I Love, Love, Love This Song

Great and different Christmas song. Double click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20aWZzz-i2E

Get In The Christmas Spirit

Christmas 2007: Double Click on Link Below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7j3htc2InE&feature=related

Lunch Before A Hard Day of Parent/Teacher Conferences

Guess where we went to eat????? (Hint: Look at the cup) We had a lot of fun talking and eating together.


We almost never get a chance to visit like this.
Most days, we have to snarf down our lunches and get back to the kids.

Max Rock Climbing

Hannah's Soccer Pics

Hannah wanted some of her soccer pictures on our blog too. Here is our little soccer girl.

Smells Like Team Spirit

Guess what we got last week. You guessed it, we got the new Woodland spirit wear. This fantastic picture, taken by BETHANY, of Jaycie, Tara, Kate, and I are showing off our new duds. Didn't BETHANY do a great job taking the picture? Way to take a great picture BETHANY. :)

Getting Things Done

We spent the weekend getting things done at home. On Saturday, Randy's brother, Rob, came over to help us finish the kitchen. We recently put in new appliances, counter tops, and faucet. this picture really doesn't show the counter tops very well. The flash changed the color. Hmmmm. A great big THANK YOU to Rob and Don Smith for the help in the kitchen.

The weather was so nice on Sunday that I thought I would decorate the outside of the house for Christmas. I know it is not Thanksgiving yet, but the weather is supposed to get really cold again I didn't want to be freezing my patootie off if I didn't have to.

Rothenberg, Germany

Some Germany Pictures

This was a street performer in Munich. He had a lot of fun with Max. Later, he gave Randy a run for his money too.

We are at our friends, Peter and Renate's house. They made a WONDERFUL dinner for us and we spent the evening watching the 2008 Euro Cup simi-final game (Germany won). It was a great evening.

This is the Night Watchman in Rothenberg. This is a great tour. He took us on a walking tour of the village while entertaining us with an amusing account of the town's history.

This is a picture we took in southern Germany. As beautiful as this picture is, the real thing was even more beautiful. We could not believe the view.

The King and Queen. Tee Hee Heee.

Soccer #2

Lining up at the end of the game to recieve threir medals and trophey. Such a great group of kids!
















The coaches are recognized too.

Randy Soccer

Edwardsville High School

2nd Place in State

2008

Randy at the welcome back celebration.

The agony of defeat.

Randy spends a lot of time away during the soccer season. By the end of the season I am DONE being what I like to call a "soccer widow" and am more than ready for my husband to be home more often. All that being said, at the end of this game, I saw first hand what Randy means to these kids. I saw them look to him, and him modeling how to handle this whole situation. It is easy to show character when you win but much more difficult to do so when you don't. Any frustration that I had been feeling about the time Randy spends away from home melted away at this moment. I finally saw clearly, the impact he is having on these wonderful young people.