Anybody out there?

Soooo, thinking about starting the ol' blog back up but seeing that its been over 2 years, is anybody even still out there? If you are still checking in, give me a shout out and I'll start updating :)

Off to the beach

Well, tomorrow we head to the beach bright and early. I am so excited. We are going with our good friends T & M and their 2 kids. They have a son that is Bryce's age and a daughter that is 4. It will be a nice change for Bryce to have someone to play with instead of expecting us to play with and entertain him all day. We might actually get to lay out and relax *gasp*. We have lots of fun things planned and I'm sure I'll have lots of pics to share when we get back. This will be a much needed break from life. Hopefully I'll come back relaxed and refreshed! Enjoy your 4th of July weekend!

Finally some Bryce pics!

Here are some recent, random pics of the little man. I can't believe he's 7 already!!


Future Hokie, WORD!!


Hokie Spring game w Ju-Ju


The fam at Emeril's restaurant at Universal Studios


Last Day of School

Sad news

So, I really stink at blogging, huh? We are leaving for vacation this weekend but I promise I will get pics of Bryce up when we return....

My heart is heavy today. A wonderful friend's 25 day old baby passed away yesterday. He had a heart condition and had in-utero surgery and surgery immediately after birth. He was doing very well and had hopes of going home soon. He developed an infection and his heart stopped. Please pray for this family. They have really gone thru so much and out of privacy, I won't say what all that entails. The loss of a child causes pain that I can not even begin to imagine. I am so heart broken for them. I have no words.

...is this thing on???

Hi guys!!! Its been so nice to catch up with you this week! Its been forever, I know and I apologize. Most of you know what all happened in life and I just kind of withdrew from the real world for a while. Sometimes its easier that way.

Lots of exciting happenings in our household. I think I am the mother of the future Pele - lol! Bryce is really excelling in soccer and has some wonderful opportunities being presented to him. I am excited to see what some of these opportunities produce this summer. As usual, he is completely focused on sports and couldn't care less about school. He turns 7 this Saturday - somebody please tell me how in the heck that's possible? First of all it makes me feel really old, lol and secondly its scary, truly scary how fast time flies. Somebody once told me that after you have children, time seems to speed up and I thought they were crazy. Now I fully believe that is true.

We went to Universal Studios in Florida over spring break to pick up the new car so we did Bryce's main bday celebration there. He requested to eat at Emeril's Tchoup Chop so he could have sushi, he thinks he's so grown ordering sushi - lol! We'll do cake and stuff this weekend at the UFC party. He's getting a 12x6x6 metal soccer goal from us for his gift, my yard will never be the same....

One of you lovely photographers needs to kick my butt back in gear, I can't tell you the last time I took a pic other than at Universal. Its sad, really sad. Bryce has changed soooo much and its not documented, bad mom, bad scrapbooker - lol. So one of my goals for the next couple of weeks is to take some pics of Bryce and post them for you guys, you really won't believe....

I'm acutally in the mood to scrapbook. I am completely overwhelmed and don't even know where to begin or know what I have to work with. I haven't even been to that area of the house other than to dust and vaccuum since Fall - yikes!!


For those of you that know my sister and all of her struggles, she has finally gotten her BSRN and will be starting work in the ER next month. It was good to see her and her kids last weekend at her graduation. The kids begged to come home and spend the night with me and I had flashbacks of the Christmas sleepover and almost had a panic attack - heehee.

I guess that's enough rambling for one day :) I'm catching up on all of your blogs, I'm way behind so it may take me a while - please feel free to update anything big in the comments!!

Merry Christmas (late)

Merry Christmas (late)! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great time. Chad was actually off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for the first time ever. Bryce was so excited and surprised opening his gifts! Watching him was just so precious. He is always so appreciative for his gifts and I love that about him.

We had a good time with both familes. Lots of good times, laughs, food and gifts! All 4 of the nephews and 1 niece on my side of the family spent the night with Bryce on the 26th. Chad was at work so it was me against the 6 wild ones. They are all between 9 and 4 years old. They were really good and we had a great time. Those of you that really know me, know that people in my house totally freaks me out. I just feel on edge the entire time. This sleep over was spur of the moment so I didn't have time to think about it or freak out until they were there. I actually did ok. I even shocked myself. Nothing was broken ;) so I'm very thankful for that! I'll try to post some pics this week! I didn't take very many pics this year, not sure what was wrong with me!

If I don't post again before - Happy New Year! I hope you will all have a blessed 2009!

ALIVE!

Yes, I'm still alive for those of you that wondered :) Thanks for the emails checking on me!

Life continues to be very busy - Bryce is playing basketball and indoor soccer. I am so very proud of him! He's on a U9 soccer team (he's 6) so he's learning a lot and he's hanging with the big boys very well!

On the TTC front - as if you aren't sick of hearing about it :) I think I am finally in a place where I'm ok with being done. I kept the infant nursery at church last night and while I loved every second of holding those babies, I think I can move on. Think being the key word. We'll see in time if I'm really ready to let go or not. This has been such a hard, humbling and painful journey. I have learned a lot of important lessons thru this.

I hate to always be a downer but I got some really sad news Friday that I hope you guys will pray about. A co-worker's 14 year old daughter was killed late Thursday. She and a friend were at Hardee's waiting on the friend's mom to pick them up to take them to dance. When the mom pulled in, she missed the brake and pinned the girl between the car and the building killing her immediately. She was an only child conceived by IVF, a true miracle baby. I know both families are devastated. Please pray for them. That has really helped open my eyes to how truly blessed I am.

On to happier things....anyone planning on going to Scrap Etc in Atlanta next year? I'd really like to go but not sure I can swing it. Atlanta would ROCK though!