Mother's Day 2008

What a great day! It actually started last night. Jamie gave me my gift a day early. He can never wait when he gets me one. He's such a big kid sometimes.

He got me a beautiful (the picture doesn't do it justice) wrap for my ring. Sadly, I have to drop it off to get it sized. Darn standard size 7 in stores. Isn't it pretty?



Jasmine spent the night at Oma and Opa's last night after the walk. While she was there, she painted me a beautiful bird house. It's so great! She wrote on it "Brid rock, Moms Rock".



We got Oma a digital picture frame, the "Sign for Love" Willow Tree figurine and a black lab Webkinz. Yes, we are getting Oma addicted to Webkinz mania!

We also celebrated Jasmine's birthday!

A bag of goodies from Oma and Opa ~ a birthstone necklace, a ring, lotions and nail stuff.



A real tea set. Jasmine loves tea sets.





A cool set to decorate her iPod ear buds with from Nana



One more Webkinz from Mommy and Daddy ~ a brown pony she named Brownie



A few fun pics with Uncle Boo and the kids ~ they love him so much!





And last (but certainly not as a last thought), we miss you so much Sandy. We are thinking of you, missing you and loving you on this Mother's Day.

Relay for Life walk

Last night, the kids and I had the American Cancer Society Relay for Life walk. Our team, Just Us, was started by my parents' next door neighbor, Mrs. Poindexter. She lost her husband a few years ago to cancer. Mr. Poindexter is a man I have known since I was 10 years old. A great man. Someone that will always be missed. He always loved seeing Jordan when he was little and that is someone that is very special to Jordan.

We also walk in memory of my Papa, John Schneider. Papa passed away January 20, 2003 from cancer as well.

Both of these men are men that everyone that met them, loved them. They are truly missed each and every day.

The kids and I also walked in memory of another man, John Wellington. While we didn't know him, one of my friend's Sara does. John just passed away recently and from what I know, he is another great man that will be missed each and every day.

We also walked in honor of a little boy, named Isaac Lally. My friend, Tracy ~ her next door neighbor and best friend, Steph is the mother of this wonderful little boy who is fighting hard against Medulloblastoma.

Cancer doesn't care about age, gender, race or religion. It affects so many people and their families. We walked last night to remember those we have lost and honor those that are fighting it.

One group was selling light up leis and light up glasses







The Lumanaria bags



My two walkers that made it to 3 am walking, dancing and being proud members of the team! I'm so proud of them!



Thank you to everyone that donated on our behalf. We truly appreciate the support!

She did it AGAIN!

What is with Jenna? She stuck a piece of gum in her nose. It wasn't a big piece. The second she did it, she told me. A simple tissue and blowing of the nose and it was out. But seriously, she did it again! What am I going to do with this girl?

Happy 7th Birthday Jasmine!

7. 7 years old. Can you believe our sweet baby girl is 7? Oh where does that time go? I can't even handle that Jasmine is 7.

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What a day it has been! Jasmine was up bright and early at 5:30 when Daddy was leaving for work. Daddy, as usual, was the first to tell her Happy Birthday and give her a great big kiss. When I woke up at 6:30, she was sitting on my bed, grinning from ear to ear.

During the school day, everyone referred to her as The Birthday Girl. She got to pick out a birthday book, as every child does in the school on their birthday.

When she got home, her presents were waiting for her.





An iDog for her iPod!





A carrying bag for her iPod and iDog



A case for her iPod



A unicorn and a dragon Webkinz



Every girl should get chocolate covered strawberries on her birthday. 7 of them, of course.



When we started singing to her, Jenna decided she should blow out the candles.



This is Jasmine asking Jenna if she wants to help blow out the candles as Daddy relights them



Make a wish! Um, Jasmine, watch the hair!



Backing off some



A bit closer



That last candle just doesn't want to blow out



Nope, still not



Jenna helping out



And yes she burnt her hair. It's hard to tell and it's not much but that first time up to the cake, she got her hair.

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Some Interesting Birthday Facts

*Actually, the most interesting birthday fact is Jasmine's actual birth date. May 8th which is 5/8. For anyone that knows Jamie, knows that his football number was 58. No, she is not a Daddy's Girl AT ALL. Talk about schmoozing Daddy since the day she was born!*

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Your date of conception was on or about 15 August 2000 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Taurus.
Your Life path number is 7.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Decide what you want and go for it.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2452037.5.
The golden number for 2001 is 7.
The epact number for 2001 is 5.
The year 2001 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/24/2001 and ending 2/11/2002.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Snake.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Beaver; your plant is Wild Clover.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Epipy, the third month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 15 Iyyar 5761.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 16 Iyyar 5761.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.19.8.3.13 which is
12 baktun 19 katun 8 tun 3 uinal 13 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Tuesday, 14 Safar 1422 (1422-2-14).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 15 April 2001.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 15 April 2001.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 28 February 2001.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 3 June 2001.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 10 June 2001.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 18 September 2001.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 8 April 2001.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 27 February 2001.

As of 5/7/2008 8:34:47 AM EDT
You are 6 years old.
You are 84 months old.
You are 365 weeks old.
You are 2,556 days old.
You are 61,352 hours old.
You are 3,681,154 minutes old.
You are 220,869,287 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Enrique Iglesias (1975) Darren Hayes (1972) Robert M. Hensel (1969)
Melissa Gilbert (1964) Toni Tennille (1943) Peter Benchley (1940)
Rick Nelson (1940) Don Rickles (1926) Bishop Fulton Sheen (1895)
Harry S. Truman (1884)

Top songs of 2001
Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse Fallin' by Alicia Keys
All for You by Janet (Jackson) Drops of Jupiter by Train
I'm Real by Jennifer Lopez If You're Gone by Matchbox 20
Let Me Blow Ya Mind by Eve (w/Gwen Stefani) Thank You by Dido
Again by Lenny Kravitz Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 1.00039138943249 years old. (You're just a pup!)

Your lucky day is Friday.
Your lucky number is 6.
Your ruling planet(s) is Venus.
Your lucky dates are 6th, 15th, 24th.
Your opposition sign is Scorpio.
Your opposition number(s) is 9 & 11.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 1 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 7 candles.

Those 7 candles produce 7 BTUs,
or 1,764 calories of heat (that's only 1.7640 food Calories!) .
You can boil 0.80 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 2001 there were 4,025,933 births in the US.
In 2001 the US population was approximately 281,421,906 people, 79.6 persons per square mile.
In 2001 in the US there were 2,327,000 marriages (8.4%) and — divorces (4%)
In 2001 in the US there were approximately 2,403,000 deaths (8.7 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 2001 the population of Australia was approximately 19,529,274.
In 2001 there were approximately 246,394 births in Australia.
In 2001 in Australia there were approximately 103,130 marriages and 55,330 divorces.
In 2001 in Australia there were approximately 128,544 deaths.


Your birthstone is Emerald

The Mystical properties of Emerald

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Emerald is used for physical and emotional healing.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Agate, Chrysoprase


Your birth tree is

Poplar, the Uncertainty

Looks very decorative, no self-confident behaviour, only courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, artistic nature, good organiser, tends to philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes partnership serious.


There are 232 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 245 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

Yet another win!

Go Muckdogs! They beat out the Althetics 10 - 5!

Jordan struck both times up to bat unfortunately. He is still swinging that bat though so at least the strikes now are for actually swinging.

He played right field as usual.

They have another game on Saturday!

The Muckdogs are HOT!

Yet another victory for the Muckdogs. They beat out the Pirates 12 - 3!

Jordan played well. He struck out once and walked on another time. Unfortunately he didn't score as the next person up to bat got the out. But hey, at least he's swinging the bat now!

They have another game tomorrow night. Check back then to see how they did!

What a great sports day!

What a day for sports!

Jordan had a 9 AM game so we had to be there at 8. While on the way, Jenna threw up. Oh what will this day turn into? So I dropped Jordan off with his coach and ran back home to get clothes. Something told me to pack her some clothes because I knew we'd be gone most of the day but alas, I didn't. Back to the game in plenty of time where Jenna slept in my lap for the first hour and then just sat there with me for the second hour.

Jordan actually swung this game! We think he's been having a bit of stage fright at the games when it's his turn. Not only did he actually swing but he hit the ball too! It was a nice hit but the 2nd baseball got it to the first baseman just before Jordan hit the plate. The guys on the team were really proud he actually hit it though. You'd of thought he didn't get the out. Next time up to bat, he walked on and then scored!

Jordan played right and left field.

The Muckdogs beat Damascus 17 - 7!!! It was an awesome game.

A few pictures from Jordan's game

Warming up



Playing right field



Playing Left Field



Pretty Jasmine



Jacob laying on the rocks



That game was over about 11:15. We took one of Jordan's teammates to his sister's game where his dad was at then headed home. I had a feeling Oma and Opa had been trying to call. They were planning on coming to James' game. Of course because no one ever listens to anything I say, Oma and Jamie weren't sure what time who's games where when. *Sometimes I wonder why I even talk.* Oma and Opa met us at our house at 12:30 and then we were off to James' game.

James had pictures and practice at 1. While that was going on, we sat, had hot dogs and watched the younger kids (they have to be like 4 or 5) play. There are some good little ball players there.

James game started a few minutes late and guess who actually got to come? Jamie! Oh man, if you could have seen the smile on James' face. I don't think anything would have made it come off. To top it off, James scored a touch down. Oh man, that was so cool to watch! And we thought the smile couldn't have gotten bigger! James made a lot of good attempts at getting the flags off of the other team and did a few times. He is quite a fast runner. They tied 24 - 24. They play for an hour and when time is up, if it's tied, that's how it stays. *No pictures from James' game. I completely forgot to take one. I wish I would have gotten a video of his touchdown. Maybe next time.*

It was a really great day for the boys. Beautiful weather. Both played great. Then we grilled at home.

This week is going to be one crazy week coming up!

Sunday ~ Baseball practice
Monday ~ Jasmine has gymnastics
Tuesday ~ Baseball game
Wednesday ~ Baseball game
Thursday ~ Jasmine turns 7!
Friday ~ Relay for Life walk
Saturday ~ Baseball game and Jordan has his team pictures
Sunday ~ Mother's Day

I'll try hard to update daily!

Jamie never ceases to amaze me

You know the saying ~ "Jack of All Trades, Master of None". Well Jamie is a Master of All. We got a really nice surround sound system for the living room. Most people would need the store to install in as these are the kind that go into the wall. Well not us, we have Jamie. He can do anything and personally I think he does it better than the *pros*. I don't know, maybe I'm biased. Anyway, he was off today and did the speakers.

Before ~ cutting the holes into the walls



*Yes, we have a dart board in the living room.*



After







Isn't he amazing? How awesome is that craftsmanship? And the sound is simply amazing. And we don't even have the subwoofer yet.

As if my life isn't exciting enough...

Jenna likes to make sure to cause as much trouble as possible. Jasmine had gymnastics tonight at 6 so of course this would happen tonight. Jenna woke up from a mini-nap at about 4 and was complaining her nose was hurting. Well I knew from a previous incident that Jenna probably stuck something up there. I figured we'd be off to the ER for a nice minimal 3 to 4 hour visit and Jazzi would be missing gymnastics.

She wouldn't answer my questions asking her if she stuck something up there. She just cried and cried. Upon a flashlight, held down investigation, it was apparent that Jenna had something up her nose. I couldn't really tell what it was. It looked like a pistachio which Jacob, Jenna and I had been munching on earlier. I attempted to use my fingernail to get it out which I'm sure is probably the worst thing to do but you do what you do in the moment. Her nose did start bleeding a teeny bit. Jasmine got me a tissue. For grins and giggles, I had Jenna blow her nose. I was hoping she'd at least just move it up some making it easier for me to get out. Well she said "oh Mommy, my nose feels better." So I looked in the tissue and what do I find....a balled up piece of tissue. *sigh* I asked her why she did it and she said in the sweetest voice "I don't know". I asked her if she would ever do it again and she of course said no.

Here's a lovely picture of the tissue and just to give you some perspective, sized up next to a dime.



I am pretty sure you can check back here in a few weeks to see what she decides to stick up there next.

For now, here's a list.

1) Bead
2) Tissue

Another day of baseball

Jordan had another game today. It was a great game and despite an awesome comeback, it wasn't enough for a victory. The Muckdogs lost to the Giants, 11-10. :-(

Here are a few pictures from the day.

Jordan doing what he does while he waits....eating sunflower seeds. These things are like crack to these kids!



Up to bat. Sadly, Jordan struck out.



A few more pictures.

Jenna being Jenna ~ the dirtier she gets, the better! Oh and her shirt is actually a dress. A dress she wore when she was 6 months old. It wasn't worth the fight. When Jenna wants to wear something, Jenna wears it.







One of Jacob



One of Jazzi

3-0 Baby!

Jordan had another game tonight. They played the Pirates. It was an intense game to say the least. Very close. Jordan didn't get a hit but did walk on one time and in turn, scored! He played right field and did very well.

The Muckdogs are 3-0!! They won 11-9. That is by far our closest game. It was definitely a nailbiter.

Jordan has another game this Saturday!

My furry baby

I haven't shared any pictures of Bear in a long time. Can you believe this puppy isn't even a year old yet? That's Mama's boy right there. Well until Jenna walks in the room.