Looks like Josh drank a lot of coffee at Nathan’s soccer game this morning! Not really. Being the fine young gentleman that he is, he was throwing away all of the empty cups from the coffee drinkers in our section of the bleachers!

I’ve been thinking about my fellow blogging friend, Dorothy – from YOU DID WHAT?, and her family all day. Tonight they are putting on a Life-Songs concert in England which has drawn quite a bit of criticism and opposition toward them from the local churches. I’m so proud of them …

I don’t usually pay much attention to fortune cookie sayings, but I had quite a chuckle out of these two from our Chinese takeout last night. “Your sense of adventure will lead you on a great vacation.” The above was particularly funny to me (and not to my dh) since …

Josh decided to write his free journal for co-op this week as if he were a news reporter. Here is his report from this weekend’s football game (LOL)! GOOD JOB, Josh! Nice embellishments (LOL). NEWS REPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By Josh Broadbent10-4-08 On Saturday, October 4, 2008 Josh Broadbent, player …

The answer, of course, is whatever needs to be done where your kids (and their activities) are concerned. Years ago when Amanda was just starting school and Emily was just a baby I took the training and certification classes to become a YMCA (and later Red Cross) certified swim instructor. …

YEA! Josh scored two more touchdowns today! Look at that big smile on his face (big for him anyway.. he’s pretty quiet about things) as he’s talking to his dad after the game! The first one was while Emily and I were at Nathan’s soccer game. The second one was …

We have a budding referee on our hands (LOL)! He calls all the plays at the football and volleyball games (LOL). Not sure what the above hand signal is all about, but it was a CUTE one (LOL). It looks like a coach signal.. something like “what were you thinking.” …

UM….. Josh, shouldn’t that mouth guard be IN YOUR MOUTH! The first thing Josh bought (with his own $$ I might add) the night he signed up for football was a mouthguard. Above you can see his bright red mouthguard hooked onto his helmet and hanging down from the helmet! …

Earlier this fall I posted a note that Josh decided at the last minute to play football. We signed up the very last night of late sign ups and I think there was only one other boy that signed up after him. Nothing like waiting until the last minute (LOL)! …

One day this summer Josh asked if it was ok for him to “go out and mow.” Of course, I said YES! I was sort of wondering why he thought he needed to ask or why it wouldn’t be ok for him to go mow because it’s his JOB around …