Go Rockets!

On Thursday night, Samantha, Alden, & I went to the Syracuse/Plattsmouth/Auburn Triangular Softball games in Plattsmouth, to watch my cousin Traci play. My Aunt Sue and Uncle Jim and my mom all were there. We had a great time. Sam & I were thrilled to be out in the fresh air. Sam went on walks with Sue & my mom and loved jumping and running around. Traci played really good. She is the catcher for Syracuse. She threw a couple people out during the evening and had a couple of really good hits. Syracuse beat Auburn by a lot and then beat Plattsmouth in the last inning by 1 run.

Pictures: 1. Traci batting, 2. Traci running towards home plate in her catcher's gear, 3. My mom with Samantha & Aldne, 4. Samantha & Traci after the game, and 5. Traci's friend Kalli with Samantha.

Auntie Debra's New Car

Auntie Debra got a new car over Labor Day Weekend. Her friend Dawson came visit from Dallas and helped her go car shopping. She has wanted a Bug for some time, so I think she is very happy to have one now. And it's a convertible too! Sam & Alden had fun posing for pictures with her. And Sam can't wait to ride in it.

Its a football Saturday in Memorial Stadium and there is NO place like Nebraska!

Last Saturday we went to the Husker game in Lincoln and on the way, we stopped at Doug's parent's house to drop off Alden because Sandy watched him. We attempted to take a few "brother-sister" pictures, but it didn't work. You can see the resulting pictures that we did get on Grandma's couch! :) When we got to Lincoln it was a little later and more crowded than normal, so we didn't get to do as much as we wanted to, but we still went to the Husker Nation Pavillion and took a couple pictures and walked around with Samantha. After that, we walked Samantha to the Campus Rec Center and checked her in to Jr. Blackshirts. The game was pretty fun. Lots of scoring, but a lot of penalties and reviews by the refs lengthened the game! Samantha seemed to have fun at Jr. Blackshirts and they found all of her lunch/snacks, so she wasn't starving when we picked her up at 9:30pm! Looking forward to the next game v. VA Tech on Sept 27th!!

Parading At Home

The kiddie parade for the Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival was scheduled for last Friday. It rained ALL day long, so they had to cancel the parade. My kids were bummed. The theme for the carnival this year was "One County, Many Dreams", we decided to dress them up in scrubs (thanks to the great idea of my mom! :) and they could be "Dreaming of being like Daddy & Pappa....denists! They looked so cute in thier scrubs! Samantha really wanted to wear her around the house, so we set up the "wagon float" for pictures. After the pictures, Alden - a.k.a "Destructo Boy" helped to destroy the float!

Tour de Missouri

Doug and his friend Steve went down to Kansas City to see the Tour of Missouri. It was a rainy day, but they said they still had a good time! They got to see the women's race earlier in the afternoon and then watch the men finish in the Plaza. Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia won, followed by Tyler Farrar from Garmin-Chipotle, and then Francesco Chicchi of Liquigas came in 3rd. Cavendish also won the sprints competion and the young rider jersey as well. Doug was so excited that he plans to go again next year and time even more time off work to see more racing!

Jr. Blackshirts

Samantha rode to Lincoln with us for the Husker game last Saturday. Instead of going to the game, she went to a day-care program called the "Jr. Blackshirts" that is held at the Rec Center on the UNL campus. She spent the day with other 2 & 3 year olds having fun, while we cheered on the Huskers! She seemed to have fun, but was really tired when we picked her up because she missed her afternoon nap! She was also STARVING!! We sent a lunch with her in her "Little Miss Sunshine" lunch box, but the helpers only found 1/2 of her lunch. They didn't unzip the other 1/2 of her lunch. So, all she got was a lunchable and juice box (and she really only ate the cheese and crackers out of the lunch box). She didn't get to eat her pretzels, apple, cookies, or fruit snacks! She gobbled down the fruit snacks, pretzels, and cookies as soon as we were on the road. The only thing she tells us about her day there, was that she saw "Big Red" and she gets really excited, so we think she means "Little Red" the mascot, but she really enjoyed his visit. She'll go again this week to the Jr. Blackshirts, so we'll see if she gets more for dinner this time! :)

New Color!

We had some of the rooms of our house painted this week! I've been trying to get our living room/hallway/entryway/stairway areas painted for 3 years (since we moved in!), and it finally happened. Our painted said that he would do it on a rainy day, and that he did! The large areas he painted were what I listed above, and they were just a beige color (rather boring in a picture), but we also had our main bathroom painted a lime green color! I really like it with the shower curtain I picked and it really looks good with brown!

Here Comes Alden!!

Alden is up and RUNNING with his little walker. He pushes it all over the house. He'll push about anything that moves and uses those things to walk across the room when his walker is stuck in tight places. We have this toy box that's on wheels and he loves to push it too!

He actually stood by himself last night! He was pretty amazed when I let go and he was still standing there!

Celebrating My Birthday

Due to my triathlon the weekend of my birthday, I requested to hold the celebrations off until after the triathlon was over. On Sunday we went out to Doug's parents house for some Big Fred's Pizza. Debbie & Jodi & Cecil & Lila came to celebrate with us too. Then on Tuesday night, we went out with my parents and brother in Omaha to the Texas Roadhouse. My mom or dad (not sure which one it was) let it slip that it was my birthday, so the waiter had to embarrass me by having me sit on a saddle while they sang to me and then use a cloth napkin as a lasso! Luckily it scared Alden and he started screaming, so they cut the singing short! It was definitely embarrassing! And yes, the picture with Alden, Samantha & my dad in it- Alden has Samantha's Barbie in his mouth! He likes to chew on her legs!

Zoo With Kathy & Nathan

Our friends Kathy & Nathan met us at the Zoo on Aug 24th. We showed them around the zoo and Samantha had fun telling Kathy all she knows about the animals. We saw the butterflies, giraffes, zebras, gorillas, cats, and then went to the aquarium for Alden on the way out! He just loves those penguins!