More Pictures!

There are A TON of pictures from my phone so I have to include them.  Even if they show up very small because I don't know how to make them bigger!  SORRY!  Get out your magnifying glass!

I'm starting with Blake and 3v3 over the summer! Then there is one random photo from the Crew game.  Followed by a picture from football and one of me and my friend, Susan!  Then more first day of school pics and the back to school dinner.  After that, there are pics from soccer and pics from Blake's birthday party!  Then there are some pics of my NKU get together followed by pics from my color run and my birthday dinner!  Then there are Blake's birthday pictures and  my Indy half marathon.  Then a random picture of me and Lola!  Next up is Halloween, Blake's Soctoberfest tournament (they took second place), the Ultramarathon picture, and the tiniest stop sign I've ever seen!  Enjoy!

Pictures!

So I decided to include the photos from the Columbus Crew/DC United game!  There are only a couple but we sure had a blast!  Below those photos, are pictures of Blake's first day of school!  And I had to get a photo of his Planetbox.  We LOVE it.  I get tired of throwing away lunchboxes after every school year!  Now I don't have to!  Woo hoo!  And finally, there are pumpkin carving pics!  Now I have to do a post of cell phone pics!  YAY! :)



DUH?!?!

Perhaps when doing a "catch up" post, I should read what I wrote many moons ago.  Because basically everything I wrote yesterday was written in the post way back in July.  Oops.  Will I delete that?  HECK no.  It took time to write it so it's staying in my blog book.  Besides it will remind me of my idiocy!  GEEZ.

So now I will catch you up from the start of school!

1.  Blake had a soccer tournament over Labor Day.  We traveled to Ohio and lost pretty big.  Blah.  Good story.

2.  Blake was selected for the football all star team but couldn't join because of soccer.  His football team didn't do all that great.  But it was nice to be chosen based on his skill as quarterback and kicker!

3.  I ran a half marathon!  WOO HOO!  I actually ran almost the whole way!  It was super hilly....which I wasn't prepared for.  So given that, I think I did ok!

4.  I also ran a color run.  It was a blast!  I recommend it to anyone looking for a FUN 5k.  It was the easiest run I've ever done (I rhymed).

5.  While I'm on the subject of running....I just got back from doing a 30 mile ultramarathon relay with some friends!  We had tons of fun.  Even though I ran my first five miles in 31 degree, RAINY weather.  Ugh.  I'll let you know if I caught pneumonia!

6.  I started watching the cutest baby, Ava, a couple months ago!  She's so sweet and we love spending our days with her!  Lola adores her so that makes me happy! :)

7.  Blake is in the art club.  He's also on the math bowl team for school.  So yeah.  He keeps me busy running him all over the place!  I wouldn't have it any other way!

8.  Blake turned TEN on October 9th.  I can't believe he's in double digits!  We celebrated with a party at Sky Zone (an indoor trampoline place).  He had a blast!

I think that's about it!  We have some photos of pumpkin carving.  I tasked that out to Billy because I don't do goo and cutting into things.  They turned out well because we used GO CARDS (as Lola calls it)templates.  Trick or treating was also fun.  Lola dressed up as a cheetah.  At the last minute, Blake decided to be Drew Brees.  We had fun with our soccer friends!  The kids froze but got lots of candy.  So I'm pretty sure that makes it okay! :)

Ok....NOW I think I'm caught up.  We are ready for Thanksgiving!  So I will post this and then post some photos!  YAY!  Sorry I'm a space cadet and keep repeating info!  I blame it on....well, nothing.  My brain just doesn't work!

I AM ALIVE!!!

Wow, I have like a MEGA ton of catching up to do!  You all know how much I LOVE my blog book at the end of the year.  Well there is a slight (HUGE) gap in our timeline.  So I'm making it a goal to catch this baby up!  Hope you don't mind reading about past events and looking at old photos.  If so, you may just want to wait until this blog is current (will that EVER really happen????....maybe next year)! ;)

Okay so I left off with Blake's soccer tournament over Memorial Day (basically a million years ago. SHOOT!!!). I will quickly fill you in on the rest of our summer.  That was so long ago that nothing really seems important anymore!  HA HA....but seriously.....

1.  Blake attended a soccer camp at U of L.  He LOVED it and is getting ready to register for this summer.  It was a blast being able to work with the best college soccer coach on the planet Earth, Ken Lolla.  I will post pictures in another blog.  For now, this is just the wordy (BORING) part of catching up!  SORRY!

2.  Blake attended a sport sampler camp with a couple of friends here in Noblesville.  At night, he attended a soccer camp at the high school.  He had a great time at each.  We were also involved in 3v3 soccer tourneys again.  Blake's team did really well until Regionals in Cincy....where they lost.  Again.  (More on that later....or not).  All you really need to know is at the end of the summer, we went to Cincy and stayed at a Bed and Breakfast with our entire team.  We didn't do well AT ALL in the soccer tourney.  But the boys had fun hanging out at the B&B...especially because it was on a farm and we were able to chill with all the animals! 

3.  We were able to go to Chicago for a Fire MLS game.  Former U of L player, Austin Berry is on the Fire so Blake was super excited to go!  We were bummed because nobody signed autographs.  But because Austin Berry is the coolest person around, he had us mail Blake's Berry jersey to him.  He autographed it with a little message and sent it back.  Yes, he is THAT cool.  And in other news, Berry is up for MLS rookie of the year!  WAHOO!!!!!!

4.  Blake attended British soccer camp (another annual tradition) in Shelbyville, KY.  He had a guy from Whales and a guy from Scotland as his coaches.  I loved the accents...as I always do.  They were both very impressed with Blake and had nothing but kind things to say about him!

5.  Blake had another soccer camp (GASP).  Yeah, we basically kept ourselves busy by shuffling Blake from one soccer thing to the next!  Then we were able to go to Columbus to see the Crew play DC United.  United has a former U of L player, Nick DeLeon.  So Blake was pumped to see him.  He got his autograph...along with many others!  It was a great weekend!  Nick is also up for MLS rookie of the year.  I guess that shows you how awesome U of L soccer is!

6.  Blake had another soccer camp.  Yeah.  It was the last one.  It was all about shooting and finishing.  So he loved it!  Then football started.  And school started.  And we had to stay home.  We were basically all over the place for the whole summer!  We also spent a lot of time in Louisville so we could see Billy at my parent's house! :)

So that was our summer.  I will end there.  I will put pictures up in the next post.  Then I will continue this catch up nightmare (I mean dream....ahem) tomorrow!  I have missed catching up on everyone's blogs.  So I will probably be stalking a little bit (a lot).  I hope I didn't lose my readers because I truly love you all.  Like for reals.  Oh and get out there and vote today.  Do it.  Because you can!