Way to long

I would like to apologize for not posting anything for awhile. It's been busy around here and I let time get away from me. After my cousin and his wife mentioned to me that I need to start blogging again, it was nice to hear that people actually read this. I'm never sure....so I will be more diligent about updating this...thanks Jason and Nikki!

So much has happened since I've last posted. Let's see what I can actually remember here. School is out for the summer! Dylan is now considered to be in first grade (which completely blows my mind) and Ethan has one more year of preschool before he enters kindergarten. My babies are growing up. Dylan is psyched to go to school with "big kids." I'm not so excited about it....but I gotta cut the strings sometime I guess.

Dylan played two sports lately, soccer and baseball. Let me tell you, and I'm not saying this as just his mother, but that boy can play. He is amazing! A great athlete all around. He truly excels in soccer and he enjoys both. Near the end of the baseball season he was getting really good at that also. I enjoyed yelling for him! Yes, I'm one of those "loud moms" but thats my right isn't it? I gave birth to him, I can yell for him as loud as I want! Both seasons are over for now, but Dylan can't wait for the next season to start.

Ethan wants to play both also so I will be signing him up as soon as he is old enough. I love that the boys enjoy sports.

My brother-in-law Joe, Jeromy's brother, is being deported to Iraq. He is in Wisconsin now for training, but come August he will be in Iraq. Jeromy and I had a big party for him here at our home. We had about 100 people here and tons of fun! We did a pig roast, everyone brought food, lots of beer and wine was consumed, corn hole was played...good times! It was almost bitter sweet. The following week Jeromy and I attended his Call to Duty Ceremony and I was never so humbled about anything before. It was the most amazing thing ever. There are 175 soldiers that are being deployed with him and the whole church was packed. As you walked in they had every news station there interviewing different soldiers and family members. You received a program explaining what was going to be happening during the ceremony, then you were given a flag. I have never seen so much red, white and blue in my life. I saw soldiers crying...pregnant women crying, knowing that their husbands weren't going to be with them during delivery...I saw kids crying and parents crying. I guess what I am saying is, there wasn't a dry eye anywhere. These men and women are going to fight for our freedom and I don't take that lightly. It's good to see that others don't take it lightly either. I'm proud to be an American and I'm so very proud of my brother-in-law. I love him truly and I pray daily for his safe return to our family.

That's all I'm going to post for now as I'm getting teary eyed. There is so much to talk about and you can be sure that I will do a better job of posting in the future!

Love to all! =)