Better, but not good!

Well, the score was still 1-11. But Devan played awesome, and it showed to his coach. He played the whole first half, and a lot of the second one. So, that was great. The coach was pretty frustrated. And I totally understand. The team is not playing as a team. I hope that comes pretty soon. Other than that, it was an okay day. Brookie went another day without a nap. That is wearing on my nerves. She has gotten into throwing these tantrums that i am not real sure how to handle all that. I don't have any pictures to post tonight. Hopefully soon.

Warming the Bench!!!

What a hectic day. First of all I got lost driving to the game. It was in Plainfield and I printed the directions off the school's website. I was about 10 minutes late to the game. Devan was in the game when I got there and we were already down 0-2. It just got kind of worse after that. Once again Devan only played about 13 minutes of the first half, and then played the last 8 minutes of the game. Which as a parent can be super frustrating, but I can admit if I was the coach, I wouldn't have Devan in a whole bunch either. Devan is a greart soccer player. But... he has not gotten his rythm yet. The final score of the game was 0-10. Go Whiteland. We play New Pal away next Tuesday, and there soccer team is great, but very physical. Plus we play their football team tonight, if we beat them tonight, I know they will take it out on the soccer team on Tuesday.

It wasn't pretty!!!

Well, let me start of by saying that my picture selection is terrible because I had to work the concession during the game and couldn't really get any pictures at all. Boo. Let's just say this was a good game for all my friends to miss. lol. We lost 0-7. It was better than last year when we played this team. We lost like 0-15. lol Thank goodness for a really good Keeper. If it wasn't for him it would have been way worse. Devan did not play well the first part of the game, so he was taken out until about 10 minutes left. Granted it was the first game of the season, but I hope that they improve a bit. We will now be having practice Thursday morning. If we had played well, then we would have had that morning off. Oh well. You win some and you lose some!

My trip to Wal-Mart!!!!!

OH MY WORD!!! I went to Wal-Mart tonight and I am pretty sure that I looked like this women!!! People probably thought I should not be allowed to have kids. I had on my biggest loser sweats, my oldest sweatshirt that has bleached out handprints on it from chlorine. My glasses, and i haven't even brushed my hair yet and it was 7:30 in the evening. I took Brooke and Taylor. To start it off, Brookes leg got caught in the rung of the cart as I was trying to put her into it, and she started screaming. The Taylor wants to push the cart and crashes it into a box of pens and they spill everywhere. Well, then Brooke wants out of the cart and starts running around like a LOON!! I had no control over her. She then falls and goes skidding across the floor and crashes into the milk coolers. Stands up and says it's Taylor's fault!! And shows us her underware. Then tries to walk and loses her flip-flop. After that she starts skipping and acting like she is riding a horse and being so loud. I totally had no control. We leave wal-mart and I drive to Blockbuster video, where I tried to make a sharp turn and go up on the curve and then slam back down onto the pavement. I am so flustered and Taylor is laughing so hard, that I get out of the car and do not I repeat do not put it into park. I jump back in and put into park and Taylor is hysterical. My 10 year old daughter ask me if I am losing my mind. I said I think I am !!!

WOW! The 1st Day of School

It's hard to believe that it is the first day of school already. The alarm went off at 5:15 a.m. in the Coffman household. I got up thinking that I would have a few minutes to myself before everybody was up and to enjoy my coffee. That didn't happen. Devan was already in the shower, Taylor came bounding out of her room wide awake. She had been awake since 4 something in the morning. She was excited and nervous too. Poor thing couldn't even eat breakfast.
But before all that, Danny had to get up and have Devan at soccer practice by 6. Yes, that is 6 a.m. before school. Taylor for the firs time ever got ready really fast and on time. We had to leave for the bus stop at 6:30. She was off with out a hitch. Time for things to get really hectic, I had to be at the soccer field at 7:15 to get Devan, and it was funny, I think that was the first time I have seen them boys hustle that fast. When the coach dismissed the team, they scurried off that field super quick. We ran Devan home and he showered super quick and we then turned around and reloaded the car, with Brookie. We got him to school with minutes to spare. It was crazy. He got mad at his mom for taking his picture when he got out of the car. I love to embarrass my kids.
Brookie and myself and my nephew Bryce all hung out and went and ran at Jill's house, and then we went and had lunch with Danny!!! It was fun. I couldn't wait to get back and see the kids when they got home.
Taylor got home about 2:40 and had some good stories. The best was she was trying to do her locker and Danny (who was a locker dad) came up behind her and scared her to death. She couldn't get her locker opened and after about 2 tries, Danny tried and couldn't do it either, he asked her what her number was, and come to find out she was at the wrong locker. lol She said she enjoyed her day, her knew shoes gave her terrible blisters. She brought home home-work, and did that as soon as she walked in the door. I had a ton of papers to sign, and read. I felt like I was back in school.
I went down to wait for Devan to get off the bus and that was start of our fist argument of the year. He could not believe that I came down there and embarrassed him like that, taking his picture when he got off the bus. I told him to get over it, that I would be doing it when he was a senior. He didn't have to much to say. It went good. I only received one supply list from one teacher. He had a worksheet for Spanish that we disagreed on. But since this was his second year at the High School he wasn't nervous or anything. I know it will get way more hectic with him though.

We had a great first day of school. I hope that every morning can go as smoothly as this one did! Taylor getting on the bus
Posing with our new book bag
Brushing our teeth!!!
Not being able to sleep
Mad at mom!!!
Love that Smile
Waiting patiently for the bus
School drop off
Devan looking all handsome

Our camping weekend!

What a fun weekend! We went camping at Lake Monroe with some friends of ours. Our regular camping buddies the Acton's and then the Ruddles who have not camped with us before came down for Friday night and Saturday during the day. It was soooo much fun. We ate like crazy loons. We went fishing and tubing on Saturday. It was crazy fun! We all tubed, but I think the best wipe out was Jill's she seemed to do some kind of backwards summersault into the water. Even little Madelyn Mae tubed with her dad. She seemed to like it. Neither Brooke nor Hanna wanted to tube. It was fun!! I hope more of our friends want to come down before summers end and boat for the day!!

Madelyn Mae going potty
The Ruddle Family
Brooke and Madelyn asleep

Brookie being happy!!