"I wish I had Ds...."

Yesterday we were getting in the car after school and Saylor asked for a second time why she didnt get a new shirt like Syds.....(my bff saw a Dream Big shirt at Walmart nonetheless and picked it up for Sydnie cause thats the logo we came up with several years ago for Sydnie's Soldiers)....I explained to Saylor that was Sydnie's little logo and sort of tried to make it no big deal.  She gave a harrummphhh and said "I WISH I HAD DS...ITS THE BEST!" .....why yes ...yes it is!
I just giggled to myself....isnt it amazing how we dont see Ds as something wrong....just another part of our lives.....our normal lives.....Thank you God for my blessings!

Sydnie, Sam and Saylor

Buddy Walk!!!

I forgot I didnt tell you about our Buddy Walk Saturday!  Now thats some news!  The Buddy Walk was awesome!  116 teams and over $125,000 was raised!  We had a great time!  The kids ran and played in the bouncy houses etc...made crafts....danced and sang and lets not forget the walk around the pond!  It was a beautiful (hot) day!  We had lots of friends and family come out and join us....smaller group than we usually have due to ballgames and stuff going on on Saturdays...they are just at that age.  We had a great time in spite of missing them being there!  I want to thank each and every one of you for coming out and supporting Sydnie's Soldiers!

It was a Tuesday...

Nothing exciting today except a little bit of laundry...ok a lot and just ran out of detergent...that makes for a bad day with that mess in there!  So here I sit eating a biscuit with Apple Butter and drinking a Mtn Dew.  Something seriously wrong with this picture.  So much to do and well Im sitting here....blogging, or trying to :)
Yesterday was cheerleading for both girls.  No stunts for Saylor so there were no tears and for Sydnie...well she is such a Diva.  She does her thing with as much ooomph as she can put in to it!  She is a riot on stage!  Both of the girls are gearing up for their competition season....so hopefully I can keep you up to date on all that.

Today a Black Hawk Helicopter landed at school...made me think back to Sydnie's flag being flown in an Apache over in Iraq that was amazing!  I will have to see if I can get the video on here that I made of all that.  Stay tuned and maybe I can share some of the crazy antics from around here.

Wow I cant believe its been so long since Ive blogged. I think about it often but realize Im not very good at it. All the gadgets and widgets...how is all of that done? lol

To update you a little...boy are the girls really growing up. Sydnie is in 4th grade! Can you believe it? She is having an amazing year! They tell me all the time how well she is doing! Thats my girl!!! Saylor is in 1st...whew doesnt seem real. So proud of her! They both love school, their teachers and their friends! We all work diligently on homework in the evenings and manage to get their cheerleading in which seems to consume our world....most of the time. They are very busy girls and live life to the fullest! Isnt that what its all about?

Hopefully I can check in and learn all the ins and outs of all the 'purty stuff' on here. I really have great intentions to let you know whats going on....Facebook just doesnt have the room of all I want to say sometimes. lol

Any blog tutors out there? Im up for it!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

We just participated in our first Special Olympics.....we had always gone for a few hours walking around etc....but this year she was old enough to be an athlete! Sydnie participated in the 50m dash where she took the BRONZE! She also participated in the tennis ball throw and earned a SILVER! yay!!!!

Thank you everyone that came out to support an athlete~ Sydnie I am so proud of you! You Rock!

Ive ran this through my head several times over the last few days and finally getting to sit down to type it....

It seems like only yesterday the dr told me to reach down to 'get her' ...as I reached down to get this new little girl I had waited on for so long...I could not believe she was finally here. We tried so hard for another child and this was finally it for our family and Sydnie was so very excited to have a baby sister. I knew we had it all.....Two little girls to keep us so incredibly busy. That was 5 years ago. As the day approached I could not believe you were turning 5. FIVE! Everything changes when you turn 5 you know.....:) It suddenly became the magic number to wipe 'your own poop' like she just told me 5 seconds ago.... "I wiped my own poop mom...cause Im a big girl!" Priceless!
Ok she just stopped by to tell me she did everything! As she counted the things on her fingers...I had to smile at myself...
"I wiped my own poop. I flushed. Washed my hands with soap....wiped (dried Im assuming) and cut the light off....cause thats what big girls do." (Truly this is a big deal....all the lights get left on in this house..I constantly have to turn them off)
Ok back to my story.......there have been so many things she has said or done that makes me laugh....so many words she uses that makes me wonder where she comes up with this stuff.....She is so very smart....so very funny....so so very strong willed! I dont know who she gets that all from but they should be beat down LOL You look at her and you see me ....its almost scary at what I will endure in the near future. However I must say she is getting so much better with her 'manners' and she reminds me its good manners....so she's learning haha.....
I know that next year will be hard on ol' mom ...even though she is in all day PreK....something about Kindergarten just throws you off.... FIVE! I just cant believe it...my baby girl turned 5!

Saylor I just want you to know how proud I am of you. How happy it makes me to see you smile when you're with your friends ...running and playing at school....how you have found your own way and are truly your own little person! I would never want you to lose your determination (maybe just redirect it at times) because thats what will take you FAR. I love you til the end of the earth....Happy Birthday Tink!

Some thngs you dont understand

You know there comes times in your life that things happen and you dont understand. There are things that happen and you feel its out of your hands. You try desperately to find ways to fix it but you're not heard. You often feel like you are the only one that sees things clearly and on the other hand you feel like every one sees whats going on but no one knows what to do. There are days you stay all drawn up with anxiety and know this isnt the way it should be every day. Things should go a long smoothly with minimal bumps in the road....but no one said life was easy. Why do these things consume me? Why cant things go through out the day like they should...with things being learned and taught and battles picked.
You start out with your life changing and you have made things in to a world you never expected.....something so much better than you ever thought.....then you run in to a wall over and over again. You try so hard to get around that wall but you seem to only peep through the cracks....you can see the light but cant break the wall down. So you pray! You pray that God will show you the way...guide you in the right direction....and KNOW that he has things in the palm of his hand. God knew this perfect being before you ever layed eyes on such a gift. He will take care of things....cast your fears on HIM.