That's what she said: Sat er day FUN

Today was just what I needed, as I stated on my Facebook. I have really felt the repercussions of Jake being gone a lot this week with work because it’s the end of the month, Basketball nights, and such. I was feeling like I was just at ropes end and really irritable with the kids and pretty much anyone else I came in contact with.( Poor man from India who I couldn’t understand who called me, yes I was feeling a little cross with him.) Anyway… I don’t know how other wives do it- when their husbands work out of town or even longer hours than Jake because let’s face it, we know he likes to play rather than work. So, today was one of those feel good family days. We started off with Pierce’s first Soccer game of the season and he did awesome!! He actually scored his FIRST goal, can you believe it??!! Except there’s one little problem… It was for the other team he scored it for. But hey, that’s ok! He did so well today and watching him kindof gave me that choked up little feeling in my throat for a second. You know that feeling I’m talking about ,right? I was so proud of him, it was by far his most aggressive game. We are still working on it though and I think by the end of the season he will be a completely different player. After the game, we came home and played & cleaned the cars outside. It was in the high 80’s today so it was a good day to be out and just having a good time. The kids rode their bikes, caught bugs, helped clean the cars, made forts in the garage with all our junk, and ate Taco Bell for lunch in the garage, Picnic Style. After several hours of that, we got cleaned up and got ready for Pierce’s Basketball game. This Basketball game was Capital H- ilarious! I wish I had a short video clip of it so that we are on the same page, but maybe next time. These kids are just so funny and their little personalities come out and their competitiveness is very present! Although Pierce didn’t touch the ball once and just basically ran back and forth up and down the court, he did have a great time. What was so funny was Jake Morphew who is wow, just hilarious! He is such a funny kid and even though they were playing bball, he certainly had some football stunts he was pulling. One stunt in particular was when he got the ball and a kid on the SAME team took the ball from him because he wasn’t passing it to anyone and that’s when jake came unglued! All of a sudden , he face turns into “I’m gonna kill you” , his head bears down and he starts sprinting to the opposite side of the court to get this team mate who took the ball from him. He did manage to push him and say a few words I think but it was just too cute for words and we were all cracking up! He is actually a pretty good little basketball player and a tough guard! All these little kids are just so fun to watch, we all were dying! Pierce did a good job though (even though he got smacked in the face with the ball when someone was trying to pass it and he wasn’t paying attention), he will get better and whats good is that he enjoys is and really practices on his dribbling. He is almost there in making a basket, probably by next week it will get in there.

We ended the night with watching Jurassic Park with the kids. Yes, its a little much for them but there is just something cute when the kids are kindof scared and cuddle up with you. I know, its kindof cruel.