When I Miss a Game...

...my little girl gets hurt. I attended a bridal shower for my cousin instead of going to Taylee's soccer game today. I hated, hated, hated missing the game. Taylee is so much fun to watch and she loves it. But, this cousin has always been more like a sister to me than a cousin and I am so excited to see her get married next month. Congrats Brit!

But, back to the story. Halfway through the the bridal shower I get a text from Sean asking me if he is allowed to tell Taylee to hit some of the players on the other team. Just from his text I could tell that the protective father-figure was coming out strong in him and he was ANGRY! Apparently, the other team was an all boy team and some of them were very rough throughout the game. Twice, Taylee was deliberately pushed to the ground because she had the ball, the second time she was on a breakaway run when one of the kids came behind her and pushed her in the back with both of his hands causing her to nose dive and slide across the grass. And then she got wacked in the face with the soccer goal, splitting her lip open. It might be a good thing that I wasn't there because Sean has a lot more control over himself when it comes to our kids getting hurt. I only see red and usually become pretty irrational...ok, ok,really irrational. It is something I am working on :-)

But Sean was AWESOME and got her back into the game (with a lot of bribing) and she did end up scoring her team's only goal. She still tells me that she loves soccer and I am so proud of her for not giving up despite getting hurt.

Weird, weird, weird pregnancy

My pregnancies are always so strange. Everything has been going well, but slowly I have been measuring a little bit smaller than I should every time I go into a doctor's appointment. This is a pretty normal trend for me and I have known that at one of these appointments I would have to get another ultrasound to check the baby's growth.

Then yesterday as my doctor is measuring the belly growth his eyes bug out a bit as he is looking at the measuring tape and then he repeats the measurement...and repeats the measurement. Apparently not only was I measuring WAY too small, but I was smaller than I was two weeks ago. So, I was off to an ultrasound. First, the baby is growing very well. In fact, the tech put his due date a week earlier because he is bigger than he should be. The "guestimated" weight of what he is right now is 6 lbs 9 oz, though she said that these guesses are usually on the large size and can vary up to a pound either way.

So, everything is going very well, other than that my poor big baby is stuffed into a too small uterus :-)

Mommy, Our Trampoline is Gone...

And it was :-). Apparently with all the wind yesterday our trampoline literally got picked up and thrown about 150 yards into the empty lot next to us. The good news is that it went over our new fence posts. The bad news is that the trampoline did not take the fall very well which has made both Taylee and Brynlee pretty upset (they LOVE the trampoline). Sean and I took it apart and luckily only one piece is wrecked. Hopefully we can either get it fixed or I can order a replacement piece :-). Since I can't change what happened to our poor trampoline I will just enjoy Taylee's stories of how it flew away (both girls were at the window watching the trees 'dance' and got to see it happen :-)

Following the Crowd

I hate to admit it, but I am going to follow the crowd and go private with my blog. It freaked me out a bit that despite marking "No" on allowing search engines to find my blog, my blogger profile still came up when I googled my name, which gave direct access to my blogs. I am too much of a mother-bear when it comes to my kids to let pictures and stories of them to be that public on the internet, especially with their full names, birthdays, etc. There are too many creeps out there and I know that I will feel a lot better if I go private:-) I will probably wait a week or so before I switch it over, so if you want to continue to read about the crazy Kress family please either leave a comment with your email address or email me at vinylaccentz@gmail.com.

Tag 5

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago
1-Living in Blackfoot across the street from my grandparents
2-Working as a collections manager for a surgeon
3-Going to ISU
4-Pregnant with my first baby
5-Preparing for girl's camp

5 Things on my To-Do List For Today
1-Laundry
2-Babysit my niece Aubree
3-Organize food storage items that we bought yesterday
4-Articulation worksheets with Taylee
5-Excercise

5 Things I would do with a Million Bucks
1-Take my family on a HUGE vacation
2-Hire someone to do our laundry!
3-Buy my parents a new house
4-Buy really nice vehicles
5- Let Sean buy a golf course (he would be one happy guy!)

5 Places I have Lived
1-Blackfoot, ID
2-Rexburg, ID
3-Pocatello, ID
4-Grand Junction, CO
5-Idaho Falls, ID

5 Jobs I have Held
1-Potato Picker
2-Kesler's Market Cashier
3- Medical Receptionist
4-Collections Manager
5-Mommy (BY FAR THE BEST JOB!!!)

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 Years
1- Have my degree finished
2-Be a published author
3-Spending all the time I can with my kids and husband
4-Be able to garden (I seriously kill everything right now:-)
5-Just be happy

Day in Logan

I love that my sister lives in Logan. I had never really been there until she moved there with her family. Taylee loves, loves, loves her cousins that live there, plus it has the best parks for kids and Aggie Ice Cream (YUM!). Now I find myself finding any excuse to visit Logan.

Yesterday was my niece's 1st birthday so we found ourselves taking a day jaunt to Utah. We visited one of my favorite parks called "Ryan's Place." It is a park that was constructed in memory of a little boy. And you can tell that SO much love and thought went into its construction. In fact, I guess kids actually helped to design it. My nephews call it the "Rocket Ship Park" and they all love it.

Bryns and her cousin Asher riding in an airplane

Brynlee walking through the "Tot Park." This was a special area for toddlers where everything was their size. As you can tell, the whole design is awesome and I wish I would have gotten pictures of the "big kid" area because it is even better.

Taylee with her cousin Gid on a tire swing. Taylee has never been on a tire swing before and loved it! In fact she has been telling Sean all about the "Rocket Park" and the swing that spun in circles.

After the park we went back to my sister's place for a great BBQ cooked by my wonderful brother-in-law who kept a smile on his face despite being bombarded by a whole lot of girls :-) and then we witnessed an adorable 1 year old ATTACK her birthday cake. It was so cute to watch, though the best part was when she rubbed her plate all over her head. Happy Birthday Hannah!

And thanks to Noelle, Chris, and family! We had so much fun and are looking forward to our next trip to Logan!

Baby Bump or Balloon???

How is it that in one day at church a 34-wk pregnant woman can have the two following comments made:
"Oh, you look so cute! Your little baby bump is finally showing. Aren't you due later this summer?"
(This lady was completely shocked when I told her that I am due in about a month)
But then within an hour, I walk past another woman who says, "Geez! You look like you're about to pop!"
Gotta love it! (In their defense, the first lady saw me from a front view and the second saw me from the side, but still :-)