questionnaire about yourself to share with the class! :-) It is a BIG deal! Ha! :) Brylee took her baby doll, an auburn t-shirt, and pictures of us in "the super star bag"! A few of her questionnaire highlights were: she wanted to be a hair stylist when she grows up, her earrings are her favorite thing about herself, and if she had one wish she would wish to be a princess and live in a castle like Cinderella! :-)
I am so glad she was looking forward to today! Those days are few and far between. She is still not enjoying school or her teacher! She still comes home everyday talking about how hard she tried to make it to the top of the chart (red) and even if she is on orange yellow or green (which are still "good") she is not happy! She is putting so much pressure on herself! She says her teacher "is strict" and that she "doesn't like her"! It is sad! I hate that she doesn't feel loved and accepted at school by her teacher! ;-( We are continuing to focus on the good things about school and working on finding one exciting thing to look forward to. We are having lots of talks about just doing your best and not trying to be perfect! Hopefully things will continue to get better!!! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Brylee the Super Star...

Lunch dates...

Yesterday I went to eat lunch with Jackson and Brylee at school. They were so excited!! Why is your mom coming to lunch the greatest thing? I guess I should be honored because I am sure in a few years I will no longer be cool! ;( I brought them a special lunch! McDonalds all wrapped in foil since "no fast-food" is allowed! ;-) They were excited!!!! I enjoyed eating lunch with them! I also loved seeing all their friends and my friends kiddos! They are all so sweet and get so excited when they see you! I felt like a super star! ;) - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Lunch Dates...

iJump fun....

last weekend we had a birthday party at iJump with some of our baseball buddies... we had a great time... it was a fun way to end our busy week...











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Brylee's First Game!!!

Brylee cheered at her first game in helena last week. She loved it and she LOVES her some cheer leading... she walks around ALL.DAY.LONG. doing cheers and the dance. One of their dances is to Justin B. "baby"... i think we listen to that song about 10 times a day... oh me oh my... the joys of cheer leading but I love watching her do something she enjoys so much!

We have almost as many cheerleaders as we do football players! ha! :)

Go Chelsea Hornets!!!

i think i am almost caught up... scroll on down... lots of updates below!

Jackson the ski master...

Jackson has been skiing on two skis connected for about 2 or 3 summers but this weekend we took his skis apart and he skied on two with them apart. He did great... got up the first time! He was so proud! He had a little trouble making it outside the wake the first time but by the end of the weekend he was doing tricks... like skiing with one hand and putting his other in the water... ha! I guess that is a trick when you are 8! The neighbors offered to let jackson try to slalom and he did great but could not quite master it... he would get up but them fall. He only tried a few times so maybe next summer he can work on it again and master that too! :) We had a great weekend... this little guy (and my baby girl for that matter) l0ve the lake and i am so glad they do. They are making lots of fun memories!

A Whole Lot A TUBING.....

This weekend was FULL of tubing... that is ALL.THE.KIDS.WANTED.TO.DO!!!! If we pulled them around the lake once we did it ten times. And apparently i got a little picture happy in the process but i just love all their faces in these pictures and some of the pictures are just plain cool! All the kiddos had a great time riding the tube. Zac even made is one and only debut on the tube and Katie rode it without her mom! It's a big deal for katie and zac to ride they are not really a big fan of the tube... but not jackson and brylee as you can see from the above picture the faster and the bumper the better! :)

Labor Day Weekend at the Lake....

We went to the lake labor day weekend... despite the yucky rainy weather we had some of the weekend we had a good time and enjoyed the breaks in the rain, watching football, and eating lots of yummy food! We had lots of fun with our cousins zac and katie! :)