Happy Birthday to me!

I had the most wonderful birthday today. By 5:45 this evening, I had received a phone call from all my sisters, my mom, my cousin, Mary and several other friends. Thanks, everyone, for making my day so special. AND...this morning while I was fixing my hair in the bathroom, my cell phone rang. (Please note: I'm not attached to my phone at all times, I just happened to have it with me in case someone called to wish me happy birthday.) It was the little prince calling me from the kitchen phone to wish me a happy birthday.

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You know, it is amazing how much Morgan tunes into at age 7. He knows how much I love books (my present from Reese was the latest from Dan Brown and he always gets me books for Christmas). When we were opening presents and I didn't have one from him, he became quite upset. He said he wanted to make me one. I gave him the paper he asked for and he took himself and his sticky tape into the living room. It was quiet for a long time. I thought maybe he was trying to wrap himself, which would have been a lovely present! Then he came out proudly bearing a flat, rectangular object wrapped in a plain sheet of paper. He said he was sorry that he didn't have time to decorate it. He wouldn't let me turn it over because he said the paper was not big enough to cover the whole present and he didn't want me to see what it was. Sure enough, it was a book that he found in the living room and gave to me. Thanks, Morgan, you are the best! We will have lots of fun reading it together. :)

Soccer report

Messy weather on the 12th made for a messy uniform. We played the light blue team... Bet their moms loved doing that laundry. Better yet, the team pictures were scheduled for about 1 hr following the game. At least most of the mess was on the back of the uniform and pictures were of the front.
Morgan warming up before last Saturday's game.


Can you blame him for allowing that goal? Look how huge the net is!!!!!

He has to show off. Once one of the girls does a cartwheel, he has to join on. They had a good game on Saturday. Morgan scored a goal and the Green Machine won 6-0. I was sorry for the other team. They did their best, but just couldn't score.

Camping out...sort of

No, he's not bleeding. He is just not very careful when drinking grape juice.


Isn't Morgan's cousin, Ben, so cute? He was racing around all over the place on his little bike.

Not quite sure what Ben's brother Logan was looking for. Probably Morgan.

Ah, yes. The reason we were at the campground. My sisters (left to right - Rosemary, Esther and Darese) love to camp. I'm the one on the phone. I do not camp. However, I do love to visit them when they are camping in the area. So they do the camping and we come to visit and provide the entertainment. What can I say? I'm a funny person!

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This time when we met, the girls wanted to take me for ice cream for my birthday. So we all piled in Esther's giant, 4-door, extended cab or something diesel truck. I mean, it's huge! Darese and Rosemary were in the back shortening Morgan's uniform pants. I know. Not only did I eat their delicious campfire food (it was absolutely awesome) but I brought work for them to do for me. We started out of the campground and I tried to get TomTom to tell us where to go for ice cream. I am very directionally challenged, even with a TomTom. After a few tight U-ies (Esther did an amazing job driving that huge truck), we were pointed in the correct direction for Dairy Queen. Laughing and talking and not paying attention to the one male in the truck allowed us to make a wrong turn. We ended up on some dark, tiny, dirt road facing an old one-lane covered bridge. Next to the bridge was a small sign informing us that the bridge was safe for loads under 4 tons. Not being truck-minded myself, I was tempted to believe Esther when she said she thought we were in a 6 ton truck. Imagine my dismay when she started across the rickety old bridge anyway. Darese, being a typical evil older sister, made the loudest crash noise she could conjure up. After one good scream from me, they started laughing their heads off. Until we heard the bridge start to creak. "Faster, faster, must go faster!" I thought we would never get across! Well, we were fine, of course. They had their laugh, I got my ice cream and all was well with the world. Of course the guys back at the campsite had a good laugh when we told them of our adventure. Esther's husband informed me that it was only a 2 ton truck. Or was it 3? I don't remember. Something under 4 tons.

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I had an awesome time with my sisters. I don't get see my family often enough. My closest sister lives 2 hrs away. But we sure make the times we spend together memorable. Love you girls!

Let's do this thing!

Such excitement at the Green Machine's game last Saturday! The little prince rubs his hands in anticipation of the first faceoff of the season. He played center and scored the first goal within about 40 seconds of the starting whistle. Woot! [correction: the king stopped by my computer and announced that I was mistaken when I stated that Morgan scored within 40 seconds. He knows that it was 22 seconds because he has watched the video several times since last Saturday.] We scored 3 points and then the other team scored 3 points. Well, that got the Green Machine cranking (we were undefeated last year)! The GM scored 5 more points to end the game at 8-3. It was so fun to watch. Next year they will no longer be co-ed and it will be more competative so not as relaxing to watch, I'm sure. I am making it a point to enjoy it "an extra lot" this year.