LATELY WITH THE LINKS

Friday, February 29, 2008

Rock'in with the Jo Bro's!!

Ready to go with tickets in hand. Greyson, Caden, Brynna and Tammy went to see the Jonas Brothers. This was Bel's very first concert and technically Caden's first also (Dishwalla at a food festival when he was one doesn't really count). The build-up to THE night was fun to see. They were so excited!!

The concert was at Nokia Theater in Dallas. I knew that there would be a lot of screaming girls and that it would be loud--however--I expected to hear it once we got inside. Girls from ages 5 to 14 were screaming on there way inside in the parking lot. At that point, I knew my ears were in trouble.
The Jonas Brothers tour bus was cool for the kids to get to see. People had written things like "Marry me" and "I love you JoBros". It was pretty cool!
The kids loved the show. The stage was cool with lots of places for JB to flip and slide. Greyson, Caden, and Brynna sang every song they knew at the top of their lungs and clapped their hands and danced (G not so much-too cool for the dancin part). What a fun experience to be with my kids during a very memorable moment in their lives. I'll tuck it away with all of the other fun things I've been able to do with my kids.
P.S. Byron was a cool Dad and stayed home with a sick Maggie--Thanks Daddy!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

"I TWO YEARS OLD!"

Oh, the terrible two's.....it's more like the terribly cute two's!! She's two now. Can you believe it? Time has flown.
We had a little cake with two little candles for her on her big day. We sang "Happy Birthday" to her and blew out the candles. "AGAIN, AGAIN", she said. So, we re-lit the candles and blew them out again. She thought that was pretty fun. She loves to sing the song "Happy Birthday"--but--she sings "Happy Birthday to you, ashes, ashes, we all fall down." She's so cute! I wish I could make time stand still......

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Goelz Family Christmas!!!

Goelz Family Christmas--What the Goelz's wait for all year. However, our family has gotten too big, so, we had a change in venue. Instead of it being at Sondra's house, we booked Cobble Stone Golf Club. Therefore, we are officially an 'event'. When we get together (all of us) it is always an event. The food presentation was wonderful and very pretty and, of course it all tasted great! Mom decided to hire a photographer for family pics...Whew...what were we thinking??? It's really difficult to get all those kids, especially the little ones, to cooperate. Hopefully there's atleast one that turns out. Then the fun began. The tradition of Grandma's Junk Box is always a big hit with the kids. The little kids finished up opening their gifts and then they were sent to play games and watch a movie while the adults did 'Dirty Santa'. The beloved gord showed up like every Christmas, while there was another gift, the shell thing, that will get added to the gord for future Christmas's. A fun time was had by all. We are so blessed to be able to get together and share each other's company. We are blessed, also, to have a family that loves and supports each other. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and we pray that your new year will bring blessings.

Magdalene--Maggie Mae

Little Miss Sass is actually what we should call her. Lately, she's been "testing her limits" or should I say "her mom and dad's limits"--Just a little here and there. She's really decided that she has an opinion on every single thing and that it's her way or the highway. I guess we can just call her "Miss Independent". No more holding her hand while walking down the sidewalk, or helping her into her stroller. She'll do it "by self". "By self" is just one of the funny little things she says. "Or not" is big in her vocabulary, too. If you ask her if she wants a snack or not, if she doesn't, she'll say "Or not". She's just so funny. Conversations are never dull and always cute.

Brynna-Bel

My heaven's--getting older every second. She's no longer a little girl. She has turned into, simply, a girl. Not little, but not too big either. We are young enough to still love Barbie--but old enough to really care what Barbie is wearing. A good thing, right?
Bel is in the 1st grade now, and love's to read. She really loves school too. She loves her teachers and her friends. Can you say Social Butterfly? Talk-talk-talk-talk. She's never been considered shy. Everyone is her best-friend, you know, even if it's the first time you've ever talked to her. I love that quality about her. She is a friend to everyone. What a good and sweet girl she is.

Caden--C Dog

I just love my little Caden. He is THE sweetest and nicest kid around--and did I mention handsome. He's now in the 5th grade--the year when things get a bit more hectic. He has more work and he's expected to be organized enough to get it all in one day, do it over the next week and then turn it in. We're still workin' on that one. Organization is not a strong point for us. He changes classes too, which is new to him. I tell you what--he absolutley LOVES science. Almost every day he comes home telling me of the experiment that they did in science lab or goes on and on about protons and neutrons and electrons. I have a hard time following because he goes into every single little detail--and he remembers every-single-detail. What a smarty-pants. He's really discovering how funny his personality is lately, too. He now know's he's funny and that he's got the gift of gab. He takes after his dad.

Greyson--G Money

You'd think I was giving this kid steroids at the rate he's growing. He's only 15, but people ask if he's 17. He's very tall for his age. He might think he acts like he's 17--but we know better. Maturity-?-it's comin' along. We'll just say we're working on it. No, really-all kidding aside--he's a really good young man. He's at the age when typical teenage angst sets in. And..we have our fair share of it. But, all in all, I think he really tries to keep a cool head when he thinks we've asked him to take out the trash one too many times. He's just at an age when we can really count on his help. He is a great helper to me. He even folds laundry (don't tell his friends).
Greyson is doing really, really well in school so far this year. He's got and extra load-basically doing two years of school in only one. We thought he'd really have to bust it and be doing work constantly to keep up. But..he hardly has any homework and he's making all A's. He has a 100% in Geometry!? I asked him if he just has never missed any question ever on anything to get that average. He replied by saying, "No--I've missed stuff, but I got a 120% on a project". Whatever--wouldn't it be great to be that smart?