What A Weekend...

We are officially in soccer and birthday season, and WHEW, it is going to be a busy one. We have been officially invited to 8 birthday parties not including M's 6th birthday party and M is playing on two different soccer leagues. Busy, busy, busy! To be honest, at times I like it. I tend to get more done when time is limited. Remind me I said this when you catch me complaining in a future post :)

This week in general was very busy. M stared religious education classes (stop laughing), in addition to gymnastics on Wednesdays, and soccer practice on Thursdays. Friday night, our niece H spent the night and M, H and our neighbors went to open gym from 7pm - 9pm. Saturday morning M had soccer pictures at 9:30am and then we had to skip the 10:30am game to go to a birthday party at Girly Girlz.

The girls had a blast at the birthday party, but M just seemed off, probably just tired from a busy week. At Girly Girlz they had their hair and nails done, played games, ate pizza, walked the read carpet and won awards. It was a super cute party!

Here are pictures of M's up-do.



I thought she looked so cute, so I stopped to take pictures of her. As you can tell she was not all that excited about it!



When we got home it was nap time for C and M. M normally does not nap, but she was pretty tired from the busy week. I had plans to go scrap booking that night and our neighbors were coming over to play at our house. Well when M woke up she did not look to good. She had a 99.5 temperature. We went ahead and kept our plans and as the night progressed her fever got worse and by 8:30pm she was at 103.1, UGH! Well, the next 48 hours have been horrible. M's fever hit 105 Sunday night and never really went much below 103.5 and that was with Motrin. My poor baby slept over 18 hours on Sunday. I took her to the doctor today, and of course her fever broke before we got there and she was normal at 98.8. The doctor did put M back on her asthma medication for the winter, to protect her from the bad viruses going around. Well, guess who spiked a fever tonight, yes my little guy. Poor C had a fever of 101.5, so far. He was so wiped out he fell asleep on the sofa, which he never does. I sure hope his fever does not get really high like M's. In addition,the doctor said to call if M's fever reaches 101 again as that would not be normal. Well of course I took her temperature before bed and she was 101.5 again!!! UGH!!! So, we will see how she does in the morning, if not we will be going back. It could be a vey long night tonight.

Pump It Up...

M and C were invited to M's classmates birthday party at Pump It Up. So we made it a family event. M was very exited to get in there and bounce, but C on the other hand was not to happy. We were able to bounce for 1 1/2 hours and then had pizza and cake.

Here's Mike and M racing down the slide.



C finally warmed up to the idea of bouncing when Mike took him down one of the big slides. Look at that smile and dimple!



Say CHEESE!



M had a blast and could not get enough of the slides.



She was nice enough to stop for a picture.



After the party we ran some errands and got M her Halloween costume from the Disney Store. You will have to wait and see what she picked :)

Summer Blowout...

In honor of Labor Day, we had a barbecue and pool party with 40 of our closest family and friends. We provided the burgers, dogs and drinks and everyone else was wonderful to bring appetizers, sides, and dessert.



Here's the "Furs" group! Yes every party Joey, Joyce, Teresa, Mom, and Dad sit in the same spot (near the food) watching everyone come and go while they chat about the "old times". There is something to be said for the good old days.



Pa and his little buddy. C was sportin' a fresh haircut for the party!



The pool really didn't start hoppin' until the night. It's awesome that with so many different ages, all the kids get along so well.



Sometimes I wish the big kids could play so nice! ;P



A few rounds of parent/kid volleyball were played before the big kids took over the net.



Yes, this is a special appearance made by me on the blog, normally I prefer to be behind the camera. I couldn't pass up to post a picture of me and my favorite guy (jealous Daddy?) Ain't he just the cutest thing you ever seen! I just love him to pieces.



Don't they look like 3 proud men! You would think they conquered Mount Everest; but no, sadly they just pulled the cooler in the pool so they did not have to go as far to get a beer! To end the night they should have sang "100 cans of beer on the wall" because that is about how many cans we went through, in addition to 3 bottles of pre-made Margarita mix, and 3 big bottles of wine! You can bet those boys were moving slow the next day, or like Mike who did not move at all!



Overall, I think the party was a success and everyone had a fun time. We are very lucky to have such great friends and family that mix so well.

You know your a redneck when.... your daughter improves her math skills by counting the empty beer cans laying around the backyard the next morning. Nice! Parents of the year award here we come :)