Sherri and Adam's latest project...revised

Last Thursday I decided to make a few small changes to our main bathroom, well it turned out to be bigger then a few small changes.....when Adam came home and said, you should just take the ugly paneling down.....so now this is where we are! No idea when it will be done, since we are trying to do all the work ourselves to save money...but we are well on our way! Enjoy.....LOL (I tried posting this on the 24th, but for some reason, it took forever for the pictures to post using photobucket, so I am doing them this way!)


Bath tub surround



Home made shelving unit behind door



Same spot....all torn down, LOL


Big mirror, and part of vanity



same wall.....paneling down

Brown plastic flooring that was a pain to take out!

Dry wall down....same wall mirror was on!

My mess, last Friday!

Adam and Bryce taking the top of the vanity off

Bryce being a HUGE helper

Drew working hard too! LOL

Vanity top off

Vanity out, Adam working on the rest of the partical board floor

New vanity, going with 2 36" vanities so we will have a double sink...this one is just sitting there, and is actually out now. Was there so we could see what it will look like!

My parents are coming out tomorrow to help move plumbing and electrical, and hopefully start hanging dry wall! More pics after that I am sure! What a project...but it will be one beautiful bathroom when we are done!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Bryce's baseball schedule!

Bryce moved up this season to the minors in Reese! He is the youngest on his team, and there is only 1 other 1st grader. I'm not too worried about Bryce though because he just seems to have this natural ability with any sport! I hope he learns a lot being the youngest on his team! We met his coach and team on Thursday and the coach says he needs pitchers. If any of you have had Bryce pitch to you, you'd know he's really good. He has never pitched to a kid his age at the home plate though, so I am sure we'll be working on that. He has pitched to his brother though! His coach also mentioned that he only knows of 1 boy on his team so far that is a catcher (Tommy) so we may see if he'd be ok doing that too. Adam is the Assistant coach and I am team mommy! Most of his games are at diamond 2...which is the farther one from the bathrooms and the concession stand and such! The 1st 4 games are coach pitch, then the kids start pitching! Anyways, here is his schedule!

Opening day is Saturday April 25th. He has pictures at 10:20am. I think opening ceremonies is at noon and he plays at 1pm. Diamond 2.

Monday April 27th 5:30pm Diamond 2.....3rd base dugout (he won't be at this game due to his 1st grade musical)

Friday May 1st 5:30pm Diamond 2.....3rd base dugout

Monday May 4th 5:30pm Diamond 1.......1st base dugout

Wednesday May 6th 5:30pm Diamond 2......3rd base dugout

Monday May 11th 5:30pm Diamond 2.......1st base dugout

Monday May 18th 5:30pm Diamond 1......1st base dugout

Thursday May 21st 5:30pm Diamond 1......3rd base dugout

Wednesday May 27th 5:30pm Diamond 1........1st base dugout

Monday June 1st 5:30pm Diamond 2......3rd base dugout (my first day of school)

Wednesday June 3rd 5:30pm Diamond 2.......3rd base dugout

Friday June 5th 7:15pm (under the lights) Diamond 1.......1st base dugout

Play offs are scheduled from Monday June 8th - Sunday June 14th

There it is. Hope some of you are able to make it to some games! Bryce is very excited about the up-coming season......although he's also going to be in soccer at this time too...LOL Hopefully not many games will be on the same days so he don't have to choose!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Sherri's a college student

So it's official.....I start school on June 1st at Ross medical in Saginaw. I will be taking the 30 week course on medical assistant, and will then be able to do many things! Some of my opportunities include but are not limited to......lab assistant, medical biller, chiropractic assistant, phlebotomist, EKG tech, medical receptionist, pulmonary-function tech, medical records, pharmacy clerk, medical secretary, dialysis assistant, and admitting clerk! I will be in school Mon-Fri from 8:15am-12:35pm for 24 weeks. After the 24 weeks are done, I will start my externship in an office that I may eventually work at full time! I am extremely excited and ready to do something with my life. Although I LOVED doing day care in my home when my kids were young, I knew it wasn't something I'd do forever. When Citgo closed in September, I looked into getting in the PTA program at Delta, and recently learned there is a 5 year wait for clinicals....Drew will be in college by then. Adam and I have talked and think this is a GREAT opportunity for me and something I am very ready to do. According to all my paperwork, my last day of my 30 week program, including the 6 week of externship, my last day will be Christmas day 2009. Not that any Dr.s offices are open that day anyway! So wish me luck! : )~
Tootles
~SHERRI~

slacker

Here is a very quick catch up post.

Last Saturday we went to the Saginaw Spirit game. It was a GREAT game and we won in over time 4-3!

The team warming up!

Just a game shot!

2 cute little boys sitting next to me...LOL

Finally on Sunday i got an idea from someone for a dinner idea, usually I try to find different things and get sick of always seemingly making the same stuff week after week for dinner. Drew asked me to make steaks. Of course he asks this on an evening when it's snowing outside. But the good mommy that I am, I run to Norm's market and buy some t-bones. I dust off the grill and make some AMAZING steaks. Molly and Daisey loved them as well.....LOL

On Friday ~today~ I asked Drew if he was ready to go see Jim the barber in Reese today and he said, YES!!! I told the boys I'd pick them up and get at least Drew's hair cut, not knowing if Bryce was game or not. It took LOTS and LOTS of begging by mom, and maybe a little threatening ~no wii or DS~ but he got in the chair after Drew was done! Both boys look great but I think next time I will have to ask Jim not to thin Drew's hair. Bryce....absolutely but Drew don't need thinning! He will be able to see where he's running tomorrow at his ALL DAY basketball tournament and he will look nice when he acolytes at Church on Sunday!

Very handsome

Awesome hair cut

Off to bed! I'll be up early making sandwiches for the long day tomorrow. Adam and I packed snacks and the cooler tonight! Both boys are in bed right now! Hope the boys do well tomorrow!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Bryce ~ The Basketball Star!

During the half time of the Reese game...Bryce went out for the 3 point shoot! The guy told him to talk 3 big steps forward....cuz he's small. He did, and BAM! SWISH! He was So excited! FREE PIZZA!


What a proud smile!



Proudly showing off his free pizza coupon!


Off to watch a netflix just wanted to post these great pics!
Tootles
~SHERRI~

The Cass River floods Vassar!

Our washing machine died....boo hoo so I was forced to head into Vassar this morning with 8 loads of laundry this morning. I must have been sleeping still and missed the detour signs (I don't think they were there) and had to call Adam when I didn't know how to get across the river in a different spot! I just needed to get across, and down about 2 miles.....but I was blinded by ooogggling at all the water going across the street, that I missed it. I did make it to the laundry mat, then came back into town, and realized coming from that direction, you can easily see the detour signs. I made it across right in town but snapped a few pictures along the way!

The top of a fire hydrant!

This is a "sled" Drew uses for football practice!

Look at the mail boxes! CRAZY!

Some place in Vassar, forgot where I took this one!

This is behind Betty Lou's and the bars!

Parking lot!

Down town!

Parking lot behind Betty Lou's

Another shot of their parking lot!

Parking lot!

After school I gave the boys the option of going home or looking at the flooding in Vassar. They choose to see the flooding. We drove thru and saw more then I did in the morning. The "sled" picture is the football practice field! Bryce said that's just crazy!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Mercury Spill at Reese = Bryce day off school

Last Thursday at the end of the day, a 3rd grader dropped a baby thermometer in her classroom, and it broke. the mercury came out, so they called the Health Dept. and were told to close the school the next day and had to call in a cleaning company! Bryce didn't have to go to bed at 9pm, but Drew did! Friday Bryce and I hung out in the morning, then about 10am his friend Alex came over to play. They played really good and enjoyed their afternoon alone! They played outside too. I snapped 2 pictures of them. Here they are!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Drew's 2nd basketball tourney!

This past Saturday Drew had another tournament in Kingston this time. They played at 9am, and won. Drew had 8 points this game! So impressive!. They then had to wait for 2 other games to be played, and they played again. We won again and Drew had 4 points! Then we had to wait for another game, then it was our last game! This last game was so good! It even went into OVERTIME!!! It was tied 30-30 at the end of the game. I don't recall any of his games going into OT before, so we were unsure what happens. They put 2 minutes on the clock and we were off again! We ended up winning in the most exciting game the boys had even played! Most of our parents were standing up and cheering and going crazy on the side lines when we scored and then when we finally won. The final score was 33-30! Drew had 2 points in this game! It was so good. When we left, it was our turn to have the 3 stooges over (Drew, Travis and Mitchell) these 3 have been inseparable for the last 4 - 5 months on weekends! The boys showered then I had to transfer their games over to DVD so they could watch themselves! It was funny listening to them laugh about how someone runs or how mad someone got during a jump ball! Anyways, our Saturday was great!

If anyone is interested in going to their tourneys, here is his schedule!
Feb 21st, in Akron-Fairgrove
Feb 28th, in Kingston
March 7th, in Caro

I don't have times or what schools in these towns yet, but will post if someone is interested! I know "G" is coming home for his game on the 7th! Such a dedicated Grandma! I know Drew loves when family is there and he has improved so much from when he first started!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Drew's 1st 6th grade basketball tourney!

This past Saturday, Drew had his first basketball tournament as a 6th grader. We were hoping he'd have 1 maybe the weekend before, so "G" and Papa could have made it to a game before they left for AZ, but it wasn't in the cards for them this year. they left very early Saturday morning, so had to hear all about the games via texts and now pictures!

They had 2 "gimmie" games to get the tourney set up! They won both of these games and were seated against the other undefeated team. In their first game, Drew didn't score at all, but did get rebounds. he is one of the taller kids on his team, and actually jumps for them! So impressive! In the second "gimmie" game, Drew had 6 points! In one of his shots, he was fouled and went to the line. he made both of these! I was so impressed!!!

In our first official tournament game, Drew didn't score, although he did try a few times, but he got a lot of rebounds again! We are so glad he actually jumps for the ball, where some other kids don't yet! We won and were 1 of the final 4 teams left! Because the kids are young, they play half court, the opposite way the HS teams play, so 2 games are playing at once. I don't really know how they keep track of who gets knocked out in 4th and who gets 3rd but we got knocked out in this round! It was the BEST game of the day and my poor son worked his little heart out! He jumped for the start of the game.......against a 13 year old 6th grader who was 5' 11"!!! Get this....DREW GOT THE BALL!!! He jumped and the other kid didn't and Drew hit it and passed it to his player! OMG I was going NUTS! I was sooo proud of him. This tall kid on the other team played the whole game except maybe 10 seconds! Poor kid! Drew was also put in A LOT to guard this kid. The times Drew took a break, the other player on his team, suppose to be blocking the tall kid....just didn't do it, so Drew would get put back in! If our kids jumped for the rebounds, we'd get it, because this tall kid just didn't jump. Drew guarded him so well! Drew also scored a few times too! We most certainly didn't lose because of lack of trying, they just played a bit better although it was a very close game! I am so proud of Drew and can't wait til this weekend, when we play again in Kingston! Here are a few pictures. I am hoping to find the cable for my video camcorder, and want to post Drew jumping against this tall kid today too! Here are pictures in the mean time!


At the foul line!




Making his basket!




Sitting on the bench, cheering on his team!

Just an action shot!


Drew~we are extremely proud of you!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Bryce's birthday party!

I have been so addicted to face book that I haven't posted on here lately. Most of the pictures I put on here today are already on face book, but not everyone that reads this is on FB. Anyways....

Bryce turned the big 7 on Jan. 13th. On Jan 18th we celebrated his big day with lots of family here! Here are some pictures of our fun day!

This was the morning of his actual birthday. Before school he asked if he could open 1 present! This is currently the boys favorite game to play on the play station, and I was so excited to find it for his DS!

"G" bought Drew an electric toothbrush for Christmas, and at that time Bryce didn't want one. NOW he did....LOL He was so looking forward to this too! He's so goofie.

I attempted to try something different for his cake this year! I looked into this a bit on the computer and really wanted to see if I could do it. What ya think?!?!

Bryce also helped put the licorice to complete the soccer ball! He LOVED it. It was a surprise to him. Here he is about to blow out his candles!

My cousin Tracy's daughter LOVES boys and really took to Adam's cousin Kyle. She'd even try to pull his hand down from his face for the pictures! She also gave Kyle's brother Alec a kiss and said "up" to him. he wasn't real sure what to do, and we all laughed. She is such a ham!

Yup, that's Emma in yet another boys arms! She just loves Adam and is always with him. She says she's his girlfriend! lol

This is a bunch of the family surrounding Ainsely! It was funny so I had to take a picture!

A lot of Adam's family hanging out in the living room!

After most of the family left, Adams parents, my parents and my brother and his family stuck around to make pizzas with the left overs from when my store closed and we played the wii. The boys got Raving Rabbits for Christmas. that game is super fun! You have to dance to get points!

This is Devyn, me, Dustin and Bryce getting down! My hair is even flying around!!! I was so hot I had to take my sweater off!

Grandma KayKay, Drew, "G" and Bryce (also sweating and took his shirt off!) Those are some sweet dance moves!

My brother, Doug, Adam and my sis-in-law Tasha again showing off their amazing dance moves!

Grandpa RaRa, Grandma KayKay, Papa, and "G" showing us that they can still get down!

This is the only picture that had all four parents in it. Although I think we are just getting it started since we aren't showing off! We had so much fun!

Tootles

~SHERRI~