Happy Hour/Girls Night Out...

These are pictures from our happy hour last friday.  (L to R) Dawn & Me, Courtney & Erin, Dawn, and Me & Nellie)  We had a blast and I miss getting to see you all everyday.  (Well except Nellie...I see her ALL the time...LOL)

 

 

 

After happy hour I took off for a Girls Night Out with some of my favorite people...Thanks to Sharon, Rhonda, Vicky, Melissa, Bobbie, Michelle, and even Dan.

Championship game pics (just a few)

The Superbowl Game (Lost 14-7).  Proud of every boy on this team!  Will miss them!

Chase with the second place trophy.

Yes I can still balance even though i'm old...
The games were behind so Briana, Kaleigh, Chandler and I played on the playground.

 

The End...

Oh yes here we are at the end of regular season of football.  Let me first start by saying how proud I am of our boys!  They both worked really hard and showed a lot of heart!  I love them!

Unfortunately LJ's season ended early as he was injured. While we are still waiting on the MRI results we do know that a small chunk is missing from his growth plate so he will definitely need to be casted for approx 6 weeks.  I am sad that he was unable to play in the last game of the season as they won.  How exciting huh?

Chases team ended their regular season 6-0-2 (Wins - Losses - Ties).  Yup, this means they were undefeated.  How awesome is that?  The last game was the absolutely MOST exciting, heart stopping, nerve-wracking game EVER!

With 9 seconds left in a tied game #1 was able to get through to make the winning touchdown!  It was AWESOME!!!!!

Well I will try to post some pictures later but right now I'm still recovering from that game!  :)

Now we have post season to contend with...

Can you feel the love?

What can I say?  We love each other very much!  Oh and look mom he can smile!

            

Fighting over a baseball? Seriously??

Okay so who cares if that baseball happened to be a foul ball durning the National League Division Series?  Well obviously some over zelous fans thought it was just the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Me on the other hand?  I was slightly terrified of what was taking place just one seat away.  My husband on the other hand was on the end and had to try and steady a guy that almost fell over.  I was blown away and wishing I could have gotten a picture for you of all the fans pouncing on this ball.  I felt bad for the beer man, he was on the bottom of the pile. 

Now to the fun stuff...

We were very fortunate that my husband & brother-in-laws boss was generous to give us his tickets to game to of the National League Division Series!  We got to see our beloved Cardinals swat some Nats.  12-4 Baby!




Favorite Player
David Freese #23

Me and my sister in law Tammy



I think everyone in the United States now knows that the St. Louis Cardinals have the best fans.  Little do people know that we also have the best Mascot EVER (my opinion).  Here are some shots of Fred Bird teasing the police officer that was on duty. 

Showing some leg to the SLCPD

Shakin' his tailfeather





Fred Bird helping himself to the poor girls nachos.

Let's Go Cards!  12 in '12!

Friday Photo Fun...

Fun times at Chili's!  To the right is our favorite bartender Mikey!

On Saturday the 29th a few of the kids and I wen't to hear Kaleigh sing at Towerfest.  They had facepainting, cotton candy, snow cones, music, games, and food...There are no pictures of Briana and Tyler because they didn't want their pictures taken.  :(

      

LJ hard a work practicing his snapping!

Random fun...

Finally...Chandler asleep with the giant Giraffe I won him.  He named him Giraffy.



Calling anyone with a cell phone...

My new phone is the LG Nitro!  While I actually love the phone and the 4G speeds I hate the battery life.  Thank goodness one of the store employees taught us a better way to save our battery life or these phones would have had a super short life. 

Does anyone out there just LOVE their phone?

P90x? Yes...I think so!

Okay so as of this coming Monday October 8th I will be starting P90x.  I will have to keep everyone updated on my progress!

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Go Warriors!!!!

I am so excited to share the news that our oldest son LJ's team won yestersay!  This is really exciting because they play some REALLY big and REALLY hard teams.  8th graders come in all sizes and let me tell you we have really learned that over the last few weeks.  We have kids on our team that range from 4'11" to 6'6".  The other teams we have come up against so far have been huge.  I started questioning what they were feeding their kids that we weren't.  Here are some pictures from Saturday's game! 



My son is #9. 

Look at the size difference.  I am so proud that my son is not afraid to get out there and go against kids twice his size.

Anyway, Sunday we play St. Mary's and we won!  Yes, I know I have said that twice.  This game was a nail biter at times.  We would score then they would score and I was a nervous wreck for them.  I could really tell these boys WANTED this win.  They were so supportive of each other and it was just awesome to see!

One looooong run...

Here is a small collage of chases long run.  You will notice they tried to take him multiple times!  I love football!

Trying to stay positive...

So I was on a roll for a bit with blog posts...

Last week happened and I didn't have the time or energy to post anything!  Let me just be honest and say that the last two weeks have sucked royally!  Not only did Jeff pass away but his mother Denise was hospitalized with a possible heart attack.  I just found out that she didn't have any blockage but she does have damage to the bottom of the heart.  I am praying for her constantly.  My niece Amanda (Jeffrey's wife) is another person who could use LOTS of thoughts and prayers.  Sunday we walked (okay well Larry and I rode in a car) in the Arnold Days Parade for my brother in law's cab company.  We all wore blue and white beads in honor of Jeff.  When we walked past Wendy Amanda (sorry Wendy is Larry's nickname for her) we each took off our white beads and placed them around her neck.  Since Larry and I were in the car I gave mine to her once we got to the park.  While at the park I tried not to cry while realizing that Jeff would have been there.  Larry & Jeff never missed that parade together and last year we all stood in the rain for the parade.  If we had only known it would be our last parade together...

This morning driving to work I may have found the silver lining...Literally!  The clouds over Arnold were fairly dark and icky.  A hole formed in one of the clouds and the sun was shining through creating the most beautiful rays of light.  I have to believe that God was showing us that bright beautiful rays of light can come from dark nasty days. 

I may take off blogging for a couple of more days but I will be back.

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Dear God,

Today I pray for my family.  1st I would like to ask for you to put your loving embrace around Amanda & Jeff's three children.  They will have a hard road ahead of them but they can face it together even though nothing will ever be the same without their Dad I pray that they will find that silver lining and see him shining through it. 

Please also protect and give patience to Amanda.  No wife should ever have to lose her husband so young.  Please grant her peace of mind and a will and determination to keep on moving even when she feels like all the hope is lost.

Last but not least I bring my sister Denise to you Lord.  Please help heal her broken heart.  I can't imagine ever losing a child.  I just pray that although the wounds will never heal 100% that you would at least make them a little less difficult to manage.  I pray that you let her see his memory around us and that she will find comfort in that!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, Amen!

Last Week

I wish that today's post could be something funny or light hearted but it's just not. 

Last Sunday the 9th my nephew Jeffrey passed away.  He would have been 30 on the 15th and he left behind a wife and three small kids.

Jeff was not only my husbands nephew but good friend.  Wait no they were best friends.  Jeff spent a lot of time with Larry when they would DJ local bars and what not.

Jeff's legacy will always lie with his children.  You could say what you want about him but one thing you could NEVER dispute was that he was a great father and uncle. 

This past week we are left with nothing but memories.  We will hold those memories near to our hearts and will NEVER forget! 

   Jeffrey Scott Price
9/15/1982 - 9/9/2012



Friday Photo Dump...

So I think on Friday's I will dump photos here from the week.  Since this is the first week I think I'm just going to show you the last several months!  The first set of pictures is from Busch Stadium.  We took LJ & his friend Jordan to Hooters for his birthday.  The second set is from this years PointFest.  Thanks to Dennis Richards & his cousin for the great tickets.