I just love these things!!

Welcome to the new edition of getting to know your friends. Okay here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun!

Just copy (do not forward) this entire e-mail and paste into a new e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times that means you have lots of Friends.

1. What is your occupation? Mommy, Wife, Teacher
2. What color are your socks right now? Black
3. What are you listening to right now? Kids anxiously leaving school.
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Mini Fudge Stripes Cookies
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Outrageous Orange
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My mom
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes
9. How old are you today?27
10. What is your favorite drink? Mt. Dew
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? no
13. What kind of car do you drive? Explorer
14. Pets? None
15. Favorite food? Mexican and Dairy Queen
16. What was the last movie you watched? You, Me, and Dupree
17. Favorite day of the year? Last day of school!!
18. What do you do to vent anger? Talk to mom or a friend
19. Your favorite toy as a child? I believe it would have been my Cabbage Patch Dolls or Cricket
20. What is your favorite Fall or Spring? Fall
21. Hugs or kisses? Both from Gavin!
22. Cherry or Blueberry pie? Cherry
23. Number of keys on your key ring? 2 - unlike my mom who probably has at least 10!
24. Living arrangements? rental home with husband and child
25. When was the last time you cried? This morning when I had to leave Gavin.
26. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes, belts, dirty clothes
27. What did you do last night? Took Gavin to watch IM Basketball at the high school
28. Favorite smells? Not much of anthing right now!!
29. What inspires you? family and friends
30. What are you afraid of? enclosed spaces
31. Country you would most like to visit? Anywhere in the Caribbean
32. Favorie dog breed? anything small that doesn't shed!!

Bluegirl Basketball

Well, as most of you know this was the last year of Bluegirl Basketball due to the convergence with LaHarpe and Dallas City. To honor the program, they held a Bluegirl Reunion game that took place before the Carthage v. Keokuk game back in January. All former Bluegirls/Coaches were invited to attend. Of course, I was not going to miss out on my last opportunity to play in the Bluegirl gymnasium. Although I lost a step or two, it was a lot of fun! Surprisingly, they split the teams up accordingy to which coach they played for. So, Coach Biery had all of his girls and Coach Lapp had all of his girls. It was pretty competitive until the second half. Carthage recently lost in the first round of Sectionals which officially ended the Bluegirl Tradition. It is so sad for me to think about all the girls who will miss out on the chance to carry on this winning tradition and to be called a "Bluegirl." Unless you have poured in the sweat and tears that so many of us have, you will never realize how much it means to be a part of Carthage Bluegirl Basketball. I know our coaches and players will pass on many of the fundamentals and ideas to the new program, but to me, it will never be the same. I wish our community had fought harder to keep the Bluegirls and Blueboys alive. (Granted, I cannot say much as I never voiced my opinion until it was too late.)

Back in the pre-game huddle with Coach Lapp. He was not quite as fired up as the old days! I didn't even get yelled at for not boxing out!

Ada getting ready to grab the tip! She's still got ups!

Here I am checking my feet as I almost forgot you had stay behind the line when shooting free throws!

Gavin's first and last trip to the Bluegirl Gymnamsium.

Coach Biery's team is in white. Coach Lapp's team is in blue. We had a pretty good turnout!


Former teammates Rachel Sullivan-Houston, Adrienne Dickerson, and Andrea Fleming. We have some great memories together!



Former Culver teammates and mommies Deanna Twaddle and Rachel.

Gavin really like Ada! I think she's a natural!

Logan Comes To Town!

Gavin's Aunt Cynthia and Cousin Logan (one week younger) made a trip from Hawaii recently to visit family. Gavin was soooo excited to finally meet Logan! They had a lot of fun together. We were so thankful to hear that they are moving back to the mainland in March! Now Gavin and Logan can have lots of fun times together!

During their stay, Aunt Cynthia, Aunt Maria, and Logan made a trip to MC to see us. Here the boys are trying to hold hands. So cute!

Logan showed up wearing an outfit that Gavin just happened to have, too! We had to change him so they could be twinkies!

Aunt Maria, Aunt Cynthia, Daddy and the boys having a "moment."

Daddy gave Logan a ride in Gavin's car.

"I think I could get used to this!"

The boys showing off their buff bods!

Gavin shared his favorite toys with Logan - his stacking cups!

Here the boys are winding down after having their picture taken together.

Fun times with Grammy and Uncle Lance!

Here is there other coordinating outfit that they got their pictures taken in! What are the odds?

What a cutie pie!

Silly Faces

This is just a silly face Gavin was making the other night that I caught on camara. It's the last of the pictures that I have saved on our blog. This will force me to upload more tonight, including photos from the Bluegirl Reunion Game.

Mommy loves:

• eating lunch with coworkers and forgetting about the troubles of the day!

Gavin loves:

• going pee pee on mommy in the morning so that she has to change her clothes and his as well.

Roll Over, Beethoven!

As mentioned in a previous post, Gavin has been rolling over. When he gets in the mood, he just will not stay on his back! Once he rolls over to his belly, he starts whining and can't figure out how to roll back over to his back. We then "help" him roll to his back and the whole process starts all over again! He also has his second bottom tooth coming in!

First, we grab our feet to arch our back.

Second, we fall to one side.

Third, we let go of feet and use our arms to get balanced.

Fourth, we wiggle around to get our other arm out!

Finally, we are successful!

WHEW! That was hard work!

Mommy loves...

• and misses her Bluegirl teammates and coaches and all their precious times together.

Gavin loves...

• playing with water bottles. We also found out this weekend that he loves playing with Grandpa Larry's big squeeze mug.

Mommy loves:

• cutting out and using coupons. I never used to actually use them, but with budgeting for a family of three, I am getting better at it!
• buying the generic brand. I try to buy the generic of anything I can. For example, we use Wal-Mart's Awesome brand toilet paper and paper towels. They're just as good as the others and much cheaper. We buy anything Sam's Choice that we can as well. I like to do this kind of shopping w/o Clint and Gavin because it takes me so long to find the best deal, but I enjoy it.
• JCPenny $10 coupons. You get $10 off of a purchase of $10 or more. I never used to use them before I had Gavin because I didn't shop there much. But now, I can basically get one or two free outfits for Gavin (depending on the price)! People ask me if I feel guilty not buying something else or something more expensive to actually give them a sale, and the answer is no! If anyone gets these and doesn't use them, PLEASE send them my way! Gavin and I will make great use of them!

Gavin loves:

• talking on his changing table. This is where he coos and smiles the most!?!?

Black and White

As I mentioned in my 100 things, I LOVE black and white photos. I have not been able to create b&w photos because my computer program has been down. Well, it's up and running now so here are a few photos to enjoy.

Mommy Loves...

• wearing her short, soft robe 24/7 (or at least when I'm at home) because the pockets make great storage compartments for binkies, kleenex, bottles, teethers, cell phone, remote, ect. It's all at my fingertips, plus it keeps me really warm!

Gavin loves...

• snuggling up with mommy's soft robe.