Can I just tell you how much I love soccer?!
I heard you laughed, Jared, when mom told you I was playing soccer again - bah!! I recently started playing indoor soccer, and I am sooo hooked. I now look forward every week to my Friday night game. I love the competiveness of it, pushing people against the walls, making good passes. I love it!
This last Friday, I even got carded.
There was this one girl on the other team who was really throwing elbows - a lot. At one point, she hooked one of my players, who then flipped up and landed flat on her back. The girl said "Sorry," but she was totally smirking. She totally clotheslined one of my players! So I yelled at her a bit.
Then later, she and I were jostling for the ball, and I let my temper get to me, and I full on body shoved her. I got the penalty, and had to sit out for 2 minutes. I was so mad, I even yelled as the ref was carding me, "Yeah, well, I don't even care! She deserved it!"
We ended up tying the game with them, and one of her team's players came up to me after, and apologized for the girl. She said, "She is a bit out of control. I mean it's just a soccer game! Whatever you did to her, she did deserve it."
I know I should feel bad about my temper, but I'm sorry, it was totally awesome.
I love soccer!!!!
12/2/12
8/27/12
The Great Snake Charmer!
This is a summer experience from Erik.
So we moved into our new home and we
have been spending every day of the past two-three weeks putting
everything in its place. We have new grass but we were not able to
install sprinklers. So, we have to hand water the grass morning and
night. Tonight we started the backyard by hand (rotating sprinkler)
that we move from corner to corner. After twenty minutes, we move
the sprinkler. Lisa has been so good at handling this while I put
Kyson to bed, but tonight she was already putting him to bed so I was
responsible for changing the sprinkler.
It’s about 9:00 pm. I click on the
porch light and walk on the grass to the left side of the yard. I
pick up the sprinkler and start dragging it towards the right side of
the yard. I look to my left to pull more slack in the hose. I squat
down and start to adjust the sprinkler so that it covers the areas I
need. Almost done; so I start to slide the hose over to the right
and my hand brushes up against something unfamiliar. It’s not
grass. It doesn’t feel like fence. It doesn’t feel like the
hose. So I look over and quickly realize it’s a snake! Wait a
minute…..I know that pattern…..oh yeah it’s a rattlesnake! I
squeal like a girl and jump about 5 feet back! Hovering over my
knees, I catch my breath with wide eyes facing the snake. My brain
slowly starts to function again and I ask myself; “do I say thank
you for not biting me and spare his life?” Oh yeah, Lisa and Kyson
are terrified of snakes. I guess I am going to engage in a battle to
kill the snake now. I look to my right and grab our shovel (it’s
there to scoop poop – yes I remember those days Mom and Dad).
Shovel in hand, I raise it in the air
like a Last Mohican. Now the snake starts to coil up and rattle. I
think at this point he/she is thinking; “I should have just bitten
the dumb guy.” Standing about 8 feet away (further than striking
distance), I throw the shovel at the snake like it’s a spear. Of
course, I don’t kill him. Now the snake is mad and my shovel is
lying next to him. What do I do now? BB Gun! I run inside and grab
my BB gun with the scope on it! I quickly drop 30-40 BB’s in the
chamber. I’ve got him now.
I run back on the porch and pump a few
times. I look in the scope but it’s too dark to see the snake. I
fire the gun anyways. He’s mad and I can’t seem to hit him. I
fire again, and again, and again, and again. I might have hit him
but he slowly slithers backwards and ends up on the other side of the
fence through a small opening. I can still see his half his body on
my side of the fence. Do I grab him and pull him back in like a bad
wrestling episode? Nope….
I run back in the house and grab a
flashlight. I hop on top of the doghouse next to the fence. I can
see the snake. Now I start to get excited. History flashes through
my mind….10 pumps! So I pump it 10 times and hold the flashlight
next to the barrel. I am feeling confident like a marine in battle.
I look through the scope and can see the snake clearly. I slowly
pull the trigger. I missed again. Now I am starting to realize my
scope is not sighted in. The game is on! Instead of 10 pumps, I
start going until the gun won’t pump anymore. Marine in formation,
I fire again. Miss! While this is happening, cars are driving by on
the street next to us (we are the only house on the block so they can
see something is going on with a man hanging over the fence with a
flashlight and a gun). I am so in the zone, I don’t even care.
Determined, I end up shooting about
25-30 shots. I know one of them hit the snake because I can see the
head fasciculating (convulsing). He stops moving. I think I have
finally won! I take a few more shots to make sure. Hands go up in
the air as if I just won a skeet shoot competition, forgetting that
it took about 30 shots.
With a smile on my face, I enter the
house. By this time, Lisa is now sitting on the couch downstairs
with Kyson upstairs asleep. She looks over at me and is confused as
to why I have a flashlight and BB gun in hand. After some awkward
giggles, I tell her the story. Thankfully she finds humor in the way
I reenacted my victory, but she firmly closes by saying “Tomorrow
you will be buying snake-away to put around the entire house.”
I think I kept going out back every 15
minutes checking to see if the snake was truly dead…..
7/15/12
Vacation memories
Yikes, I am really behind on this. Thank goodness there isn't a July challenge yet.
Growing up, we would do road trips from Oklahoma to Utah every summer. Along the way, we'd stop in Cheyenne, WY and Pocatello, ID to see my dad's family. Then on to Orem, UT too see my mom's side. That's the childhood vacation and I loved it. I remember wishing we could go somewhere else for the summer and one year we finally did. It was fun but I missed seeing my cousins.
A few years ago, Jared and I took a road trip to Nauvoo. That was a lot of fun. We went at Halloween so they were having a lot of events including a parade, Jack-o-lantern contests, and other street vendors. It was fun celebrating a holiday the small town way.
Next year, we are planning a beach vacation to celebrate, among other things, freedom from school. We hope to make it to a place where we can learn how to surf, lay on the beach, and go on fun excursions around the town. We still haven't decided our destination so if you have any suggestions, we are open to them.
Erin
Growing up, we would do road trips from Oklahoma to Utah every summer. Along the way, we'd stop in Cheyenne, WY and Pocatello, ID to see my dad's family. Then on to Orem, UT too see my mom's side. That's the childhood vacation and I loved it. I remember wishing we could go somewhere else for the summer and one year we finally did. It was fun but I missed seeing my cousins.
A few years ago, Jared and I took a road trip to Nauvoo. That was a lot of fun. We went at Halloween so they were having a lot of events including a parade, Jack-o-lantern contests, and other street vendors. It was fun celebrating a holiday the small town way.
Next year, we are planning a beach vacation to celebrate, among other things, freedom from school. We hope to make it to a place where we can learn how to surf, lay on the beach, and go on fun excursions around the town. We still haven't decided our destination so if you have any suggestions, we are open to them.
Erin
6/30/12
Vacations I've Loved
Look at that! It's the last day of the month, and I'm finally writing a response to my own challenge! Yeah, it's been that busy over here.
Anyways, on to my favorite vacations.
1. Switzerland: Yes this one has to come first, because it was the most amazing, peaceful, fun, interesting, memorable of all my vacations ever. I remember how excited and surprised I was when I came home from my Freshman year of college, and my parents said I couldn't so something a certain week. I asked why, and they matter-of-factly said we were going to Switzerland. It was so unexpected, but amazing. And being in that culture, being in all those small towns - all the little memories that I have from that experience still brighten my day every once in a while.
2. Hawaii: Sorry, Jason, this one came in second. This was our honeymoon destination, and it was wonderful in totally different ways than Switzerland. I think everyone in the world should go to Hawaii at least once in their life, and Jason and I plan to go at least one more time. The sand, the shockingly warm ocean water, the scuba-diving, the Polynesian Cultural center - all awesome. And of course, the company I was with was great!
3. Pinecrest/Moab/Washington D.C.: Yes, these are tied for third place. Each represents something unique and important to me. Pinecrest - aaaahhhh, camping..... And of course, moms in hairnets, bats and tennis rackets, cliff-jumper Aunt Julie, and singing the Lollipop song over and over - what could be better? Moab - red rock, hiking, being with my kids and my husband - a great escape that's not so far away. D.C. - Another place that everyone should go at least once - and stay there for at least 2 weeks so they actually see everything. A place that you can live there for 4 months, and still feel like I need to go back to.
I hope I can give my own kids great vacation memories like these.
Karissa
Anyways, on to my favorite vacations.
1. Switzerland: Yes this one has to come first, because it was the most amazing, peaceful, fun, interesting, memorable of all my vacations ever. I remember how excited and surprised I was when I came home from my Freshman year of college, and my parents said I couldn't so something a certain week. I asked why, and they matter-of-factly said we were going to Switzerland. It was so unexpected, but amazing. And being in that culture, being in all those small towns - all the little memories that I have from that experience still brighten my day every once in a while.
2. Hawaii: Sorry, Jason, this one came in second. This was our honeymoon destination, and it was wonderful in totally different ways than Switzerland. I think everyone in the world should go to Hawaii at least once in their life, and Jason and I plan to go at least one more time. The sand, the shockingly warm ocean water, the scuba-diving, the Polynesian Cultural center - all awesome. And of course, the company I was with was great!
3. Pinecrest/Moab/Washington D.C.: Yes, these are tied for third place. Each represents something unique and important to me. Pinecrest - aaaahhhh, camping..... And of course, moms in hairnets, bats and tennis rackets, cliff-jumper Aunt Julie, and singing the Lollipop song over and over - what could be better? Moab - red rock, hiking, being with my kids and my husband - a great escape that's not so far away. D.C. - Another place that everyone should go at least once - and stay there for at least 2 weeks so they actually see everything. A place that you can live there for 4 months, and still feel like I need to go back to.
I hope I can give my own kids great vacation memories like these.
Karissa
6/9/12
From San Antonio ~
Hi there! I wanted to start by making sure each of you has our new blog address. I just started it but thought it was a little more personable then FB. The address is www.samolls.blogspot.com
Hmmm, favorite summer vacation.
The most favorite one I remember from being little is my family would head to Fallen Leaf Lake. I was little; it was before we moved to Antioch. I remember a really big rock out in the lake, seemed forever far away, and every day it was my goal to get to the rock. In reality, it probably wasn't that far but I guess I've always had swimmer buried deep inside :)
As an older person, my parents took us all to NY, DC, NJ, MD, DE, PA before Bryce left on his mission. It was awesome. We had so much fun and in a short week, I fell in love with the east coast! I love the business and craziness and hustle and bustle. It was fun to experience DC and to understand what we were seeing, the Smithsonians were incredible. And of course, the yummy food - a real NY-style bagel (more cream cheese then bagel) and a guy in DC sold my dad a watermelon...he cut in quarters, long-way. He gave each of us one and then asked my dad for money. Sneaky. It was delicious. We were there for the 4th of July and to see the fireworks from the Capitol was an amazing experience - over a million people were on "The Mall". It was great!
Now as a married person, Erik and I have SO many dreams of travel: DisneyWorld, Europe, the beach, the Virgin Islands and so much more!!! Our first possibility will be DisneyWorld so be ready, Cameron and Suzanne! :)
Hmmm, favorite summer vacation.
The most favorite one I remember from being little is my family would head to Fallen Leaf Lake. I was little; it was before we moved to Antioch. I remember a really big rock out in the lake, seemed forever far away, and every day it was my goal to get to the rock. In reality, it probably wasn't that far but I guess I've always had swimmer buried deep inside :)
As an older person, my parents took us all to NY, DC, NJ, MD, DE, PA before Bryce left on his mission. It was awesome. We had so much fun and in a short week, I fell in love with the east coast! I love the business and craziness and hustle and bustle. It was fun to experience DC and to understand what we were seeing, the Smithsonians were incredible. And of course, the yummy food - a real NY-style bagel (more cream cheese then bagel) and a guy in DC sold my dad a watermelon...he cut in quarters, long-way. He gave each of us one and then asked my dad for money. Sneaky. It was delicious. We were there for the 4th of July and to see the fireworks from the Capitol was an amazing experience - over a million people were on "The Mall". It was great!
Now as a married person, Erik and I have SO many dreams of travel: DisneyWorld, Europe, the beach, the Virgin Islands and so much more!!! Our first possibility will be DisneyWorld so be ready, Cameron and Suzanne! :)
5/29/12
I never thought...
I love my babies so much and they bring me so much joy. I never thought I would feel about someone, the way I feel about them. You all know that feeling and I felt it with Turner so strongly that I didn't know how it could be duplicated for another child, and yet I love Britta just as strongly.
A few things I thought I'd never do as a parent,
- carry on a conversation with a baby at the grocery store about which cereal we should buy
- be okay with vomit all over me
- pull the car over to get a toy, pacifier, snack that fell on the floor
- kiss a snotty child on the mouth or use my hand as a Kleenex
- share my food only to find that I only got one bite
- become sooooo forgetful
- hide in the car in the garage or the bathroom or the closet just to be alone
And I never thought I would have 2 kids so close together. I never imagined that I was capable enough to figure it out and get used to it. But I am and I did. As a side note, I recently discovered my biceps from carrying around both kids, one in each arm. But I have come to realize that all the challenges that come to us come because we are strong enough to handle it. And I never thought I would gain so much self confidence by becoming a parent. Erin
A few things I thought I'd never do as a parent,
- carry on a conversation with a baby at the grocery store about which cereal we should buy
- be okay with vomit all over me
- pull the car over to get a toy, pacifier, snack that fell on the floor
- kiss a snotty child on the mouth or use my hand as a Kleenex
- share my food only to find that I only got one bite
- become sooooo forgetful
- hide in the car in the garage or the bathroom or the closet just to be alone
And I never thought I would have 2 kids so close together. I never imagined that I was capable enough to figure it out and get used to it. But I am and I did. As a side note, I recently discovered my biceps from carrying around both kids, one in each arm. But I have come to realize that all the challenges that come to us come because we are strong enough to handle it. And I never thought I would gain so much self confidence by becoming a parent. Erin
Reminds Me of Molly
Remember those days when you had to get out the shovel before you could mow the lawn to clean up the poop that Molly left? Well, yesterday I had an experience that reminded me of those days.
A little background (sorry, this is going to give the ending away) -- we are currently trying to potty train Turner and he is doing very well with #1, but not so much with #2. He does not want to sit on the toilet because it is too hard to get out. Instead he needs to run around and hop to work it out. Well, yesterday we were at a Memorial Day barbecue with some friends and I saw Turner doing his "poopy dance" so I ran and grabbed him and carried him inside as fast as I could to the bathroom. Unfortunately as I was pulling his underwear down it came out and landed right on the bathroom floor. So, I picked it up with some toilet paper, took off his now dirty underwear and just put his shorts back on. Then, a little while later we were back outside having dessert and I saw in the distance he was squirming again so I ran over to him and just as I arrived it came out of the bottom of his shorts and right onto the grass. So, naturally, I did what any father would do and I bent down and picked it up with the wrapper from my ice cream sandwich! Fortunately, I was spared from any embarrassing moments as I don't think anyone else noticed me using my wrapper as a "pooper-scooper".
Jared
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