Food, Shopping and Scouts

Hello, Hello, welcome and thanks for stopping by! So, I told you I was going shopping and eating last Sunday (the 17th). Oh my goodness, was the food great. Brunch was super Yummy!! My favorite "chef" of the Mongolian beef was there... YUMMY. Tristan always loves going there because he eats boat loads of crab legs...you got it YUMMY! Then we went shopping. I got a x-mas gift for my mom/dad2 -in-law and sis-in-law (Brian told me what to get). I also got a Hannuka gift for my Bro. Amazingly, I made a little purchase for myself as well. Fun Fun! Then we went to Chili's and we had a small amount of excitement.

We ordered our food and ate (YUMMY again) then as the waitress, Helen, was ringing us up... poof the power went out and we were in the semi-dark at the restaurant. Helen came over and told us that if the power didn't come back on our meal would be free... well the lights came back on, so we had to pay. However, apparently all the power DID NOT come back on. I noticed that all the people who had just ordered and got drinks, were quickly sent out without paying. When Helen came back with our bills she told us we all had to get out, cause they were evacuating, just to be safe. The ovens had not come back on and she said that it was a precaution in case there was a gas leak! So we flew the coop. Apparently everything was okay, cause there was nothing in the paper about it.

So fast forward to this past weekend. On Friday there was a homecoming parade on post and the scouts (boy and girl) were invited to walk in it. Tristan just joined up as a scout and this was his first function. Sammi switched over into our friend Nina's troop and for those of you who know her she is doing A TON with the girls. Anyway, I got some pictures of my kids in the parade and one of Keagan watching. The boy scouts walked (and Tristan waved to all his fans...lol) while the girl scouts passed out candy (after all the girls/women were lectured no throwing candy this year, it must be handed to the spectators...party poopers in charge!).

On Saturday we went to Keagan's soccer game (Tristan had a bye). I was soooo busy cheering for my boy that I didn't take any pictures. Lil' man got EIGHT yes EIGHT goals! He was all over the field, dropping back and blocking their goals then getting the ball and going all the way down the field with it! So much fun to watch. That night Tristan got to play on the xbox with my brother Michael via xbox live (while I did some chatting on the phone with my friend Melissa). He (we) had so much fun.

On Sunday we did something really special. We went to Frankfurt with the girl scouts and walked in a breast cancer walk "Walk For the Cure." All my kids walked the course (Avery rode/slept in the jogger stroller). Poor Keagan was so little that the small shirt looked like a dress. I didn't take ANY pictures cause dumb a** me forgot the camera... yes you better believe it, I forgot it. It was a great thing to be a part of and we had a great time and got some unexpected free stuff at the end of it! The weekend was capped off by a delicious (as always) BBQ with our friends Tina and Eric...again YUMMY!!!!

Well, I put up some pic's from the parade check 'em out when you get the chance.

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I have no clue what to wish/hope for you... maybe today I wont be so presumptuous and push my wishes on you... I hope you get whatever it is you want to get out of your day!!!!

Four Daddies

So, do you remember me telling you about www.daddydolls.com ? Well, we ordered our Daddy dolls and got them in the mail recently. I finally got some pictures with the "dolls" and I have added them to the picture website the last page.

http://www.msnusers.com/PilchFamilyPhotos

Additionally I got a few pics of the kids playing soccer today, but they didn't turn out great, they have us behind fences now. I posted one of Tristan throwing the ball in and one of Keagan about to make a goal (he made five goals during his game). You may notice in Keagan's picture that they are all wearing odd ball shirts. The youth Sports department have their.... well I won't finish that...we are three weeks into the season with two games under our belt, and they don't have any shirts for the bambino's (Keagan's age group). Hopefully we will get them Tuesday... ah well!

Let me just tell you about my awesome weekend, starting last night (Friday). Yesterday Survivor started here!!!! YEAH!!!!! We had friends over for dinner and desert, Pizza from Pizza Point and desert was made by my friend Dara (a sugar cookie with peanut butter/cream cheese mixture and apples pizza type treat...yum!), then they went home and we watched survivor and I am sorry but I do not see anything wrong with them dividing up the groups into races. They are not trying to offend, they just want us to get all huffy and watch so they get the ratings. Well "Survivor people" no need to do the fancy footwork, we just love to watch even without the gimmicks! Then today I got to watch my boys play some soccer and tonight we are having some little friends stay the night. Well, between all the kids, there really isn't one meal they all like, so to make it fun for all, we are having brownies and ice cream for DINNER!!!!! YUMMMM!!! Then,something I have been waiting since like June to do.... tomorrow... we are having a full day of yummy food and shopping oh my with our friend Tina! First we will have brunch at the O Club in Ramstein (about an hour away) yummm... crab legs, mongolian beef, etc... then we will shop at a GINORMOUS bazaar, also in Ramstein, with about 200 vendors filling TWO hangers!!!!! I will be finishing my holiday shopping there!!! Then we will finish the day off by eating dinner at Chilis!!!! YUMMMY!!!! I am so excited!!!

Oh and yes, you did read right, I said "finish my holiday shopping." As usual, I have ordered all the kids gifts online and have received them already, I already got something for Brian and he has gotten for me (an iPod since my last broke and I need tunes to run...thanks Brian), I already have all of our extended family done except the last few and what I am getting is all at the bazaar!!! So come Monday morning I will have X-mas and Hanukkah shopping done!!! I have even already gotten for all the teachers and for all the kids in each class (VERY SMALL gifts for the kids). Why am I telling you this? Because I am so darn unorganized most times so when I get my crap together I am just so proud...LOL!!!! So I will not be running around in December like a chicken with my head cut off, until Dec 26th... Oh I am so on those after X-Mas sales... Tina you with me??!?!?!?!?!?

Well, I am off to take a nap, Lil' Avery is a bit sick and while she doesn't wake up a lot, she does a lot of snorting at night that wakes me up...lol.

With that, my wish for you is a snort free night!!!! Thanks for stopping by... Oh and for one of my "lurkers" Congrats on making it to six months (on the 11th of Sept)!!! Good for you making it to your goal!!!

Post Missing

Well if you saw the post I put up Saturday, it has been removed. I am still very happy for my friends and their efforts to have children because they are gonna make fabulous parents. However, apparently there was a false positive and Tina is "not" pregnant. I know they will get pregnant and who knows maybe they are now and there is just some internal hormonal confusion. When Tina allows it, I will post the good news again!!! I just know it will be soon!!!

Other than that, I have pretty much nothing to report. The kids are loving soccer, Sammi is loving watching as am I. Avery is my little mobile sweetie and I am afraid she may be walking much sooner than I am ready. I feel like I am forgetting something... ah well, I will post it when I remember!!!!

My wish for you, blog reader, is that an unexpected, wonderful, dreamed for event is in your near future!

First Day, First Outdoor Run and More

There he is.... My big boy!!! That's him outside the house as we are leaving to go to his first day EVER of school!!! This photo was taken yesterday (Tristan, Sammi and Keagan are all in school as I type this). He had a good day, even napped for 30 minutes while at school. His teacher doesn't do homework and he wants some, so I have told him I will give him some....Silly boy. I missed him terribly yesterday and I miss him today, I miss them all. We talk all the time, poor Avery, like I told my friend, by the end of this week she will know how to say "Shut up woman!" LOL.

After I dropped of my monster at school, I went for my first outdoor run in over a year!!!! I can run on a treadmill, but outside is soooooooooo much better.... wait... soooooooooo much better! Avery sat comfortably in a jogger stroller and she seemed to enjoy herself as well.

Also, Soccer season is upon us! Sammi opted out this time, she loves the sport, but she is afraid of getting hurt. I tried to convince her, but I won't force her. We plan to sign her up for Winter cheerleading though. The boys have been loving their practices! The first games are this weekend, so expect action packed photos soon!!

Speaking of which, I added more pictures to the pictures site and since there was room, I did NOT delete any of the old ones. Please check out the new ones, beginning on page three:

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The very last picture is Keagan giving me a thumbs up because he had a good day at school.

I hope you all do a bit of exercise today that you love, whether it be running, vacuuming, or digging up a tree stump in the yard!!!

Goodnight Crock Hunter

Well, I did have other things to post about, but I will do that later. I woke up today to the news that Steve Irwin the crocodile huter has died. For some reason this is really getting to me. I can remember when I first learned of him. I was watching Rosie ODonnell's show and she had said how she couldsn't sleep or something and saw some crazy guy running around with crocodiles on TV (his show, when first done, was on LATE at night). She did a great aussie accent immitating all his now widely known catch phrases. Although he seemed a bit nutty, he did a great thing for Australia and a great thing for all of us, we now slightly love crocks and snakes and other creepy crawlies. I feel badly for his two children Bindi (8) and Bob (almost 3), his wife Terry, his country and animal lovers everywhere. I guess it is good that he died doing something he loves, I wish we could all be so lucky (although not so young).

I know there are many other deaths all the time that perhaps deserve more of my attention (like SOLDIERS for one), but for some reason this is really making me pause today. I really want the blogger to be upbeat and I think I have stayed true to that, but today, I felt like sharing this bit of news.

Goodnight Crock Hunter and I hope when you see G-d you exclaim "Crikey!"