Birthdays!

Hey all!
How are you all? Hope all is well. Things are doing alright here. Busy. I am planning my ma's 51rst birthday. Which is tomorrow. Then Thurs is Craig's nephew's birthday he will be 6 then Sat is my best friends sons 6th birthday. So looks to be a busy weekend also. Tomorrow we will do moms and then Sat we are doing a Chucky Cheese for my friend and a bowling for his nephew.. BUSY! Lots of fun tho. Other then that I can't believe that in a month CJ will be turning 4!!! Time sure does fly! Plus we got Valentines day next week! We probably won't do anything tho. We rarely go out. I don't mind tho. Anyone have any good plans?

Well I suppose I need to get some things done around here. I just wanted to share in the birthday joys with you all!

Take Care!

Economy... WOW!

Hey all!
How is everyone? Hope all is well. There has been something bothering me so I thought I would talk about it...

I haven't noticed well I have but NOT to this point how bad it is! I mean stores and restaurants that I have went to for years and now gone! I can't believe that it's gotten to this level. From what I hear the unemployment is taking a dive too due to lack of jobs from everything shutting down. How in the world do we get out of this mess? Better yet how did we get in this mess? I don't get it. If we make our own money how are we in the hole? Seriously it is sad to see all these business owners lose it all because of why? They say this was coming for a while.. Then if they seen it why didn't they stop it? I remember about a yr or so ago while at the dinner table Craig said " We are going into recession " I said HUH? Not knowing what he meant. (This was before the news said it too, need I add) He was like a recession and I had no idea what that was. Then I learned and I couldn't believe it. Looking back I guess I could see it coming but wow seems to have hit pretty quick. I know it time we will recover and learn from this but makes you question the government. I know I for one will start thinking about savings more now. While this has all went on it has taught me alot... Like-

1. SAVE SAVE SAVE- Need it be money or food.. Always have a back up

2. Don't get what you don't need!- I am one who would always go buy something that wasn't really needed!

3. REUSE- Always try to reuse and use as little as possible. Little goes a long way

4. Make 1 day a week your errand day!- Pay bills go to the store and ect all on one day. Saves gas!

5. Do everything differently.- If that means hand washing 10 dish's by hand then running the dish washer that only cleans it halve way anyhow.

Those are some of the things I learned and will continue to do differently because of all this. What will you do differently? Care to share? Any good ideas on saving time and money are always great!

Well thats my vent for the day. I guess this way we all get to think bout it huh? lol

Take Care!

A tragic night!

Hello all!
How is everyone? Hope all is well. I am sad to say things are NOT so great here. What should have been a great night, which it was all the way til it was almost over turned into the most horrifying night of my life. While at the show they were doing there finals for the races there was to be 1 more race and that race was not to happen. As you can see in the photo above is a pic of the ending of that race. You can see the truck called "Samson". Samson went to go around after finishing that race. As he got to the side I see something that I thought was a dummy. It was not. (It was the shows announcer who who later found out it also the promoter too.) Go up and around the front drivers side tire as it hit the ground limp it was yet again picked up by the back drivers tire and yet again spun around and ran over again. After the first run over I started screaming then when it hit again everyone started to notice.. All I could do was watch in horror. I couldn't and still can't believe what I just seen. The man layed there limp. The truck drove up maybe 5 feet and stopped. The driver got out and then realized what happened. Everyone stood mute. People came running. The ambulance arrived. I could see what I would rather not speak of through the binoculars. We were then told the show was over and to please exit. This is what I read this morning..


MADISON (WKOW) -- A tragedy played out in front of thousands at a monster truck show in Madison Saturday night. The show's promoter and announcer was killed as he was run over

Spectators described the scene as horrifying -- a man walks onto the arena floor, and and is run over by one of the monster trucks.

"Everybody was just shocked," said Theresa Blodgett of Madison. "Then all the kids were standing there -- it was terrible. They brought the stretcher out and they said, show's over. EMS were there in about two minutes."

The Dane County coroner identified the victim as 41-year-old George Eisenhart, Jr., the show's promoter. The driver of the monster truck, a 54-year-old Ohio man, is a 20-year racing veteran. No criminal charges are expected. Sheriff Dave Mahoney called the incident a terrible accident.

"A lot of the direction that comes after driving over the cars is dependent on how the trucks hit the cars, and what happens with the trucks when they come to a landing," Mahoney said.

"The truck was doing what it was supposed to do," said William DiCarlo, Alliant Energy Center Executive Director. "They just don't have any explanation why the staff member was at that spot at that time."

Mahoney said during his investigation he learned this is an extremely tight-knit group of people, and he says the accident will surely have an impact on the performance for years to come.

Officials canceled the final monster truck performance scheduled Sunday afternoon. In the midst of tragedy, they said, the show simply could not go on.



Yup he died. I am beside my self with sadness not just for all the kids and people that were there but for that man and his family.For the driver and in general the circumstances. He did a great job at the show. The people next to us won some tickets and that was the guy that was bouncing all over this big stadium doing basically everything. So we got to see him up close not to long before this and well I can't believe that this happened. The image of what I seen will probably always stay with me and it is so awful.. no words can say what I feel right now.

So yea that was our night. It was VERY fun up til that point. The kids were enjoying there selves. As you can see in the other photo above. It was a great show and up til that happened was a lot of fun.

So with all that said I would like to dedicate this blog entry to GEORGE EISENHART JR and his family. May he rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this time!

Take Care all!

Gotta start early!

Hey All,

Reading starts early in this house! LOL! I thought that was super cute and I wanted to share! Also you can find the link to my myspace in the upper right hand side of my blog. (Above Serina's picture!) Thanks to Kim on that one! So if you have a myspace you can see my profile if I add you as a friend.. Sorry it is Private so you will have to do a friends request. It's neat tho. Everything is good here. The kids are getting big. Thursday Matthew has doctor for his 4 month. I am sure he has grown. I just hate the shot part! Serina is back to school after a lovely 5day weekend. CJ well he is just excited cause we are going to the Monster Truck show this weekend! That will make his day. So look for those pics soon! Well I suppose I need to go to bed!

Take Care all!

Some excitment!

Well Hello out there!
It's a cold and I mean cold day! NO school again! The windshield is really bad today! Other then that we tried to get everything done and what not cause we knew it was coming. Everyone is doing well. The picture above is of Keith's newest tattoo.. it's nice. lol. Oh and I am so happy to announce that Keith will be having a baby with his girlfriend Kayla come September of this year. In fact their due date is 2 days before Matthew's first birthday! So like I told Keith I am excited if he is.. BUT PLEASE don't have that baby on Matthew's 1rst Birthday! So we will see. This could be a remake of what happen with Serina and Mikey. VERY close.. Serina 11-19-200 and Mikey 11-18-2001. So we will see. All in all I am VERY excited to be a NEW auntie again! So there you have it! lol

Well I suppose I have to cut CJ's hair and give him and bath. You all stay warm.
Take Care!

Yup.. Hunting is DONE!

Well I wanted to post Serina's first Hunting trip photo.. well of when she returned! She had a blast and Craig said she hung real tuff... I should say so. 12 hrs is too much for me! I am glad she had fun and well in a couple years she will be in Hunters safety so then she can actually get a deer. She says she won't gut it but what girl would!!! EEWWW.. she said she would help her dad drag it tho. What a big girl she is!

As for CJ well he now has pink eye!!! Or something like that. I can't believe it! Between colds, flu's and now this.. come on. Not a good start to 09! lol. O well it should get better! Other then that he is on a wanting to mooch Matthew kick and well it's all the time. So cute but I don't want him to get carried away. You know when you have came to that point.. Matthew starts to scream.

As for Matthew.. today is a big day for my baby... he is 16 weeks.. Also known as 4 MONTHS!!! I can't believe it either! Time has flown by. He is so cute and well he is VERY ticklish! So funny! Well I suppose the boys wanna play and I have to cleaning to do! ( Also Matthew got to eat some Banana Baby food last night and I think he may like it!) FYI! lol.

Take Care!
( I also put a compairison up there of Matthew's Birth pic vs now! WOW right?)

To start off 2009!

Hey All,
How is everyone these days? Hope all is well. The kids are getting big. Matthew is in the process of getting 2 teeth!!! Yea I can't believe it either. CJ is doing his "Football" thing these days! He loves all sports! Well Serina.. doing VERY well. She actually got to go hunting with her dad for the first time today! She was so excited. She hung tough for over 12 hrs out in the cold. No deer but all in all it was good time with dad. CJ was upset cause he wanted to go.. but you try to tell a 3 yr old why he can't go with his hero! I didn't know what to say. He was hurt tho. But Craig will make it up to him. I believe we will be going to the Monster Truck show this month. He will love that. Poor kid. Other then that nothing new here. Oh and the Picture of Matthew above is one that I entered into a baby contest. I love the cheeky look he has. Well good night all!

Take Care!