Tall Grass: Gives you Hell- All American Rejects

Monday, August 10, 2009

Wide Reciever

Kyler has wanted to do football for about 2 years now, unfortunately for him, I wasn't a huge fan of the idea. Ky took karate for about 2 1/2 years. During this time he always wanted to stop and do something else. We told him he had to finish what he started and then we would talk about it. So the day finally came when he got his black belt. One of the first things he wanted to get into was football. I was able to hold off on that one for a little while, telling him he had to gain like 10 more pounds. All of a sudden the kid that couldn't possible eat one whole piece of pizza was eating three. To my dismay, he gained that weight rather quickly. So here we are at the beginning of football season.

This is Kyler doing his football throwing pose. What a funny kid.

These pictures are of tryouts. For six days in a row one of us took him to football tryouts. They were about three hours long, every day.

This is Kyler all ready for practice, which so far has been Mon.- Fri. 5:30 - 7:30 or so. EVERY DAY!!! Oh My! As far as the good news about this whole "my son playing football" goes is that he got the position he wanted most. Wide Receiver. Good job Ky! We are so proud of you.

If anyone at this point is wondering, "why does Kyler get to do all the activities and none of the other kids are signed up for anything?" It's because that kid is soooo damn persistent. He drives me crazy sometimes. He gets all the information, where?, when?,how much?, what he needs? He just really wants to do it, which is a lot more than I can say about my other kids, who change their minds anytime one of their friends' do anything. I just can't keep up with them, so I'll let them run around in circles until they can come up with what they really want to do.

p.s. Kyler's favorite song- Gives you Hell

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

12

Happy Birthday Kyler!!!

Sweet Kyler turned 12 today. He thought his birthday was pretty lame until...

he met Sophie Master Destroyer. Interesting name, super cute dog.

Kyler has been wanting a dog for awhile now, so we planned to surprise him for his birthday. Myke told him we were going to go out for breakfast at a bed and breakfast, so he wouldn't be too suspicious when we went to a weird house. The house was kinda trashy and not taken care of very well, so when we were walking up to the door Kyler kept asking,"are you sure this is the place, Dad?" You could tell he wasn't very comfortable with the situation, but he was going along with it. So we go inside and into the lady's kitchen, which was where the back door was. The lady asked him if he knew why he was there and he said he did, still thinking he was suppose to eat breakfast there. She went outside and brought him the puppy. It was so funny. He was so surprised. It was awesome. He said it was the best birthday he ever had. I picked out the name Sophie. She had to have a name I could actually call her, and if anyone knows my family, you would know the names they would have picked out would have been ridiculous... like Master Destroyer...which I guess must be her middle name. She is a super cute dog and so mellow. She loves the kids. I have a feeling she's going to be a great family dog.

Kyler loves KFC, so that's what he picked out for his dinner. Sam got a hold of the mashed potatoes and went to town.

Kyler isn't a huge fan of cake, so every year on his birthday we have a giant cookie. He loves chocolate chip cookies.

Then he finally got to play his football game he's been talking about for weeks. I think he really did have the best birthday ever.

Kyler is such a great kid. He is so responsible and generous, and totally deserves a dog for his birthday. He makes being a parent pretty easy. We love him so much. Happy Birthday Ky!

Funny Stuff

8/4/10
Sammy gets yesterday and last night mixed up. When he's talking about anything that happened before he says "lastday".

He was watching the cat climb a tree and he said, "that cat's just like a monkey".
4/20/09
Last night Myke was laying down by Sammy. He likes to distract you while he's suppose to be going to sleep. As he was laying down he looked at Myke and started reciting every word he knows. Uh-oh, no-no, here you go, thank you, up, binky, blankie, night-night. He thought he was sooo funny.
1/15/09
The other day I was in the other room and I hear my kids talking. By the way they aren't even suppose to be eating downstairs.
Kyler: Just bring me down a plate, so I can put crackers on it for Sammy.
Katie: O.k, Maybe we should just bring the high chair downstairs.
Kyler: Oh yeah, just bring the high chair downstairs
Katie: O.k
Mom: Noooo!!! Do not take the high chair downstairs
Katie: Mom said No
Kyler : Oh
Sometimes I wonder... seriously wonder
12/22/08
Jonas colored two identical pictures of Santa Claus. I showed them to Katie, wondering if he might have accidentally taken one of the other kids' at school. She said,"They aren't the same mom, Santa's standing on his head in one of them". I looked at it and I was holding one upside down. Okay Katie?!
10/29/08
Sometimes the kids bring woodchips home in their shoes from the school playground. There happened to be one by the front door. Sammy was scootin' fast towards it, with a look of serious intent on his face. Katie picked it up and then it was gone. I told her to throw it outside and she just looked at me. I said, "Where did you put it?" She looked caught and said,"I threw it down the heater vent."
10/1/08
Jonas said,"I want a webkins for my birthday." Myke said," Do you know what I want for my birthday?" Jonas thought about it for a second and said,"me to be quiet."
9/11/08
I got braces about a month ago and they are very painful and irritating. Kyler still has his braces on too. Today they put a power chain on my teeth which really hurts. So, I was talking to Kyler in the car and I said,"braces are the most annoying thing in the world, don't you think?" Kyler said, "no, they're not that bad." And I said,"what could possibly be more annoying?" He just looked at me and said," You....complaining about your braces."
8/26/08
Jonas was singing the song "Down By the Bay", after he sang the part about a goose kissing a moose down by the bay he said, "Strange things happen down by the bay, huh mom."
8/21/08
Katie was telling me how she liked one of her friend' s outfits, and that she wanted an outfit like that. Her other friend said,"Oh now you like her clothes, you wanted to wear clothes like mine last week." Katie said, "That was one day, (kid's name). And her friend said,"nu huh you did it yesterday too, we had the same shoes on." Katie looked at her and said, "Yeah, that was just an accident".
8/6/08
While I was brushing Katie's hair before bed, Jonas came in to inform us that the Oympics start in three days Katie says excitedly,"That's so cool Jonas, are you going to be in it."

On Sunday we all went to The Gateway with the Walkoviak's. When we were walking back to our car in the parking garage Jonas said,"Mom, wait for me, I'm too young to die."