Monthly update!

LOL It's been a while (once again) since I posted. I've been bitten by the whole Facebook bug, and spend most of my online time over there, reconnecting (and playing) with old friends. It's been a blast catching up with my old high school friends, not to mention my college buds and sorority sisters!! If you haven't checked it out, you really should!!! And, while you're there, look me up :)

So, what's new around here.. well, we are still in the swing of Field Hockey. Both girls teams are doing incredibly well. In fact, they are both undefeated, and the season is almost over. Hannah's team has had the pleasure to play on the High School turf fields this year. This is a much welcome change from playing on our school fields, that are regular grass. You know the type, overgrown in some areas, and bare in others; with big tuffs that make the ball pop up, off the ground, and harder to hit. The first time Hannah got to play on a turf field, she was amazed at the size. "It looks like a regular football field!" That's because it IS. When playing on a regular grass field, lined very basically, you don't notice just how big it really is. I hope that next year, they will get the same opportunity to play on these fields. Both girls will be playing in an end of season tournament, in a few weeks. Rebecca's team is actually a league lower than Hannah's (due to age), but they are playing in the highest level of that league. They are still winning games with scores like 10-0! So, her coach is entering them in this tournament in Hannah's league. Should be interesting! The two teams could end up playing one another! lol

School is going well for them, too. Though Rebecca was off to a bumpy start. She was bringing home some (let's say) less than pleasing grades, but seems to have gotten herself back on track. She seemed so overwhelmed at the start. We're not sure what was going on there. She will likely not make Principal's honor roll (all A's) for this first semester, but I think Honor Roll is in her sights. I'm very proud of her though.. she's hung in there, done extra credit, and is bringing her grades up. In addition, she's running for Assistant Secretary for the Student Council. She's a bit nervous about it, because she thinks she will lose, but I have told her that it's okay if she doesn't win. All that matters is that she gave it a try! Not everyone does that! Hannah, right now, has all A's (so says her progress reports from her teachers). She even has 100% in several classes. Smarty pants! :) She certainly didn't get that brain from me! hehe At least not the Math portion. ;)

Amanda Joy continues to grow like a weed. She's just about 9 months old now. She's working on the whole crawling thing. It's actually quite funny. She doesn't really crawl forward, but she's got the backwards crawling down to a T. She'll scoot herself backwards, and get herself stuck in the funniest places. She's a champion eater, too. I haven't found one food that she doesn't like. Today, for example, Steve and I went to a buffet for lunch. I had brought a jar of babyfood with us, just in case she was hungry (she ate breakfast late), but instead, she just ate off of my plate. She had (and liked); cottage cheese w/peaches, lima beans, green beans, mac & cheese, roll, mashed potatoes, and black olives. Loved it all! She also likes chicken nuggets, hot dog, cheese, avacado, banana, apple, baby goldfish, peaches, hamburger, rice, oh I could go on and on!

I'll be sure to post some new pics of the girls soon. :)

In other news, our gutters are just about finished!! Hopefully, by this weekend, they will be done. The next project is the kitchen. We are preparing for demolition of the dividing wall between the kitchen and diningroom. I've got a few more things to clear out, then we can break out the hammers, and get to smashin'! We totally forgot to take a before picture!!! We already moved the cabinets that were on the soon-to-be gone wall. But I'll make sure to take pics along the way. I'm not looking forward to the mess in the process, but the outcome will be well worth it!! :)