update...

just a quick update since i have been a bad blogger...

it's been a crazy couple of months!!

katie's spring soccer league is over. they ended up 4-2 for the season. they didn't fair so well in the mother's day tournament, but they never seem to play well in tournaments! it's the end of the school year for katie - which means... lots of parties, field trips, and field days! she is playing in a 3x3 soccer tournament in amity this weekend. should be interesting! summer basketball is getting ready to start. she is supposed to have her first practice tonight... weather permitting. she will be playing in 2 leagues, one on saturdays and one on mondays/wednesdays. katie just had her spring concert. she played the trumpet and sang in the chorus. she developed an infection in her gum. her face puffed up on the left side and her eye was closed for almost a day. poor thing, had to have a baby tooth pulled, but now she feels so much better.

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sean finished his freshman year at shippensburg and is now home looking for a summer job. he also turned 19! oh my... where has the time gone?

ray has ~30 days left until his job is done. he is looking for a new job... hopefully closer to home!

as for me... special olympics went better than ever! it was a beautiful day!!! i am now the registrar for our soccer club, so i have been busy trying to get them organized and online. it's a HUGE undertaking! i will be volunteering at katie's school for her school party and field day. i haven't had many chances to scrap. i have some pages and a mini album almost ready to go for the June kit for ItsScraptacular. I LOVE THIS KIT!!!! check it out on June 1st. http://www.itsscraptacular.com/?q=node/1

check out my sneak peaks....

well... that's it for now. thanks for checkin' in on us.

Kodak Printers STINK!

DO NOT BUY A KODAK PRINTER!!!!!! This is the 3rd printhead in less than 2 years that has had to be replaced. Their customer service is horrible!!! I am "chatting" with their support (from I don't know where...) and have wasted two hours of my time. I am also on hold with the "live" support and have been on with them for more than one hour. I think this schmuck thinks I will hang up! Joke's on him!!!!

Online Crop at Scraptacular

Tomorrow starts the online weekend crop at Scraptacular. http://www.scraptacular.proboards.com

Sign up at the board to join in on the fun! There are lots of great challenges and an prizes!

Spring Training

Well, Ray and Katie are back from Spring Training. And my peace and quite is over! JK

They had a blast! Katie couldn't stop thanking me!













Unfortunately the Phils lost both games, but it is Spring Training and most of the regulars didn't play. I was disappointed that the players did not sign autographs at either game. Katie did end up getting a game ball from one of the umpires.














She got #75 - Jason Donald to sign the ball. According to Schmidt, he is going to be someone to watch in the future. He plays 3rd base and short stop. We are going to try to keep our eye on him. Hopefully he will play in Reading and we will get to see him.















Jamie Moyer pitched the first game. Katie loves him!
















It's weird seeing Pat in a different jersey! He's still nice to look at!!! ;)















Ray took Katie to Clearwater Beach after the game on Friday. She didn't have her bathing suit, but that didn't stop her!!!















She also got to jump on the large trampoline.

It was a great trip for them. This might become an annual event! (but I think I am going next time!!)














Katie has become a pro at passing the time in the airport!


















FUNNY STORY::: Ray felt the back of his neck getting sunburned, so he decided to flip his hat around to protect his neck... He totally forgot about the opening in the back of the hat. Check out his forehead!!

Florida

Ray and Katie made it safe and sound to Florida today. They go to their first Phillies' Spring Training game tomorrow. Katie is thrilled!!! Will keep everyone updated.

Special Trip

Well, Katie and Ray LOVED the trip to Florida I secretly planned for them. They will be seeing 2 Phillies spring training games in March.

I made them cards that had the Phillies' spring training logo and it said "pack your bags". Katie knew right away! Her reaction totally lived up to how I wished she would react! She is so excited and can't stop talking about it.

We surprised Katie tonight with tickets to Friday night's Flyers game. She has been asking to go to a game for a couple of years. We think she is finally at the age to appreciate the game and not just want to go and get snacks. We got club box seats behind the Flyers bench. (the club box has it's own bathroom so we don't have to wait in those long lines!!!! - definitely worth the added price.)

I just returned from a weekend away with 2 old friends and 5 new ones at the Hamburg Hideaway. I wasn't very productive but I had fun! I even did shots of tequilla.

Scraptacular has a new message board. http://www.scraptacular.proboards.com/ To celebrate our "new" message board launch we are having a party!!! All this month and next month we will be hosting contests and challenges with exciting prizes and fun giveaways. This exciting event will culminate in an online crop with a grand prize drawing to receive a prize package of Fancy Pants goodies worth $50! Come join us!!!!!

Where did this month go???

Well... I have NO idea where this month went!


I have been working a ton of hours lately! I go in early some days (which is getting much harder for me now that I am older...) and stay late other days (when Ray is working from home). I am excited to announce that I just got a promotion!! I am now the Director of our HRA division. It's a new division so I get to mold it from the ground up. I am absolutely thrilled! I am, however, still the project manager and operations manager for our HSA division. I don't know where I am going to find the time, but I am sure I will. (like going in today for a few hours and bringing work home.)

I am taking over as registrar for Katie's soccer club. Right now I am "learning the ropes" from the old registrar. He is so archaic in his ways! I am working on getting everything automated. I will be taking over completely in May.~~ I know... what was I thinking????

Special Olympics is coming up soon. I will be spending all of my waking hours getting all the athletes entered and in heats. Last year was the first year I didn't feel overwhelmed and I wasn't up until 2am the night before! I think after more than 10 years of doing it, I finally have the process down!! I can't wait for the event. It is one of my favorite days of the year.


I took some time off from scrappin' because of my schedule. I finally had the time to get some pages done. They are in the new slide show on the side of the page titled 2009. I have been scrapping a lot of our trip to Florida. The trip was so incredible and I am struggling a little with the pages because I want them to be perfect.


I have a HUGE surprise planned for Ray and Katie in March. I never realized how hard it is to keep a secret from Ray!!! I can't wait to reveal it. I am not sure how I am going to do it, but i will be sure to let you know when I do!


We celebrated 2 birthdays this month. Mine and Olivia's. Olivia turned 2!!! I can't believe how old she is getting. We were not able to go to her birthday party because Katie was attending a friend's party. We did get to babysit her at the beginning of the month. We had a blast!






















Katie has been busy playing basketball and LOVING it!! We are so proud of her. She has really turned into a great player! She is tenacious on defense and she is making a fair amount of baskets! They play 5x5, full length court, and regulation height baskets. They match up the players on each side to defend against each other and Katie is usually picked to defend against the best player on the other team. She is very intense... I don't know where she gets that from!!! ;)

Thanks for taking the time to read about our lives.

Page Maps

I have a page in this month's collection at Page Maps! http://www.pagemaps.com/ The page is titled "They Will Not Fit In The Bathtub!". It's a horizontal 8.5x11 side map.

The journaling reads:

It was the experience of a lifetime! Sean and Katie got to interact with the 2 young Beluga Whales at SeaWorld (Klondike and Aurek). They were able to spend 20 minutes with them. They gave them hand signals to do the tricks, got to feed them fish, and got a hug & kiss from them. Katie actually did a report on Beluga Whales earlier this year at school. They are her favorite whales, so this was extra special for her. Sean didn't stop smiling the whole time! The kids had to wear wet suits because the water temp was 52 F! They didn't mind though. The kids got the whales to tail walk, wave their fins, spin around, jump out of the water, and my favorite, spit water at them! They even got them to speak! The kids enjoyed it so much they wanted to bring them home with us! Sorry kids... THEY WILL NOT FIT IN THE BATHTUB!