I love my children...

and it's a good thing I do!! Let me just share my schedule for this weekend. And no, I'm not looking for pity, nor do I think I'm doing more than you, cause I know you're busy too, but I just feel like sharing. I'm nice that way :)

Friday - Bowling for Spanish Club, Carnival at WMS, both from 6-8 pm; first tournament for volleyball @ Inside Out, need to be there by 5:45 pm.

Saturday - Tennis @ Mona Shores at 10:00, Soccer @ Ravenna at 1:00 pm, Church at 5:00 pm.

Sunday - Volleyball @ Sparta (Sparta!!) at 8:00 am (8:00 AM!!!). Where the hell is Sparta anyways? Timbuktu??? It's gotta be a neighbor.

So, like I said, I sure do love my kiddie-poos and am so thankful we are able to provide these opportunities for the kids. I know there are several that don't have that option.

Looks like I better have my Nook Color fully charged in case there's downtime at any of the games where I can sneak a peek at a new book...and I do love to read. Did you know that B&N has a free book every Friday?? I do love my techy gadgets these days.

The weather has been kind enough to allow for a walk for the past two days. in.a.row. Can you believe it?? I can hardly. My thighs can hardly believe it too. They're just pissed off right now. They better learn to deal with it. Kris and I have vowed to become runners again.

OH!!! I received a phone call from my favorite neice and Goddaughter yesterday...she's playing BASEBALL!! At least somebody in the family is. {drew!}. I can't wait to be able to go watch the cutest blonde haired blue eyed girl swing a bat!! Go DogNSuds team :)

A Happy 1st Birthday shout out to my favorite one year old nephew CARTER MATTHEW!!! Saw him just a few days ago, but we already miss him so much! Counting down the days till July when they come back home again. Skype will definitely be downloaded on this computer fo sho'!

Have a beautiful weekend friends, and enjoy the lovely weather that's in store for Friday and part of Saturday :)

I truly do love them and would do anything for them!

Will Spring EVER Arrive??

I told my husband the other day, as we were arriving for one of our many outdoor sporting events, in the cold, in the wind, and in the somewhat misty rain, that when our kids were grown up and gone, I wanted to move. Out of Michigan. Didn't know where, just that I didn't want to be in this state anymore when at this time of year, it is STILL as cold and wet as it's been! Maybe we'll go here...where the palm trees live :)

You never know...

This Easter weekend was not lacking in activity for the Bolles Family! Drew and Andie's cousin, Carter (who turns one this Thursday) is visiting all the way from Tampa, Florida. We had family time with them Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening. What a cutie pie he is!! We had not seen them since last June, when Carter was just a tiny baby. He has completely fallen in love with Andie - his face lights up and he immediately goes to her for hugs. It's the cutest thing! So wish we all lived closer so we could see one another more...

Sunday was a very busy, but productive day! We got up and went to Church first thing in the morning...we are used to going Saturday evenings, but Easter is always on Sunday. It was a beautiful Mass! The visiting priest we had for it was great! We then had both of our families over for brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. (Thanks to my wonderful Mom for all the goodies that there were in the kids' eggs!!) After everybody left, I mopped the floors, did about four loads of laundry, went for a walk with my hubby, even managed to close my eyes for a bit. Then we went back over to Mike's parents for a scrumptous dinner of swiss steak, mashed potatoes, veggies, the works! YUMMY food all day yesterday! Needless to say - I need to walk walk walk!!!!!

The kids were thrilled with their Easter baskets - Andie received some volleyball stuff, and Drew scored some new sweats in his. Not to mention the chocolate goodies. Really needing to kick that willpower in to stay away from it...I hear the Hershey's eggs calling to me. I might just have to get one tiny egg.

Such a blessed time of year!

I miss blogging. Why do I punish myself with procrastinating so long to do what I dearly love to do?? I {again} have so much to say that I think tonight just needs to be an outline, a reminder to myself, of what I need to tell the world. And you, my friends, are my world. How else in my lifetime am I going to fulfill my dream of authoring a book someday, if I can't even seem to get my daily stuff down in a blog? a. photos of Andie b. spring break in arizona (the camera is still sitting on the counter with all the pictures on it!) c. general stuff in life d. lent sacrifices status e. my nephew's first birthday (love you Carter Matthew!) f. upcoming life events, aka: sports. Good Lord, that needs to be a topic all on its own... Hmmmm...guess I have plenty to get busy on, huh? Oh! First I need to order my dress for my sister's wedding - this summer. If you get a second, check out www.davidsbridal.com and type in F14169. The color is Malibu - and the BEST part? The size!!!!!! I'll keep you guessing ;). Let's just say that portion control, discipline and walking has definitely helped. But...there's a long way to go! Ok, to be precise - 8 lbs. total. THEN I'll be where I want to be!