Beckham's got nothin on us

Pics to come later, but I just have to let you know that tonight Carsen had his first soccer game and he made 5 goals, 4 of them for his team! I watched him kicking the ball around, and he was really good. I have NEVER played, watched or liked soccer, so he gets none of his soccer prowess from me. Steve played when he was little, but told me after Carsen made his first goal, "Carsen has done something I never did in soccer, made a goal." So, we are not sure where he gets it, but we are excited! I guess I get to learn about soccer...

In case you wanted to know

Yeah, I love the TV show the OC. I know it is not even on anymore, except re-runs...but it is amazing! Carsen sings the theme song, and I think that is awesome!

My candy coated life

I am not saying that I have a cushy life or anything. I just have had to, over the years put up my guard, or my "candy coating". For most of my life I have not been able to trust people with my feelings and emotions, my "friends" time and time again betrayed me, or hurt me. So it is hard for me to let people in, and I am extremely wary of people I do let in. I only have a handful of friends I completely trust.

I feel like sometimes people in my life want me to be something I am not, they want me to fit into a cookie cutter that I don't want to be a part of. I am happy with the shape I am, I like being a plain round sugar cookie. I will never be am oatmeal raisin, I will never have nuts (although I am nuts sometimes!). I can only open up and let those people in who love and appreciate the sugar cookieness that is me, if you try to change or manipulate me, you will get nowhere, in fact you will probably take two (or more) steps back.

Another thing that I wish people would know about me is that I am EXTREMELY loyal, and if I got your back, I got your back, no question. If someone makes me defensive about the people I am loyal to, that spells TROUBLE!

I guess what I am saying is that I just want people to love me and appreciate me for who I am, not worry about who I am not.

List of things that we did/saw/or happend to us yesterday plus random insights

1- Raegan got head-butted by a baby bull
2- We attempted to rip up our tile floor
3- We challenged the mental fortitude of some Lowe's employees
4- Carsen climbed a tank
5- Carsen was very upset that the "X's on the tile were going away!!!"
6- Raegan rode a pony and LOVED it!
7- Sledge hammers (of any size) DO NOT effectively break terracotta tile
8- Terracotta tile is the hardest surface known to man, besides diamonds
9- Grandpa Steve got gored by a bigger baby bull, we'll call him an adolescent bull
10- Carsen watched a guy make a "sword," or knife
11- Carsen ate more than Raegan
12- Everytime the car starts to go Carsen screams "FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!" but wonders where the steam is
13- Our house got swarmed by these HUGE disgusting striped beetles
14- We watched the last Flipping Out of the season! SAD!!!!
15- We discovered that floor model air compressors don't have all their parts
16- Customer Service at Lowes thinks that the customer is responsible for ensuring all the parts are there on a floor model air compressor
17- Big Dog Boston Dynamics is RAD! Google it, seriously, and watch the whole thing
18- It sucks when your shop vac doesn't
19- Carsen and Raegan will try to consume a WHOLE box on fruit snacks in about 10 minutes
20- Today I am very tired

It's that time again!

I always loved the Olympics growing up, so when the opportunity to volunteer for the Salt Lake Olympics came up I knew I wanted to sign up! I ended up working on the Snowbasin Women's Downhill course, so did Steve...yeah, that is where we met. The Olympics are a special time for both of us! Here are some pics of our Olympic adventure!

So all the pictures wouldn't fit on one slideshow, so here are the rest!