Dinner for Cystic Fibrosis...

Wes and I had to go to a dinner for his work. It was a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. I asked my sister Jackie to watch the kids for us. The dinner was good. I met Wes's boss and some of the other head people of the hospital. They were very nice. Wes and I had to get all dressed up. So whenever we get dressed up, naturally we have to have some pictures of us. I got McDonald's for the kids for supper to eat over at Jackie's. The kids were sooooo excited to go. They LOVE playing with their cousin Mitchell.
Wes and I left to go to the dinner and we had a few cocktails before the dinner and looked around at all the things they had available for a silent auction. Some pretty neat stuff let me tell ya. If only we had more money. HA Anyways, they had a speaker that night. He was good and funny. Bob Balooney. I apologize if I misspelled his name. He told stories about Bob Devaney and some other people. We all laughed but he also had a serious part of his speech too about not doing your part on the team or you would be gone.
So we stayed and watch the auction of a few more prizes. They are neat to watch on how they had alot of people in between the tables to catch a bidder with their number up. They had to do alot of yelling so the main guy up on stage could hear them and record so they couldn't leave without paying up. Anyways, it was time to head home. I called Jackie to tell her that we are leaving and I didn't hear anything in her voice or did she ever say anything.

We had to get a pose of us looking at each other. The LOVE is still there.

Well, when Wes and I walked into the basement. Ashley was sitting on the couch and I swear I looked at her 3 times and did not recognize my own daughter. Jackie had decided to cut her hair. I was in shock the rest of the night because she just looked so different. If Jackie had said something to me before we got there, I would have been preparing myself for it. But let me tell ya. I didn't recognize my own daughter was pretty sad.
She looks very cute after the "shock" has worn off now. Jackie does a pretty good job at cutting my kids's hair and I "thank her" for doing that.

I just wished she could have prepared me for it. Oh well --- I am laughing now about it.

My trip to Scranton, Pa and seeing NYC

I had such a blast seeing my friends Shannon and Bonnie for the first time ever. All we ever did was talk on the computer through chat rooms or instant messaging. I don't know where to begin with all the fun we had had. We also kept joking between Shannon and I that whoever got there first will get dibs on the bedroom they want. Well, in the beginning it had looked like I was going to have to settle on the second choice but, the airlines decided to cancel two legs of my trip. Therefore, I had to make new flights that brought me in before Shannon. Nanana Neeeener -- So anyways, back to my post. We had fun sitting in the hot tub the first night and having some drinks. Shannon really needed one after her flying experience. I will just say it wasn't good.
I had to take a picture of Mike sitting on the couch watching his soap opera. I thought it was hilarious. I have never known a man that got hooked on soaps.
These are Bonnie and Mike's kids. Precious and Peppy--They were sooo fun and very cute. They would get mad when we left to go somewhere. They are spoiled and LOVED.

This is what Bonnie really looks like when we talk on the computer. I am soooo jealous on how she gets a setup like this. I wonder if Wes would mind if I put a tv up above my head with a DVD/VCR and all the accomodations. HA

Here we are swimming in Bonnie's pool. Shannon was sitting at the table having a ciggy.
This was as close as I got to see the Statue Of Liberty. You can see her wayyy in the back from on top of the Empire States building.



The Empire State building. That is really really tall.



The ball that drops at New Years.

The 3 of us in Times Square.
Even Shrek was there. Spongebob and Dora are in the background if you look hard enough.




The 3 of us.


Shannon at the top of the Empire States building.
This is Ground Zero. The square spot in the middle is actually part of the World Trade Towers left. They are doing construction and had a fence all the way around the site. It was still something to see in your own eyes and to just believe about what had actually happened in this very spot. I kept looking around at all the buildings and all the streets around it and just kept imagining what it had looked like when this tragic event had happened.

King Kong was in the building. How awesome was that!!!!
Me at the top of the Empire States building. I kept looking at all the buildings roofs below us. Some had bushes on them. It was something to see.
Shannon and I messing around on Bonnie's computer at her desk. This was one way I kept in touch with my family by instant messaging.


The 3 of us.


The 3 of us.
The kids really did miss me. I came into the house with this on the counter. I LOVED it. That really made me feel good.

I cannot wait until the 3 of us meet again. Miss you guys. I will always remember our trip.

Soukup Family Reunion...

This year was time for another Soukup Family Reunion. It was a pretty nice day out. It didn't rain and it wasn't all that hot out either. My mom and a few other of her sisters decided that we should all color code our families since it has been a long time since we had a family reunion and that we know who belongs to what family. It was fun. We had to wear the blue shirts. Some of the families didn't partake in the fun but that was okay. We kept having little squabbles with some of the other colored shirts. We laughed and laughed. We even got a family picture taken of us all. It turned out pretty good except Mitchell (Jackie and John's son) had his head turned and I am still waiting on other pictures that were taken to see if they turned out better. I can't believe how big our family has gotten. WOW!!!! It was so nice to talk to alot of my cousins and to see what they have been up to. It was nice to see my kids playing with their kids. We laughed at how shy they were at first and then when it was time to go home, they didn't want to leave cuz they were having a great time together. Us cousins started joking around that here comes the question about staying the night. We used to do that when we were young. All shy at first and then couldn't leave each other and would ask our parents to spend the night at each others house. Love family reunions!!!!!


Lyndsey, Presley, and Ashley


Ashley swinging on the swings

Benjamin, Ashley, and Wes---Mitchell is in the background
Lindsay and Pierson

Presley swinging on the swings

The gang talking

Ron



The Soukup Aunts and Uncles

Baseball 2009 has begun...

Here Ben almost didn't make back to third base. He eventually made it and went all the way home.



Ben is the catcher here. He did an AWESOME job at it.



Another catcher moment.



I am not exactly sure what Ben is talking about here. haha



Always need to get at least one posing shot of him in his outfit. He looks like a pro doesn't he?



Ben hitting the ball. He made it to first base. He is a pretty good hitter. He usually makes it to second and third base.



Jonathan pitching. I just LOVE it when I can get good poses. Look at the detemination on his face.



Another pitching picture. He did really good.



Now Jonathan is in the outfield. Sometimes it isn't all that fun way back in the back. haha


Jonathan hit this ball and made it to first base. If only he can run just a little bit faster, he could have made it to second. This was also after being hit with the ball from the pitcher. He took it like a man. I was very proud of him. Then they brought our coach in to pitch.


Jonathan is working the first base position here. He did very good. I just LOVE watching my kids play baseball.

Here is Lyndsey and Ashley posing for a picture. I told Lyndsey that I would pay her .50c a game to watch Ashley. She is doing a pretty good job at doing it.

Ashley is finding rocks in the dirt. I am glad that she finds things to keep her entertained so Wes and I can watch the games.


Lyndsey and her best friend Samantha. They were having face painting done this day.

I love this picture. They are holding hands walking around.
I couldn't leave out Biscuit. He comes to most of the games with us and sometimes he steals the kids chairs to sit in.