Football, parakeets, singing in church

Wow, this post would sure be more exciting if I had some great pictures. I am working on it.  My camera is kind of well, not working so........This is the best I can do.
Football, our town is a little bit excited about football.  I have never seen anything like it.  Every Friday all the kids wear our school color. We only have one highschool in our town so every school has the same mascot and color.  Anyway, on Fridays which are game days for the highschool, all the kids in all the schools have a spirit day and wear our colors.  Very cool.  The moms all wear sequined spirit t-shirts and hats and things. There is a total market for crafty women who make stationary, hair bows, shoe laces, t-shirt designs, skirts, pencils, you name it. If it has our school colors and info on it, we buy it.  Football starts when we are VERY young.  4-5 to be exact.  Ben has been playing since then.  And this year he just began tackle.  He is 8.  He is considered big for his age (90 lbs) so they red tape him and he plays on the line.  Anyway, the point of all this is just to share that he practices THREE times a week at 2 1/2 hours each practice and has a game every Saturday.  He game last Saturday was a 4 hour experience.  wow. So who has time for anything else?

We do.  In fact, we just bought two cute parakeets.  Again, pictures to come.  But the girls have been wanting a pet.  I did and do not want to handle anything to do with pets so it is all up to Dad and the girls to keep these dear birds alive. It has been great fun for all the kids and an awesome babysitter for the 18 month old!!

My girls have caught the drama bug...yes, drama happens all the time, but I am talking about actually on stage!! :)  So, we have one in a show called, The Wiz.  Ever heard of it? It is the African American version of the Wizard of Oz.  The last time it has been seen by large audiences is on TV with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Yeah.  But anyway, should be fun, lots of dancing and singing.

The other daughter is trying out for Annie this month. Wish her luck!!

And then of course, we also have soccer going on. My other son LOVES Soccer.  He also loves tennis and want to play basketball this winter. And somehow in all this, he really wants to try football to see if he likes it. I mean, we can't NOT do football right? right?

And it was just such a cool experience for us.  The ward music specialist (the lady at church responsible for the music on Sundays) called and asked us to participate with some sort of musical number.  Wow, we are not performers, but I told her yes and the three girls sang together. Wow, they were brave.  Our little 4 year old started them off with the first line of the song. So cute.  You never know what you or your kids can do until you try.

And then there is the subject of fashion.  I can't help it. I must blog about this.  WHY can't large flannel shirts and birkenstocks and thick wool socks come back into style??? I mean, come on!! IT has been over a decade now and it is about time people!!  I think I came into my best look in the early 90s when I could go to my college classes with curly, somewhat messy hair and those before mentioned items of clothing. sigh.

OK, that's it for now. So much more to say.