I am getting exhausted just thinking about what the next few days have in store for us!
It all starts with today....at 1pm I have to be at the school to help with the "Feast" in Lucy's class, then home to clean and off to Wrestling Practice. Marshall's mom and dad will be arriving at some point this evening and will be entertained by us for the rest of the week.
Wednesday we will be cooking, baking, raking, making swag, making wreaths, having family time and day dreaming about the day ahead.
Thursday will be filled with Cooking....I love cooking for Thanksgiving, I make everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING from scratch! Lots of eating, and drinking......sleeping and then we can do it all over again!
Friday I am sure we will spend decorating the house for Christmas.....more eating and drinking. Then my parents are coming down and bringing my Grandma Toots! I am so excited for her to come down and visit! Its been at least 10 years since she came to OR to visit us!
Saturday my little princess turns 7! I can hardly believe it. I have been a mom for 7 years. She has blessed our lives for 7 years! Amazing!
We will be prepping then partying all that day. Bowling party this year. Then a huge feast for dinner....more eating and drinking....do you see a pattern?
Sunday is our Tree Cutting Party/Open House. We are all really looking forward to this event. It should be a lot of fun with friends and family. What a great way to kick off the Christmas season!
This is usually one of my favorite weekends out of the whole year. Thanksgiving, Lucy's Bday and getting ready for Christmas! Plus all our family comes over!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
My Kids Love Each other!
There are so many days that I think my kids will not make it the next 11 years living together…and then they do this and it warms my heart! Its moments like this that tell me we are doing something right in raising them.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
First Wrestling Tournament
Yesterday was the kids very first wrestling tournament. They were both very excited and ready. Caymus had been doing a count down for the last 2 weeks!
We got there at about 7:30am, weighed in and then waited. We ended up with 37 kids from our club their and ready to wrestle! That's more kids than most clubs have on their team! We were by far the largest group there. Talk about crazy, and hard to keep track of!
Wrestling started at 10am with the Pee-wee division...that's Caymus!
His first match was with a kid on our team, he wrestled so hard and beat him 12-2. Second match (several hours later) he won 11-4. One more match and he finished his first tournament with a Second place! We are so proud of our little 48 ponder!!
Caymus scoring near fall points. He had a smile on his face every second he was on the mat!
Lucy wrestled at 58lbs in the Bantam division. She wrestled so hard and was very exciting to watch. She ended up wrestling a friend of hers from class and did not let that change how hard she wrestled him.
Her last match of the day she had a tough opponent, she wrestled him so hard. At one point he slapped her across the face, the ref stopped the match and awarded her a point. Unsportsman like conduct. It did not even faze her and ended up beating him by pin with 2 seconds left in the match! I think everyone in the gym had been watching her because they went crazy! Revenge is sweet!
She finish the tournament with 3rd place.
Lucy going in for a shot.
Marshall with his little wrestlers! We could not be more proud of these two kids.
On Thursday at practice Marshall told the kids that we do not cry on the mat, if you need to cry go to the locker room. I have been informed that that applies to moms too! So for the record I did not cry on the mat, was close, but I stayed strong!.....Casey
We got there at about 7:30am, weighed in and then waited. We ended up with 37 kids from our club their and ready to wrestle! That's more kids than most clubs have on their team! We were by far the largest group there. Talk about crazy, and hard to keep track of!
Wrestling started at 10am with the Pee-wee division...that's Caymus!
His first match was with a kid on our team, he wrestled so hard and beat him 12-2. Second match (several hours later) he won 11-4. One more match and he finished his first tournament with a Second place! We are so proud of our little 48 ponder!!
Caymus scoring near fall points. He had a smile on his face every second he was on the mat!
Lucy wrestled at 58lbs in the Bantam division. She wrestled so hard and was very exciting to watch. She ended up wrestling a friend of hers from class and did not let that change how hard she wrestled him.
Her last match of the day she had a tough opponent, she wrestled him so hard. At one point he slapped her across the face, the ref stopped the match and awarded her a point. Unsportsman like conduct. It did not even faze her and ended up beating him by pin with 2 seconds left in the match! I think everyone in the gym had been watching her because they went crazy! Revenge is sweet!
She finish the tournament with 3rd place.
Lucy going in for a shot.
Marshall with his little wrestlers! We could not be more proud of these two kids.On Thursday at practice Marshall told the kids that we do not cry on the mat, if you need to cry go to the locker room. I have been informed that that applies to moms too! So for the record I did not cry on the mat, was close, but I stayed strong!.....Casey
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
I'm BACK!!!
I am so sorry for my lack of blogging lately! My Internet is less than good and it has taken me several weeks to get it back on track. Now that I do I have so much to catch up on its a little overwhelming!
So I hope you like the Halloween and Harvesting posts.
I was in a craft show a few weekends ago. It was fun and got me crafting again, so it was worth it. I am making aprons, baby hats, wine rings, wreaths, Christmas Swags and other random crafts.
Wrestling is going good. Both kids are loving it and so far we are enjoying coaching again. We have over 70 kids signed up this year and it is so amazing! I am so thankful we have found a sport that we all enjoy and can pass on to others! This Saturday is the kids first tournament! They are very excited. I know I will be an emotional mess watching my babies compete!
Ride'm cowboy!
So I hope you like the Halloween and Harvesting posts.
I was in a craft show a few weekends ago. It was fun and got me crafting again, so it was worth it. I am making aprons, baby hats, wine rings, wreaths, Christmas Swags and other random crafts.
Wrestling is going good. Both kids are loving it and so far we are enjoying coaching again. We have over 70 kids signed up this year and it is so amazing! I am so thankful we have found a sport that we all enjoy and can pass on to others! This Saturday is the kids first tournament! They are very excited. I know I will be an emotional mess watching my babies compete!
Ride'm cowboy!Roache Farm Harvest
Last week we harvested about 560 trees off our field. What an exciting day!Here is Marshall with the fancy chain saws that are used to speed up the process.
The shaker and bailer.Of course the weather was horrible most of the morning and the guys got soaked.
We had piles all along the road. The neighbors were loving us!
And up they go! These trees are heading out to Lowes somewhere on the east coast.Halloween
We had a fun and festive Halloween. On Thursday we partied in Caymus' class. I am co-room parent and was half responsible for his party. We painted pumpkins, made ding dong spiders, played some games, went on a parade, and drank witches brew. From what I could tell the kids all had a great time.
Caymus was a Karate Kid for his party.
Me being the cool mom I am, dressed up for his party also. Cowgirl Roache!
On Friday we had Lucy's class party, again I am a co-room parent and co-planned her party. We made some pumpkins, ding dong spiders, drank witches brew, went on a parade, played games and had some good ol fun!
Friday night was the Harvest Party at the school. I went down early to help and Marshall came down with the kids. Caymus decided to be a Wrestler for the night, so cute. And Lucy was a panda. I really appreciate my kids creativity this year. I told them I was not spending $40 again this year on costumes, so they had to dig through our dress up stuff.
As you can see I have no problem dressing up! All the clothes I have on are things right out of my closet! Not sure what to think of that!
Caymus was a Karate Kid for his party.Me being the cool mom I am, dressed up for his party also. Cowgirl Roache!
On Friday we had Lucy's class party, again I am a co-room parent and co-planned her party. We made some pumpkins, ding dong spiders, drank witches brew, went on a parade, played games and had some good ol fun!
Friday night was the Harvest Party at the school. I went down early to help and Marshall came down with the kids. Caymus decided to be a Wrestler for the night, so cute. And Lucy was a panda. I really appreciate my kids creativity this year. I told them I was not spending $40 again this year on costumes, so they had to dig through our dress up stuff.
As you can see I have no problem dressing up! All the clothes I have on are things right out of my closet! Not sure what to think of that!On the actual day of Halloween we headed down to Eugene for a Duck game. We had a great time tailgating then watching the Ducks kick USC's ASS!!!
Happy Halloween!!!
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