Soccer Mom!!

One does not know that when one drags her young ones down to the Park & Rec, kicking and screaming, to sign them up for soccer, because you are sure, as the parent, that your children needs to become involved in something that will help build some self confidence, that one of those kicking and screaming children will turn into a "Soccer Star" and you in-turn the "Soccer Mom".
Isabelle didn't take to soccer. It was quite evident when she was doing pirouettes on the sideline that her talents lie elsewhere. London, however, did and she has blossomed. Sometimes her team has a rough go at it. Last season they came in 2nd place in their bracket. This season they haven't won a game. Last Saturday they lost 0-7, it was HORRIBLE!!! But let me tell you, yesterday they came out and played awesome. They played the team that was ranked #1 at the time and ended up tying 5-5 and my London scored 4 goals and assisted with the 5th. I thought I was going to burst with pride. All the practices, driving here and there, spending all day on the soccer field some days- that game epitomized why I do it. She was so amazing I wish you all could have seen her.

Okay, to appease my mother's guilt I will now take a minute and brag about Isabelle and Brennan.
Pour Bellarina, she only gets the limelight once a year at her recital. We try to make it a really big deal because she graciously goes to London and Brennan's games all year and never complains. Then she practices hours each week and never complains. This year she advanced to a pre-pointe class and is so excited. And this spring when she dances in her recital I will watch with tears in my eyes because she is such a beautiful, graceful dancer that again I am bursting with pride.
Brennan's soccer games are torture for me right now because they are just in that learning stage and compared to London's U14 games they're pretty boring, but I go because of course I wouldn't be anywhere else. Brennan has the potential to be a lot of great things right now. He is fast! So he will make a good soccer player once he figures the game out and can remember that when he's the keeper he can pick-up the ball. He's actually not a bad defender, he can kick the ball really far, and he has yet to figure out that forward means "forward". I think I will try him in wrestling because he is strong and wiry and tenacious. He thinks he is employed by his dad and insists on working in the potato storage right now during harvest. But he also goes to work with me in the mornings for about 1/2 an hour before school. One day last week it was crazy and he thinks he works there too so he pulls on the too-big gloves and walks around the cars asking our lube-tech questions. Then he sees that a windshield needs washed and washes it. Then the phone was ringing and when he saw I was having a hard time getting to the phone he answered it, "Hello, Pioneer Pit Stop, may I help you?" What a crack-up. Later that day we drove by a vehicle with it's hood up and he says "Mom, you should stop and help that man. It looks like he didn't make it to the Pioneer Pit Stop". He is a crack-up and I can't wait to see what this kid does with this life.
I've got great kids and not just because they perform well and make me proud. They are all good students, good friends, thoughtful and kind -most of the time;). They have small testimonies that are growing and that makes me prouder of anything they do on the soccer field or the stage.

Lauren & I

Trent was channel surfing and stopped on PBS where Celtic Thunder was on. We really enjoyed Celtic Woman but we haven't sat and watched Celtic Thunder. He didn't stay on the channel very long but it was long enough for me to find this song and I LOVE IT!! I added to my playlist. Listen and enjoy!!

My poor Fridge!!

There are some things I am pretty good at. At least as far as my home is concerned. I tidy the bathroom daily and disinfect it weekly. The dishes are done everyday, beds are made, the floors are swept and mopped and for the most part I keep up on the laundry. In general, my home may not be imaculate but it is tidy. Usually you are always welcome to come into my home and I won't be too terribly embarassed at the state it is in. You may, however, NOT look into my fridge. It is my one downfall, I confess. The poor thing got so overcrowded and in dire need of being cleaned out this week, that Trent decided it was just too far gone and bought a burial plot and intends to bury the whole thing. "After all," he says "It's just a coffin now, full of decomposing leftovers or past their expiration date. And why stink out the neighborhood by putting everything out in the garbage?" Oh well, I guess I have something to work on. I will work on remembering that Scarlet O'Hara's famous line "I'll worry about that tomorrow" may not be such a good idea.

Tag I'm It!

http://therippys.blogspot.com/ Tagged me.



The Rules:

•Link the person(s) who tagged you.

•Mention the rules on your blog.

•Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.

•Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.

•Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.



Six unspectacular quirks about me.



1. I like things that smell good. I like to smell Trent's armpits. His deodorant with his pheremones make me happy. I like my house to smell good. Whether it's bleach or a candle, whatever, it just can't smell bad or like nothing. I love the smell of roses, honeysuckle and lavender. (All grow in my garden) I love freshly cut hay. I am very scent oriented. Even I have to absolutely wear perfume EVERYDAY!



2. I'm extremely curious. When I'm with Trent I am forever asking him questions. I have to know how and why everything is the way it is.



3. I love languages. I studied french in high school and college and will sometimes talk to my kids in french ("un petite peu", a little bit). The most common phrase is "assez toi" or sit down :) DJ don't edit, I'm sure I haven't conjugated my verbs properly.



4. Unlike my sister Melissa I am highly unpolitically minded. I could care less. I too am Canadian but have always been proud of that, but that is where I was born. I'm still not an American citizen. Oh well, one day.



5. I love music. All kinds, as you can see by my short but eclectic playlist.



6. I love reading. This is a problem since when I am enjoying a really good book I am hardpressed to do anything else. This is partially why when I started reading the Twilight Saga I didn't function in any other capacity for a week and lost 5 pounds.





P.S. I just read my quirk list to Trent and he said "Are you putting this on your blog?" I said "Yes." And he rolled his eyes and said " Okaaay?!"

The rules did say quirks right?