It Must Be Sunday...

Time for another edition of
"What Will The Goshorn Brothers Say in Church THIS week?!"

Our children are known for being the ones that whisper LOUDLY
"Is it over yet?"
"Am I being a good listener?"
"Can I have a tootsie roll when I get home?"

And, my all time favorite...
Jack : "Is it time for heaven?"
Me: "Do you mean communion?"
Jack: "Yeah, communion. What is heaven again?"
Me: "Heaven is where you go when you die."
Jack: "Oh yeah. That is where Michael Jackson is."
Exactly.

But today we had the return of another "Oldie But Goodie."
The Knights of Columbus helped with mass.
That's right. The men in the black tuxedos with the swords and headdresses.
OR...
As my kids call them..
"Look Mommy! The pirates are here!"

Yep...raising 2 good little Catholic boys!

What is Worse....

than all 3 of your kids having bad colds...
your baby vomiting and being up 1/2 the night...
and you having a cold?

I will tell you what is worse...

Your HUSBAND being sick.

I love you, honey. Get well...

SOON.

Family Pictures

The day after we returned from Florida we had our family pictures taken. It's always better to have a little color, right?! We used the same fabulous photographer that did Brooke's 3 thru 12 month pics that I ADORE!

Remember these??








We were certainly pleased yet again with Mandy Paige Photography. I don't want to show my faves, as they will be used for Christmas cards. But these were the runner-ups...

Football Weekend

The Goshorn Brothers had a memorable weekend of football!
Andy's cousin, Jack, is a Lt. Colonel in the Air Guard and is in charge of most of the fly-overs you see at any events around the tri-state area. Along with these fly-overs come tickets to the event. He could not use his tickets this weekend so Andy, the boys and I were lucky enough to attend...

THE BEARCATS at Nippert Stadium!

It was a perfect night for football - we didn't even put jackets on 'til after halftime and it was an 8pm game! This was the boys first college football game and they loved the atmosphere, the excitement, pre-game band, fireworks...and, of course, they already know the UC Cheer...

Ooooh...Ooooh...Ooooh...bum, bum, bum, bum...UC!
Including motions, I might add. Their mother was a cheerleader, remember?

We made it to the end of the 3rd quarter and headed for home. We made it there in time to get the already-asleep boys in bed and watch the Bearcats pull out another victory. Still undefeated!


Jack and Dad pre-game


Will lovin' the giant Bearcat


No event is complete for Will without Popcorn!

Today, we had Grandparents Goshorn and Great-Grandpa Sweemer over for the Bengals game. We had a big pre-game meal and then enjoyed the WIN on the big screen. Jack is really into the games this year and we get a big kick out of his "play-by-play."

All of our teams - Bengals, OSU and UC - got wins this weekend. Between that and this beautiful weather, it doesn't get much better!

God Love Nordstrom

We treked to Kenwood tonight (one of my favorite places on earth) to look for a few things.
We all walked down to the new Nordstrom that just opened in September. Can I say how proud I was of my boys who LOVED the shoe department??!! Just gets me right in the heart...

Anyway...

I noticed a sign in the store window before we entered Nordstrom and it read something like this:

"We will not be decking our halls here at Nordstrom until November 27th. We believe in celebrating one holiday at a time. Happy Thanksgiving!"

AMEN!

I knew it was right to love this store...now I love it even more.
Save your Christmas trees and garland 'til after my Thanksgiving dinner has been eaten and has put me to sleep.

And that is all I have to say about that.

What I Miss About Florida

Seeing this cute little thing walking around the pool.


I love you, Baby Girl!

Will on Wednesdays - Edition 1

Seems like I write about Will and his funny Will-isms once a week so I am starting my own blog carnival (I am BIG TIME now!)...

WILL ON WEDNESDAYS

As we are driving home today from Jack's school I noticed in the take-home flyer that the school is sponsoring a food drive for the month of November.

Ahh-Hah! Teachable Moment!

After my 10 minute dissertation on how it is nice to give to those who do not have anything, we are lucky, it is like sharing, blah..blah..blah..the moral of my talk was:

1. Some people are homeless - they have no place to live.
2. Some people have no food to eat.
3. Some people have nothing to clean themselves with.
4. We need to help.

Thus, we will donate food, soap and toothpaste to the food drive. Jack agrees.
Will says the following:

"Yeah. I will help Aunt Julie. You guys can help the rest. She needs toothpaste."



See this beautiful woman with my kids? She is homeless, has no food and has no toothpaste.
Please help her. We love her.