Soccer Overload!

Life just got busy.....Jared is coaching both boys this year! Monday night, Joshua's practice; Tuesday night, Nathan's practice; Thursday night, games; and Saturday games. CRAZY!

It wouldn't be worth it, other than the boys LOVE soccer and are so excited to be playing again.

A POSITIVE post on Louisiana!

I finally found something beautiful and good in Louisiana.........

The Piano Man!

Nathan is starting piano lessons. He is excited, but not as excited as Mom and Dad. We hope he learns to love it and becomes great at it. He really wants to play the guitar, but we told him he had to learn piano first. I took piano when I was younger, and I wish I would have taken it more seriously. I can still play, with A LOT of practice. So maybe with Nathan playing, I will pick it up again too.

School is what?

School is cancelled! Can you believe it. The Governor has cancelled school Monday thru Wednesday. I can understand cancelling southern Louisiana, but we are 6 hours from the coast. Oh my, what will I do for 3 days to entertain my kids? Any suggestions?

GUSTAV

What the .......

Tell me again why we moved to Louisiana......

HELP!!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!!

Look what is hanging on my bedroom wall......

I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would ever have a picture of a dog hanging on my master bedroom wall...... well guess what.....





Before we left Iowa, Jared's assistant painted him a picture of "Wolf" (Jared's dog, his pride and joy). She did an awesome job! When we got to Louisiana Jared wanted to get it framed. He spent a lot of time picking out the right frame. The picture turned out great and Jared loves it. The only problem is that we had no place to hang it. It didn't really go with our family room decor, so the bedroom was the next best place. Actually it really isn't too bad...it could be a stuffed goose or something worse. Someday, Jared will have his own office and all his "treasures" can go there. Aren't I a good wife!

First Day of School

You would think with Nathan in 4th grade and Joshua in 1st that the "first day of school" would be easy for me..... but I was very nervous this year. Maybe it is because this is a new school, they don't know there way around, they don't know many kids... or could it be that we live in Louisiana. I think was a combination of both. BUT, they had a great day! They love there new school and their teachers. They both met knew friends and are excited for the school year! HURRAY! Tomorrow they will ride the bus for the first time, so we will see how that goes!

No, I didn't choose to dress my boys like this on their first day.... they have to wear uniforms, lucky me!

FYI: For those of you who get cute pictures of your kids with their teachers, or walking into class on the first day, good for you! I SO wish I could get those cute pictures, but remember my 10 year old son Nathan. He ABSOLUTELY refuses to let me even take my camera, let alone a few pictures and he has TOTALLY influenced my 6 year old. I wouldn't want to embarrass them on the first day!