Eeeps! Has it been that long since I updated my blog.  So much has been missed and it is almost February.  One of my goals for the new year was to keep my blogs updated.  Well, since I started to get back on the saving money/couponing bandwagon, I have been good for a few weeks updating my bargain blog.......but have not yet worked on this one.  There are so many good things we did this fall/winter so far that I don't want to skip them, so I will be making it my goal to "catch up" and fill in the gaps.  Hopefully once I get that done, I can stay on track and with the time.  I have also done some major cleaning/organizing on the house and am in the middle of that. I have purged and cleaned and organized the kids rooms and closets after Christmas.  I also have done the pantry(which is a big job) and the laundry room.  Next up will be the kitchen cabinets, bathrooms, and my closet. I always save the worst for last.  I have been trying to do one big project a week.  I am also trying to get back into the meal planning, couponing, and bargain shopping which is really time consuming and takes up most of my free time till I get organized and into the swing of things.  I really have slacked off and gotten off my organized track since Alyvia started school.

Soccer 2010

Getting Her soccer award at the end of the season. She thought that was awesome. She said she got "An Olympic Gold Medal"

Alyvia had a lot of fun playing soccer for the first time this year. I'll admit it was a little (Ok, a lot) tiring adding it into the mix of her other activities. It seemed like every night we were running here and there, and while it was fun, I was wore out. She loved it though. Asher went to almost every pracitce and game and watched (ok, sometimes watched her and most times watched Blue's Clues on the ipod). He was a pretty good sport about it though. She had practice on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and games Saturday mornings. Only got rained out a few times. She really liked to play goalie the best. She told me it was because she couldn't ever catch up to the other kids to do anything with the ball and being goalie she was the only one doing that on her team so she got to do "stuff". She did make a pretty cute little soccer player.

Chasing that ball.

Best Buddy Jacie and Alyvia were on the same team

Asher was her little pep squad. He liked yell "Run Alyvia, kick that ball!"

Her favorite position. Goalie

Asher Farming

Asher got to go farming with PaPa. They had to disc up the cornfield by our house. He went, because he knew it was going to be a John Deere Tractor. Asher is a John Deere boy and will only want to go in the John Deere. He had to put on his John Deere hat, shirt, and jacket and pack his John Deere lunch box. He wanted to pack a tractor, drink, and some snacks-animal crackers and meat sticks. He was ready to go.
Ready to go!

He loves John Deere

He always likes to say "Nothing runs like a Deere"

Ready to drive away and disc that field.

Of course after this day of "farming" we had to watch the John Deere movie the rest of the day. He loves that movie and plays it over and over again. He has already decided he wants a John Deere birthday party this year. So I am starting to come up with plans and ideas for that. He will love it.

Simbro Family Reunion

The first weekend of every October is the annual Simbro Family Reunion. In Glenwood and the Community Hall. This year, it seemed like not as many people. But of course, there were a lot of kids running around. The food was yummy as always. Some of the kids went to the park after dinner and had a fun time.

Alyvia and the "tall slide"

Whoa

Cute picture of Mia

My sweet girl

Asher and Aunt Lindsey

Lily (And don't tell me that is not the ornriest look)

Mia and Alyvia

I tried to get a shot of a bunch of the kids, but this is the best I could get.

School Pictures

Alyvia had her first ever school pictures. Here she is on picture day in her cute little outfit. I had a few choices set out for her because it was also Dress Your Best Day for Homecoming week. I knew she would pick this one because of the lime green shirt,and of course it was her top pic. She looks so grown up in this outfit. And I can't wait to see her school pictures.

A few weeks ago we were lucky that Josh was home for the weekend of the Kirksville Airshow
We took the kids. It was a gorgeous beautiful day and could not have been better weather. Here are a few pics. The kids loved it. Alyvia was so cute taking pictures of the planes too with her fisher price camera.
My Girl Alyvia

Asher and Daddy

Alyvia thougth these 3 were so awesome

After the show one of the stunt planes pilot was signing pictures for people. Alyvia and Asher went with Nana and waited a while in line to get one. They got to their turn and got the last picture. He asked the names and Asher said in his voice "Asher and Alybia" So the guy wrote it like "Alybia". She noticed that it was spelled wrong, but it was the last picture he had. So now they have an autograph of "Asher & Alybia".

I thought it was pretty funny and it reminded me of when Josh & I were in the Bahamas and bought Asher a little turtle thing from one of the shops. A lot of the stuff there is engraved and such for gifts and the girl asked me if I wanted a name on it. So I said sure thinking they would paint it on or something. She pulled out a sharpie marker and started writing and I was about rolling on the floor laughing. When she asked how to spell his name, I was still shocked because she was using a sharpie that I said A-S-S instead of ASH for the first letters and she wrote it. And I was gonna go ahead and buy it because it said Asser on it. But she noticed that it was cracked so it worked out great that I got another one. It was pretty funny and this reminded me of it.

Alyvia's First Soccer Practice

These are the best I could get at her first practice. She wasn't too fond that she had to wear her bandana but it was sunny and she had just had laser. She lasted most of the practice before she begged me to take it off and I caved. The funniest thing was on the way there she asked me What base she was gonna play? I had to laugh. "I don't know much about sports hunny, but the bases are in baseball and not soccer." It was too funny. Her and Jacie were pretty much side by side at that practice. Probably wishing they could go play........

Jacie

(What am I supposed to do with this thing?)

Alyvia thinking about kicking the ball

Buddies

Good Kick!

More soccer to come later.....