Newberry Wins!

We had some terrible weather here at the beach this past week, it was worse than the tropical storm we had...cold rain, wind gusts, we had 3 days of that and then Friday was a beautiful, warm day. As a result of the quick change weather, we have all been coughing and sneezing.

We went with my mom, dad, and Chris this past Saturday to the Newberry game. Finally got to see Caroline march! The band is small but I think they do a great job. The game was really exciting, you can read about it at http://newberry.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=3364 If you look in the background, right behind the red railing, Bryanna is standing up wearing a pink hoodie and shorts. We had alot of fun cheering on the "Scarlett and Gray". There were a few really bad calls by the referees and the head coach really blew his top. The thing was, the referee had his microphone on while the head coach was yelling at him. Since this is a "family blog" I won't repeat what was said but we did get a good laugh out of it. After the game, Chris and I went into the dorm to get Caroline and her roommate. Caroline's room is bigger this year and more organized (read: cleaner) and the girls have it decorated really nice. We all went to a BBQ place for dinner and then left for home. Our driver (Dad) took a wrong turn but we made it home eventually.

Sunday, Bill worked on the tile in mom and dad's kitchen. He got all the tile up but still needs to do the finishing touches. The remodeling is really coming along nice! My cousins, Pam and Patti, came down for a week and Patti took on the "foreman" position and her and dad put down the new floor and painted the family room. It is really pretty. I only got to see Pam and Patti for a little while and Patti was busy working but I did get to talk to Pam a little and look at her pictures. I know mom and dad enjoyed having them!

We got home late last night and now we are back to the routine. Andrew's football game was cancelled last week because of the weather but he is suppose to have a game tomorrow night. I will try to take a picture or 2!

Chewy is recovered from his surgery and only got one staple out by himself before his vet visit. The place where the staple was did not get infected so that was good news. He is all "bedda" now and will be getting a bath today (don't tell him).

Well, this is it for now. Hope all is well with everyone. Write when you can!

Much ado about nothing!

Tropical Storm Hanna came through last Friday. We had some really interesting weather with the way the rain bands were. The kids and I went to the grocery store and it was nice and sunny and when we came out, we had rain, rain, and more rain! We were drenched by the time we got to the car. We drove the few miles home and we had sun again. I took Bryanna to her violin lesson a couple of hours later and the rain had started again. It was on and off like that for most of the evening. We did drive down to the beach and got out to go down to the ocean. The wind was really strong and the rain was coming in sideways. We saw some news crews but nobody we recognized. Andrew measured the rain for a few hours and we got 3 inches of rain in 2 hours. I really think the kids could have gone to school on Friday and the uproar was a little over the top but I guess it is always better to be safe than sorry.

Andrew's football practice has been going well. He is playing offensive right guard for now but that could change. Bryanna is signed up to play volleyball which starts Sept. 16th. This way we will have something EVERY night of the week to do....Oh well, we will get it through it and it is nice that the kids can be involved in activities.

Not much else going on around here. Chewy is having an operation on Thursday-he is being "fixed" (change remember the right word...) He goes in at 8:00 in the morning.

Oh yes, watched the ND game on Saturday..hmmm...I will refrain from posting my comments until further observation.

Have a great week!

Tropical Storm Update...

No this isn't Jim Cantore or whatever that guy's name is (my mom has a secret crush on him-haha) We are awaiting Tropical Storm Hanna at the moment and the sky is getting darker as I type this. Just a bit of a breeze but no rain or anything yet. The kids were out of school today so we have been cleaning and watching movies...mostly watching movies! I went to the grocery store yesterday so we are all set with that. I am more worried about Hurricane Ike than I am this storm. That storm looks really bad.

Well, the first Notre Dame game of the season is tomorrow. I hope they have a good year. One of Andrew's football coaches is an Ohio State fan so he and Andrew swap insults. The other day, Andrew was running a lap and the coach told him he was running like Charlie Weiss. I guess I need to set that coach straight! (smile) Anyway, have fun at the game those of you who are going-wish I could be there!!

We spent Labor Day weekend in Elgin with my parent's. We were all suppose to go to Newberry to see Caroline march in the band but Mom was really sick so I stayed home with her. She was in bed most of the day but was able to get up around 6:00 when everyone came home. Newberry lost their home opener but not by much. Hopefully their season will improve and I will get to a game one of these days!

Not much else going on here, just watching the weather right now! I will try to post an update and some pictures once the storm passes!!!

Take care!