So Long Basketball 2012-13

We spent the weekend way up north for state basketball for Noah. His team was seated 16 out of 16 teams in his division. That means as the last team, you play the #1 team, which happened to be Blaine.

 

Turns out we beat Blaine. Ha!

Thanks to another parent for these pictures.

How is it possible to forget your camera as much as I do?

 

 

 

The second game was the biggest heart breaker ever. There was only one referee. The poor man could not run back and forth fast enough to see and make the calls, so he made a few mistakes. Normally, it's not that huge of a deal, but we went into overtime and lost by 2 points so those mistakes mattered. Noah hit both his free-throws to take us into overtime though so it made this mama's heart proud! I had to go around to the other side of the partition while he shot them though, it was just too much.

 

 

 



The boys then had to play a late game at 7:40 and they lost that one by 2 also.

 

 

They played SO HARD  (for the record Noah fouled out of two of the three games. Aggressive much?) and deserved to win, but sometimes it's just not in the cards.

 

 

 

 

 

The whole team stayed at the hotel and it was a great time hanging out with everyone. One of the dad's put together a slide show of pics from the season and it's hilarious to see what happens to faces when playing this game.

 

 

 

 

 

Both boys are now done with basketball. We got so lucky this year and really loved both teams of boys and their parents. You end up spending a ton of time with these people, so it's such a bonus when there is no one annoying around to wreck it.

 

 

This is my first week of not running kids in the evenings during the week. I vowed to start packing for Florida with all my extra time. We got a ton of shopping done for the men in this house (I will be saving my shopping until I can do it with my friends, thank you) because we were right near an outlet mall all weekend.

 

 

We have two weeks until baseball try-outs. No idea when actual practices start. I am hoping we get at least a month. It's like we have a life back and I intend to take full advantage of my free weekends starting with this Friday with a girl's dinner with my high school friends.

 

Hope your March is going well.

Peace out,

LB

 

 

Just a Little Something.....

After spending the day watching Noah play basketball in Faribo and Connor play Park and Rec, we dropped my parents off at home. My parents still live in the house I grew up in, which is in town.

 

We hit the road and not a half mile into our journey home we ran across a little something hanging out in a tree......

I can see my parents house through the backyard of where we saw this eagle. I about died. I get pretty amped up when I see a hawk while driving, so I was basically freaking out at seeing this.

 

I had the camera due to take pictures of Noah and Connor playing ball so I took one look at Mike and he knew to turn around.

 

I knew Eagles weren't like other birds, and so I knew he wouldn't get scared off so I have about 25 picture of this same shot.

At one point he/she looked at me as if to say,

"You lookin' at me?"

 

 

He clearly was annoyed with me at one point and decided to take flight......which I kind-of wasn't ready for. Settings need to be changed on a camera when things are moving.....

And then landed in another tree to check things out.

 

 

 

 

 

Highlight of my weekend, for sure. So incredibly cool.

 

Happy Sunday!

LB

Gotta Tell Ya

I am on a Target high. You know when you decide to make a Target run and happen to get there the day they have a huge 50% mark down on clothes? And it's not picked over? Yeah. I only got three things but they were CHEAP! I also browsed my favorite new section and decided I needed to post about it.

 

 

Usually I wait until I have a few "favorite things" before posting, but this one is too good to not let my friends in on. If you are a guy reading this (Tim) tell your wife about this.

 

 

I can't take credit for this one. My sister Carrie let me in on this lovely beauty supply. And who doesn't love a great new way to make yourself beautiful, huh?

 

 

Have you seen this brand e.l.f. at Target?  I love it. It's make-up and make-up supplies that are super, super cheap and yet work!

 

 

I bought these little numbers...

 

 

 

 

They are eyeshadows and guess how much they cost? Just guess.....

 

 

ONE DOLLAR!

 

 

Now, I gave up professional cosmetics about 10 years ago. However, I recently went insane (I have longer hair now and was struggling) and bought THREE professional products (hairspray, dry shampoo, and volumizer)  and got burned on every.single.one. It's not to say the products didn't work, they just didn't work any better than the drugstore brand I was using so why pay the extra?  Plus, I would rather put money into a cleaning lady than products, ha!

 

 

But seriously, what do you have to lose, right.....$1? I have them in four shades; Moondust, Wheat, Mocha, and Golden Glow. They go on very smoothly and the color lasts just as long as the other brands from Target I have used (Covergirl, Rimmel, etc).

 

 

I also bought this compact to put them in.....

 

 

 

You guessed it, that was a dollar too.

 

 

Today I decided to try the mascara. It was $1.49. I splurged. I will keep you posted on what happens on that. I am never happy with any mascara I buy. So, what the heck. I will try it.

 

 

So, there ya go. My helpful tip of the day. Hope they make you as happy as they make me.

Last One

On a side note, I have had this post ready to post for weeks now. I was unable to get pictures to add to the post. I searched and searched for the answer and tried several different things to fix the problem and nothing ever worked. I actually just figured I was done blogging!  Tonight I decided to try one more time to Google the problem and see if I could find an answer. I ran across a reply to the same problem and they said that it was Blogger's issue and they were working on fixing it. They also mentioned if you switched over the Google Chrome everything would work fine. So, that is exactly what I did and wouldn't you know it......everything worked fine! I couldn't believe it, what an easy fix. Not only is the issue fixed, but the pictures download so much faster. A win-win all the way around.


We had one last family Christmas to attend to!

We headed over to Mike's mom and Dave's for one last hurrah.  We got our fill of snacks and drinks and then we let the kids open their presents first, one-by-one.

It's scary how old they are all getting. They literally open presents then they are off with their electronics to the basement. Makes for a peaceful afternoon! Once in awhile they come up for some food or conversation, but not much. They are always sad when it's time to leave, at least they love each other!

Adults open next! This year I scored a lovely new purse and wallet. I also got a $50 Amazon gift card and I ordered four new fun cosmetic items the other day with it! Mike received a new fishing net and some tools, among other things.

The Vikings played that day so we all enjoyed watching the Vikes win! Hours and hours go by and it's so relaxing you don't even realize it's evening and time for another meal! Good thing the table is still covered with food.


Always great to get together with family and then be able to drive 2.5 minutes and be home! I am so glad we all live in the same town. Not only does it make life easier but it also means my kids have some pretty amazing grandparents in their daily lives, not just once a year like I did.

The lovely Christmas break is over! We got so much done (carpets cleaned, walk-in closet organized and cleaned out) and were able to enjoy lots of friends (Donna & Jeff and Pam & Jeff for dinner, Jeff & Jeri for New Year's Eve, a lovely overnight in Minneapolis with my high school friend, Leslie, happy hour with co-workers/friends Amy and Justin. I also snuck in time to see Les Miserables with my mom. We had seen the play together, I liked the movie better..... mostly because I could hear the words. During the play, I had hard time with only one ear that functions. So, it was nice to understand every single word loud and clear!


We enjoyed NO basketball for almost two weeks. It was heavenly. We almost didn't know what to do with ourselves for that long! We are of course back at it again with lots of tournaments and practices. Noah is now having two a day between his two teams. At least we only have two kids so one of us can go one direction and one of us can go the other. It's worked so far.


We are in for the LONG run until Spring Break when we will once again find ourselves lounging in Ft Myers. We rented a house this time instead of a hotel/resort. I can't wait. Wish it was March now.

Happy Winter!
LB