The Hammer

See the solid black hi-tops on the bottom of the picture....that is Trent.  The ball is in the middle of the 3 kids and obviously Trent wants it.

Trent is almost done with his 1st season of basketball and he is lovin it.  He has a nickname on his team....The Hammer.  He was given this name because of a few things; his high energy on the court, he is not afraid of the ball and his desire to get the ball.  His homework after the first game was to learn how to block without getting a foul.

His coach has been great about channeling his energy to good use and he has yet to make anyone bleed due to his "Hammer" like qualities. 



That butt in the air is Trents, he tends to lead with it when he has the ball.



This last Saturday was the toughest game his team had.  They came back from being 10 points under to have it end with a tied game of 24-24.  The Hammer was unleashed!  The other team had 2 very aggressive and large players who liked to try to push our little forward around.  Trents "love" of the game was a great quality to have!  He was there to help out his forward, although I will be honest I was waiting for someone to throw an elbow....

GO TRENT!!!!

My 29th Birthday....for the second time.....

I turned 29 for the second time at the beginning of the month but we celebrated it this last weekend.  Paul and I went to Abq for the night and went to see the Rockin Worship Roadshow.  I was super excited because we have not had a night away for a couple of years and I have yet to spend any real time anywhere in New Mexico other than Clovis so everything is new to me.



I know I know I don't look a day over 20 =)





The concert was GREAT!!!  Plus Abq has about 500,000 people in it so it had all of my stores!  At this point I am not sure which was better; the concert or the shopping.  I think I about had a heart attack walking into World Market.

Sydnee's Girl Weekend with a Fellow Oregonian!

In the middle of February Sydnee got a very visit from a friend.  Paul had a youth event over the weekend so Joe and Celina came to stay with while Joe was the guest speaker.  Sydnee and Celina have been friends forever (they are only 6 so that is a big deal.) 

Celina

Pastor Joe



Sydnee was so excited to have them coming she made signs for their bedroom doors.

We did a Jacuzzi tub night and painted toe nails.

We took her to Bahama Bucks....this is their baby size, wish I could say that I am that great of an Auntie for getting her the EXTRA LARGE....

Sydnee was very sad to she her go......





News! News! Read All About It! Trent Allen has been published!

http://www.cnjonline.com/articles/churches-46769-osorio-whiz.html

The above link is something that Trent is very excited about.  Our church is involved in a program called Wiz Kids.  Trent is set up with a couple of different people (depending on the subject) and he gets one on one tutoring for 3 hours a week.  The newspaper contact the church and asked if they would be willing to allow someone to come and interview 1 or 2 of the kids.  Zella, the director, thought of Trent.  She wanted someone who is excited about the program and loves life.

Check it out!  Trent is the second picture.

So Excited I Forgot to Take Pictures

If you based my life off this blog it would appear that we haven't done anything since getting over our Flu's.  WRONG!  I have just been bad about blogging and taking pictures.

One morning after Paul and I both got onto the scale we decided to join the local Y.  Now let me say that I was not excited about looking into the Y due to how ICKY the Y was in Salem.  That all changed after I spent 20 minutes at the Y here.  Everything is new, it is clean and the local hobo is not hanging out by the front door.  We are going M,W,F and both are feeling great.

Upwards is going very well.  Trents team has lost only one game and he seems to be learning alot.  Sydnee practices her cheers nightly and I am pretty sure that everyone in the house knows them by heart.

This last weekend we took a trip to Granny and Pawpo's.  It was just a short trip to touch base but everyone seemed to have a great time.  Paul was able to help Pawpo outside and trim up some trees while Granny and I sat inside looking at pictures from the past 3 months.  I must say that I love the fact that my children are getting a chance to know them.  Trent spent the drive there not speaking to Paul or I because we left Stella with family friends.  Now before you say "oh poor Stella" let me give you a little bit of information here.  She got to spend the weekend with another Boxer who likes to play,  sleep in a warm bed with another human and there is 6 in the family so there was always an open hand to pet her.  Sydnee went and picked "Rose" (yellow dandelions) with Pawpo for Granny.  She was very proud of herself for filling a whole bowl.

On Sunday we got snow again!  Yeah!!  It only lasted 24 hours but the kids got to make so angel ands about 10 cups of hot chocolate.  Paul and I enjoyed it because we had an excuse to have a fire going all day.



Have we fallen of the face of the Earth......

NO!!!  We have just all been on our death beds.

We are blaming Sydnee for the awful flu bug that was allowed into our house.  In true form Sydnee started throwing up Sunday night.  Paul was leaving for a conference at 5:00 am on Monday and I have NEVER done well cleaning up other peoples vomit.  In all honesty what ends up happening is Paul is cleaning up two piles instead of one.

It took Sydnee two days to kick the bug and we all thought we were free and clear, YEAH YES ROCK ON!!! Right?!?!?! WRONG!

Thursday was my birthday so Paul and I had a date planned.  Everything was going great until.....you guessed it, I got sick.  About 40 minutes after I got sick we received a phone call that Trent was throwing up at Wiz Kids (a tutoring program).  My lovely husband made sure that I was not going to die and left to pick up Trent.  At about 2:30 am on Friday I thought Paul was going to drop Trent and I off on some random street corner, the poor guy was taking care of both us all night.  Trent and I were down and out until Monday.  

Paul however was not able to hold out.....late Sunday night it hit him.  He however rebounded way sooner than the rest of us and I will be honest with you, he blames it all on me!  I am the one that got him sick, not his prefect little girl who brought the bug into the house......

I am happy to report that we are all alive and actually feel healthy. PRAISE THE LORD!

Theodore Roosevelt

Trent has been working on a project for Social Studies called, "Living Museum." Basically they are given an important historical person and they are to dress up like them, give a speech and make up a backboard.  Trent was given Theodore Roosevelt.  We spent several hours working on his speech; between looking up facts, writing it and memorizing it.  Paul and I debated about what he should wear and sadly the backboard was the easiest thing about the project.



For those of you who do not remember Teddy had red hair. 



The day of Trent was VERY nervous.  The school had all of the 5th grade class put their backboards in the hallway and grades 3,4 and 6th were split into groups and walked around to everyone and listened to the 5th graders give there presentation.  So not only were they giving their speech to parents/teachers but also there peers.

It took half a can of Aquanet and gel to get Trents hair to look like that.  This boy needs a hair cut!

Teddy mustash may have been straight but it didn't have nearly as much personality as Trent's!  His outfit is based off of when Roosevelt was in office.

Trent did so well that he was given an A+ on this project!