I Know, I Know...

...I suck lately. I made a vow to myself that I would keep this up, as I always feel better getting stuff written down. Ok, not written, but you get what I'm trying to say. Anyhow, I've not had time to uncross my eyes long enough to do just about anything. But I will. This weekend. We only have a spaghetti dinner, a football game to go see, a 5k to run/walk, trick-or-treating (maybe), and two baseball games on Sunday. Oh, and I have a test to study for this weekend. So I should have plenty of time. See? We don't have a soccer game on Saturday, so that gives me all kinds of free time :o). Not. But I've got some new photos to share, and blabbin' to do...so I will get on here. But for now, I sat down about 20 minutes ago and can hardly keep my eyes open, so sweet dreams all.

Great Weekend...

These were from the first day of school...

I just have to say that our weeks have been slammed with busy-ness! Monday I have class, Drew has soccer; Tuesday is baseball practice; Wednesday I have class; Thursday Drew has soccer; then we get to breathe on Friday. Only to gear up for soccer game on Saturday and double header baseball games on Sunday's. Oh...and homework in there for the kids and I. What more could a mom ask for???? We are having soooo much fun with everything, and the weather has been gorgeous!

So Drew and teams had an outstanding weekend of winnings. First the soccer game on Saturday was at 9:00...in Ludington! But the boys played together very well - lots of teamwork - it was great to see. They won 7-1. And then the White Lake Blue team won both of their games. Drew hit 3 for 6...two doubles and a single, plus had an outstanding catch in center field. Needless to say, we stopped for ice cream on the way home!! It's just good to see him have fun with baseball again and gain back some of his confidence. He had a batting lesson with a pro Friday evening, and has another one for this Friday - it seemed to help already!

Miss Andie seems to be starting the year out right with her schoolwork - she seems to be taking it more serious this year than last, which is good because that really needed improving!! So kudos to her for that. I saw in this weeks Beacon that basketball sign ups for girls is this Tuesday and she really wants to give that sport a try. The only time she's played b-ball is at home...never on a team. This will definitely be a big learning year for her, but she's pretty athletic and rather competitive, so she should have some fun!

Drew finally gets his braces off tomorrow - he's so very excited! I'll make sure and take some pics so you can all enjoy his "pretty" smile. Oh, if only he knew I typed that about him...he'd love me extra big for that one! Hee Hee

Back to School

Oh my goodness...time sure flies! I now have a junior high student!!! Funny how the kids can grow up so fast, yet we as parents don't age. Hey - that's my story. Not changing it. :o)

The morning actually went better than I thought it would...there were no tears. Yay! I thought maybe Drew would be nervous, or anxious, but he just said he was excited and didn't want to get up early. I'm glad it was only that! But then as Andie and I were driving to school, she was unusually quiet (so not like her!), so I asked her the same things - was she nervous, excited, anxious, etc. and her whole problem was that she was a little nervous because she was in a different school than Drew. aaawwwwww! Now that brought tears to MY eyes! Other than that, I did really good - with not tearing up and stuff. I always have a heavy heart on the first day of school. I just miss them when they go back.

Being the first day of school, I always like to drop them off and pick them up, and today was no exception. Drew and I got to Ealy to pick up Andie and as soon as we turned the corner to the hallway where her classrooms are, we saw the principal and the nurse. Not a good sign. Turns out Mrs. Dorr took the class out for a little 'friendship activity' (meeting new friends) on the lawn. They were sitting in a circle and apparently disturbed an underground home of YELLOWJACKETS!!!!! I guess they were everywhere. In all, five kids got bit (yellowjackets bite, not sting) and Andie, unfortunately, was one of them. But thank goodness she's not allergic. However, one of the boys that got bit was allergic, and according to Andie, "He swelled up like a pumpkin!" Poor sweeties.

In other news at the Bolles' Estate - we had a great camping weekend with the Stratton's and Rake's at Jellystone in Silver Lake. The weather was perfect, activities were plentiful, and company was great! I've got pictures to post, but they'll have to come in a day or two, because the patch cord isn't in the house with the camera...oh how I can't wait until Christmas when Santa brings me my very own new shiny camera!!

Our fun schedule returns as far as sports go...Drew is playing fall soccer, which starts this Saturday, and he's also picked baseball back up. He seems to be really enjoying both sports this fall and we always look forward to watching him play. Again, I'll post pictures this weekend. I hope to have that darn cord back in my possession.

Oh by the way...I return to work tomorrow. I'm so thankful that I work for a company that allows me to have summers off with my kids. I'm also thankful I have a job to go back to!! Hopefully the economy turns around and more people find jobs again.

Enjoy the gorgeous fall weather!!!!

Life Is Fast

Oh, where do I begin? It feels like such a long time since I've blogged...lots has happened since then! Let me first start with some exciting news to us - Drew is playing baseball again!!!! YAY! He decided to play the fall league through Extra Innings. From what I'm understanding about this, it's more instructional than competitive. They practice one or two times per week, play double-header games on Sundays for six weeks, then it's done. There's no places or standings, like in regular league baseball. He has not played with these coaches before, but we're familiar with who they are and have heard pretty good feedback about their coaching style.


They had their first practice last night...but along with that for Drew also involved a golf tournament in the morning with some buddies, flag football a friends house, home for a little bite to eat and a change of clothes, then baseball practice for an hour, and then soccer practice for a while. Whew! Oh, and then when everybody got home, Mike and Drew went outside for some more catching and batting practice. Let me just say that Drew was one tired boy last night! But he wasn't able to sleep in this morning, as we had to get up and go to the middle school for registration! I can't even believe that our "little Drew-Drew" is starting middle school. Where does the time go??? He's surely looking forward to being able to let God wake him up tomorrow morning :o)

Miss Andie is either going through a growing phase these days, or is having some serious sinus issues. This girl has not eaten much in the last two days...and when I say not much, I really mean not much at all! She usually eats the bulk of her food for breakfast and lunch, then the minutes in between, up until dinner. But the last two days combined, she has only eaten what she normally does by afternoon snack in one day! Poor sweetie. Growing pains suck.

So here we are to Friday night, and we are just hanging out together watching the Tigers on FSN. Love family time!! Tomorrow we are helping in the concessions during the Lil' Vikes games. We enjoy volunteering and want to stay to watch the game that Drew would be on if he had decided to play this year. But that's ok. Oh...and we've also got Louie with us this weekend. We love having Louie and he and Cowboy play.play.play very well together. Right now, they're both wiped out and chillin' for a few minutes.

Aren't they too cute??

Anyways...life goes quick. Kids grow up too fast. Tuck 'em good tonight!

My Baby Girl...

I know this wasn't the most recent...but Andie was in a play the end of July/beginning of August. The name of the play was The Legend of Scarface and Bluewater. Andie, her best friend Lauren Baustert, and fellow classmate Sky Harsch, were the three dancing maiden squaws. They were absolutely adorable and had a ton of fun!! Let's just say that Andie seems to have found her niche. The world of the arts seem to be where she "comes to life" and enjoys it all.

Now maybe it's just me, but I happen to think my daughter is pretty darn cute. But once I added the makeup...glitter eyeshadow, lipstick, mascara!!!! I just felt this overwhelming desire to lock her in a closet and leave her there for a few years. There's just something about the look that we're not ready for here. I think we'll work on keeping her little still. Take a look...

The next photo is with some of the other cast members.

I took some more pictures today with the intentions of uploading them - but as of right now cannot find the cord which connects the camera to the computer. Oh why does this technology crap have to be so difficult?? The kids and I went to the MasterTag Garden today and picked a bunch of veggies. I came home, cleaned everything (with the help of my Mom - thank you!!) and arranged it all on the table for some pictures, as well as inventory so I can add to the Log at the Garden. I have every intention still of getting these pictures on this page, but it's just not going to happen tonight. Needless to say, Drew and Andie are hooked on picking fresh veggies out of gardens, so it our goal to get to there to help harvest all of the veggies that are ready and ripe for the picking!

Boy Heaven

Looking so forward to my day tomorrow! First, I get to take four boys to the golf course so they can have a little summer fun. I get my gorgeous nephew in the morning, while his beautiful sister goes to swimming lessons, a little afternoon summer fun, but then the work begins.

We have to move furniture for the carpet cleaning day on Friday...remember the Cowboy story?? Yeah, I get to live that still for another day...

Until later - see ya!

Hmmm....

I think I've figured out the playlist thing, but now I just need to figure out the box size so you can view it better. I know what I need - I need JODI!!! Her page is amazing and I just want mine all done. Set up. Functioning. I know I'll get there, but I'm just not that patient with stuff like this. I like things to be complete. Done. I don't like the set-up factor with stuff. Mike is so much better at that than me. Blah blah. I'll stop babbling about that.

So this week should be a pretty good week. Unless of course, this awful headache I woke up with this morning decides to stick around and turn into something more...like a sinus infection, like it feels like it's trying to do. First Andie had the virus, then Mike, now I'm thinking it's my turn. I sure hope not! I've got my adorable nephew Josh coming over on Thursday while my adorable niece Ava goes to swimming lessons. Drew will be golfing with some buddies that morning, and I was hoping to do something fun with the kids that afternoon. Then on Friday we have carpet cleaning people coming.

OH! I didn't tell my story about Cowboy and The Purple Paint! Andie has (had) these paint tube things, with a sponge tip, kind of like Bingo paint things. So it's Sunday evening and we don't see Cowboy for a while...one should always wonder when you have a puppy, what he/she is up to when you don't see it for a while. Well...Mr. Cowboy had gone into Andie's room and found this purple paint bottle, taken it into my room, chewed it, spilled it, and wore it!!! His fu-man's (jowls), and both front legs were PURPLE!!! And not just a little bit. Mike and I ventured into our bedroom and found three different spots of purple paint puddles. Yes. Puddles. There were also purple paw prints throughout our hallway, living room and even the kitchen and dining room. Now, I must add that we had been talking about getting our carpets cleaned anyways, but who really wants to do it when you're forced into it because of A DOG???? So needless to say, Andie no longer has these paint bottles. Darn dog anyhow.

Bottom line is that I don't have time for this sinus headache thing to affect my life right now.