Never Fear!

This guy

told me this morning that he was practicing his spins so he can save the world.

Don't you feel better now?
Have a nice weekend!

This Week

This Week...

Brooke is telling everyone "I Daddy's Princess" with the cutest lisp ever.


Will has been playing
all day, every day
with a bike helmet on his head.
Hey - safety first.


Jack was none-too-happy that dear ole' Mommy wasn't going on the zoo field trip. But he got over it and had a great time. And he is Star of the Week. His 3 wishes? A dog, a cat and a clock.
No, no and you already have one.

This Week...

We celebrate this little guy turning 2.


And we have the return of this cute couple we have not seen since Christmas.

This Week...
Is a good one!

One For The Books

I was in my usual setting tonight...

Driving the car with all the kids.
Alvin and The Chipmunks playing "Single Ladies" in the background.
Me talking on the phone to Julie.

As I was talking about something (or nothing!) with Ju, I hear this little voice say:
"Excuse me, Mama, excuse me?"

"Yes, Jack, what is it?"

"Mama, what does "blah, blah, blah" mean?"

After hysterically laughing, Aunt Ju had the perfect answer:

"Just tell him it means "yada, yada, yada"!"

Ahhh...to be 5 again. Life would be so easy...

Blah, blah, blah...

Ready For The Weekend

This is how we found Will a few nights ago...

The next night we found him asleep on the floor.
Think he is a little exhausted from all the outdoor play?!

I don't know about you, but I am glad it's the weekend (almost) and I am prayin' for a nap.
I think Will is too.
Happy Friday!

Hornets Are A Lot Like Rhinos...

In soccer, that is.

Will started the soccer season today with his 1st game and a new uniform - yellow! Just like Jack's T-Ball uniform...weird. The Rhinos officially re-named themselves The Yellow Hornets before the start of the game. Pretty fitting, seeing as they buzzed all around that field!

Will did pretty well for the 1st game - he kicked the ball in the right direction, only picked it up once or twice and was pretty close to scoring a few times. Even Jack said "Wow, Mom. Will is a lot better this time than he was last time."
Thanks, Professional-Athlete-Jack.

I love this picture...

After the opposing team scored a goal, Will put his arms around these 2 guys and told them "It's ok."


Even Grandpa got in on some of the action!


Is this Andy, Jr. or what?!

My favorite part? When Will was guarding the goal (which he knew to do without anyone telling him to!) he was "talkin' smack" to the other team saying "Ain't gonna kick that ball in here. I am waayyy too fast. I'm gonna git it!"

Like I said...Andy, Jr. or what?!

"Put Me In Coach...I'm Ready To Play!"

Today was the first day of The Goshorn Spring Sports Schedule. Jack is playing t-ball on Saturdays and Will is playing soccer on Sundays. So you can figure out what our weekends are going to be like thru June! As if you needed to guess - Andy will be an assistant for both teams.

Jack started with a big parade at a local park to kick-off the season and introduce EVERY team in the organization. That was one long parade.


The Golden Gloves

After the parade we headed over to our field and had our first practice and game.
Can you say too cute, hilarious and hot mess all at the same time!


Jack taking infield.


First at bat for #12.


MY Golden Boy!

Of course, Jack had the biggest cheering section. Us Goshorns travel in packs!
Grandparents Goshorn, Uncle Eric and Aunt Leslie and Uncle Skip and Graham all came out to cheer Jack on!


Not too much noise from this peanut gallery.

Brooke did really well for being at a ballpark for over 2 hours.
With little lunch, no nap and all the fresh air and sun...

This picture says it all.

Tomorrow - the return of The Red Rhinos!
Hope you had a great Saturday!

All Good Things Must Come To An End

For our final stops of our vacation, we checked out these historical sites:


The Book Depository where Oswald supposedly shot JFK


The Grassy Knoll


Mammoth Cave - 2nd oldest tourist site in the US
(Niagra Falls beats it by a few months)


My little hikers


This was a fun - and very dark! - stop

Thanks for sharing in our vacation with us! But please remember, Mamas...


Don't let your babies grow up...


to be cowboys...


or cowgirls.

Can't Believe I Forgot...

To Post THIS!

You are singing the theme song RIGHT NOW, aren't you??!!

The Post You Have Been Waiting For

Childhood memories of Friday nights with my family, drinking pop out of dried beef "star"glasses (have any of those?) and having popcorn with my whole family and watching "Dallas." That is one thing I will never forget...and we relived it visiting Southfork Ranch. And it was AWESOME.

I can't tell you ALL about it - I would be writing for days. But know this:

1. They made the house, grounds and driveway appear bigger on TV by using wide-angle lenses and re-running shots of the driveway over and over again to make it all appear larger than life.

2. The original owner of the Ranch is named JR. For real.

3. The inside is nothing like the Ranch on TV. But all the outdoor scenes (Kristin drowning in the pool; JR and John Ross jumping from the balcony when the house was on fire; Ewing BBQs, breakfast on the porch) were all shot on location during the summer at Southfork in Dallas. Everything else was shot on a studio lot in LA.

4. The owners sold the Ranch shortly after the "Who Shot JR?" phenom because they had 1000s of cards and flowers delivered to the house, people jumping the fence to "check on JR" and stealing grass off the ranch as souvenirs. Some people have a little problem with TV vs. Reality.
Not me, of course.

5. My daughter had her poopy diaper changed on the front lawn of Southfork Ranch. Only a few can claim that fame.

Here are a few pics from our day - it was a lot of fun!


The porch where they ate breakfast and the pool. Teresa the maid was no where to be found.


The kids ran and ran that day - we could go anywhere we wanted and stay as long as we wanted. The grounds were impeccably clean and manicured.


Our Christmas card picture. Just kidding.


Just a couple of girls from Yoder, Indiana reliving childhood. Priceless!

Dallas Aquarium

Wednesday allowed us to have more fun with more people - Aunt Stacy and Baby Cade arrived and became official members of the Goshorn Tour Bus!

We headed for the Dallas Aquarium and it did not disappoint. Three levels of an indoor, tropical rain forest-y feel of a place.


Jack checkin' out the indoor waterfall.


Baby Girl and her Daddy.


Thoughtful Will...


Who is more intimidating - a giant leopard or my 3 kids??!!

After the Aquarium we headed to a nearby park and had lunch. Then a nice loooong afternoon nap. A perfect day!


Mistress of the slide!


Jack is a great big brother!


We love having Baby Cade swingin' with us in Dallas! His Mommy too!

Cowboys Stadium

As you may have guessed from the previous post, our afternoon attraction was the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. This was obviously an Andy request but, I must admit, this was one of the highlights of the trip. We spent 2 hours going all thru the stadium, from private boxes to locker rooms to playing catch on the field for 30 mins! We all loved it!


The "big screen" hanging from the ceiling?? Cost more than the ENTIRE previous Cowboys Stadium. For real.


Just hangin' in the locker room with Romo.


Playin' a little "tackle-tackle."


Brooke was not to be left behind...


"Hut-hut-HIKE!"


Next addition to our house? Me+skimpy outfit+life-size portrait in my bathroom = perfect.


This is also in the same "parking lot" - the Texas Rangers Stadium. Awesome. With a helo-pad out front for George W. 'Cause that's how he rolls.

Dreams...

Really...


Do...


Come...


True!

"I have ALWAYS wanted to do that!!"