Blizzards For Dinner??

Yesterday the kids all scored goals at their soccer games. We told them if they met their GOALS we gave them they could get a Blizzard at Dairy Queen. Emily had to score 1 Goal, Hannah 3 Goals and Benjamin 3 also. It has been wicked, busy on Sundays with the girls having softball practice right after soccer games and this Sunday I had an Uppercase Living party in Stevensville. I got back into to town and ran into Costco and Super Walmart to get our weekly groceries and then picked up Benjamin & Hannah from the softball fields and got their blizzards at about 6:45. (Emily got hers at 8) They were eating them up and they asked "what's for dinner?", I told them they were eating it. "Blizzards?" they asked. I said when we got home they could have a sandwich for snack if they wanted. Blizzards for dinner don't happen very often!

Gone Too Early

Still hard to believe a year ago a friend called me crying saying "Kel, have you heard? Tracy passed away last night in her sleep." What?? This does not just happen to a young mother of barely 40. A friend you just saw the other day. But it happened. It was so hard. It still is. When I see her boys, it breaks my heart all over again. Boys need their mama. Husbands need their wife. Friends need their friend.

Tracy is still missed by so many. Her memories live on in her scrabooks, in her store, in her boys (Connor, Riley & Dave).

10 Reasons I Love Emily

This has been on a list of things to do for a long time now. 10 Reasons I love each of our children. This morning I took charge and took a photo of Emily before she left for school. This is going to be checked off of my things to do -

10. She's an original - there really isn't anyone else like her. She is very opinianated and not afraid to show it!
9. She's her own person - she doesn't go with the flow, she causes her own current
8. She is a Christian - maybe someday she will get to the point where she will question things more, but she really does love the Lord
7. She loves to be home with her family - sometimes I wish she would leave (just kidding) but she really does like to just be home with us. I know that will all change someday soon so we relish it now.
6. She is well rounded - that may be her upbringing but she does play sports, the oboe, the piano, she is a good student, involved in youth groups thru two to three churches, MCT (her acting)
5. She is turning into a beautiful young lady - it's been fun to watch her transformation from kid to girl - almost woman *gulp*
4. I still love her freckles - she is our only one with them!
3. She is very helpful with her brother and always has been. She loves Hannah too she just shows that differently but I see it, sometimes.
2. She loves me and her dad too - she may act like she doesn't but she does. She still wants us to pray with her everynight and she still like hugs even though she may pull away.
1. She is our first born and will always hold a special place in my heart <3. I think she has turned out pretty well for our guinea pig. Now, hopefully we don't mess up the other two.

Softball Season Has Hit

Run, run, run - that is all we have been doing once I get off work at 5 o'clock these days. Soccer started last week too. Benjamin, Emily & Hannah all play that! The girls both play softball, this year on different teams. Emily hasn't been able to attend one of her games yet, they have only had two, since she is finishing up All City Winds and this was a prior, school commitment. Tonight is her last ACW concert and then she is home free. Here are some pics of Hannah pitching, she's been doing so awesome! It's been fun to watch!

Psycho Kelley Here...

So I am bummed. Last year when Dan and I were losing weight and getting healthy I had a few pairs of pants and shorts that were TOO big. (How nice is that?) Well, I got all healthier then thou and sold them at my yard sale. You know the old, I will never fit into these again. So I am bummed. I think they would fit me perfect right now and now they are gone! I am bummed because they WOULD fit me now and then I am bummed because I don't have them here to wear and they WOULD be comfy to wear and I don't want to go spend more money on my fatassitis (as Dan refers to the disease he suffers from).

So here is how psycho I can be. I used to buy clothes a size or two smaller, hoping that by next season they would fit me, especially if they were on clearance and cheap. It was motivation, right?? Wrong! It just made me feel like crap when I looked in my closet and had clothes that didn't fit me. I bought last fall a pair of Liz Claborne jean shorts, size 12 and a Large LC t-shirt, for like $1.97 each. Well, I've had them hanging right next to my bed for the last month or so and it still hasn't motivated me. They are just hanging there and I am still all fat & sassy!

HE Is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

What a beautiful Easter we had in Missoula this year! Sunny and warmer, I think it was high 50's, I wish a little warmer but we will take what we got!

Friday night we took the kids to the Stations of The Cross at church. What a great reminder for all of us what exactly Easter is about! Benjamin had so many questions about it all and was so relieved when we got to the car and he was able to ask all his questions. Why did God die? Why did we hammer nails into the cross (yes, I held the nail for him while he hammered, very scary!)? It was awesome! I'm glad we took the time to do it!

Easter morning I heard Benjamin get up. Awhile later he came in our room and whispered "mom, can I sweep with you?". He got in bed with me and then was done whispering - he told me about all the "really cool things" the Easter Bunny brought him. And how the EB brought Emily the movie Mamma Mia. He wanted everyone to get up, I told him to got let Sadie out of her kennel. She'll wake everyone up! Well she did and the girls came up and were ready to go thru their "bakskets" (as Benjamin calls them). Daddy kept sleeping but Benjamin finally went in and asked him to get up! We had to go to church at 9:30 since we were teaching Sunday school and we then stayed for the 11:00 service. Headed home and Dan made some yummy egg salad sandwiches and the kids went out and drew on the sidewalk with their new chalk! We then headed to the Mueller's for a good food and friendship and of course an Easter egg hunt! What a blessed day!

The Easter Bunny Stops By Early

Hannah gave Benjamin a plastic egg yesterday. Benjamin decided to try something out. He placed the empty egg near his pillow last night. He wanted to see if the Easter Bunny would bring him a special treat. Daddy explained to him he didn't think it would happen but...low and behold the Easter Bunny made an early stop at our house. Benjamin woke us this morning so stoked. The Easter Bunny left him "a snickers and a penny" after Mommy asked to see he his gift, he actually received a Starburst and a quarter. I told him that a quarter was actually 25 pennies and he was so excited "I'm rich" he said.