Happy Retirement!

On Sept 26, 2008 my Dad retired from Chrysler after 24 years of service! He started out in a manufacturing apprenticeship at Ford Motor Company in Detroit, MI. Upon his graduation from the University of Michigan he took a position in Ford Purchasing. He and my Mother later moved to WI (where I was born) and worked in Procurement for Schlitz Brewing Company Container Division. We shortly returned to MI and to Ford for some years and then later spent the majority of his years as a Buyer and Purchasing Manager for Chrysler.

We were visiting in MI that week and were really excited when he came home early that Friday. To celebrate the occasion we packed up the car and he drove us back home to Kentucky! Now that he has the time we expect him to come much more often to Louisville to see his Grandkids.

Here are some cute pictures of my Dad arriving home on his last day of work, I am so glad I was there to capture the monumental moment. Doesn't he look to young to retire!!!!????

Team Effort

Owen (far L) & Evan (far R)

Evan and Owen had their first soccer game this morning and ended up having a blast. As expected they started off pretty timid. The game began with the opposing orange team racing untouched down the field and scoring the first goal of the game. The twins, overwhelmed by all of the action and racous croud, raced off the field to Mommy and Daddy with their friend Zach in tow. They sat out and watched for five to ten minutes and then decided they were ready. It was a group decision. Owen was the test dummy and was sent in first. After he got some cheers and was able to kick the ball a few times, Evan went racing in to join him. At the half, all of the other kids ran to their respective sideline to take a break, but not Evan and Owen. They were having way too much fun and waited at midfield for the game to restart. Early in the second half, Owen saw the ball loose in front of the opponent's net and pounced on the opportunity to score his first goal. Evan, encouraged by Owen's success, decided it was his turn. He took the ball from midfield and cut between numerous defenders before powerfully launching the ball into the net. He then ran to the sidelines and exclaimed, "GOAL!" We didn't have the heart to tell him that he had scored for the wrong team. Even with Evan's goal, the Orange team didn't stand a chance as the Purple Knights dominated 8-4.

Team Effort Photos

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Dream Job

Mrs. Missi McDreamy---------------

So when my parents offered to watch the kids Mother's day weekend so we could go to a movie, I needed to see McDreamy's new movie. It was almost Mother's Day after all, so who cares if Ben was the only guy in the theatre. They had this great photo opportunity in the hallway that Ben seemed pretty embarrassed that I stuck my head into but he still took the shot on his phone. We had a nice weekend with Reeni and my parents and we cooked up a storm. All of our favorite foods and desserts too. Reeni and I got manis and pedis and went out to an awesome dinner at Uptown Cafe. I got a card from each child. The twins card said "Mommy", Aubrey's said "Mamamama", and Ky's said "Woo-Woo" on the front. I was spoiled all weekend and for the second time in my life I have my dream job!

Slight reduction in workload

Aubrey is quickly becoming a self-feeder. Yeah! She only has her two bottom teeth so far, but can easily get through her whole grain pancakes and grilled cheese. I am loving the free time to do the dishes or to feed the boys while she stays pretty busy. Plus, she is loving it. Tonight's menu: bite sized pieces of sweet potato and banana. Yum! She is a great eater just like the boys and loves all food. Well, she didn't like the Gerber lamb, but who would?

In the Weeds

We just cannot seem to catch up these days. I have been absent from my blog for over a month now and it is hard to get going again. We went to Salt Lake for Easter and Skiing and I was pretty busy getting ready for the trip. Then when we got home after the week of getting back on the time change and up to date on laundry, we found water all over our carpet in the family room in the basement. We were so overwhelmed and had just gotten the kids dressed and diapered to go out for the day that we decided to leave it for that night. Ben spent over 4 hours using a steam cleaner to pull up the water. I think he filled the bucket 14 times. So then I lost my internet connection since the water was where we keep our router. I was just back up on-line this past Wednesday and then our sink in the kitchen stopped up and I had to bail dirty water in order to do dishes. Luckily someone came the next AM to fix. So here we are, not quite sure how to finish the basement. So I have no use of the playroom again this week. Anyways, hopefully this week I can get caught up and post our vacation this week.