Tuesday, May 30, 2006

TENNIS...

...with a five year old...

please keep in mind....
i haven't played tennis since high school...and even then,
well, it wasn't pretty.
so, when jack mentioned wanting to play tennis..
i said sure buddy we'll go play tennis...(wink, wink)
after about the 100th mention of it..
i quite obviously had no choice but to go play.
(it's 90 here....by the way...)

here are some of my favorite quotes of the day...
(because, even if i were digi, i would have been too busy running after balls to take pics ;)...

jack- "i'm gonna whoop you."
me- "you are huh?"
jack- "well, i'm not weally gonna whoop you...it's a figure of speech.
it means i'm going to beat you."

jack- "mom...if you make your racquet go dis way you might get it over the net"

jack- "when you throw it up and hit it mom...that's called a serve."

me- "you're being awful critical of my play don't you think?"
jack-"what's that mean?"
me- "you're being kind of hard on me...and telling me what to do."
jack- "oh, yeah, just pwetend i'm your coach!"

jack- "mom, i thought you played before?!?"

jack- "if you hit it in the net again, then i get a point. that's how it works in mario tennis you know."

jack- "i'm pretty good at this...and i didn't even take lessons like you."

ETA: (I forgot this one, until a plane flew over us at baseball tonight) :)jack- "HEY mom! LOOK! An airplane!......(SMACK).....
HA! made ya look! miss..."

jack- "umm, you need to put the racket up...behind your head...like the professionals do"

all in all....it was lots of fun...hot sweaty fun...
but fun.
the ball only went over the fence once..
yes, you read that right...over the FENCE..
thank you jack. (we totally looked like professionals! yeah, we did...)

today was to be my first official get-off-your-butt-and-use-your-treadmill-day...however...after an hour and a half of ball chasing..
that's going to count...it just is.

On another, unrelated note...

it took jared a long time to figure out why i was calling him
"jared parker angel"....
but i think after finding this photo....
it's no longer confusing! HA!

happy tuesday that i keep thinking is a monday...xxe

Monday, May 29, 2006

Still more randomness...

So...
I was hoping to post a picture of the new coconut creamer I'm sipping in my coffee...but that seemed to difficult..
so just imagine it...
it's good.

Just a few things...

Memorial Day.
Time to remember our troops...appreciate all they do.
Never been more real since living in a military town.

Also I didn't thank Mara before..
HAD no idea you gave us that quote!
Thankyouthankyouthankyou...
and..
to Katie for the digital goodness...(that someday I will learn to use).
THANK you....so very much. Don't forget to get your shirts here ...
Gabby made sure there are shirts for kiddos,
and dogs too.... ;)
so you can outfit the whole fam....
OH...and Nisa has something amazing planned...so stay tuned.
(love that girl...yes, I do)

It's been a circle journal kinda weekend...
Erin and April expect mail.

Boys are slip-and-sliding today....
if only I had a digi!
it's HOT here......uck.
xxe
ps. oh, and Becca email me will you? (please) ewillard9@cox.net

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Check it...

and then say "WOW"....

Gabby has been working hard on this ...
with help from the amazingly talented Jessica Sprague
(I can't thank you enough Jessica)...
A cool shirt, for a cool cause...what could be better?!?
xxe

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

To quote Gabby....

(because heck, it's been so long I've forgotten how to blog...)

All information about the July 15 run and the Alex DeVinny Memorial Foundation will be posted here....

And.. look for an exciting announcement later this week brought to you by the amazing talents of Jessica Sprague (<---THIS you'll want to see)

Hanni, the banner again I must say, is gorgeous.
Thank you all....
xe