Happy 17th Birthday Abby!!!!

Yep....today is Abby's 17th Birthday! Can't believe my baby girl is so old!

Have a Great day Abby.......We Love You, Mom and Dad

Want an Update????? OK....Here!

We have been sooo busy this month....we have had Homecoming (parade, game & Dance),
3 Pizza Fundraisers, Band Invitational (all day cookout stand), a wedding (another cousin), laundry, doctor appointments (everythings ok), migraines (well only me), field trips, homework, bowling, parent teacher conferences (one night = 3 different schools!), laundry, No school days, PSR classes, Abby band competitions, Abby had "the" flu for a week, our regular jobs and did I mention laundry?? I have been trying to get caught up since our washer died (RIP) last week. We did get a chance to have some fun. I still have a bunch of photos on my camera to download so I'll try to get that done soon......

Here is Ben making lunch for us.....pizza! Like his shirt? We had a pizza fundraiser that morning and he and Gabe like to wear their flag football shirts for advertisement for us! Love this one.....

Ben now putting on the cheese......

Dad supervising the process......"Make sure to put the cheese to the edge!"

Gabe was in charge of making my side of the pizza....green olives and bacon...I think he did great!

This month (October) is Life Month. As with most years Brian and has had his High School PSR class make a Life sign in our front yard.....here is the process.....

One Side.....

The other side......It was getting dark so we had to use headlights to light up the sign!

Team Work.....

Getting the message out there.......

Working as a group.......

Well the sign will come down this weekend but we always get many great comments on the message....

Ok....there is your update! I will try harder (ok...maybe). Tonight we have the 1st Playoff game for the football team. We will be doing our cookout stand for the Band Boosters. GO HEARTS!

Tommorrow is another fundraiser in the AM, carving pumpkins and then Trick or Treating!

EHS Homecoming......

Last week was EHS homecoming week. We had the parade on Thursday, Game on Friday and Abby went to the Dance on Saturday...

Here is Gabe saying "Give me Candy!"..... Beau got to help build the Spanish Club float and then walk in the parade....

Ben and Gabe enjoying the floats (and candy)....

Abby gett ready for the dance.....

Doesn't she look great??

She (and I) loved her dress......

Here is Abby and her boyfriend Jeff.....he plays on the Varsity Football Team and is a nice guy....

Abby and some of her girlfriends......

Of course we had to visit Ali at Walgreens.....Yeah...Abby is that much taller then Ali!

Abby and Her Color Guard.....

I thought I would show you some of Abby's Color Guard photos.....

Here she is with her rifle......

Isn't she cute??

Her Color Guard Team......don't they look serious?

Now crazy pose......with their coach Kate....

Last weekend the Band performed at the Eastern Illinois University Marching Competition....

Getting ready for the music to start....first one up front.....

Big smile for the judges......

Dancing......

Now with the flags....she's in the middle

The whole band looking great!!

Running with flag.......so fast she's blurry.....

The Band won all the individual awards and got 1st over all!! They have a great program this year and the kids really enjoy it. Abby really likes color guard and is planning on doing Winter guard later this year.

You can go to www.effinghamband.org to see their performances on YTube!

A Wedding Up North.......

The last weekend in August we attended the wedding of Brian's cousin Mark and his new wife Waynie in the Chicago area.

Of course we are supposed to be relaxing for the weekend and here is Brian......(atleast he is poolside!)..... Gabe enjoying the reception.....He was trying to be Mr. Fancy Pants with his wine glass....

Abby looked great in her dress.....They had all this neat furniture that she had to try out....

The Bride and Groom coming out of the church......It was a beautiful wedding....

Me with my boys.....They get cleaned up really nice.....And Yes...Beau is almost as tall as me!

It was a nice weekend to just get away.......

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....

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!