typical saturday night

joe  ben  alex

tournament fun begins

this weekend brought ben's first basketball tournament

with this being the first year of traveling
we had no idea what to expect
but the boys did fantastic!

 

 

 

 

they won the first game 30-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

and won the 2nd game 29-3
which put us in the championship game against irondale
bright and early sunday morning

let me just say
that irondale must be putting something special
in their school lunches
because their kids were HUGE

sam is our tallest player
and you can see how he compares ...

that meant ben
didn't have a chance ;)

it didn't keep him from trying

 

and eventually
 he did find a way to sneak under their arms
and grab us a few points
BUT
in the end
we still came up short
and lost

we took 2nd place overall
and for our very first tournament
i'd say that's mighty fine!

way to go blaine 4A!

AND
nice job, ben!

 

it's in the book

i took alex and ben to the library tonight.
alex said he didn't want to get any books.
i asked if he was sure
and he said

i'm just too into the Bible right now

good answer, little buddy.
good answer.

just sayin'

in my next life

i am going to be really good at either the fiddle or the violin.

not that i believe in reincarnation.

but if i did.

just sayin.

yes PLEASE!

sample a cinnamon dolce latte

why ...

yes, PLEASE!!

chicken fried

on saturday night
stacey and i got to see the zac brown band



they were A-MAZ-ING

we like so many of their songs
and
they are even better live

they threw in a few fun covers
like
devil went down to georgia
and
sweet emotion

and
with the exception of the crazy drunk girl behind us
who ACTUALLY lit a cigarette
IN THE TARGET CENTER
are you kidding me?!?!
the concert was PERFECT!

as was the quiet house that we came home to
thanks to all 3 kids sleeping at friends houses -
THANKS GUYS!!

what matters most

so ben says today -

if romney were to win tonight
would michelle obama's health plan go away
so that we can have the good breadsticks back for school lunch?



i wish, ben.
i wish.

worth it's weight

as i mentioned previously
ben got 8 lbs of candy
drew got 6.4 lbs
and
alex got nowhere close to either of them

SO ...
we were talking about how ben ended up
with a full pound and a half more candy
than everyone else.
they all went to the same houses
and ben didn't dump anyone's bowl in his bag -
i did ask ;)

THEN ...
it dawned on us.
the only explanation is
that he was trick or treating with a viking and 2 lions
AND
even in vikings country -
everyone still loves the packers most ;)

movember 2012

it's that time again
BUT
this year is a little different
because before movember could officially begin
stacey had to get rid of what's become the norm since last year



he is now clean shaven
for a few days

 

he says he feels naked
but
is getting ready to rock the best stache ever ;)

you can check out his page if you are curious about
what movember is
why he is doing it
and
how you can help support him
http://us.movember.com/mospace/2177976

AND
you can bet that i'll be posting updates here as well

* sweets *

yesterday was sweet day!
of course

we had our very own nerd



our own clay matthews

AND
our own mini darth vader!

i started the day in first grade
with a fun party -

 

 

and ended the day
following around a group of boys
who i should add
were running as fast as they could from house to house
THE ENTIRE WAY ;)

ellie didn't come trick or treating
but they brought her out for a little time with all of her friends ;)

 the boys went strong until dark

  

and in the end ...

ben was the big winner

with an unofficial 8.0 lbs of goodies!

although ...

in reality i think am the big winner

as i am the one that stays home all day with 3 big bags of candy ;)

 

hope everyone had a happy halloween!!! 

we sure did!