The Last Day of 2nd Grade...

Today is the last day.
The last day of 2nd Grade.
The last day of Mia's 1st year of Multiage class.
The last day of teachings by two of the best teachers on EARTH!

This school year blew by so fast my head is spinning. I feel like I have been so busy and preoccupied with work this year. It makes me so sad that it is coming to an end.

We are so very blessed to have had Mrs. Anderson for two straight years and Mrs. Robertson this year. They are two of most awesome ladies ever, not to mention great role models and teachers for the kids! Mia would do ANYTHING to please them. That makes me smile.

I hope they know how much we all LOVE them.

We will miss them so much.

Thanks Mrs. A and Mrs. R!!!
XO-
The Eberhardts :)

Miss Mia Elaine....2nd Grader

We got Mia's school pictures back today. This is her Fall/Yearbook picture. They also have Spring pictures. Enjoy!

Soccer...Soccer...Soccer

Princess Strikers Get Outta Bed For This Game

Fall soccer season is in full swing. And now we are even more immersed. Mia is playing on her regular Friendship Rec Team, but she also joined an Academy team. We were going to eventually join a team like this, but really weren't planning on it Spring or next Fall. One of Mia's good friends from her class also played on a Friendship team at Metro Tulsa Soccer club. Her team broke up and some went to this academy team this season. Aftere talking to Amber, her Mom, we decided to go check out a practice one day just to see how different the team dynamic was. And also to see how Mia reacted to the coaching. The coaches on Academy are paid coaches who live and breathe the game. After just one practice we knew this was something that we wanted for Mia. We called a family meeting and discussed possibly joining the team this season. It was unanimous. The next day we were registering and ordering her uniforms.
Now we are practicing with our rec team on Tuesdays with games on Saturdays. Plus, practicing Monday and Thursdays with our academy team with two games on Sundays! So far Mia is having a great time and responding so well to the coaching. Troy and Coach Mike (who are the coaches for the rec tream) are enjoying some soccer from the sidelines now on Sundays!
Today was Mia's first game with the academy team. The whole team does not play both games every Saturday. So she just played game two today. She did AWESOME for her first game! In fact, she almost scored a goal in the first half! I thought she was going to fall over from the increased amount of running in the game. The fields are bigger, and they stay in a long time in between subs. We were so proud of her!
She is in full soccer mode, as I type this she and Troy are practicing out back.
This is going to be a really fun soccer season!
I didn't get any pics from today's games, as we were so engrossed in the action. I will try harder next week!

Mia @ 8am Princess Strikers Game

Fair Time!

Real Quick....I had to share these awesome pictures that I took at the fair last weekend.

Troy and Mia went on the Swing Ride together. After waiting for over 30 minutes in line, I figured I better capture the moment. And since the swings have such a colorful backdrop, I had my fingers crossed for some beauties.

Wow was I pleased with how they turned out! I got REALLY lucky and actually captured the two of them in two shots! What are the odds!? I say they are pretty darn slim considering I could not see them when I took the pictures! (Ahem...I cannot watch spinning things for fear of the wooziness it may cause!)

I took these shots with my Hipstamatic App on my iPhone. It has totally been my go to photo app for over a year now. It takes some really neat shots.

These were all shot using the John S lens and the new Ina's 1935 Film.

We had such a good time walking around, eating junk and riding rides. Ok, I didn’t ride any rides this year…I did the Ferris Wheel last year…this year I let Grandpa Don have that privilege!

We love the fair! Prime people watching and everything fried on a stick! The only think I don’t love is the money we blow. We never have a single thing to show for our trip. (Unless you count the extras on the scale the next day….Whoopsies!)

Slow Down Sunday

Today we went to one soccer game. And that was it! Ah, it sure is nice to relax and hang out at home. Here are the dogs hanging out as well. They loooove being outside and today is a gorgeous Fall day. Finally!

This IS Fall!

My FAVORITE Fall Candle Lights Our Home

Even though it is a balmy 94 degrees out, I have officially crowned this weekend the beginning of Fall. It is my favorite time of the year. I'm sure I share this love with soooooo many others. Fall is welcome at my house not only due to my extreme aversion for hot weather and the sun, but mainly because of all the fond memories that Fall has always made in my memory maker.

This weekend we celebrated Labor Day Weekend. Being today is Labor Day, I am looking back on a very wonderful weekend. The last week was so busy for us. Work, soccer practice, BM Wednesday, Twirling class brought us right up to Friday night and we had a party to go to! Kaitlyn, Mia's friend, had her 8th birthday party at The Grand Health Club on Friday night. They rented the upstairs where they had a Camp Rock 2 party. Fun and games and the premier of the movie Camp Rock 2 on The Disney Channel. The kids had a great time! We ended the evening with a couple Modelos...Yum!

Kaitlyn's 8th Birthday Party

Saturday was a total bummin' day. It was so awesome and very much needed. I don't think we did anything productive. We did sleep in until almost Noon. That is kind of productive. In my mind anyway. That night was the OU game against Utah State. We did not watch it, it was on Pay Per View. But I heard that the game was really close and the Sooners didn't play very well. I think they won...but that is all hearsay. :) My lovely in-laws Don and June came over to hang out with us and then later after the game our friends Tara, TJ and Tia swung by to visit for a bit. I had made a batch of chili earlier in the evening. That, yet another welcome to Fall! It was so delicious.

Tia and Mia Listen to Tunes

Marley Gets Cuddled By Tia

Marley Rockin' Out to Guitar Hero

Tara and I busted out the BM Wednesday Sky and whipped up a couple of Lemon Drops (my favorite shot) and we all took to a couple of rounds of Guitar Hero. Feels like a fun fall game to me! I am going to have to practice up though. It has been over a year since we have played it and I actually got booed off the stage by the computer audience! Yikes!

Sunday we went to lunch with The Buchanans at Los Cabos. Of course it was good! And it was great to see our friends. It had been a while since we got to see them. Later that evening we went over to Tara and TJ's and had burgers on the grill. Standard Labor Day fare. :)

It has been a weekend full of relaxing, hanging out, visiting and we won't forget sleeping in! I absolutely loved it!

Bring on the short week, which I am sure will be totally crazy. Mia turns 8 next week! EEK! We still have not determined what to do for her party. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. :0)

Next thing you know, we will be celebrating Halloween! Lots to do! Lots to do!

Don't Hate!

This week is our Fantasy Football draft at work. I have a rule. I only agree to play each year if Favre agrees to play. No Favre, No Amba. The past few years have been a struggle to commit, but I'm here yet again! Obviously, I have already given away one of my top picks. If anyone dare draft my favorite QB, it is not going to be a fun year for anyone! :). Of course I have a couple Packers on my list as well...so don't hate me for still loving Favre! I know it's hard for all my Wisco friends and fam!



Should be a great time and a great start to all of our Fall events!
Bring it on! I'm ready for some cooler temps and cinnamon scents. Not to mention my favorite holiday ever, HALLOWEEN! I absolutely love it!

Celebrate Good Times!

Friday after school/work kicked off a celebration weekend. We picked up Mia from aftercare and headed to the Jenks West Summer Kick Off Fest. This was the first year that Jenks West held this party. It was held outside and full of activities. Carnival games, bouncy houses, sno cones (yummy!), hot dogs, Safari Joe and lots of animals, just to name a few. The kids really enjoyed it. Especially the sno cones! Mia's favorite part was getting to pet all the reptiles! She was not one bit afraid of the big huge Banana Python!


And when the opportunity came to actually hold a snake, she was sooo excited! She thinks they feel weird!



After we got home from the Summer Kick Off, we moved our party to our wonderful friends and neighbors' house to help them "prep" for their daughter Chelsi's High School graduation party. By that I mean test the food and drink and make sure that the music would come out of the speakers at just the right volume! Their great friend Terry and his family came over and brought his smoker. He smoked a whole fridge full of meats. Bologna, brisket, chicken, ham, brats and I'm sure there is something I missed. It was to die for! I paid very close attention. This is something we Eberhardts need to learn how to do! Saturday was the big party. And we all enjoyed the heck out of all the prep that the McGuires did. They put on a wonderful party, full of friends and family! Did I mention there was a cajun crawfish and shrimp boil too?!



It was delish! As much as I really wanted to eat the crawfish, I had a really hard time. The first reason is that we saw them alive and clawing before the party while they awaited their pot of doom. And here is the other reason...




Yep! Mia found a pet in the *cooked* crawfish. She carried him around the party and named him Crabby. I pretty much think my consumption of crawfish will never take place. Oh well! I can still eat shrimp! (As long as they don't take on names and personalities!)

34 Falls

I wasn't planning on writing on our blog tonight, but I sat down to watch Survivor and my iPhone was open to the BlogPress app. So, I thought, what the heck.

Tonight is rainy. REALLY, REALLY rainy! I was in a torrential downpour on the way home. Horrible, horrible rain. So hard that you couldn't see the car in front of you, hard! All the streets are becoming lakes, hard! I love the rain, but when I am inside at work or home in bed. Not when I am a soggy mess outside. But on the bright side, the cool FALL weather is so awesome I can hardly stand it! This is my 34th Fall and I am loving it!





It is already the end of the first week of October and I still have decorations that need to be hung!
Add to that, the fact that none of us Eberhardts have decided on our Halloween costumes and you can see our busy weekend ahead! Normally every year I have all of our costumes all dialed in. But I just can't decide what I want to be. Nothing is calling my name. Troy and Mia pretty much know what they will be, but we just have to pick the stuff up. I need ideas. At this rate I'm going to go as a bar wench. And I don't really want to go as myself, so I better get thinking!


My friend Jenifer and her husband Craig just had their first baby last Friday. They had a baby girl and named her Hadli Francis and she is sooooo cute. I wish we lived closer so I could see her! Here she is, so precious in pink and in the car seat we sent her!







One more quick pic...then I need to go watch Survivor since it is almost over now...:)
I had to include this one because they are just so cute. This is Mia with her friend Tia. Hahahaha! I know! How adorable is that!? Tia goes to Mia's school and is in Kindergarten. She lives in the back of our neighborhood. She is just adorable and Mia loves to hang out with her. I took their picture last Friday when they were playing together.



Well, time to go blow up the inflatable bed for Mia since it is thundering so hard right now. We are sure to have a little guest crashing in our room tonight!