bunco

i just love it!

i think we have a great group of girls that play.

you know the loud and thunderous kind

the quiet and meek kind

just a very well rounded group!

i think we need to make sure and re-emphasize that it is a no kids zone though! not that i don't love kids, but all of us girls need a GNO!

excellent food!

new recipes, that we have seem to have forgotten to bring the recipes for the last few times....

great ideas!

good conversations!

the body's best medicine..... LAUGHTER!

i am so glad that we have decided to donate some money to get a present for an adopt a child

and i am also excited for our gift exchange!

so thank you girls for such a fun and exciting last several months of BUNCO!

texting

everywhere you look someone is starring at their phone punching away furiously so they can get that next text sent. whether you are walking down the street, sitting in a restaurant or driving, someone is always texting. if you haven't noticed then the next time you are out and about check it out.

now don't get me wrong and think that i dislike texting, b/c you are wrong. i love texting. but i also have some mixed feelings about it.

i think it is a great handy little tool when you want to just ask someone a quick question or when you are in a meeting and you want to send a text for some reason.

but i think it is bad b/c you quit "talking" to people. it is just like all you are doing is emailing them and not ever "talking" to them. i like to "talk" to people! i think if all you do is text back and forth with someone you miss out on a lot of discussions because you don't want to type that much.

so what is your outlook on "texting"?

friends

do you ever wonder who your true friends are?

i mean when i was growing up my mom would always say " bree, i don't know why you are friends with her, she isn't a very good friend." i would say "whatever, mom like you know!" b/c you know i knew everything and she didn't know anything. i would say about 95% of the time she was right and i was wrong.

i don't understand how she could pick them out and i couldn't. i guess she had been there and done that! plus, she was looking from the outside in.

but now as a parent, i see what she means. i can see who braxton's "real" friends are right now and the ones that are "just' friends.

i have had several friends, best friends, true friends and not so true friends in my 30 years. i am still in contact with some of those friends. we may not talk everyday, or see each other EVER, but we still have that kind of friendship where we could pick up the phone and call California and start talking like we lived right next door. that is a "true" friend to me. i have that "best friend" from back in the days, i have that "best friend" now, i have "friends" that i can call whenever i just want to chat and then i have those "not so true friends" that only talk to me when they need something from me and then there are my "true" friends.......

when i moved to lancaster, i thought i would never make friends. here i was 18 and all the kids my age were going away to college and the older ones already had their "friends", so they didn't need me. but slowly, i started making friends. they may have been the girlfriend or wife of jared's friends, but friends nonetheless. after living here for 12 years i feel i have made several friends, best friends, true friends and not so true friends.

i know i haven't been the best of friend to lots of people but i also know that i have been a great friend to others. i have had friends that we have just grown apart for reasons unknown.

then sometimes i feel like i am the only one giving and not receiving. and i have to think "is that really the kind of friendship i want?"

then somedays i feel like i don't really know who my friends are and then there are days that i feel so blessed to have so many great friends.

so tell me, what is it that you look for in a friendship?

This one is for the girls!

Where does the time go?

'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, But you better live for today.'

How quickly the years pass!

Oh, how true this is!

Stretch the incredibles

Homecoming is on Friday!!! And "STRETCH THE INCREDIBLES" is our theme.

Braxton is now in 5th and 6th grade football. They usually do something for the parade, like throw all the football players in the back of a truck and put a sign on the side of a truck and "wa~lah" they have a float. Well if you know me well enough, you know that that isn't going to fly by me! So we all decided to do a "real" float. We all met at our house last night and worked very hard for 2 1/2 hours! and it is almost done! we have a few finishing touches to do but for the most part it is done. The kids even helped! Can you believe it? We gave them each a box of Kleenexes and said start stuffing! Some did better than others, but the kids did it so that is all that matters. Us parents helped out too.

The kids thought of what they wanted to spray paint on there. We had some other ideas, but this was their float so we did what they wanted! I can't wait to see all of them piled on there on Friday and know that this is the best 5th and 6th grade float yet! I am not biased at all :)

One of the parents made a comment last night that "we are going to have the best floats for the years to come"! I think they are right! We have a great group of kids and parents that are willing to help and not just leave it to a select few. Hopefully this trend will continue! I'm not going to hold my breath though!

One side says "INCREDIBLE RAMS"

An AWESOME goal post made by one of the dad's and his side kicks.
Some hay bales brought by one of the dads.



One side says "HEAD STRONG"

I wanted to put "stretch the midgets", but one of the kids said we don't want to stretch them.... we want them to stay midgets! GOOD POINT:)

The back is going to have a sign on it and all the kids signatures with their numbers!

We also made some signs for the boys to break through when they run out onto the field for their game on Saturday night. Hopefully this will get them pumped up and ready to play some football! Lord knows, they need all the pumping up they can get!

All in all, we had a great time and got a lot done in 2 1/2 hours!

Now........... no rain!!! otherwise we will have some wet tissue:)