1 more day!!!

I have been waiting months for this weekend ."GIRLS WEEKEND!!" There are 7 of us girls going to a cabin in NewYork. We leave all the kids, dishes and mealtimes with the hubby's all weekend. A complete weekend of heavenly peace and quiet!!! ahhhhh.. It always comes just at the right time.. When the kids have pressed the limits on every situation(at least it seems like it:-)I don't know if it is just my impatience and overwhelming excitement to get away for a few days or if the kids know mom will not be there for the weekend and decide to cram a weekends worth of fighting and crying into the day before I leave. But I always feel so refreshed and recharged , like I can conquer anything by the time I come back....It is always an incredible time with lots of new memories:) I think Owen is taking the kids out on his sister's boat. The kids will have a ton of fun and won't even know mommy is gone for the weekend...though daddy may be another story..heehee...
Well off to pack... i'll post my pictures when I return.....

new friends

Ooops I am a little behind on the blogging thing.. our computer has been down for a few days...


Last Sunday, after three years , we were able to finally meet owen's friend from online. Owen and Steve have been talking online almost every day for the last several years. They became friends when owen first entered the poker world. Steve and his wife have three kids and they are moving to New Hampshire. So we were able to meet them in Ashtubula, OH on their way through. We took everyone to Red lobster then went out to lake Erie to let the kids run around.. The kids had a lot of fun playing on the beach and running around with some new friends.



Torin thought it was so funny to chase the birds around..

The kids had so much fun wading and playing in the water. We definitely

will be making a trip to the beach soon again to build sand castles and play in the water!

crazy kids!

Last night I had a 9:30 volleyball game. Thank goodness we won. I was getting a little nervous for a while there. They were actually missing a few of there players too. Two more games and then the tournaments start. Right now We are in 6th place out of 16 teams.. Doing so so .... next week we play the 2nd leading team so it will be a tough one.... Today the kids were nuts!!! Owen and I could not figure out what was going on ... They were picking on each other all morning and fighting!! Finally we had enough and took them out to the park to release all their energy.. AHHH much better after that trip .. they are now all sleeping peacefully in there beds and it is finally a quiet house:-)
I am now getting ready to go to my first book release party at borders with my friend Kristen..Soooo excited!! Have been waiting for the 4th book in the Twilight series for a while now.. I will finally have it in my hands at 12:01 am!!! yay!yay!