They are here!

So the cabinets are here!! Yesterday the delivery truck brought these beautiful babies to our house! yeah!!! So here is Troy peeking in to see what they look like! Here is what they brought...it pretty much filled in the whole entry room...the guy said, "I hope your kitchen's big enough" haha...it is!!

So here are a few pics of the before...the kitchen empty!!

dont you just love this wall..with layers and layers of gross stuff under there??ughh...cant wait to cover that up!! plus we changed wall colors like 6 times, and we arent sure about this tan either..we will see:)

the darker brown is the older color we painted, and didnt like how it matched with the cabinets, so we changed to the lighter tan...what do you think?? I guess we will see when the cabinets are in...

And the installer comes today!! I am sitting here waiting patiently..not really...for him to get here and start putting them in! I will post the after pictures tomorrow when he's done! yeah! of course, we have to wait another week or two for the countertops..but I can wait, its almost done!!

IKWF Regional Tournament

Here is our boys wrestling team. These are their coaches as well. What a group! Britton got paid a dollar from one of the boys for making a face...little stinker! WE went down Saturday to Herrin for the IKWF Regional Tournament. (Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation) Here are our 2 studs all ready for the Regionals!

Britton found out there were only 2 boys in his weight class...and he was one of them! haha. He was only to wrestle one match for Championship...and this boy he had pinned in one of his first tourneys in 30 seconds....so....we knew it wouldnt even be a match. Troy told him to not go and pin him right away, to try some moves on him....

But he didnt listen and pinned him in 31 seconds....He said it was too hard since the kid was too easy to do anything with! haha. Good job Baluba!

And he is the winner! Jalan had 4 kids in his bracket, making him automatically advancing to Sectionals next weekend...the top 4 go. Jalan's first match was against a girl from Mt Vernon. She beat him in the previous tournament. Jalan was pretty confident that he was not gonna let her beat him again! He was sooo great off the start. He was quick and looked so good...but she tied up with him, and got him in the headlock, and before he knew it, she had a takedown with 3 back points. Jalan managed to stay out of being pinned. Look how good he looks in his wrestling stance!

The second period started off good, Jalan was working her good, and got a reversal, but somehow, she got him in the headlock again, and another 5 point takedown and back points.

The third period he was down 11-3. He had gotten a point for her stalling, and she got an escape. We knew he could still pin her...he worked her over really good, but she just stayed on the bottom and stalled, so Jalan couldnt get her in a good position, and ended up losing. Boy was he upset! We knew he could do it, but he just needed to work on finishing the moves..and get some more experience! She has been wrestling for several years, it makes a difference!

Jalan's last match was a boy from Mt Vernon, who had beat Jalan at the previous tourney as well. Jalan can beat him easy, so we were hoping for the best. Jalan took off so great, and did a nice cross face to rough up the kid right off the bat...but...it went downhill from there.

Jalan could beat this kid, but he was sloppy and didnt finish his moves that Troy has been teaching him, but he will beat him next time! He ended up pinning Jalan in a freak move...Jalan was VERY upset, and couldnt stop crying, much to his dads dismay! Poor kid. the little punk boy always goes up to Jalan and trash talks him after, and it makes me so mad!! We cant wait for the day that Jalan whips his butt, which will happen soon!! Here is our Regional Champion!! He just had to go stand on the podium for a picture!

Jalan, again not thrilled with his medal, or with mom taking a picture so close to his losing his match..

We are so proud of our boys, they are awesome wrestlers!!

Our CHS cheerleaders

So we finally got to go to one of the girls games the other night. Our lives are so crazy, there is never a free night! Anyway..here are our cute cheerleaders....GO ORPHANS!

Ofallon tournament

So things have been so crazy around here, I havent updated our happenings in a while. so two weekends ago, Jalan and Britton had a wrestling tournament in Ofallon. This was Jalan's first match back since breaking his foot, and we were a little nervous. He had been out over 2 months. Troy was on call this weekend, so mom had to go it alone with the boys...bad luck! Jalan had a hard time getting his "wrestling legs" back. He had to wrestle 5 matches in one day! And...he took 6th place...losing all 5 matches. Anyone who knows Jalan, once he gets down, he has no confidence and pretty much gave up the rest of the day. We were really sad. He still got a medal, but he wasnt too thrilled with it! Britton, of course, had a very easy bracket. He only had to wrestle 2 times, and won both, taking first place! yeah!! Here he is with his second trophy. Great job buddy!! I didnt have any pics of their matches, since I had to do the video recording for dad..:(

My 6 year old GIRL

So this is our 16 year olds room, and ........

here is our cute 6 year old girls room! Every day before she goes to school, she gets her room all tidy and neat. I went in there this morning to take this picture. She gets all of her animals all set JUST right. How cute it she? She does such a great job. She must not be related to any of her siblings, because their room does NOT look like this. Even though she has the comforter on upside down, I say she makes a pretty mean bed! I love that girl!

Inspiration

I found this family's blog through a friend's blog, and it has sucked me in. It is such a sad story about a tragedy they are facing with their little boy, but I find I am so uplifed by their story. Troy keeps asking me why I keep reading this, its so sad...but this woman and family are amazing. They inspire me in so many ways. Their faith and strength is awe-inspiring. I cannot imagine how hard it would be to keep that faith during a time as this, yet I know there would be no other way. It makes me want to hug my kids a little longer, be a little more patient with them, and love them more.....

Happy Sweet 16 Disnee

Well, yesterday was D's 16th Birthday!! Wow...It was a crazy day. After school we did the presents and sang to her and she blew out the candles...then they had to eat dinner before the girls had to go to a basketball game to cheer. We had to get a babysitter to come over because it was our ward's Valentines Dinner. Troy and I went to that and had a fun time. So after the game, we were able to eat her cake. Days around here are crazy!! She is going to have to wait until March for her party! We promised her a party, but she is so busy, she cant find a day to do it until then. Poor Troy said it finally hit him that she is going to be dating....he is struggling!! haha..poor dad! So here is Disnee with her presents. Disnee laughing at her dad's comments on the card...he was talking about how the boys better look out, since he's not afraid to go back to prison!!

Disnee and Brooke got one gift to share....an XM Radio for their car!! Spoiled!

Disnee with her Jonas Brothers cake Sixteen Candles!!!

Can you guess what her wish was???

We are so thankful to have such a great girl as Disnee to be our oldest child. She is so great and is such a good example to her siblings. Here are 16 things we love about Disnee!

1. Such a sweetheart

2. Loves to have fun with her family!

3. LOVESLOVESLOVES the Jonas Brothers

4. Has a strong testimony of who she is!

5. Loves to listen to music

6. Loves to sit and browse on the internet all day!!

7. She is in Student Council at school

8. She is a cute cute cheerleader!

9. Has lots of friends-she's very fun

10. Very thoughtful

11. She is an excellent driver!

12. Loves being with her family

13. A great seminary student!

14. she is smart..still in the top of her class

15. Much to her parents happiness, she is not boy crazy!!

16..and last...She is has such a great heart!! Of Gold!!

We love you Disnee and are so proud of you! Happy 16th Birthday!!