What Is Up

With us...

I am in Houston for a home show. Not as warm as I would like but I only see about 20 minutes of daylight a day anyway so why complain.

I have been able to watch a little bit of the OWN network while here. Kinda a fan. Watching how they pulled off 2 "Favorite Things" shows this year was really cool.

My sister came and stayed with the kids for 2 days. She had wake-up/breakfast/school bus/day duty on Friday. Good thing I "forgot" to mention before she came that Jack has to be up by 645am and my kids tend to be up around 630am. She is still in the me-and-my-kids-sleep-til-9am-dream I used to live in. You should have seen her eyes bug out!!

Stacy and Rob stayed to watch the boys in action Friday night at basketball. They loved getting to see the boys, especially the way little Wilbur runs up and down the court. I gotta get that on here before the end of the season. Hilarious!

Brooke tried to help set the table last night, dropped a fork and pierced her toe. Kinda glad I wasn't there for that one.

Daddy took the kids out for lunch today and sent me a picture from McDs. I promptly returned his text with my own that said "WHY is my daughter at McDonald's in her PAJAMAS??!!" His response? "I thought they looked like pajamas. But I asked Brooke and she said they weren't. Crap!" The Goshorns representing the White Trash at McDs today.

I am headed home EARLY tomorrow morning to see my Valentines. I hope you all get some lovin' tomorrow too!

And THAT is what is up with us!

IN THE BAG!

It's already in the bag for me and it is only February 1st.

Mother of the Year Award, that is.

In case you missed it, yesterday there was a segment on the Today show about a mother who disciplined her children with hot sauce (and cold showers - which I DON'T do) and was convicted of a misdemeanor for child abuse. Now, she did take it to the extreme, with making her kids open their mouth and she would pour the hot sauce in...but still...

I use hot sauce as a discipline method.

The doctor and psychologist that were interviewed in the segment say it is "scarring the children for life" "cruel" and "a form of corporal punishment." Hmmm...

And it was OBVIOUS that Matt Lauer felt these things, too, and did not agree with this form of discipline. But over 33% of the viewers polled did. Which flabbergasted Matt and the panel.

Guess I have something else in the bag...relinquishing my title of President of the Matt Lauer Fan Club.

What am I going to strive towards for the next 10 months?! The ultimate prize has already been won...

Are You Ready?!

That time is here again...HOME SHOW SEASON!

Hopefully I will have some more fun stories...like this one from last year.

Snow tomorrow + driving 4 hours to Cleveland =
Say a prayer for me!

A Run Down Memory Lane

Saturday was Alumni Basketball Day at Hanover so we headed on down to watch Daddy shoot some hoops (minus Jack...big boy now. He stayed home to attend a birthday party instead. Thanks to Grandparents Goshorn for taking him!).

We were especially excited that Matt "Skillz" Linville came to play, bringing along his wife, Kelly and Viv 2).

We also saw a great win by 100th Career Win (earlier last week!) Coach John Miller (who, coincidentally, Will claims is his "other Dad." hmmm...).

Highlight of Andy's day? He introduced himself to a former player from the class of '08 and said "some people know me as Goose." The kid (yes, because he graduated 10 years earlier than him!) dropped his mouth and said "You are THE GOOSE? I am meeting a LEGEND!"

Not quite sure what that means...but at least Andy is a legend in someone else's mind now, too!

Fun Night Out

We had a fun night out last Wednesday as we fulfilled a request of our boys to see a hockey game. As luck would have it a friend of Andy's has a suite at US Bank Arena so we got the royal treatment to see the Cincinnati Cyclones play!
(Jack and Ben really did have fun - they were just not into pictures that evening!)

The Markarians and Grandparents Goshorn came along for the fun. I think the kids loved being able to run around and thankfully not fly over the ledge!

A rare picture of me and Baby Girl. Love this Sassy Girl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA BILL!

We love you, Grandpa Bill! Have a great day in sunny Florida!

A Girl and Her Toys

This weekend we moved the kids' table and chairs up to Brooke's room so she can have tea parties in style! She was so proud to set her table with her new dishes, silverware and glasses.

Wanna come over? She currently serves chicken nuggets, grilled cheese, cottage cheese and hot dogs. Yum.