A visit from my grandparents

My grandparents came in to town this weekend to see our family. It was nice to see them & the kids enjoyed their company, except Alexa..but she's a different child and thats a story for another day.:)

We took them to Kyla's soccer game (Which by the way her team won AGAIN 8-2, they are undefeated so far;but who's keeping track anyway) After the game we took them to our marvelous swapmeet (tylers favorite place in the world!) and ofcoarse, they sold nothing but junk..but my kids loved it all and bought up all their junk! The swapmeet is our 'saturday after soccer' ritual, incase your wondering and the kids save all week to go. LOL.

We spent the rest of the afternoon at the Prescott Town Square & my grandpa took us to the Sharlott Hall Museum. Now, I have to be honest and say that I would have never chosen to go to a historical museum teaching about Prescott's early days however, this is something my grandpa really enjoys. Needless to say, I went & actually enjoyed it. It was sorta cool learning about my towns history and it explains why so many people from other towns/states flock to our town square every day. Makes me wonder why I have lived here for 3 1/2 years and I have never even cared to learn more about the history of where I live, being it is such a historic town.

I only was able to snap one picture of us because it was such a short, busy trip and the first day my grandma was sick. But this picture is taken after we walked FOREVER so we are less then energetic. It was a good visit!

Pink Concert

The pink concert was awesome! She's an amazing performer & I'm glad I went. I went with my friend Sam & SIL Whitney...it was a blast to get out away from the kids and hangout, it was a great girls night out! We might have been some of the rowdiest bunch of girls around that night, well atleast we were in the Piano Bar prior to the concert. Gotta love those Long Island Ice Tea's..Mmm. Poor Sam got dragged up on the stage at the first bar TWICE...LOL. (Even doing the Hokey Pokey..LOL) And just like any typical ending to a drinking night, we ended our night on a wild goose chase to find a Taco Bell..LOL. It was great!

These are for you mom...as I promised I would do, I am posting the pics of our new car. Not bad for being paid for. Also, we just had it serviced at our mechanic and he said everything is in perfect condition. YIPEE!!! I just LOVE IT!

Thankful Thursday

This week I am so thankful for the sale & purchase of our old & new vehicles. So since the re-modification of our loan, we decided that we wanted to tighten up the rest of our budget and get rid of all our payments so we could be left with only a mortgage. The decision was a bit hard and somewhat emotional when we decided to sell our truck, but it was also a decision we knew would benefit our family & our budget more in the long run.

Within 24 hours of listing our truck, we already had a cash buyer. Neither one of us even thought it would sell...but HOORAY it did. We found a Yukon XL (AKA Suburban) and I just LOVE it!! The best part...it's PAID FOR!! We were very lucky because it's really nice and in excellent condition. It's weird being in a suburban again, but I have had 2 in the past & I just feel they are more 'My Style' then a big diesel truck. (Not to mention gas cars are SOOOOOO much quieter)

Ofcorse, we had to get the approval from the kids (especially tyler) and they all love it now & have given it a thumbs up since we have gotten it detailed and nice and pretty. I would have taken a picture but my battery is dead...save that for later.

I'm so thankful that things worked out for us the way they did. Many lessons have been learned & we will no longer be foolish & wasteful with our money. If saving money & not always getting what you may "want" but getting or doing what you "need" makes us feel this good, then this is definetly what we will be doing from now on!

And soccer season officially begins

Today was the first soccer game of the season and it started with a bang! You all know how much of a soccer family we are, kyla eats, sleeps and breathes soccer! She was so excited for her first game today, she and her team did incredible. They won 8-0 and kyla scored 2 of the goals.

At first I didn't care for her coach very much, but he has lightened up on kyla and isn't the screamin coach I thought he would be. Ty really likes him and thinks he is doing what he should be doing with the kids.

Even with elbows being thrown in the face to our players (from the other team) and a couple of the girls from the other team tripping our girls...our girls still managed to keep the ball on the opposing side of the field through out the 1.25 hr game (They play longer as there division gets higher). Our poor goalie didn't even get a chance to see a soccer ball once..LOL. We had to keep waking her up! lol.



Kyla's the one right in front of the ball in blue (she got to kick off because she got elbowed in the face)



This was the start of the game~ coin toss for kickoff


She's ready to play...


cant seem to rotate this picture but this was right before the game

Only 10 days left!!!

I'm so excited to be going to the PINK concert in 10 days!!! Even more so because it's an ALL GIRLS night out...YIPEE! I still can't beleive I will get the ENTIRE day/night/overnight to myself. Now, is it possible that I can drop my 6 pounds before then?? Shucks!

Thankful Thursday

I'm going to make this weeks Thankful Thursday very simple and straight to the point. I am so Thankful and extremely blessed for the health of my husband, my children and the rest of my entire family.

Many of you may remember that months ago I posted about my baby cousin's husband who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident the day before thanksgiving 2008. Well she just sent me a picture of him this weekend & I was barely able to look at it without crying. Though he looks phenominal from previous pictures & his progress has been remarkable, He is still not awake. Many Dr's have told her he is in vegatative state, but she is very hopeful and anxious for him to wake up. I hope and pray he does. As we are rapidly approaching the 1 yr mark of his accident, I pray for her that she will have the strength to keep going for him & keep fighting for his best interest.