Here is Gabe showing off his mouth piece....
Ben trying to smile with his mouth piece in....
Gabe getting set up for the ball....
Ben in action on the field.....
The boys were excited last night and looking forward to their next game....Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Are You Ready for Some (Flag) Football?
Last night was Ben and Gabe's (and Brian's) first flag football game. The B Team lost but the A Team won! Brian is coaching the Schuette Foodservice Cardinals this year.
Here is Gabe showing off his mouth piece....
Ben trying to smile with his mouth piece in....
Gabe getting set up for the ball....
Ben in action on the field.....
The boys were excited last night and looking forward to their next game....
Here is Gabe showing off his mouth piece....
Ben trying to smile with his mouth piece in.... Gabe getting set up for the ball.... Ben in action on the field.....The boys were excited last night and looking forward to their next game....
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
First Day of School!!!
Today is the first day of school....I think everyone was ready to go.....
Beau...Freshman at EHS......
Abby.....Junior at EHS.....
Ben.....4th Grade at Central.....
Gabe......2nd Grade at Southside...... 
We are hoping for a great year!
Beau...Freshman at EHS......
Abby.....Junior at EHS.....
Ben.....4th Grade at Central.....
Gabe......2nd Grade at Southside...... 
We are hoping for a great year!Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Brian & Kenda's Las Vegas Getaway......
Last month Brian and I took a few days and headed to Las Vegas. Here are some photos of our trip. They are in no certain order for the trip.....
Down on Freemont Street (the older/original part of Las Vegas)....
Ceasar's Palace....
Our hotel, the Belagio had these great fountain shows they put on each night....
Hoover Dam...This is the new bridge/roadway over the river. The traffic in the area is so bad at times it can back up for hours that this bridge should help.....
Looking down at the dam....
This is the roadway over the dam this is being replaced with the above bridge.....
Inside the Dam.....
Dam Water pipes.....
We went on a cruise of Lake Mead....the largest man made lake......
This is the other side of Hoover Dam from Lake Mead....(See the new bridge)...
Crusing down the Lake..... 
It was a beautiful lake....very clean.... 
We stopped at a Visitor's Center and here is another view of Lake Mead....
When we were at Freemont Street I got my "cards read"....Looks like I have a long life and I apparently am still seeking my "soul mate!!!".....I had never had this done, it was fun....
Binions Casino.....Brian and I got our photo taken with a MILLION DOLLARS here....
This is the Freemont Street in the daytime..... 
Here it is in the evening with all the lights....They would put on light shows in the ceiling and all the casino lights would turn off and everyone would just stop and watch....really cool....
One of the many things that has changed since we were in Las Vegas last is that you can now take photos in the casinos (just not in the high rollers area!)....I was loving this....
Brian even took a photo of me! Notice I was doing the 5cent machines....
Look at the size of this machine....... 
Brian on the esculators near New York and Excalabur casinos.....
Here is Brian trying his luck..... 
Paris hotel....very nice....
Besides seeing Elvis a few hundred times, our only other "celebrity sighting" was Dick Buckus....I I honestly did not know who he was!
The Venetian....They had gondala rides but since it was sprinkling they closed them down...that was on my list of stuff to do (oh well.....)
They had a M&M World on the strip.....of course I had to take my photo with M&M guy (Brian would not do it....I don't know why)....
Like the driving billboard behind him??? They were everywhere, I guess that's why they call it Sin City.....
This mall was attached to our hotel....it had Dior, Tiffany's, and every high end shop you could think of...needless to say...we did not do much (or any) shopping here....
Hand blown glass flowers in the lobby of our hotel.....
Our hotel lobby......BEAUTIFUL.....
The Flower area of our hotel......
They had all these animals made of flowers...... 
We have never stayed at a hotel that provided up with our own robes.....
Here is our room......it was soooooo nice....
The view outside our 26th floor room......We could watch all the beautiful people sun bathe!
Our hotel again at night.....
After a nice few days away we headed home when our van broke down in Greenville.....We stayed the night and tried to head out again the next day and ended up breaking down in Mulberry Grove where Ali picked us up and we had the van towed home.....Here is Brian looking at me thinking I can't believe you are taking photos of me right now!!!!
Down on Freemont Street (the older/original part of Las Vegas)....
Ceasar's Palace....
Our hotel, the Belagio had these great fountain shows they put on each night....
Hoover Dam...This is the new bridge/roadway over the river. The traffic in the area is so bad at times it can back up for hours that this bridge should help.....
Looking down at the dam....
This is the roadway over the dam this is being replaced with the above bridge.....
Inside the Dam.....
Dam Water pipes.....
We went on a cruise of Lake Mead....the largest man made lake......
This is the other side of Hoover Dam from Lake Mead....(See the new bridge)...
Crusing down the Lake..... 
It was a beautiful lake....very clean.... 
We stopped at a Visitor's Center and here is another view of Lake Mead....
When we were at Freemont Street I got my "cards read"....Looks like I have a long life and I apparently am still seeking my "soul mate!!!".....I had never had this done, it was fun....
Binions Casino.....Brian and I got our photo taken with a MILLION DOLLARS here....
This is the Freemont Street in the daytime..... 
Here it is in the evening with all the lights....They would put on light shows in the ceiling and all the casino lights would turn off and everyone would just stop and watch....really cool....
One of the many things that has changed since we were in Las Vegas last is that you can now take photos in the casinos (just not in the high rollers area!)....I was loving this....
Brian even took a photo of me! Notice I was doing the 5cent machines....
Look at the size of this machine....... 
Brian on the esculators near New York and Excalabur casinos.....
Here is Brian trying his luck..... 
Paris hotel....very nice....
Besides seeing Elvis a few hundred times, our only other "celebrity sighting" was Dick Buckus....I I honestly did not know who he was!
The Venetian....They had gondala rides but since it was sprinkling they closed them down...that was on my list of stuff to do (oh well.....)
They had a M&M World on the strip.....of course I had to take my photo with M&M guy (Brian would not do it....I don't know why)....
Like the driving billboard behind him??? They were everywhere, I guess that's why they call it Sin City.....
This mall was attached to our hotel....it had Dior, Tiffany's, and every high end shop you could think of...needless to say...we did not do much (or any) shopping here....
Hand blown glass flowers in the lobby of our hotel.....
Our hotel lobby......BEAUTIFUL.....
The Flower area of our hotel......
They had all these animals made of flowers...... 
We have never stayed at a hotel that provided up with our own robes.....
Here is our room......it was soooooo nice....
The view outside our 26th floor room......We could watch all the beautiful people sun bathe!
Our hotel again at night.....
After a nice few days away we headed home when our van broke down in Greenville.....We stayed the night and tried to head out again the next day and ended up breaking down in Mulberry Grove where Ali picked us up and we had the van towed home.....Here is Brian looking at me thinking I can't believe you are taking photos of me right now!!!!
There are a few other things....but like the saying goes...what happens in Vegas...stays in Vegas!!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Summer Archery.....
It's been really crazy around here the last few weeks and the next couple don't seem to be any slower...Thought I would update while I do have a few free moments...The boys did some archery this summer with the Effingham Park District.....
The summer is almost over.....we had a good summer. School starts on August 19th. The boys did alot of things this summer and the fall looks to be fun too. They are going to do flag football and Brian is going to be their coach! We also have Abby's Band Marching season to look forward too.
The summer is almost over.....we had a good summer. School starts on August 19th. The boys did alot of things this summer and the fall looks to be fun too. They are going to do flag football and Brian is going to be their coach! We also have Abby's Band Marching season to look forward too.
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