Catching up on the Meyer Boys

Brandon has completed his first attempt at playing football on a team at Indian Springs Middle School. I think he had fun! He said he wanted to try out again in 8th grade. Now he is on to Cross Country. For a kid who has asthma, he is doing really well. He was on the B team and came in 4oth place out of 200. They only gave ribbons to the top 40. His time for that track meet bumped him up to the A Team during his 2nd meet and he came in 30th. (his goal was 39th place....how funny is that?) The weather has been horrible so meets keep getting cancelled and they don't make them up. It's kind of sad because he has been training so hard everyday at school. But at least he'll be in great shape for Rec Soccer starting soon. After Cross Country will be Track then Soccer at school. It's fun to watch him. He surprises me all the time!

The Elementary School had Drug Awareness Week so it was Crazy Hat Day. For anyone who has young kids, start collecting hats and keep them in a clearly marked container so you can have access to them when you actually need them. Brandon decided to get in the mix with this cardboard contraption his Grandpa had to have while he was in Missouri. It's a hat here but usually I stick a glass vase in it that holds pens in my craft room. I can't believe Grandpa paid $5 bucks for that thing!

Then before Christmas Break Brett and Sean had PJ Day! So I couldn't resist buying new pajamas because we all know the ones you really wear are ratty, old and don't match.

We had Rodeo Day January 28th! (Again...if you have Elementary kids put those hats away in a safe place. I swear I keep buying Cowboy Hats every year.)

100th Day of School - February 9, 2010 Sean trying to look old. I stuffed his shirt with quilt batting and poured baby powder on his head. I said he looked like an old Japanese Professor. Then after school when I went to watch Brett in his 100th day parade I was able to snap a picture of him with his 1st grade teacher Mrs. Linenberger! She looked good dressed as an old lady!

And YES...I recycled Sean's 100th Day poster from last year! (take a look...and yes I'll do the same for 50's day and I did the Candy Cane Valentine's Day Hearts again this year!) I say if the project is not for a grade, then you can reuse it. 1. I taught Brett that recycling was good. 2. It taught Brett how to save money and not waste things when you have something you can use and 3. he did have to glue some wiggly eyes back on to the board so he did have a hand in the project....THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.

Besides....look how cute he looks in his 100 glasses he made! Just looking at his cute little face makes me want to kiss him. (you know the girls just love him!)---But you have to click on his picture and check out his HAT! (it's upside down....and he was suppose to be 100 days smarter : )

Christmas 2009 -- I know I'm late posting!

We had a Christmas at Grandma and Gramps' house. We usually have 3 a year. The first is on Christmas Eve at my house with just us, then Christmas day my parents and my brother and family come over and then sometime after Christmas we head over to Grandma and Gramps'. (And no...I did not put all the boys in striped shirts. Sean and Brett always want to match either Brandon or their Dad!)
Here is a picture of the Christmas tree that had to go up this year (which by the way I took down all by myself as I predicted.) Just think how many more presents could have fit on a Christmas rug if we didn't set the tree up....I'm just saying.)

PS...it's February now and I'm so happy Christmas it is over but I can't believe it's already February!

Where has time gone?

It's been along time since I've blogged!

So I just decided to do a review of what's been going on in the past few months!

On December 13, 2009 my little Sean had his 7th birthday! Mr. Smiley is growing up. We celebrated at home with gifts, ice cream cake and took him out to eat. I just can't believe he is 7.

Michael's brother and his family from Pennsylvania came in for Christmas and we were able to spend a few days with them. It always takes a few hours for Sean and Brett to remember who everyone is because we don't get to see everyone all the time. But as soon as the memory kicks in they are ready to play. For Christmas we were blessed to with extra Nerf Guns which was fun because now we can all get into the Nerf War games around here!
In the mix of all the fun one of my poor brother-in-laws ended up in the hospital with facial cellutitis. He was there for 3 or 4 days. So we didn't get to spend too much time with Michael's sister and family who live here in Keller. But thankfully everything turned out great and he is back to normal!

Bethany wore the perfect sweater for the game. She had her own bullet holder for quick amunition refill! Safety goggles were a must because Sean and Brett would shoot you in the face!

We were all laughing so hard we ended up having a slight headache from laughing, running and bending over to pick up bullets. It was great exercise though!

I wanted to start a new tradition....

I thought with all the things I have to do around here that I'd start a new tradition this Christmas. No Christmas lights outside (thought why not save a little money this year and forget about the lights outside) and no Christmas Tree.

I tried to sell it to the kids saying how cool it would be if we had a Christmas "rug". Santa would bring all of our presents and place them on our special rug. Why be like everyone else and put up a Christmas tree? We could be cool and have a Christmas rug! Just think about all the room we'd have for presents if we didn't put up the huge tree.

I thought for sure Sean and Brett would be on board. I knew Kaila and Brandon could care less. How great to not have to put all the lights up, drag the tree out and all the ornaments. Then what a great bonus that after Christmas we would not have to put anything away! We'd still have a great Christmas, just without all the fluff. Presents would still be here, family would still come and we'd have lot of fun times sitting around the Christmas rug.

I lost.

I spent 6 hours outside doing Christmas lights, garland and all the fluff. I am thankful that Brandon helped me the entire time and Michael stepped in to help with the garland around the door.

Christmas Rug got moved out of the room and in came the huge tree. Fully decorated by Sean, Brett and Kaila. But I will not go back in there and rearrange all the ornaments......if they like having 5 ornaments on one branch, then so be it.

Oh well....someday I'll get my Christmas Rug idea to work.

Bring home the change....

I finally gave in and decided to let Sean and Brett buy their very first tray lunch from the school cafeteria. It was cheese pizza day.

I informed the boys to "bring home their change." Now granted, it would only be maybe 75 cents, but I was trying to train them to not use the extra money to buy the extra junk they have there.

Both boys looked me straight in my eyes and said "Yes ma'am."

They both get home, they thought lunch was great!

I was informed they did not get any change back but the lunch lady said the extra change goes into their lunch account....to be used on future lunch purchases. I was fine with that.

BUT---BRETT was not happy. He wanted his change back. His teacher sees him after lunch and asks him "what's wrong?" because he looked sad.

He looks at his teacher and says the lunch lady didn't give him any change back and that he was planning on using that money to spend at the "Spirit table" after lunch. (A table full of useless junk that I won't let my kids buy from!---and yes, Brett knew that too.)

So his teacher gives him money because she felt bad for him! He comes home with a pencil that smells like fruit and sweater bottle cap pulley thing. With a Texas Longhorn symbol on it!!!

I email Brett's teacher to ask how much money do we owe her and that she really should not have done that.

She said she couldn't standing looking at Brett's sad face and that he was robbed by the lunch lady because she didn't give him his change. LOL

I swear that Brett....one look at his face and you'll give him anything.

Happy Halloween 2009

Pictured: Sean as "Thing 1", Brett as "Thing 2" and me as "Cat in the Hat".

Halloween.....I really don't like Halloween Day.

Every year it stresses me out. I think it's because the little ones keep asking me when can we get our costumes on, when can we go trick or-treating. It usually starts at 8 in the morning!!! So I just decided to keep them busy and we cleaned the house. Decided next year to skip the cleaning because the house was a wreck after having 11 kids coming in and out of the house all night!

We started our Halloween day with 3 soccer games starting at 8:00 AM and the last one was at 3:30 PM. We got home around 5 pm and we started spiking up the hair, spraying it blue and digging out costumes for the bigger kids.

I had a good time going through the neighborhoods with Sean, Brett and my mom.

Pictured: My mom, Tamae dressed as a Pumpkin. We had to stuff her full of batting to make her look big and fluffy.

We finished collecting candy and the neighborhood had a block party on our street.
If you see Sean ask him what his favorite thing about Halloween was and what the worse thing about Halloween was.

My dad sat on our front porch scaring the kids. He looked like a fake, old man. We even had kids come and sit next to him. Michael was inside (OSU vs Texas game...not a Happy Halloween for him ), and answered the door to pass out candy.


Kaila had her best friends Mercedes, Abbie and Nicole over for a girls night out. They headed out to Trick or Treat around 8 pm after several different costume changes. They may be Sophmores in high school, but they wanted candy too! I think they had a great time just hanging out. But these girls are just silly and fun. Did you know they joined the Dodgeball Club at the high school? They wanted to join all the clubs they could this year. But I think they spend most of their time volunteering.

Brandon dressed as an Ipod Touch (I had to use an old picture because he bolted out early), spent the evening with his school buddies Matthew, Oscar, Johnny, and Conner. They went through 3 neighborhoods and played football outside then went to a sleepover.

It was a late night, but it turned out to be a fun night....even with all the stress!

Swine Flu

It is important that as swine flu spreads, you know the symptoms of the disease so you can recognize it in yourself and others at an early stage.

So far, most swine flu cases have been mild, with symptoms similar to those of seasonal flu. Only a small number of people have had more serious symptoms.
If you or a member of your family has a fever or high temperature (over 38°C/100.4°F) and two or more of the following symptoms, you may have swine flu:

• unusual tiredness
• headache
• runny nose
• sore throat,
• shortness of breath or cough
• loss of appetite
• aching muscles
• diarrhea or vomiting

I would have NEVER thought anyone in our house would get the Swine Flu! For the most part the kids miss little due to being sick. But little Ms Kaila got it. She came home on Wednesday with a nasty cough, felt feverish, runny nose, 100.2 fever and was tired. I thought she just had a cold, or stayed up too late during the week and was tired, but when she mentioned her friend had it and she rides to and from school with her......then I guess she should go to the doctor.

We found out Thursday she indeed has Swine Flu. Kaila, Brandon, Sean and Brett were all placed on Tamaflu. Kaila had the high dosage and the boys are on it for preventative measures. I called my doctor and Michael and I were put on Relenza. So far everyone is doing well.

By Friday evening you could tell Kaila felt better. I think we caught it early and the Tamaflu was helping. She has spent the last few days in the Media Room catching up on her recorded TV shows and has to eat away from the dinner table : )

First Day of School and Updates.

So I'm a little behind on updating my blog!

August 24, 2009:
First Day of School!

This was Brett's first year in school all day! He is in Kindergarden. His teacher is Mrs. Roy. She is so sweet and is just perfect for him. He had a rough few days, a few tears, he wanted to know when he could come home :( At recess he would sit with the teachers and talk to them instead of the kids. But that's Brett. He likes being friends with the teachers first, then by week 2 he makes friends. I'm happy to say, no more tears!

Sean started 1stGrade this year. He loves school. His teacher is Mrs. Linenberger. She actually lives one block over from us. He will be excited when he visits her doorstep this Halloween. She is great for Sean. She seems to work the First Graders as if they are 2nd or 3rd graders, but that's great for my school loving Sean. (Who came home with a check-minus and was in tears over it! A check-minus!)

Brandon started his first year in Middle School. I can't believe it. He is playing football this year and was dressed in his athletic clothes. He is in 7th grade this year. As of today, he loves it. Especially football. We sat through a scrimmage, in the rain this past Monday. He was so cute when he got the ball and took off down the field. I was a very proud mama.

Kaila is a 10th grader this year. My big Sophmore! Where has the time gone? I didn't get a picture of her before she left for school, so I chose one of my favorite pictures of her. Smiling and goofing off with a friend. That is her. A 10th grader, but still a goofy little kid inside, who just wants to enjoy life. She and her friends have decided to try to join as many "clubs" at school as possible. You'll never guess what club she joined. Are you ready for this.....DODGEBALL CLUB! Among other things she is in National Charity League, Inc with me, then at school, Dodgeball club, Iteract Club, Student Council and I think next on her list is Ping-Pong club and Circle of Friends.

It's going to be an interesting year!

Medieval Times

August 2009: So my Dad calls me up one day and says "Do you want to go to Medieval Times?" They were having a special that with the purchase of an adult ticket, a kid would get in free. I bought our tickets and off we went! (Michael had been complaining saying he was not going to wear the hat they gave us, but as you can tell from the pictures, he did! It was a fun "Back to School" event for the kids. We don't go any where for our Summer Break so they were excited. The food was really good and the entertainment....well let's just say it was entertaining.

Mini-Family Renunion 2009

The Meyer Family - Paul Meyer, Steve Meyer, Ernie Meyer, Diane Meyer, Lynn Meyer Quinn & Michael Meyer.

Cousins - Kaila Meyer, Kevin Quinn, David Meyer, Anna Meyer, Kendal Quinn, Sean Meyer, Brett Meyer, Brandon Meyer, Kara Quinn and Jimmy Meyer

The "Out-Laws" as Matt called us: Mika Meyer, Matt Quinn and Eileen Meyer

My oldest niece, Anna Meyer was on her way to her first year at Oklahoma State University. But before she got settled in, she and her dad made a stop here in Texas! Michael's sister Lynn and her family, his parents, his older brother Paul from Houston and his family and his oldest brother Steve from Pennsylvania and his daughter Anna came to visit for a few days.

We enjoyed just hanging out eating, talking and playing cards. On Monday we spent the day at NRH20. I didn't think I would enjoy it, but I had a really nice time just hanging out at the wave pool watching Sean and Brett play in the water. It was a nice mini-family reunion. We missed seeing Bethany, Steve's wife and their oldest son Mason. They were not able to make it this time around : (