A typical Saturday morning....Go HAWKEYES!!!!

Good afternoon! We are in the trenches of a "normal" Saturday so far. This morning Tim was up and out the door to play basketball in Ankeny at Faith. He plays with some friends from work and some their unsaved co-workers and buddies, etc.... Morgan and I crawled out of bed at 8:30ish to have a glass of milk and watch Barney...Maddie slept in until 9:20 and then it was time for Me to start housework (vacuuming, dusting, fixing breakfast, etc...) and the girls turned on Nick, Jr. On CBS! I would just like to say that I love the show Backyardigans...So cute and so imaginative...Four friends who go on these wild adventures in their "backyard." For example they were in Wyoming traveling to a Polka Party and they met a few "band members" along the way (tuba player, drummer, accordion, etc...). So adorable!! The girls and I got dressed about 10:30a nd Tim was home a little after 11:00 and we had pancakes and bacon for brunch...We immediately turned on the Iowa game....They play Indiana today and it should be a good game in Iowa City! I ran to Wal-Mart for milk, chocolate milk (for Maddie and to make this awesome cold coffee recipe given to me by Mom and her friends-- I think it's from pampered chef), sugar (for baking) and juice! Exciting, huh????!!! Now Tim is finally grabbing a shower and the girls are all dressed up in their dress up clothes (Maddie in an old Flower girl dress and Morgan in a ballerina leotard) and they are playing cookie makers, tea party, etc....So adorable-- they have great imaginations! Gorgeous weather today too!!! It's about 70 degrees and the leaves on the trees are gorgeous right now, but I am not looking forward to the raking that will be coming soon.

last night we had a GREAT evening...After Tim and the girls picked me up from school we headed to Target for diapers (morgan) and then home for naps. Tim had taken the girls out all afternoon to sell items for Maddie's school fundraiser (see previous post). She sold $120 worth of items and Grandma Shogren and I still need to place our orders- what a blessing! Thank you to all of you who bought from our little girl...thank you for supporting our little Christian school!!! After naps we had dinner: stuffed pasta shells and broccoli. About 7:00 p.m. we went on a walk around the neighborhood and stopped up at the Grandview football .game and watched from the fence for about a half an hour! It's so cool to watch G-view have football...While we there the boys scored a TD! They ended up winning the game by one point and it came down to a defensive interception in the opponent's end zone with 30 seconds left in the 4th quarter! Go Defenders!!!!!!!!! These boys have improved so much since last year! Last year was the first year for 8-man football @ G-view and they didn't win one game and now they are tearing it up....I think they are 4-2 or 5-3....Sorry....but last we they lost to the 2nd ranked team in the state and that coach said he was AMAZED at Grandview's progress in the last year! The DSM Register has published several little articles about the team this year...We are the only 8-man team in the metro area, but it is neat to see the whole teams' progress documented!

Well- I am going to head out for a while---I need some ALONE time!
Talk more later!