Courtney's Soccer Game

She was ready to play!!



Playing hard!

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Courtney had her first ASLS soccer game on Sunday and she did AWESOME! She played so well but so did the whole team. The girls ended up losing 1-0 but they sure put up a fight and played hard until the end! They all did a great job and we are looking forward to watching the upcoming games!!

Our last full week of September 2008

Here's last weeks re-cap!

Where to begin? Let's see here....last week seemed to fly by so quickly that it's hard to remember what all went on. There was soccer practice Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening. My days were all filled with a long list of things to do. It really seems never ending. We are adjusting quite well to the fact that Courtney has homework every night. Now, we are not liking it very much but so far it has been manageable. Let's just hope it doesn't increase any more this year otherwise we are in trouble! Courtney wrapped up her book report and turned it in....thank goodness that is done early! Thursday I was off the Eckerts for some apple picking with Kayla's class. My brother Bobby came along with us and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The kids were all so well behaved and we all had a great time. Friday rolled around and it was Grandparents Day at school. That meant a half day of school of the girls. Next thing I knew the weekend was upon us again! Perfect! Time to sleep in for two days! Our weekend was packed with a lot going on. There was a birthday party and many things to do. The girls and I made it to church Saturday evening. And surprisingly enough, the girls did very well sitting quietly for once. I hope this will continue. Sunday was Courtney's first soccer game. Actually it should have been their second but the first one was rained out. The girls all played so well together!! Even though the girls ended up losing 1-0, it was a very exciting game and it was so much fun watching them all play together as a team. I'll be posting some pictures.

Here's the news for this week.....

So the last full week of September is upon us. I can't believe it. We have yet another week full of soccer practices, things to do, birthday parties, and oh...season premier week for many TV shows!!! Not that I watch too many of them, don't seem to have the time these days anymore, but there are a 3 I do try very hard to make time for; CSI Miami, Law & Order SVU, and ER. So I will be trying to schedule some TV time into my schedule now! Our upcoming weekend is busy...yet again. But that's ok....we have many busy upcoming weekend ahead of us. Actually all of them thru the end of the year. But I wouldn't want it any other way! :)

Until next week, have a great week!!

Kayla's First Soccer Game

She was so cute!!



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Is it vacation time yet? - Our week of Sept. 15th

Here's last weeks re-cap!

Another week in the books! Last week was actually an ok week. Busy but not too bad. It started off with back to school on Monday! :( Gotta love the weekends!! I look forward to them every week. Courtney had soccer practice. On to Tuesday, say cheese!! It was Picture Day at school. The girls said they smiled good, we will see in a couple of weeks when they come home. Tuesday night....quite and at home! Wednesday rolls around and it's dress down at school for the girls. Hiking Day to kick off the mileage club. Which by the way, Miss Kayla loves! For each time they walk around the track they get a punch on their "Mileage Club" card. Kayla has now successfully walked 10 miles around the track. Her and her friend Abbie have each done 10 miles together. Very proud of my little walker! :) Wednesday night it's back up to the soccer fields. But oh wait, Kayla wants to play now! After asking her a hundred times if she wanted to play!! There's room on the 1st grade team (which has a couple girls from her class playing on it) so there she has it. On a team, BTW practice is on Thursdays! So here comes Thursday, Sept. 11th. An emotional day for me. My grandpa passed away 7 yrs ago (Sept. 8th, 2001), so Sept. 11th was the day of his wake. It's the one day of the year I hate to see come. Not only for the memory of the terrible events that took place that day but just the memories of re-living those couple of months in 2001. It was a very difficult year starting in June for my family when my grandpa walked in the hospital having problems with his knee and never walked out again. It seems like just yesterday. Courtney was turning 1 and my grandpa went into the hospital. His first great- grandchild, he was so proud! While the memories and pain still seem so fresh, I think I'd be here all night typing about it. It's not that I don't want to, but at the same time, I really don't because I strongly feel my grandpa was robbed of his life by a "person" who was suppose to "take care of him." This time of year is also painful knowing my brother has to re-live the death of his very close friend Brian and the painful experience he had to go through with the events of that car accident. While June, July, and August always bring back memories of countless hospital visits to my grandpa, every day, September and October seemed to be marked with memories of death. While I know my grandpa is up in heaven; smiling down on us and watching over us, I know he is happy with where he is at. Even though I'd give anything for more time with him. So while others are re-living the painful memories of "Where were you on Sept. 11th" every year, I remember getting the wake up call to "Get up! There's planes crashing into buildings!" and having to feel the pain of losing my grandpa and saying good bye to a wonderful man who loved his family more than life itself. But, onto Friday we go....I wrapped up a few things on my weekly things to do list and got ready for Courtney's first soccer game! Oh, but wait! Hold that thought! It rained a lot Thursday night and no soccer game. But Kayla's game (which we were going to not play in since she had only practiced once) is still on so off we go. I must say for being her first game, she did pretty well. But when Coach told her to play this area or to stand here, that's what Kayla did. She did a great job of listening. I'll post some pics from a game when I'm done here. After the game, it was off to dinner with families from Kayla's team! What a great evening we had out. The kids (all 9 of them at the restaurant) were wonderful! Next thing I knew, here was the weekend! Thank goodness!!! Mornings to sleep in!!! Our weekend was busy. Too bad they will continue to be that way for many more weekends to come! At least we enjoy our crazy schedule! Well, at least most of the time! :)

Here's the news for this week.....

Another week is upon us. No big surprise as it will be another busy one! There's soccer practice Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday night! A field trip on Thursday with Kayla to Eckerts. Grandparents Day at school on Friday and then OMG it's the weekend filled with birthday parties, soccer games, a dinner night out, and several other things to do. That doesn't even include the long list of things to do this week that I have sitting next to me. But at this point, I'm off to bed as I need some sleep! I'm noticing I need more of it these days.

Until next week, have a great week!!

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Here we are....September 7th-13th

Here's last weeks re-cap!

So there it is....the first week of September in the books. Unbelievable how quickly time goes by. It was a typical week at the Fritsche house. BUSY!! Gotta love life! :) Although it was very nice to have a shorten school week. Too bad we can't have a 4 day week every week. Tuesday was busy with the usual long list of things to do. Wednesday morning was busy...working on a lot of Boutique things. In the afternoon, Dave and I had a meeting. Scooping out some new ideas.....we will leave it at that right now and then there was soccer practice for Courtney! Thursday was suppose to be my day at home to get a lot of Boutique stuff done. But it was off to make my weekly trip to the airport to pick Grandma up this week. But HELLO! Welcome the rain! OMG! Did it rain. Luckily by the afternoon it let up some but we got a lot of rain. Thanks hurricane whatever your name was! So I didn't get as much done on Thursday as I wanted to but that's ok, time was spent with my grandma! I wonder if I will make a trip out to the airport this week? Will it be week 5? Friday was also full with getting stuff done that wasn't done earlier in the week! Our weekend was on and off but somewhat relaxing. Which was very nice because I think this is our last weekend to have any relaxing time for a long time!!

Here's the news for this week.....

Into the 2nd week of September we go! Welcome to the crazy world of the Fritsche's! This week is full....over flowing actually. I have a lot of stuff I wanted to finish up for the Boutique. At least get a few things done so as more things come up, there's not as much to do. Monday night there's soccer practice. Tuesday is picture day at school. Wednesday the girls have a "dress down day" at school which they are very excited about. They actually get to wear what Kayla said as "normal clothes" to school. Gotta love her! Thursday is very full with a PTP Meeting in the evening and then here comes Friday. Courtney's first soccer game friday night!! Our weekend is busy with a lot going on. And then here.....we will be in the middle of September! I can't believe Christmas is only a little over 3 months away! Time to start Christmas shopping!!! OMG! Are we serious?!?!? I'm not ready to start that. Even though I LOVE Christmas time. Oh well, off to bed now! I need some sleep. :)

Until next week, have a great week!!

It's another week....September 1st!

Here's last weeks re-cap!

Where to begin? My calendar was so full last week I was writing things all over the place. It was a typical busy, trying to get back into a school schedule. On top of that, Tuesday I ran my Grandma out to the airport....off to Dallas she was headed. Wednesday was a full day of everything and anything. Thursday, well that was non-stop and we had our Back to School meeting at 7:00pm. Then came Friday! FINALLY!!! We decided to stay home and do "family stuff" all weekend. It was VERY rare Dave had some time off, 5 days to be exact. It was really nice! Friday night we enjoyed an evening at home with some friends coming over. The girls had a blast and it was really nice to have some normal adult conversations. We had a great time! Saturday morning we were up and out of here....off to garage sales, breakfast, and the St. Louis Mills Mall. The girls and I had never been there. Well 5 and a half hours later we were headed back home. I was surprised at how much fun we had and how long the girls lasted. I guess Courtney's time spent at Cabela's made up for the time spent looking at "girly" things! Sunday was a day of relaxing and swimming. Monday we did a little running around and more swimming. All in all, we had a great 3-day weekend staying home and enjoying some family bonding time! Courtney was mad at us at first for not going to the farm, but she got over it and had fun with us! :)

Here's the news for this week.....

So, I've realized that the whole school schedule thing....well it pretty much SUCKS!!! I hate early mornings and so do the girls. I must say they both have done well getting up and getting ready though. But trying to get back into the swing of things and being on a schedule, I'm with Kayla, why can't school start at 10:00am? Mornings would be so much easier! I miss summer vacation. Oh well, this week is another busy week. Even though it's a short school week. Courtney's soccer practice was moved from Monday to Wednesday this week. Thursday, I get to make my trip back out to the airport for the fourth week in a row to pick my Grandma up! Hopefully it's not raining hard. And then here comes Friday and the weekend. Which are busy. I must say though, I do enjoy having things to do and for some crazy reason having a full calendar. It's beats sitting at home and having nothing to do all the time! I feel loved! :) Ok, total cheeseball I know, but shoot! I'm VERY tired and I think it's time to head to bed!!

Until next week, have a great week!!