School Pictures!

It's that time of year again...awkward school pictures!  I think both boys look like they are so ornery in these pictures...especially Caden.  They are both doing great though...complaining about school every day, but that's nothing new. :) Eli is playing in two soccer leagues and running cross country when he has time.  Caden is in boyscouts & has started guitar lessons.  :)

 

First Day of School by Wendy Silva
I wonder what you're doing right now and if everyone is treating you kind. I hope there is a special person, a nice friend that you can find.
I wonder if the teacher knows just how special you are to me.
And if the brightness of your heart is something she can see.
I wonder if you are thinking about me and if you need a hug.
I already miss the sound of your voice and how you give my leg a tug.
I wonder if you could possibly understand how hard it is for me to let you grow.
On this day know that my heart breaks, for this is the first step in letting my baby go.



I miss my wild boys   :(

This was a big week our little Millie.  She perfected riding her little bike with training wheels and was obsessed with riding it every minute of the day. However, last night she decided the bike was not much of a challenge anymore and hopped on her brother's 4-wheelers.  She woke up from nap yesterday and bed this morning demanding to go outside to "ride eli's wheeler"...

Catching Leprechauns...

This came home in Caden's backpack today...his spelling is a work in progress, so I will interpret:

When I caught a leprechaun, I would be a camera man. I will see the same thing in green (I THINK HE MEANS NIGHTVISION) and when the cage bumps it will set off and we will jump out and get that little punk.

Nice Caden...

A day of fishing...

Today I spent several hours down at the fishing dock with the boys. Wow, the things you hear when you are in a confined space with a 6 and 7 year old with no other distractions (i.e. a baby sister screaming her demands every 2 seconds). Here are just a few that I have remembered, and yes, they are mostly Caden-ism's as I like to call them:

1) "Man, when it's summer time, I'm going to living the good life, right Mom?" - Caden

2) "That's weird, I thought only God could walk on water, but I guess spiders can too" - Caden

3) "Mom! I need a new butt" says Caden. "Huh, you need a new bait?" says Mom. "No, a new BUTT, mine has a crack in it" says Caden. Followed by so much laughter by two little boys that we didn't catch another fish for at least 15 minutes.

4) Eli as I am trying to put their itty bitty tiny fish on a stringer for them so that they can "walk it" up and down the dock a few times before we free it..."You wouldn't say it was no big deal if I put that thru your lip mom".

5) "He's a fighter, He's a fighter" - Caden (said with Dustin on 5hr energy drink like intensity, as we try to pin down the flopping 6in teensy fish to put the stringer on)

6) "Why does fishing have to be so dangerous" - Eli (sobbing and holding his fingers from where a fish (again TINY) poked him with his fin thing)

7) "We should go in and get suncreen on" Mom says. "Really, probably just you because you're not 1/2 brown like daddy" Caden responds. Dang it...he's probably right on that one. :(

8) "Wow, this is the best restaurant in the world" - Caden as I come back down with sunscreen, juiceboxes & cheesesticks

And the finally, just a couple cute pictures of country girl Millie. I don't know if it's the John Deere or her Great Grandma Ringger grin, she sure looks like a Ringger to me in this first picture! lol

Oh and FYI, picture of Eli with fish coming soon...just need to download from Jerome's phone!

Hi Grandma!

Grandma Ringger painted Millie's toes a couple week ago when they were here. She still stops a couple times a day when she notices them and says "pink toes"! :) And yes, those are her brother's Pokemon cards she's playing with while they are at school...so glad I finally got a girlie girl! lol

2012 Superbowl

The Superbowl was in Indianapolis this year, and boy was it a big party! The city was just so alive with energy and excitement, we had a blast. We took the boys down one night and they got to have a little fun too.

Super smart Jerome had me call over a year ago to make dinner reservations for the Saturday night before the game at Capital Grille. Capital Grill is attached to the Conrad Hotel which is one of the nicest hotel in city, so before dinner we had so much fun celebrity stalking! We saw Lenny Kravitz, John Elway, Drew Brees, Danny Devito, Rhea Perelman, Lance Bass, LMFAO guys, Stephen Baldwin, Mark Cuban, and other sports people that I didn't know! lol

Finally, the best part of the week was that Jerome actually WON tickets to the Superbowl. We still can't believe it, amazing! Jim Irsay was having giveaways all week long for the season ticket holders and we acually won! So Jerome and I were able to actually go to the game, which was incredible. What a fun week, we both feel like we need a vacation after the weekend though!

Lacey & Stephen Baldwin...he asked me if I would help babysit for his 10 year old nephew that night! ha!

The girls and John Elway

For Grandpa Ringger...

At the game!

Crazy Colts Guy

Downtown on game day!

Ready for SUMMER!!

The Ringger family just booked a summer vacation trip to Michigan this summer, and we cannot WAIT!! So ready for another beach vacation with all the people we love the most! :) I came across this picture as I was "organizing" the office (basically moving stuff around in nice little piles, thanks Mom for this system!) Anyway, it just made think about how ready I am to have tan little smiling kids again, with no worries about school buses, tutoring, soccer practices, boy scouts, basketball practices, homework, science fair projects, and list goes ON & ON!