A Day of Soccer

It is soccer season once again and I am so happy. I love watching the kids play soccer. Sadly, Tanner doesn't play anymore but he may start Rugby in the Spring which I know nothing about. This day Max had a game at 8:30, Maddie at 10:00, and Seth at 11:30 so Jon and I could both go to all of them. Grandma Sherry, Grandpa Buddy, and Gram also came to the games. It was great weather!

 I took a few more pictures of Max but they came out blurry. I need to work on my action shots, maybe this isn't the greatest camera for that or maybe I need to learn how to use it.

 Maddie said this picture looks like she's playing all by herself at an "imaginary" game. But she's not, she's throwing it to someone.

 Seth got stepped on. He came out for a while and was ready to go back in. He's pretty aggressive out there. Probably because he's the youngest and his siblings take no mercy on him.

That's why Driver's License Pictures Never Look Good

Yesterday I had a special birthday. By "special" I mean it was time to renew my driver's license. I actually get butterflies when going to the DMV. I think it's because you never know what they (the masters of my driving destiny) are going to say you need. It changes every single time I go in there. I even tried to look for it on the web before I went and they make that really hard also. So, this is how it went.

11:30am Arrived at the DMV.

11:45 was told I needed a birth certificate and S.S. card. No problem I brought both, along with bills with my current address on it and 2 forms of I.D.  I was told I brought my Hospital Certificate instead of my birth Certificate. The lady was very nice and told me to drive to Sandy to the Vital Statistics office and print off an official Birth Certificate.

12:20 On my way to Sandy. I decided to call Jon to tell him what I was doing. He informed me that I couldn't get a birth certificate there since I was born in TX. Oh. I called them to make sure and they said the same thing.

12:30 Stopped for lunch and went home.

3:30 Went to my parents house to look through their files for a copy of my birth certificate. Found Ryan's Lincoln's, Donovan's Devon's and even mom and dad's. Not Lisa's or mine.

4:00 found a copy of my birth certificate after looking forever in our files. Rushed back to the DMV.

5:00 Waited for about 45 minutes and was informed my Birth Certificate was abbreviated. They don't take abbreviated ones anymore, it's a new rule. He said he'd give me a temporary license that would last for 6 months but in the mean time I need to contact TX and pay for a new non abbreviated certificate and have it mailed to me. Then I get to go back. He did take my picture which at that point I felt a little frazzled. Cheese.

5:30 Called Jon on the way home to tell him I still didn't get it and would he make dinner for the kids before soccer practice, games, etc.

This was actually the day before my birthday. My actual birthday was a great day!

REAL soccer game

We've been wanting to go to a Real Soccer game for a long time but just never did it. When we signed Maddie up for soccer we could buy discount tickets for certain evenings. We didn't go anywhere for Labor Day weekend so thought that would be a good time to go. It was really fun, plus we won, plus they only last about 2 hours.

 Uncle Devon and Aunt Mary showed us a great place to park that was free and not too long of a walk. They go to games A LOT! Seth hates that he's little for his age but he does like the fact he still gets carried if he's too tired to walk. Tanner carried him on his shoulders on the way back to the car but wasn't as careful with branches as Devon was.

 The stadium wasn't huge so pretty much anywhere you sat was close to the action.

Maddie kept shushing us while watching the game. She's a serious fan. They all loved it, but especially Maddie.

No Dogs Allowed

Max came running in the house the other day yelling, "Mom, Mimzy's really hurt!" I walked outside, took one look, and knew we had to take her to the vet for stitches. It was 8:00 PM. I called the vet which gave me a recording of a pet hospital which referred me to a closer pet hospital. We took all the kids with us since they were all pretty upset. When we got there the Dr. said it would take about two hours to stitch her up and because it was a school night we took all the kids back home and came back to get Mimzy at 10:30. The bill was so much that I'm embarrassed to even write it. Plus there's pain killers 2x a day and antibiotics 3x a day. But she's much better now and we all love Mimzy. I just have to say if you don't have a dog I would recommend not getting one. :) Apparently, she got caught on the corner of a car trailer we have parked in our back yard. Tanner and his friend got a sock and duct tape and fixed it right up, because knowing Mimzy she will do it again.

 It sure hasn't slowed Mimzy down! We put a little t-shirt on her so she and Libby will leave it alone. She looks pretty cute in it.