Visit to Liverpool and Whales

Liverpool Football Stadium

The boys favorite player Torres

Locker room for players

Largest waterfall in Wales

                                    
                                          Wales is a beautiful country to drive through

Growing up too fast...

There are days that I just sit back and stare at my kids. Then they ask me, "why do you keeping looking at me?" I reply, "because you are just growing in front of my eyes." Where does the time go and why does it go so fast? I can't believe that in a couple of months my first baby will be ten years old! Wow!!

We are going to be taking a trip to Liverpool in a couple of weeks and when we told Bryce he was thrilled because this is his favorite football team (soccer) here in England. We are going to take a tour of the stadium and he is counting down the days.

Touched...

Today my son reminded me of something very important in life!!

I took the kids to school today and a mother who I don't know came up to me and asked if I was Tyler's mum. I replied "yes." She then continued to say that "your son has really lifted my sons spirits and has made him feel really good about himself." I thought wow, what did Tyler say. Apparently, this boy who is in a different class has fallen off of his scooter and has scraped up his face pretty badly. The boy was very sad about how his faced looked and Tyler came to him and said, "don't worry I know it will get better very soon and it doesn't look bad... everything will be ok." I guess the boy smiled and went home to tell his mum that an american boy named Tyler made him feel good today and told me that my face will get better soon. His mum was so kind and thanked me for having such a caring boy.

I am really touched by this and we are so proud of the way Tyler handled the situation. Like I said Tyler has reminded me of something very important in life and that is to always try to care for others and take a moment to stop and think about how they feel and possibly how you can make them feel better!

Kylie is loving dance

Kylie has been taking ballet and tap lessons every Wednesday and she is loving it! Of course this makes me happy since I too loved to dance.

Dribble it... Pass it... We want a basket!

This year the boys were able to play basketball on the U.S. Air Force Military Base. They were a little rusty at first but after a few practices and games they picked it up very quickly. Bryce has scored a few baskets at each game and does great at defense by stealing the ball and blocking. Tyler is having a great time with it too, although he is more into putting on his mean face, skipping down the court with a little run in between, and stealing the ball every chance he gets. In all they are having a blast and looking forward to playing baseball next!

He goes for it and.......He scores!!


Tyler is more interested in what the cheerleaders are doing!
I'm ready....Bring it on!!!
Putting a little skip into it!

Valentines Party

Last Saturday we had a Valentine's Party with a lot of the other Americans here and a wonderful English couple. My good friend Becki helped host the party. We spent many hours planning games, picking out decorations, and making delicious food to eat. Becki also spent a lot of time putting special touches to the champaign glasses, creating a playlist of love songs, and freezing a ton of ice cubes with limes and mint inside of them for our mojito punch. A couple of the games we played were do you know that love song, which couple could blow and pop 10 balloons the quickest, an apple balancing game, and the newlywed game. All I can say is that we had a blast and I think everyone who attended had a good time too. Kent (Becki's husband) and Steve did a great job organizing some of the games as well and they were also good sports for doing pretty much anything Becki and I asked them to do. We truly have some great guys!!

Everyone who attended brought a dish to share so needless to say we had so much food but it was all so good!! We also had everyone vote on who they felt was the best dressed couple since we had a dress code for the party. Everyone must wear either red, white, or pink. The couple who won received a chocolate bottle of champaign. We had such a great time planning this party and also had a wonderful time with everyone who attended. I think it was a big hit!!

Yummy giant cup cakes we made!
Becki and I



Gift bags for our guests full of American sweets!!

Mojito punch
Champaign glasses
Newlywed Game

Best Dressed Couple
Apple Balancing Game



Kent instructing his game (Balloon pop)

Tis the Season

Want to wish all my friends and family far and near a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!