Sliderzz Scrimmage

After the reunion last Saturday we headed to Cedar for a baseball scrimmage against the Cedar Stix's. It was a perfect night for baseball. The weather was beautiful and the field was immaculate, and we won! Winning always makes for a great ride home! The only downfall of the night was literally a fall. Addie fell on the blacktop and cut her forehead, she ended up with a big goose egg too, but she survived! All in all it was a fun night, and we all can't wait for the next tournament this coming weekend.

Bowler Reunion

Ingredients to make a great family reunion:

• Meet in Gunlock at the park.
• Have LOTS of Good Food.
• Must have a Fun Family!
• Silent auction's are always an added bonus.
• Have a chart of every family member. It is a great way for all to feel connected. :)
• Keep things, short and sweet.
• You will also need a few "visitor's." (Kind of like in Wedding Crashers, they will keep everybody on their toes!)

Thanks Josh and JC for being our "visitor's" we will adopt you as family anytime! Can't wait until the next Francis and Anne Bowler family reunion. It is always a treat to attend!

Can't be beat!

Mornings like this, can't be beat!

Santa Clara Park, September 11, 2009

My Day

September 10, 2009

7:20 Landon woke up. (I should have been up jogging, but I wasn't.)

7:45 Finally got up, Gavin got up too, he was the lucky one to change Addie's poop.

7:55 Started Pancakes for breakfast, took out trash.

8:05 Helped Landon out of the shower and got him ready for school.

8:20 Fed Landon, Addie and Gavin (Preston wasn't up yet, he had cereal later.)

8:30 Landon left on his bike for school, Addie went outside, waved and said bye (first time I had heard her say bye.)

8:35 Took all the sheets of the beds, started washer, also took the clothes out of the dryer from yesterday that I forgot to fold. (Typical, very typical!)

8:45 Cleaned up Kitchen

8:55 went into the Playroom and found this....

Cleaned it like this!

9:31 Discovered a present in Addie's diaper!

9:33 Changed it!

9:35 Cleaned up Addie's room, and took Diapers to trash.

9:45 Put Addie and Preston in the tub.

10:00 Did Addie's hair, which is becoming quite a chore, because she won't sit still! Preston slip n' sliding in the tub probably didn't help either.

10:10 Ironed Addie's clothes, got both dressed.

10:12 Addie fell in the Laundry room, her lip started to bleed... cleaned that up.

10:17 Figured Oreo's would be help her lip feel better. See, they did!

10:20 Ironed Gavin's shirt for work.

10:24 Gavin left for work, Addie wave and said bye out the window.

10:30 Phone rang.

10:39 Changed laundry, made beds, vacumed, cleaned up boys room, put clothes away.

11:16 Changed laundry.

11:17 Laid Addie down for a nap.

11:18 Made my bed with clean sheets! Finished vacuuming my room.

11:30 Did first lesson in this book. (Only a few lesson's in as of today, I'll let you know how it goes. So far, so good.)

11:45 Got in the shower. Finally! I had to get ready really fast, and I did!

12:11 Fixed Preston and I lunch.

12:15 Ate Lunch.

12:35 Woke up Addie and left for Kindergarten.

Can you tell, Addie was still tired?

12:45 Preston went into class and I went to the bank.

1:05 Caved, got this. It had been awhile and boy did it taste good!

1:30 Was home. Changed laundry and put some of this away.

2:05 Read a book with Addie, then put her down for her afternoon nap.

2:25 Walked by Addie's room while putting laudry away (still!) and found this...

I played with her awhile. She was loving her rocking horse.

2:35 Changed the laundry, put the LAST batch in the washer!

2:40 Put Addie down AGAIN for her afternoon nap. Emptied the dishwasher, filled it with the lunch dishes.

2:48 Looked through Pottery Barn Kids and wished. Went through bills online, then I got caught up on facebook and blogs.

3:35 Picked up boys from school.

4:00 Changed laundry, folded it and put it away.

4:10 Boys did their homework.

4:30 Addie woke up. (Don't worry Gavin was home when I went to pick the boys up from school.)

4:55 Finished up homework.

5:00 Took boys to play at the Irvin's.

5:07 Ran to Lins to find something for dinner.

5:45 Picked up boys.

6:00 Fed the kids.

6:05 Took last batch of laundry out of dryer and put it away!

6:50 Left for Dinner at Brick Oven with the girls. Happy 30th Birthday Heidi!

9:45 Was finally home.

By the numbers:

3 Diapers I had to change. (Not to many, thanks Gav!)

3 Meals prepared and cleaned up.

4 toilets I flushed for others.

4 beds with clean sheets.

36 sets of socks mated and put away.

45 shirts hung.

Wow what a day! Glad it was over at about 11:00 pm, so I could wake up the next day and do it all over again!

Catching Up

Here is what has been going on with the Frei's in the last few weeks...

Dennis' Birthday!

Addie has been doing lots of fun things as you can see... Dumping oatmeal in her hair, sleeping in her high chair, getting an ingrown toenail, and don't forget the sweet hair she creates all while sleeping in her crib! She is quite a girl! Just today while I was looking on facebook she colored a master piece on herself, her dads arm, the wall, door and couch! Good thing it was a washable green marker she was using! I posted a picture on facebook, but if you aren't on facebook be looking for those pictures here coming real soon.

When kindergartners don't go to school for a week because of SEP's this is what happens! Dress up little boys style! It was fun, even Addie got in on the action. She was the Jedi family dog. (I guess that is how boys play house.)

Now I am almost caught up. I will be posting again soon!

Boys being boys.

Last week everyday after school this is where you would find a bunch of little boys being boys. Watching them try to catch a crawdad was so refreshing. I guess I loved this so much because we live in a crazy, busy, scary, scheduled world and seeing little boys do what little boys should do gave me hope. Hope for our tomorrow, and hope for their future as well as our countries. I believe with little boys like these our future is bright.

Just Sharing a little Tub Time.