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Wow, it has been awhile!!! That is Facebook for you. I cannot keep up with both!!!!

The Girl played in a benefit tournament in Conway over the weekend. They played hard four of our games!!! Unfortunately we came away with 3rd. That is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd since I took over coaching for the end of summer and fall ball!!!

We have been keeping busy with football and softball so far this school year!!! The first quarter is half way over all ready!!! Where does the time go? It seems like we do not have much time to relax anymore!!!!

State Tournament

The Girl is getting warmed up for the 2nd game at State.

We lost our first game 7-8 on Friday night. If we had been the home team,

we probably would have won!


We won our 2nd game 15-5 on Saturday. The girls hit great!!

We didn't play again until 7pm Saturday evening. We lost 11-5 to

a team we should have beat. The girls were struggling to hit the ball.

Our record ended up being 28-6. They had a great season!!

State, Here We Come!!!!

The Girls softball team, The Duffield Crush, won second in Districts this weekend!!!

They get to play in the State Tournament in two weeks!!! State just happens

to be in Russellville!!!! Yeah!!!

Rick and I both help coach The Girls' team!!! Here we are with

the second place plaque!!!

The Boys team has their District Tournament the same

weekend as State. Luckily it won't be too far from Russellville!

Wish us luck!!!!

Why We Love Summer

1. Spending time with family!!

2. Last day of school!!!

3. Playing in the rain!!!



4. Camp fires and Smores!

5. Softball Tournaments!!!

These are just a few of the things that have been keeping us busy the last few weeks!!! We have our District Softball tournament next weekend and District Baseball the next weekend!!! We will have the whole month of July to just play and have fun!!!!

Kids....

I've been busy lately with kids, work, sports, ect............ I need to try a little harder to keep this updated!!!!

I saw this on a blog today and thought it was funny!! You should try it.....it is very interesting to see what your children think of you!!!

1. What is something your mom always says to you?
THE GIRL: Goodnight, I love you.
THE BOY: Clean your room.

2. What makes your mom happy?
THE GIRL: When I am good and I don't fight with The Boy.
THE BOY: Food

3. What makes your mom sad?
THE GIRL: When someone dies.
THE BOY: Everything.

4. What makes your mom laugh?
THE GIRL: When I say something funny.
THE BOY: When dad tickles her.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
THE GIRL: She had to wash dishes by hand.
THE BOY: Don't know.

6. How old is your mom? (I'm 36...)
THE GIRL: 36
THE BOY: 35

7. How tall is your mom? (I'm 5'5")
THE GIRL: 5'8"
THE BOY: 5'

8. What is her favorite thing to do? (Scrapbooking, sports, reading......)
THE GIRL: Sit like a couch potato in the red chair.
THE BOY: Sleep.

9. What does your mom do when you are not around? (Scrapbook, clean, when are you not around?)
THE GIRL: Party.
THE BOY? Party.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
THE GIRL: Movie Star.
THE BOY: Scrapbooking.

11. What is your mom really good at? (I'm thinking cooking!!)
THE GIRL: Scrapbooking.
THE BOY: Reading.

12. What is your mom not very good at? (I'm glad they didn't say cooking!!!! or cleaning!!)
THE GIRL: Mowing the lawn.
THE BOY: Finding bugs.

13. What does your mom do at her job? (I work in the acct office)
THE GIRL: Make Parking Meters.
THE BOY: Make Parking Meters.

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
THE GIRL: Thins mints.
THE BOY: Chocolate Chip Cookies.

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
THE GIRL: When she gets out of bed.
THE BOY: She's a good cook.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
THE GIRL: Cruella DeVille.
THE BOY: Vicky from Timmy Turner.

17. What do you and your mom do together?
THE GIRL: Look for spiders and feed the birds.
THE BOY: Work on school projects.

18. How are you and your mom alike?
THE GIRL: We're relatives.
THE BOY: We both have brown hair.

19. How are you and your mom different?
THE GIRL: She has glasses.
THE BOY: Eye Color.

20. How do you know that your mom loves you?
THE GIRL: I don't really know, but she probably does.
THE BOY: She tells me every night.

21. Where is your moms favorite place to go?
THE GIRL: Scrapbook Store and Hobby Lobby.
THE BOY: Scrapbook Store.

Now it is your turn!!! Amy, Erin and Kim your it!!!

25 Random Things

I was tagged by Kristi on Facebook, but since I don't update Facebook I'll put it here!!!


1. I need to lose 30 pounds.

2. My heels are rough.

3. I love my new T-shirt from Scrapbooks, Ect.

4. I love SUMMER.

5. I want to move further south.

6. My bedroom is a disater area.

7. Will someone come help me organize my house?

8. I bought a new comforter and love it!!!

9. I need to paint my bedroom/bathroom.

10. I like to collect scrapbook supplies!!

11. I love to read.

12. I'm lazy.

13. I'm not a very good friend.

14. I need to have a garage sale or load up my junk and donate it to Marva's.

15. I have a two car garage and my car won't fit.....

16. Winter just drags on and on....Summer flies by to quickly.

17. My sister will be 40 next month.

18. I cannot believe that I have a son in 5th grade!!!

19. I cannot believe the girl is in 2nd grade!!!

20. My husband works tooooo much.

21. I don't work enough.......back to the lazy thing.

22. My favorite color is aqua/teal/blue-green.

23. Last night I saw Bride Wars.

24. I love hot buttered popcorn with plain M&M's.

25. I just realized, I forgot #25!!!!


I tag Amy and Julie. Get busy girls!!!

Tagged

Amy tagged me. Another version of the same!!! You have to go to your 4th file and pick the 4th photo and post it on your blog. Then, tell the story of the picture. Lucky for me, it wasn't of me!!



This is The Girl getting ready for some trick-or-treating 2007. She was a very sassy kitty!!



I tag Kristi and Teresa. Remember, no doctoring your photos girls!!!

Pioneer Woman

For all of you who do not follow Pioneer Woman you need to head over there and get in on her giveaway today!!! She is drawing for three Lowe's gift cards today. GO SIGN UP!!!

Retreat

UPDATE: There are still a few spots open if anyone is interested!!!

I am so excited!!!! I am going to this retreat again this year!!! I had so much fun at it last year!!! They only have 46 spots so I wasn't sure I would be able to get in. I'll be posting more after the fun!!

Upward started today!!! The Girl and Boy both played at the same time, so I went with the Girl. This is her first time to play basketball and she isn't really sure she likes it yet. She did score a basket today!!! She was excited about that! The boy did well also. He hasn't played since 1st grade. Rick went to his game and took pics. I'll post those later.

Have a great weekend!

New Blog

I have started a new blog. Come on over and check it out. I need all the encouragement I can get!!! Thanks!

Christmas at Thanksgiving

Our family celebrated Thanksgiving at my sister's house in Kansas. We were not going to be together for Christmas so we decided to exchange gifts there. Here is Grandma helping the girls with facials!! The Girl received this from Aunt Melissa. It was a hit!!! It looks like they may be a little nervous about putting that on their faces!

Here is twin #2. He was so excited to get Stars Wars "Stuff" just like the big boys!!!




Here is The Girl and her favorite cousin!!! She is sporting the oatmeal face mask!!!

Twin #1. I'm not sure if she is waiting patiently or falling asleep. Either way, she had oatmeal all over her too!!!

Christmas Eve

The Girl cutting out Christmas Cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve!!
The Boy rolling out cookie dough.

December seemed to fly right by. It didn't seem like we had time to do all of the fun things that we usually do to get ready for Christmas. Between Church

Christmas Program practice, Upward Basketball practice and School Program practice we have been swamped!! We didn't make cookies until right before bed on Christmas Eve.

I think Santa still liked them!! Our neighbor showed The Girl a Santa tracker on the internet. We tracked him all around the world and barely made it to bed before he made it here!! More Christmas updates later.

Christmas Poem

'Twas the Night Before Christmas' Mom Style!

Twas the night before Christmas,when all through the abode,Only one creature was stirring,she was cleaning the commode.The children were sleeping,all snug in their beds,While visions of X-box 360and IPODS flipped through their heads.Dad was snoring in front of the family TVWith a half-constructed bike propped up on his knee.So only Mom heard the reindeer hooves clatter,Which made her sigh, 'Now what's the matter?'With toilet brush still clutched in her hand,She descended the stairs and saw an old manAll covered with soot, which fell with a shrug''Oh great,' muttered Mom, 'now I have to clean up the rug.''Ho! Ho! Ho!' cried Santa, 'I'm glad you're awake---My gift to you was especially difficult to make.''Thanks Santa, but all I want is time alone.''Exactly!' he chuckled, 'so I've made you a clone.''A clone?' she muttered. 'What good is that?'Now run along Santa, I've no time to chat.'Then out walked the clone, the dear mother's twin,Same hair and same eyes, the same double chin.'She'll cook and she'll dust, she'll mop every mess,You'll relax, take it easy, watch the Young and Restless.''Fantastic!' mom cheered, 'My dream has come true!''I'll shop and I'll read and I'll sleep the night through!'From the room up above, the youngest did fret.'Mommy come quickly----I'm scared and I'm wet!'The clone replied, 'I'm coming sweetheart.''WOW!' the mom smiled. 'She sure knows her part.'The clone changed the small one and sung him a tuneAs she bundled him up in a blanket cocoon.'You're the best mommy ever---I really love you!'The clone smiled and said, 'I love you too!'The real mom frowned and said 'Santa , no deal!That's my baby's love that she's trying to steal.'Smiling wisely Santa said, 'To me it's so clear,Only one loving mother is needed right here.'The mom kissed her child and tucked him in bed,'Thank you so much, dear Santa, for clearing my head',Knowing time goes too fast ,and it won't be too long,That her children will no longer need her cradle nor song,The clock on the mantle then began to chime;Santa whispered to the clone, 'It works every time.'And with the clone at his side, Santa said,' Goodnight. Merry Christmas, dear mom, you will be all right!'

This really puts things into perspective for you!!

Deer Season

The Boy and Ayden opening morning of deer season. Arkansas has a youth hunt the week before the actual season starts. The Boy shot his deer about twenty minutes after they got into their stand. He said that he saw the deer before he even had his gun loaded. He was pretty excited!!!

This is the stand that they hunted from. They were not even in there long enough to get comfy!

This isn't a very good picture, but it is all we have. Rick took it with his cell phone. The Boy was so excited when he called to tell me that he shot a deer. I was sooooo excited too!! We don't really eat the meat, we have it processed and end up giving it away becauseI can not stand the thought of eating it.



Not much has been going on. Staying busy as usual. My part-time job has turned into a full-time one. I am hoping after the first of the year to slow down. The Boy has decided to sit out a year from wrestling. I can not say that I am sorry about that. That is a huge committment for the whole family, three nights a week of practice and Saturday meets. He and The Girl are both going to play Upward Basketball. This will be the first year for both of them. The Girl really isn't that excited, but I signed her up anyway!!! She is busy doing gymnastics now. That is something that she really likes. She is learning to do a back hand spring right now. She is actually pretty good!!!



The Girl and I are heading to Topeka for the weekend to see Lucas play football. He is a Senior this year!!! Can you believe that!! Their football team has been doing great! We are planning on doing some shopping and hitting a few scrapbook stores!!!



Hope everyone is doing well!!! God Bless!!!

Mt. Eagle Christian Center

This is Mt. Eagle Christian Center near Clinton, Ar.
The views were incredible!!! Mt. Eagle was in the middle of nowhere!! It is actually only two hours from my house, but it seemed like forever!!! Onstar could not even find the place!!! It was very peaceful, with no sounds from cars or anything........just the critters!!!
I went to a crop this weekend with a few of my friends. It is funny how you go with a few friends and end up with a room full!!! That is the great thing about scrapbooking!! This is the only picture that I took inside. Just a view of our big mess!!!
This is our group!!! There were 19 of us for the weekend. It was the prefect size!!! I finished an album that I had started a few weeks ago and even 5 other pages!!! When we left on Sunday afternoon, we stopped in Conway to shop a little bit. If you have a Tuesday Morning or Big Lots near you, you should check out the scrapbooking items they have. I found all kinds of deals!!!
If you click on the picture, you should be able to see the porch dweller at our lodge!!! It was hanging over our heads while we were taking the group photo!!! Creepy!!

Destin Day 5

Day 5 in Destin. We spent the evening at the beach. The kids had fun playing in the sand.
Kaitlyn and I went to get pedicures today. See our pretty pink toes!!
Someone was building a huge pyramid in the sand so the kids were playing king of the hill!!

Destin Day 3

This is where we had dinner on Monday evening. It is right on the beach witha great view!!!
This is the view from our table. We sat and watched people parasailing.
We spent today snorkeling and watching for dolphins. I didn't take my digital camera, so no pics of that. We did have an underwater camera, maybe I will post those later. Kaitlyn loved snorkeling. She was the one who was scared and ended up loving it. There were a lot of BIG jellyfish around, luckily no one was stung. We saw four dolphins on our cruise. There was one baby swimming along with it's momma. It was pretty neat!!!
We went to the beach around 7 tonight and the kids dug in the sand some more. They can not get enough of it!!! We stayed until after dark. I did get some pretty good pictures of them at sunset. At the beach Tuesday, update more then.

Destin Day II

Day two in Destin. We played in the sand a lot today. We tried to make a sand castle, but we were not very good at it. But we had fun trying. Don't look at the rolls. You should have seen them in the bikini yesterday!!!
The Girl is ready to hit the water. She is getting ready to ask dad to go board with her!!
The Boy built all kinds of stuff. He spent a lot of time on the beach today.
The Girl loved walking up and down the beach to look for shells and sand dollars. She actually found a sand dollar that was mostly intact, but we didn't realize how fragile it was and it got broken. Last night after it got dark, we went back out to the beach to find sand crabs. They are very little and very fast. We walked for a long time before we realized what we were looking for. We ended up with quite a few in out bucket. It was a lot of fun!! Tonight we went to eat at Fudpuckers. They have live alligators that you can feed. The kids loved that!! They also got to hold one and have their picture taken with it. Can you believe I forgot my camera!!! More adventures tomorrow!!!

Destin, Florida

Well, that doesn't look like Destin!!!

We finally made it!!! The beach has been great so far. No rain yet!!!
I was a little grouchy when we woke up Saturday morning and looked at the forcast. It looked like it was pooring on the coast. We arrived about 1pm and it was sunny!!! We had another sunny day today!!! About the car.............. Friday before we left, we decided to go car shopping. We ended up buying a GMC Acadia. I love it!! I haven't actually driven it since we test drove it, but I'm sure I love it!!! Rick drove the entire way here. Didn't bother me a bit!! I got a lot of napping in on the 11 hour drive!!
The girl is perfecting the hand stand on the beach. She was scared to get into the water at first, but she decided that she loves boogy boarding!! She is still a litte scared of the jelly fish.
The boy loves the water!!! He is a natural!! I think he would like to live here!!
The Girl would fit in here as well!!
This is the view from out balcony. It was starting to get a little overcast when I took this picture. This picture doesn't do it justice. The water is a very pretty blue-green color. More to share tomorrow!!!

I'm Lazy

Sorry that I cannot keep this thing updated!!! We have had a busy summer of nothing!!! We met my sister Jennifer and her family in southern Missouri last weekend for a float trip. We all had a blast!!! Then, my kids went home with her!!! For TWO WEEKS!!! Can you believe that!!! I miss them a lot more than I thought I would!!! They have been gone five days so far!! They are also visiting my mother-in-law and my parents while they are back. Jennifer is keeping them very busy, so they are liking it!! After that, we are all meeting at my sister Melissa's in Kansas to stay for a few days. All the cousins will be together. It is crazy!!

We had a great time over the 4th. I have some good pictures to post. I will get to it eventually!!

Everyone have a great day!!!