Before there was anything like blogger.com known to man....

There were journals. Plain ol' journals. Diaries if you will. And as a mother I have kept many. I kept a journal just for Lilly and a journal just for Trevor. Then I have my personal journal that will be buried with me. LOL. (Well they are MY secrets and thoughts and they are dying with me.)

Well, I have decided to look into the Galloway/Kopecky vault of journals and pull them out. Over the next several years, I will be writing a NEW blog dedicated to our past family memories. I am so excited! I love pulling out these journals and reading them to the children. And what is even more fancy is that I can have them printed with pictures and formatted into our very own hard back book. Now isn't that something!?
I hope you are as excited as I am about this new bloggering (I know that isn't a word-but it should be) that I am doing. I will send out the information as soon as I start the new blogs.
Oh my! This is gonna be fun, people.

(The picture of the journal was taken by my friend Lisa Ashby. She made this leather journal for her dad-isn't it wonderful?)

Trevor's 1st Soccer Game-October 30th, 2010

Trev had his first soccer game on October 30th. Pappy came out to watch. The kids play for about an hour. It is so much fun to watch all those sweetie pies run around on the field. And you know, they actually knew which way to go. They all seemed really organized.

Trev's team ranges between the ages of 3 to 6. It is a big age range. I wish it was different but it is ok. They all have lots of fun and then yummy snacks and drinks afterward.

Trevor's 5th Birthday! October 24th, 2010

Well boy oh boy did we have a fun time at Trev's party. The party started at 4pm and our last guests left around 12:30 am! We invited about 40 people and I think 31 showed up. All the children played outside in the yard and bouncy houses, while the adults played inside. :) It was chilly again this year, so we had the fire pit going and everyone roasted (or burned) their own hot dogs. Later we had cake and smores. I know for sure that the children love the fire and the smores.

My favorite part is being with close friends, family, and my sweet husband and children, while snuggling in blankets and hearing the laughter (and sometimes crying and tattling) of the children.

I really enjoy the layout of this house, so we can have parties like these. The yard is nice and since we have 80 acres of woods behind us, we get to clip our own branches from the trees to roast the hot dogs and marshmallows on.

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them, with the help of Ed and Neal! Thanks guys for your help. Also, thanks Spence for helping me gather and clip the branches. And thanks Ed for playing with all of the children. I know Brandon made a new friend. ;)

Local Cheer Competition

October 24th, 2010 was Lilly's team competition. All levels won 1st place and qualified to go to REGIONALS! Go VIKINGS! We are so proud of all of those girls and their hard work.

Lilly didn't get to compete due to her surgery, so she sat in the head coaches lap. Here are some pictures and a video. The video is of the Midgets. The Midgets are the oldest group of girls that the Vikings have. I couldn't video tape Lilly's team because I was too busy crying. I hated it that Lilly had to miss out on her first competition. But let me tell you, the girls did awesome. They didn't miss a beat. They never fell. Everything was perfect-obviously because they won 1st place!!!! Enjoy the pics and video.