Soccer picture

Well, the fall sports are wrapping up! Here's D's soccer picture. We are pretty happy with it. You would never know that it was in the 30's that morning!

Donovan's First Reception

Hi All,

As you can tell by the videos, we have enjoyed our sports season! Hope all is well with each one of you. 

Nothing else new here. We all have just been trudging along. Can't believe that the holiday season is almost here! This year has flown by! Update on the kids.....D likes school, he is really into Star Wars legos and hanging out with his buddies. He is also super ready for Halloween! Nick says he likes school too and has just started playing basketball for his junior high school. He said they made him a point guard. Love you all, Tamiko

E is for effort

Guess who is getting the ball?

Video of soccer goal!

Hi all,

We have been pretty busy with school and sports. We've definitely been keeping Donovan active. He has an after school activity almost everyday!

Below is Donovan's first soccer goal of the new season! I apologize for it being so far away, was too excited watching to remember to zoom in. My favorite part is how cool he was after the goal. He just walked away, like no big deal. :)

I promise to update more frequently and post new pics soon. We love you all, Tamiko

Fundraising!

I corrected the race website. Its nbhopefunrun.com (not .org)!

Hi all,

I've been quiet on the blogging front because I've been pretty busy. In about a month and a half, we will be hosting a 5K fun run/walk in our community to raise money for the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation.

We are fortunate that Donovan had a great outcome with the disease, but so many kids do not, and I just wanted to help raise funds for research for these kids. So far, the planning for the race is going well. Check out the website at www.nbhopefunrun.com

I did create a Team Donovan page to raise fun if you'd like to donate to the cause. ttp://www.active.com/donate/nbhopefunrun/teamdonovan. For some reason, I can't get the darn welcome message to show, so all you will see is Donovan's picture and a box to enter a donation amount.

Anyway, outside of the race, not much else is going on! The kids are doing well. I'll update with pictures and stories soon. The poor kitten was just spayed and declawed, so she's forced to rest for a few days.....and she's not happy about it.

We love you all, Tamiko

"Can I have a cat?"

Hello everyone,

I hope that the mother's reading this blog had a great Mother's Day! I enjoyed a great breakfast at IHOP and then some afternoon alone time (the boys entertained themselves). It was a nice day.

I have a funny story. Donovan was speaking to Gramps last night and asked for a cat. This has been a request that has been made often to Santa (in his Christmas list last year), me, his Dad, Grandaddy, Nana, and anyone else who will listen. He even got his brother to agree that we should get a cat (and this was unexpected). I've consistently and firmly told him no whenever I am in earshot of him asking. Last night, I even said that I hope Gramps told him no.

But.....

things have changed! Our neighbor who is 9 months pregnant (delivery is scheduled on Thursday) found this little kitten in her attic. There was only two of us around when she was sharing the story. The other lady could not take on a kitten so of course I volunteered to house her! It was the neighborly thing to do! I posted her info on the community boards, but I don't anticipate that anyone will claim her. We will tell Donovan (he's not home from school yet) that we are just babysitting her until her owner's come get her. However, I am absolutely positive that we will not be believed and Gramps will get the credit for this one! :)

We love you all, Tamiko