Aw, Peaceful Bliss!!

Shhh, do you hear that? Exactly. Addie now has dance class every Tuesday afternoon for 1 hour across town. It hit me last week as I stayed to watch her first class that I'm here by myself, well watching her. But nobody was hitting my leg telling me they had to potty, nobody asked for a snack, and my phone didn't even ring. It was quite relaxing. Logan was home babysitting the other two boys. I worked it out with Logan, he loves to come home and cook up some popcorn and watch monster trucks with the boys. So yesterday I parked out front of Miss Debbie's house while Addie was inside dancing and I read a couple chapters of my book with the windows down and the cool breeze coming through windows, finishing off my share of Kettle Corn popcorn I stole before I left the house and my Peach Propel. What a peaceful afternoon, even if only once a week, in this wonderful fairytale I live!?!

Sweet Dreams ?!?

So, the other night Brad and I were up having one of those talks. You know, the one about life; work, the kids, schedules, coaching 2 soccer teams, projects around the house, money, etc. So I said, "What can I do, I've noticed you haven't been sleeping for about 2 weeks." He said, "I know. Everytime I close my eyes I think about soccer!" I couldn't help but laugh. Of all the things going on in the world, or our little world, and he's stressing about soccer. I guess it was a relief. He is such an awesome coach! Last Friday even the fans from the other team were stopping Brad on the side lines to shake his hand and tell him what a great job he is doing. I had tears in my eyes. The5-6 grade boys are undefeated, and the 3-4 grade girls have only lost 1. Both kids have progressed so much this year. Logan has scored almost every game, and Addie has really kicked it in gear and is hustling. It so great to have the whole family support us in these hectic 5 weeks. Thanks for coming to the games Hooper's!
I will try to get more pictures of the next few games, it's just been so exciting to watch. I forget I do have my camera there.

What a beautiful weekend!

We went camping this past weekend, and what gorgeous weather. It was so fun! The kids all practiced riding their bikes and 4-wheelers, shooting grasshoppers with b-b guns with grandma, nature hiking for scouts, playing a little badminton, of course Taggert had to be a part of the fire starting, (Little Pyro) and just plain hanging out!! I just have one question: Does anybody know what my 2-year-old might be allergic to when he stops breathing at night? (We could've done without that scary part. Thank goodnes for Benadryl!)

First day of Preschool!!
(Again)
Drexton wrote his name on an apple so when they come to school they find their name and hang it on the tree, so we know who is there and they get used to finding their name.

Can you tell which one is his?
He actually did write all the right letters and then scribbled on it.




He is hanging his apple on the wall.





And yes, can you see the big boy underwear sticking out the top of the pants?





I got Andy to convince him he couldn't come back to preschool unless he went in the potty like a big boy. It worked! Thanks Andy!!

We have 9 girls in this class and only 4 boys, Drexton is one of them. So he gets to sit right in the middle of all of them. (She's cute! as he points).

It's going to be a fun year!