Reilly in action... sort of...

Reilly had her first soccer game on Wednesday. She is a really ... um ... relaxed player. She's not aggressive AT ALL! It was hard to get a picture of her playing because she didn't try to keep up with the ball. In fact, at one point in the game, she was kicking the ball to the wrong goal because, 'that's the way the ball was rolling, so I just kicked it...' Makes sense, right?! When we got home she was slightly more enthusiastic! :)

Is that your tongue? Or are you just happy to see me?

We went out to dinner this weekend and Sean, for the first time in his life, really got into the kid packet they hand out. It had a color by numbers that he and I did. The funny part was that when he was really concentrating, he'd stick his tongue out. Hilarious! Watch this!

Diving

I got the picture of Reilly jumping into the pool from the diving board, but I forgot my camera and had to do it with my phone... They're not that great, but you can see Reilly's fearlessness!

Youth Soccer

Reilly's just started soccer. She's so excited! We were going to do gymnastics again, but she was determined to play soccer instead. She has her first game on Wednesday, so check back for videos and/or photos of her in action!!

P.S. We got Reilly all the gear to wear along with a ball to practice with and they have a new feature on the ball that I wish they had when I played. It's called a 'soft-valve.' They hide the valve inside the ball and only have the hole visible. That way, when a player goes to knee or head the ball, there's almost no chance of getting injured by hitting the valve. It happened a lot while I was playing... that thing hurts!

Economy... shmeconomy!

Our latest news financially is that... it's a good thing that I work, because if I didn't, we would have NO hope for a Christmas this year. The problem is that our country's going down the crapper! I have a real problem with this because I think there's an easy fix.

Number 1: We need to invest in ourselves. Not just a few pennies, but the value of what our workers are worth! Too many employers are cutting corners to fill their own pockets. They should stay invested in the company FIRST. True story, there is a guy that hired Dustin a year ago for four houses that needed tile. He squandered the money that he made off the jobs on a new boat and a new car and wound up too broke to pay Dustin. Now, he's risking bankrupcy for all of his companies because he didn't keep the dollar in the company. He still owes thousands and thousands to subcontractors (like Dustin) and vendors, and he had to lay off over 250 people. Invest in the company - in the people that keep it going.

Number 2: We need to be able to tell the government what to do with our vote. In many countries, the people have a say in how the country is run... many countries but ours! I just got a bill from the IRS saying that I overpaid the first quarter taxes by almost $2000. and they billed me $450. for an adjustment fee. $450?!?!? That's CRAZY! They shouldn't be able to do that, but they are the IRS, so if I try to fight it, they'll make up some off-the-wall worded penalty that doesn't really exsist. I have NO voice. I don't feel like my vote matters in the least. It must, somewhere, but I can't make a difference here (especially in stupid-Republican Utah). If there were millions of people, maybe then it would matter... maybe. I'm actually totally against the Republican vs. Democrat thing that happens every time there's an election. Why can't we get a candidate that will answer the questions, give valid solutions to problems and, in the end, DELIVER what they promise?? WWWHHHHYYYY????!!!

Okay, okay, so it's not easy, but it would help out TREMENDOUSLY! ... I'm a little too into socialism lately. It's bad I know, but we're not exactly doing that great right now...

My kid!!

Yesterday when I went to pick up Sean from school, he stopped playing with the kid he was playing with (yes, Sean is playing well with others... surprised?) and RAN to come get me. He ran! He's such a good kid. So, today I wanted to get a picture of that, but he didn't do it!

He was eating a snack and just walked with a huge smile! :)

Oh, btw, I decided that it would save sooo much space to take pictures of the kid's pictures and projects from school rather than keep the actual paper. I'm smart, eh?!

Sean's First Day!

Sean and I went to his school today and he was STOKED! I didn't know how he'd be going to school all by himself for two hours, but he walked right in...


and got down to business...

He's getting so big!!!