Getting Excited.....

Tomorrow is my anniversary!!! Daniell has a great afternoon and evening planned. Not sure what we are doing, but he always does this kind of thing right!!! My sweet friend Kris is coming over to stay with the kiddos all night.(Thank you Kris) So we are leaving tomorrow about 2 and don't have to be back until the kids get out of school on Thursday!!!
Tonight Joshua has his batting trainer and baseball practice and Alex has his conditioning group. I am going to get a manicure and pedicure :) !!! The weather is actually a little chilly today, I love it. Sure beats the 95 degrees it was yesterday!!! Have a great day!!!

Down Time

Things have been crazy sense school started. Alex is doing great adjusting to Middle School. Madyson and Joshua have great teachers this year.... Madyson has the same teacher Alex had last year and Joshua had the same teacher Madyson had two years ago, so I know what to expect and what is expected out of them! Love them both!
Joshua is playing both baseball and soccer this fall season and Alex is playing baseball. We have not had any games and not too many practices because of all the rain. It is kinda bitter sweet. The rain is great for Daniell's business, but not so great for the kids. Not only do they not get to play their sports they get a little stir-crazy being inside!!!
I started a new business. I am a authorized dealer for Team Work Athletics. They sell all kinds of sport uniforms and also do custom orders. Check out the website www.teamworkathletics.com Let me know if I can place an order for you! Still working at RepTrax and having a great time. Also the book business is going really well right now! Keeping busy. Daniell is traveling alot so that leaves me to juggle getting the kiddos to school and all the places they want/need to go and get my jobs done! I don't think I would have it any other way. Staying busy is much better than sitting doing nothing!
Daniell and I had a great date last night. Madyson slept over at a friends house and the boys went to Saturday Night Out and then slept over with The Kinko's. We had dinner with some great friends then chilled at home ALL ALONE!!! That NEVER happens.
Today the boys both had baseball practice (the rain finally stopped) and I have been cleaning up and doing laundry and of course watching a little football in between. Daniell is off to the first Dallas game at the new stadium - I think it is going to be crazy, but I bet he will have a great time. Off to help Alex get his homework finished, do more laundry, figure out what's for dinner, Alex to his batting lesson, and at some point go to bed!!!!

It's been a long time!!!!

Summer Time is almost over!!!! Boys has it been a busy summer!! I have been working, book shopping, helping my sweet friend make purses, trying to keep the kids from being "bored", keeping the house somewhat picked up and now getting ready for BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!

Both Alex and Joshua made Select Baseball Teams. Alex's is the Flower Mound Hunter's and Johsua's is the Flower Mound Dawgs. Check out there web sites if you like... during the season you can track their games and stuff going on with the teams!!!

http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=fmhunters

http://www.eteamz.com/dawgs2/

We got teacher information in the mail yesterday for Madyson and Joshua. They are both VERY excited about the teacher they have for next year! I am happy about it too. But I learned about 4 years ago, that God knows exactly who he is placing my kiddos with!
Alex starts Middle School this year - WOW 6th grade! He is so excited!

I have tons to get finished before tomorrow at 5pm.... Daniell left this morning on business and will not be back until Sunday! Headed to San Angelo Thursday.
i need to....
work, organize the books I just bought last night, finish laundry that my sweet sweet hubby started, get my nails done, pack the kids and I, get Joshua to his batting instructor at 3:30 then to practice at 5:30 (O i also forgot I am Team Mom for Joshua's team - that's because I need something else to do LOL)... I don't even want to think about what else needs to be done. Have a great day - I'm going back to work!!!!

Summer can begin now!!!

Madyson is back from several weeks at my moms. She had a great time. I only had a few tear-filled phone calls wanting to come home. If you asked her right now, she would want to go back. I think she liked being an only child!!! I am sure glad to have her home. The boys won't admit it, but I think they are too!!!

Saturday ended the week long AAYBA World Series baseball tournament. Joshua's All-Star team placed 3rd in the Silver Division. They had some tough competition, some select teams that have been together for a while. His team has only been together for 7 weeks. It was a great experience ~ The boys were great, the parents were great, and the coaches were fantastic!!!
Alex's team placed 10th in the Diamond division - they did a great job - It was HOT!!!! As much as I love to watch my boys play baseball, I am glad it is over for a little while!!!

Amazing what can get accomplished around the house when I don't have to be a taxi to three kiddos. Today in just one hour the downstairs has been cleaned - dishwasher unloaded and loaded, counters cleaned off, floors swept/mopped/vacuumed, desk cleaned off and organized..... I should keep the ball rolling, instead I am sitting here posting!! (i deserve the break, right? lol)

In comparison, this week will not be that busy.... I think the only plans I have to take the kids to six-flags on Tuesday (yes it will be 104 degrees, stupid I know) and get caught up on the house work.... I need a list!!! Maybe I will take them to the pool at Lifetime one day - wander how much work I can get out of them, bribery!!! I hope everyone stays cool!!!!

WOW - IT WAS HOT THIS WEEKEND

Both my boys played in tournaments this weekend.....

12 hours in the heat on Saturday and Sunday, between the two of them!!! They both placed 3rd place. I of course think they did well, but Daniell said third place is like kissing your sister!!! (LOL)

Alex got hit with a ball in the jaw while he was playing as the catcher.... I think I did very well - I stayed off the field and let the coaches and the umpires take care of things (it helps that Daniell is a coach, otherwise I think I would have been on the field!) He is ok and no damage done, except to my heart to see my boy crying because he was HURT!!! But he is a trooper and kept playing!!! I honestly don't know how they do it sometimes!!! Of course when the game was over I had to look him over with my own eyes and make sure he was okay!!!

We start the AAYBA tournament this weekend.. It is a week long tournament that lasts from Saturday to Saturday!!! This will be it until the Fall!!! :)

Joshua's coach has requested us mom's to play our boys in a scrimmage on Tuesday!!! I think we are going to get it handed to us!!!! But it will be fun - wish me luck tomorrow!!!

i have 10 minutes...

well to say the least my life has been crazy for the last few weeks

i have a new job and LOVE it!!! very flexible hours and very close to home!

madyson is spending a few weeks at my moms and she is having a great time, only a couple of tears so far! i keep reminding her if she were here she would be very bored!!!
alex and johsua are keeping me crazy busy! we have something to do with baseball everyday except on monday's!!!
joshua's all star baseball team is doing great. they have place 2nd place once and a couple of times have placed third in the tournaments they have played. alex's team is doing great too! daniell has been traveling every week for the past three weeks - i am ready for him to be home for a little while... i'm exhausted!!!! both boys have tournaments this weekend - joshua is in McKinney and I think alex should be closer to home - but of course they can never play at the same place!!! they will both play in the AAYBA which is a world series tournament that lasts the entire week starting July 4th! it will be so much fun!!! HOT but fun!!!

hopefully i will be able to post more later!!! i have to take alex to the batting trainer---

Finally Posting

So much has been going on...
Joshua made the Flower Mound All-Star Blue team. This team plays in just tournaments for about the next 8 weeks. He is so excited. He did a great job. He had to make it through two try-outs. Out of about 100 kids they were choosing 30 kids to make 3 teams. He made the second team. This last weekend he had his first tournament, after only 2 practices as this new team. They did a great job. They played in Denton and Alex played in Irving... So Daniell and I had to split up( I'm sure there will be lots of that this summer!)
I started my new job on Monday. I think I am really going to like it. My last day at Fellowship is on Thursday. I have working there for 9 years!! It is really strange to leave.
My nephew Trey dislocated his shoulder last week, had a MRI on Friday and found out yesterday he will have to have surgery on Friday!! My poor sister... she is trying to get things ready for Kyle to graduate, work full-time, and get through the last two weeks of school, and now surgery!! She is kinda nervous about the anesthesia part so please keep her and Trey in your prayers!!
Speaking of the last two weeks of school! WOW!! Summer is almost here!! I hope it is a fun one!!!

WOW!!! My Life is Busy!!

Well, yesterday was a very stressful day!! It started with Daniell heading out of town until Saturday! I had a conference with Alex's teacher - I just SO love her!! That lady is doing exactly what she was called to do. She is AWESOME and so loves the kids! Even 5th grade kids, which most of the time is really hard to do!!
Then I went to work and turned in my two week notice. I have worked this at my current job for almost 9 years! Well I am starting a new adventure and with that I hope to grow my 'home business'!!! So that too was real hard to quit my job, but I did!!! All is well and I will work out my two weeks and hopefully put in some training at the new place in the mean time.
Last Friday evening Joshua went to the FMYSA All Star tryouts. There were 70+ kids there, they cut the group down and called back 50. He was one of the 50 - so last night we went to the 'callback'. He did a great job and had a fabulous time!!! This morning I got a phone call from the one of the coaches and he said Joshua had made his team!!! WOOOOHOOOO
He asked me not to tell Joshua!!!! WHAT??? REALLY???? That is the first thing I want to do when I pick him up from school!!! But the coach wants to call and tell him!! So I guess I will just have to scream it here!! And probably on Facebook too!!!
With that comes MORE practices and now tournaments for Joshua til around mid July!! Alex has practice tonight and now I have a parent meeting to go to for Joshua's new team, and of course like I said before Daniell is out of town!!! So looks like another busy evening in the Gage house!! O yes and the season ending GREY'S!!! Thank goodness for the DVR!!! Hopefully my "grey's girls" will be able to come watch after the kiddos go to bed tonight!!!!

Well Let Me Try Today

I started to blog yesterday and something pulled me away and I never got back to finish.... so I will just start over! We had a great weekend... No baseball, everything was rained out. I love to go to my boys games, but every once in a while it is fun just to hang around! The boys had Hunter and Brandon over on Saturday, I took 6 kids to Walmart ( i might be a little crazy), all the boys got airsoft guns~~ O-my did they have a fun time!! And they still are having a great time with the new guns!!! Joshua had a game last night. They pulled out a win in the bottom of the last inning!! They kinda looked like the Bad News Bears for a little while! Joshua did hit a triple his last at bat. So that was a great way to end! Below are some pictures of the game last night.

Ahh MISSED the ball - went right between his legs!!

This is sweet Anna - her brother Scott was up to bat!!

Bad case of the Monday's....

I am sleepy this morning!! I was up until 11:45 helping Alex get his book report finished that was due TODAY!!! Of course this was assigned SEVERAL weeks ago!!!
We had a great weekend - My mom came in town - It was great to visit with her and James
Alex had practice on Saturday and my good friends, The Duncans took Alex because Daniell was out of town. He got hit was a ball in the eye! Of course the coach calls Daniell (not sure why they did not call me) then Daniell calls me - I then call the only mom that was at the practice - she said the bleeding had stopped and they got it all cleaned up and patched! He wanted to continue with practice - so we let him!! Today his eye is swollen, black and blue! But he is fine - he probably thinks I'm crazy because all evening Saturday I was asking him if if felt ok, if he had a headache, was he seeing OK??? I think I was driving him crazy!!
Saturday night David made burgers, Daniell got back in town just in time for dinner! After we had a nice visit with my mom and James we headed home before the storms!! OOOOO we also verified that a tow hitch is NOT a standard item on Ford F150!! HaHa!!! That's for you dad!! HaHa!!
Yesterday we praised God for Jesus - had a great family day (excluding the book report) - Daniell made a GREAT dinner -
This week looks just as busy as any - Joshua has games Mon and Thurs - Alex has a tournament this coming weekend!

We had a so-so weekend~~~ Alex had two games on Saturday, they won one and lost won... So we played at 11:00 on Sunday. It was a very close game. We went into extra innings, but ended up losing by 2 runs! Alex hit a double, which I was very proud of him!!
Friday night I started tearing down wallpaper in the front entry way of my house, with the help of Kris and 5 kiddos. Kids are great at destruction!!! I started to texture the walls on Sunday evening, while listening to the boys play some "shoot em up" video game with a couple of friends!
Last night Joshua had a game, they were not doing very well. Then at the very end of the game Joshua hit an in-the-park home run!!! Mayson had a friend come to the game with her, that was nice so then she had someone to play with. It was really windy and cold!!!
I started on our taxes last night ~ ARRGGGG ~ nothing like waiting til the last minute.....

more pics

Great catch at first - got the out!! :)

Another batter out!! WOOO HOOO

Getting ready for a GREAT hit!!!

Baseball ready!!!

pics from this weekend

Alex and Parker

Madyson and new friends - they were so cute playing together - hopefully they will get to again real soon!

Alex - check that ball going right in the glove!

Second year in a row CHAMPIONS!!!

Mid-Week....Right??

Well yesterday was non-stop! This is so typical Joshua.... His teacher sent me an email with the subject line said "our friend" (i just love his teacher) So, basically the email said that Joshua had some unfinished work (surprising -NOT) she kindly listed what he was going to need to finish as homework - three things. When he got home I asked for the first thing on her list - his response was " I didn't bring that home". On to number 2, his response was the same. And yes you guessed it same response for #3. I don't know what to do with him!!! He is going to drive me CRAZY!
Right after school Hunter and Brandon came over to play for the evening and gave Alex a birthday gift (I think he liked it better than ANYTHING else he got) ~ Those boys have such a great time together!!!! We all went to the library for Madysons weekly reading with Sampson - the boys played outside. The we grabbed pizza to eat in the car and went to Kendra's softball game. They won 11-6!!!! Home at about 8. The kiddos all played videos games, then it was the usual evening routine.... showers and bed!!!
This morning I woke up with a headache.... YUCK!!! I would like to know if the Scholastic Book fairs ever GO AWAY!!! My kids tell me this morning we need to go to the school early and "look" at the book fair breakfast!! So, of course they each got to pick out a book, they had a few mini muffins and off to school. And off to work for me!!!

My Big Boy is 11

O My Goodness I have an 11 year old!!!
Alex had his birthday Sunday.... Of course we were at the baseball field. He played Saturday and Sunday in a tournament. The team did great on Saturday, they won both their pool games. Then we are not real sure what happen on Sunday. The lost the first game, so that was it ~~ out of the tournament. Alex did a great job he played catcher the entire game and did fabulous (even Daniell said he did great and he is Alex's hardest critic). We had a great time. Daniell's friend Mark came out to all the games (even in 45 MPH winds on Saturday ~ what a baseball lover) ~~ He has three kiddos he brought with him on Sunday ~ two girls and a boy ~ Madyson had a great time playing with the girls. After the game they came over and hung out for a while.
The games on Saturday were, to say the least, not fun for the fans. And when I say fans, I mean two ~ me and another mom. It was FREEZING and the wind was blowing really hard. The boys did a great job enduring the weather. I think it took me about 3 hours to warm up and feel my toes again! Thanks to Kim I did not have to wake Madyson and Joshua out to the ball field at 7am on Saturday. They spent the night with her on Friday night and hung out on Saturday!! Thanks Kim your a life saver!
Daniell is leaving this morning ~~ gone until Saturday! We have a busy week ~ and I am solo ~ but also blessed to have many, many people to help out when he is gone!
Joshua has a game Wednesday night ~ 6:00 at Glenwick! Another tournament this weekend ~ and lots of things scheduled between now and this weekend!

Well, i can't believe that I have not posted all week.... Well I guess I can.... Work has been really busy this week.

Last weekend Alex's baseball team won the tournaments they played in!!! Kris and the boys came out for both the games on Sunday ~~ It is always nice to have friends come watch ~~ Thanks guys for coming!! We were so excited - #1!!! Of course after the 6pm Championship game, then the awards, we all went to Culver's for ice cream!!! Yep ice cream at 9:00pm on Sunday night!!
Joshua had his season opener on Monday ~~ They did not win the game, but Joshua earned the 'game ball'!! He had some great plays! It was terribly windy!!

Daniell has been in town this week~~ Thank goodness ~~

The boys have to go to the batting cages tonight ~~ Maybe Madyson and I will go do something special this evening!
Alex has another tournament this weekend in Grand Prairie - Saturday morning games at 8 and 10 in the morning!!
Joshua plays at 9:00am at Bakersfield!!

This last week was a bit difficult for me. Daniell has been gone for most of the week and it is Spring Break!! I took 6 kiddos to Studio Movie Grill to see the Race to Witch Mountain, which by the way was a really cute movie! The kids were great!! The food there is not so great, but hey it was fun! All the kiddos have had a couple of sleepovers this week. Last night I had my usual Girls and Grey's night! (that is always GREAT). As usual we had baseball practice Wednesday, Thursday, and the boys will go to the batting cages tonight. Alex's first tournament of the season is this weekend. His team got there new uniforms and they look great! Our coach is the best, he designed them and found a great deal on them!! GO Flower Mound Hunters!!! Joshua has practice on Saturday morning and his first game of the season on Monday night! GO Reds!!! Maybe I can come up with something fun to do this evening! What I would really like is to go home and rest! Alex's birthday is coming up - WOW my kiddo will be 11 - I really need to figure what we are going to give him!!! Have a Great Weekend!!!

KIDS

i forgot to blog about this last week....
We were in the car, going somewhere! Madyson and Joshua in the car, getting along, laughing, singing... i hear Joshua laugh really hard, so I turn around to look and Madyson has him in a headlock, tells him to "be real still, I'm going to pull out your eye lashes, tell me when it hurts." Joshua pulls away from her still laughing and asks her if she thinks he was crazy!!! I still laugh out loud thinking about it!!! Have a great day!

Great Tuesday

Okay, so after about 20 minutes at Flower Mound High School - wandering around aimlessly - I found a coach, who then found the head baseball coach, who then sent a kid to get the hat. Bottom line we have the hat! The scrimmage went well - the team played good - and Alex did good! Joshua has a scrimmage on Friday - that will be fun. Praise God for the rain (and I'm grateful it held off til this morning) It was really hard to get out of bed though! It is only 9 am and I have already accomplished so much! I got up, showered, got ready for work, went and got my oil changed and I am at work!! It is going to be a great day - no baseball because it is raining (he he) - Maybe tonight I can get some stuff done around my house!! Instead of the normal which is homework and out the door! Thursday is Open House and more importantly GREY'S - Kim and Kris we are on this Thursday, Daniell is in town!!!

DANIELL'S HOME!!!

Maybe things will be a little easier this week. Daniell was out of town for 7 days. Poor guy has traveled 4000 miles in two weeks (in his new truck)! So we have been a little busy without him. I could not get it all done without my great friends! Thanks to Kim, Kris, and Elenor everyone was where they needed to be!
We survived the dreaded Taks test! The boys had baseball practice and Madyson had her Spelling Bee on Saturday! She received a gold medal! I am so proud of her - she has come such a long way - and is becoming very comfortable in reading! Joshua had a Scrimmage on Wednesday night and he did a great job! Alex has a scrimmage tonight - as much as we need the rain, i hope it holds off til after 7pm tonight!!! I, of course, did not get all the laundry finished this weekend. But i really don't think I EVER get it finished!! There is a lot of laundry, all the time!!! I have to go by Flower Mound High School this afternoon to see if Alex left his baseball cap at the game he went to on Thursday night! (AAARRRGGG) ~ If it had been just any cap, I would not care that it was left, but NO it is the NEW hat for his baseball team this season!!!! So say a little prayer that someone really nice turned it into the concession stand!! I will fond out at 4. So I am going by the High School at 4, have Madyson at the library at 4:45, then to Bakersfield to watch the scrimmage! Somewhere in there I WILL drive thru Starbuck!! LOL - Have a great week!

Here we go again.....

Well, we had a good weekend.... Alex and Joshua both had practice on Saturday, it was FREAKING cold. I helped field balls in the outfield at Joshua's practice! Yes I throw like a girl. Saturday night the boys slept over at the Klinko's, so Daniell and I took Madyson out to dinner! OH how life would be so different with only one child. She did say something VERY funny while at dinner~~~ "Mom, what are those lines on your forehead!" I just laughed, but no it did not stop there~~~ "Mom, squint your eyes a little, Hey it looks like a volcano between your eyes!!" Ok that did not make me laugh so much~~ I just looked at Daniell and said I so need Botox!!! He said to just remember this when she has a 9 year old of her own!!! Kids are so honest sometimes!!!
Alex had a scrimmage Sunday afternoon ~ it was really cold ~ He did a great job as catcher - The team as a whole ~ not so great ~ but this was the first real play situation of the year!! Their first tournament is at the end of March!
Joshua has a scrimmage on Wednsday ~ it should be lots of fun!
This week is going to be nuts! Daniell left this morning and will be gone until Sunday! The taks test is Tuesday :( ~~~ My nervous kiddo, Alex is not taking this very well!! I just need to stay positive and encourage him ~ The other two are okay with it!!!

my typical life!

Thinking about today is a little daunting! Daniell left this morning for a business trip - thank goodness it's only for 2 days - but it is of course in the middle the three days that I told him (months ago) PLEASE don't plan anything on Feb. 18-20! Our church is in the middle of the annual C3 conference! So needless to say - I am working like crazy!! So today I am going to leave work at 2, run home and get some work done at home. Get Joshua at 3 from school - get his homework finished, gather Alex baseball stuff for practice. Pick up Alex and Madyson from school at 3:45.... Rush Alex to the Duncan's (so he can get to practice), then the other two over to the Klinkos. Then back to work until probably 9ish! Then pick all three up from the Klinkos after work, get them home and all in bed, so we can wake up and do it all over again tomorrow~!~! I am so grateful for my great friends helping me out!! You guys are the best!~!~

well.....

Okay... there has been alot going on.... so much so that I have not had time to blog!!!

A couple of weeks ago, I felt the effects of the economy. My employer cut my job from full-time to part-time! Hopefully with my side business we will not feel it so bad!!! I am hoping to step that up and really get it going!! It also did not seem so bad because 2 days after I got news that, a gentleman that worked with me passed away. He was only 33 years old. He left behind a wife and two boys, ages 10 months and 4 years old. This was unbelievably sad.... also made me think what in the world would I do if I ever lost Daniell.... I cant even imagine.... after the funeral I called him and asked him to never leave me here on this earth without him!!!! So my job cut did not seem so bad in the grand scheme of things... at least I have my family and they are all healthy!!!

The boys have started baseball practice and Daniell's travel schedule is CRAZY!!!!

Alex is having a tough time on school.... I think it is just something that is hard for him and he is going to have to really work hard... That kinda sucks because it is only going to get harder from here!! He needs to calm down and not get so anxious about things~~ like the STUPID taks test ~~~~ i wish there was not so much pressure on the kids over this ONE test!!! but that is the way it is right now, so we will prevail!

So, today has been typical... Daniell left this morning for a business trip and as usual lots of homework and lots of attitude...lol
All I have done is help with homework and watch the next door neighbors little boy. Who by the way is two, and LOVES his mommy!! (aka cries for her when she is gone) He is really sweet and is great as long as my kids keep him busy so he does not think about her not being here!!
Alex had his baseball try-out this Sunday for his select team. This whole 'select' thing is a little nerve-racking for a mom!! They have to tryout every year! And then wait, for what seems like forever, for the coach to post the new roster. He did make it! :) So one more year of tournament play with the Flower Mound Hunters. It really does become like a second family we spend so much time together during the season. Alex will start practices next week, probably 3 or 4 times a week until tournaments start.
Well off to clean up the house a little and crawl in bed... I have to wake the kids up at 5:15 in the morning and take them to Kim's house. She is taking them to school for me! She is a life saver for me!

Well, last week we survived the two 'ice days' ~ the kiddos were out of school ~ It was cold but, not too bad! Baseball is about to start full force, so we are enjoying any time we have just relaxing. We had a great time last night with some great friends, watching the Super Bowl. It is always nice to get together ~ The kids had a great time too ~ I think there was 11 children ranging from 3 years old to 14.... I am thankful yesterday was so nice so they could play outside! Daniell is on the road again this week ~ I think he is out of town Monday and Tuesday, in town but has meetings Wednesday and Thursday... So we will not see him until Friday!! We will handle it, we always do (with the help from my sister and friends)!!

Catch up time

So this is what has been going on.....
The kiddos and I, along with Kim and Kyle went to visit our Mom/Granny last Thursday... of course we could not leave until after Alex's baseball training. Shawna and her boys met us there. We had a great time visiting ~ I will post some pictures later. The kids asked me if they could go swimming one day - it was a nice day about 60 degrees outside, but the water was much colder. I thought for sure that as soon as they put their feet in the water that would be it ~ Too Cold!!! WELL NO~~ Madyson did not get in, but the boys were jumping off the side and hurrying out of the water... but they kept on doing it!! It was so funny... what a great memory ~
We came back in town Monday afternoon. Back to work on Tuesday. Daniell left this morning for meetings in California. Thanks to Kim I was able to be at work on time. She took the kids to school for me this morning and tomorrow ~ Thanks Kim!! Daniell will be back late Friday night, so I am going to bribe my kids to be good and I will take them to a movie on Friday at Studio Movie Grill, pray it works!!!

I Survived

Well, my crazy, busy Thursday came and it was indeed crazy but, I survived! I did not get in bed until midnight... but that's okay. It is official all three of the kids will be wearing new glasses probably by next week or so. I will post a picture of them as soon as they get them.
Alex has a wrestling tournament in Dallas tomorrow morning. We have to be at Fair Park by 7:30. Thanks to Kim, Faith, and Kris I don't have to take Madyson and Joshua. I don't quite know what I am going to do with myself, not having to keep up with the 'Gage kids' all day. I am most certain it will be a nice break. Alex and I will have a great Mom and son time!!

Fun Time

Last night we went to Kim's and visited with Matt and Kera. She made a great dinner. It was even better that I didn't not have to cook or clean up my kitchen!!! Her house was FULL of people. It was nice to see them while they were here. The kids had a great time playing with Kyle's dog. I am not a dog person, but that dog is cute! My crazy, "gotta be a million places at once and my husband is out of town" day is here.... I know I will get it all done, we mom's always do!

CRAZY normal!!

Life is getting back to CRAZY normal real fast... Daniell is off on a business trip tomorrow, of course on Thursday ~~ New Grey's Thursday ~~ Anyhow thank goodness for DVR's! Tomorrow makes me tired just thinking about it! Alex and Madyson will stay after school for tutoring, Madyson has an eye appointment at 4, Alex has his batting trainer at 5 and wrestling at 6:30. Thank goodness Joshua's baseball practice has not started or I am sure that would be on Thursday too! Sometime in all that I need to do some laundry, dishes, and dinner. Oh and watch Grey's ~~ I know the show has gotten a little 'out-there', but it is just a tradition! My sister Kim and I used to watch Knot's Landing on Thursday evening, that was when her kids were much younger and I did not have any yet! And hey ~ it a great get-away for a few hours!
Alex has a wrestling tournament in Dallas Saturday. He has to weigh-in on Friday night! We have Hometeam on Sunday. Then it starts all over again on Monday.....

Happy Birthday Faith

Today is my friend Faith's 40th birthday!! SO....... Happy Birthday Faith!!! She has been a little depressed about this one. So Kim and I were talking and Kim suggested we TP her house, which had it not been 30 degrees and WET outside it would have been really funny. Instead, Kim made some posters and we went and hung them in her tree last night at 10pm.

Yesterday was back to school and back to needing to be in a million places at the same time! The kiddos have eye doctor appointments this week, baseball practice, wrestling practice, lots of homework, field trips at school, and Daniell is leaving to go out of town on Thursday and will not be back until Sunday! I also went back to the gym yesterday (uuugghh) THANKS KRIS ~ I really enjoy working out, but I just can't seem to get to there!! So maybe I will try at least 3 days a week to start! I am going back tonight :)

Happy Tuesday to everyone ~~~ And Happy Birthday Faith!!!

New Year's Eve

Home by 12:30!! We went to our friends house New Year's Eve and had a great time. The kiddos had so much fun playing with Hunter, Brandon, and Alyssa. We snacked on some good food, the kids had silly string, poppers, and very loud horns!!! It is great to have such good friends. It was also my friend Kris' birthday ~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS ~~ (just had to make sure I say it again lol) Of course I forgot my camera, so no pictures..... Maybe next time! We sat around yesterday and did NOTHING ~~ it was great to just to relax and watch a little football. I hope everyone has a GREAT 2009!!