Various Happenings

This week has been crazy busy. Some of these pictures are actually from last week. It was right back into full swing at school this week. We were gone every afternoon with one event or another. Today will actually be much less hectic. Ethan's soccer game isn't until 2:00, so we can catch up on some housework and relax in the morning. I have Ethan, Noah, and Sophia here. Mike took Will, Paige, and Emma to Family Day at the Space Center. They are off meeting astronauts and looking at space shuttles. Melissa is taking the general knowledge portion of her teaching exam so I'm sure she is having more fun than anyone!

Here are a couple of pictures of my babies from last week. Abby is no longer a puppy and now is a big, clumsy lab! She is still cute as a button though! (The kids at school were working on similes and one of the simile cards said, "As cute as a bug." I guess that one was even before my time!!!)
Hanzie and Abby often share this big bed. Hanzie usually goes to lay on it and then Abby creeps her way in there.

These were taken at the beach after my birthday dinner. We tried to go to DJ's Burrito Bar, but for the 2nd Friday night in a row they were closed! The first week was for a surfing competition and on my birthday it was closed for catering! No worries...we made our way to Mi Mexico. We had to walk quite a bit after our Mi Mexico dinner. Apparently, we got too far away from the lazy boys since they called my cell phone to tell us to turn around and come back!

The kids loved "the hole." Noah had to go give it a hug goodbye before we left.

Will loves chocolate! Chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate candy, hot chocolate, chocolate milk...if it has chocolate in it, he is all about it. His face usually comes out looking like this!

On Tuesday night, we met Nancy and Carol at Parrot Cay Island Grille for dinner. Nancy and Carol are the cousins of Dad Schrader. We always have a great time and great conversation when we meet up with them. Carol lives locally and Nancy was visiting from Massachusetts. Nancy insisted on getting the boys a lava cake. They were more than happy to eat it!

Will and Noah had soccer games on both Wednesday night and last night. Their team won both games and they scored a lot. Last night's game was actually 9-0. The coach was trying to convince the kids on our team to let the other team score at least one at the end of the game, but just before the kid took a shot, Noah's instinct kicked in and he was having none of that and quickly cleared it out. Ethan is playing an all girls team today. Apparently, their stats are impressive so they are in for a challenge. Hopefully they will come out on the victorious side!