2:24 PM
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4:00 PM
Kirk & Amanda Mueller
Sorry this took me so long this week, lets get down to business:
Friday night: We missed Chris' game because we were at Jamie's the Lutheran school system really needs to re-think doing middle school & high school games on the same night, this is one fan who is pretty discontent with the current situation! St. Paul KILLED Bethany and from what I am told Chris played very well, no shock there.
Lutheran West played Oberlin, coach
Durbin and the team seem to really be finding their rhythm, James played an AMAZING game, I was
fortunate enough to catch some awesome footage of some of his best moments and also a little bobble all in the same clip, sorry Jamie, but you recover very well! Lutheran West looked like the dominating team they should be and it was a really fun game to watch. Final score 79-45
Lutheran West! Also noteworthy I believe Jamie had about 13 or so points...
Saturday brought us to Josh's game he's on the Nuggets and they played the Raptors they killed them and Josh scored almost every point, Mom actually told him that he had to go every other quarter that he was in the game alternating, passing for a quarter and shooting for a quarter. BUT there was one time during his first passing quarter after Mom told him this at half time that he drained a three out of sheer habit and he looked right up at Mom and yelled "sorry but no one was open!" I about pee'd myself, and unfortunately I wasn't rolling at the time! He then proceeded to stare at her the whole way down the court to see if she was mad, CLASSIC! We laughed most of the game, poor Josh he was so conflicted! Here is some excellent footage! Josh is also a celebrity already he had Dad's coming up to him to shake his hand after the game and one Dad came up to Mom & us and said something about "he's en fuego! he's on fire!" to tell you the truth that guy was kinda creepy, but he was seriously impressed with Josh's mad skills! Ah, the benefits of having older siblings!
Well that's all from this past weekend, I am hoping Mom can play fill-in videographer Friday night because Kirk & I have to attend our company Christmas party BOO!
9:18 AM
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So Kirk & I had decided not to get a Christmas tree this year in the interest of saving money, his Aunt Beth had bought us a
gorgeous wreath as a house warming present and we were just going to hang that in the front window, but everyone thought that was sad, so Kirk's parents went out and bought us a wonderful
pre-lit tree from
Walmart, they have some GREAT deals! Anyways, they brought it over last night and we set it up & Kirk & I decorated it and I have to say it's VERY exciting for me! Our very first Christmas tree! Mom was wonderful enough to donate our old tree skirt, which I was almost more excited about than the tree
LOL, and I bought a beautiful angel from K-Mart. Here are some pictures of our pretty tree and wreath, and little Lexie pretending to be a present! I'm SO excited for Christmas and this makes it even better. Mom & I are having a baking day on Saturday and she's bringing over all the decorations & stuff that she no longer uses, I can't wait to see what I want to take, our house is going to be so festive,
YAY!!!!
3:12 PM
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So the Basketball season is officially underway and I thought Bobby might like to have some updates, I will be posting scores and info of as many games as possible, between James, Chris, and Josh there are about 8 million so my apologies as I know I'll miss a few here and there. Conference play starts this Friday for West. Here's what I have so far.
Lutheran West v. Fairview (BOOOOOOO!!!!) Friday 12/5/08 Final: LW-35 F-38
This was a TOUGH game, Fairview's defense was pretty good and Lutheran West seemed to have some first game of the season jitters. James started and played VERY solid ball. Coach Durbin could have done a little better in my opinion but I'll reserve my judgements about him for a little while. The game was won by Fairview with a 3pt shot at the buzzer, I dislike them so much it made me want to cry; and they are just as white trash as always Bobby... I honestly didn't know who was worse, the parents or the kids...
St. Paul v. Redeemer Saturday 12/6/08 Final: St. Paul- 37 Redeemer- 16
I only got to see the second half of this game (no I was not slacking, I was helping at Building Hope In the City) but the picture of the score board says it all it was just a BLOW OUT. Chris of course played well & I'll be sure to not be late ever again, I could barely see standing in the hallway!
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Josh's game was unfortunately the first game of the season that I missed, Kirk was there, but again I was downtown at Building Hope In The City. Kirk said Josh played AWESOME, minus some attitude towards one of James penalty calls on him, that had to be so funny! His team won also which is AWESOME! We'll have some pictures next weekend.
Lutheran West v. Wickliffe 12/8/08 Final: LW- 45 Wickliffe- 38
This was again another tough game. Lutheran West played better, but man Coach Durbin is KILLIN' me! Every time we start scoring he puts subs in and changes the line up, WHY!?? James played GREAT he had some good steals on the defensive side, and some good shots offensively as well (of course I caught none of his best moments on film), nothings falling yet, but he'll find his groove. #34 for Wickliffe was a "Punk" as Mom put it, and the fat referee was TERRIBLE, he even commented to a LW parent that "it isn't Christmas yet, and he won't be giving our boys any presents" I am attaching some excellent footage of his blindness; watch as he stands in the lower left of the screen as #34 bush whacks Steffon, and then he proceeds to watch poor Steffon struggle to get up as he runs down the court, again not paying attention to what's going on. I'm not one to complain about officiating, but he was BAD! Anyways, when all was said & done we won, so it was a good night!
Stay tuned, I'll have more soon!
10:23 AM
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Kirk's birthday was on Saturday, the big 2-9! He was not at all happy about this, but it did mean yummy food, and presents all weekend so I think he got over it. His actual birthday was Saturday and his AWESOME wife forgot to say Happy Birthday until later in the afternoon because she was rushing to get out the door as usual; at least it was for a good cause and I did later get him
Chipotle for lunch so all was forgiven. Mom made tacos Saturday night and Kirk's family had a get together on Sunday. Here are some pictures from his family get together, his Dad turned 60 on the 3rd, they always celebrate together so that's pretty fun! Also, Lexie seems to think she should get to sit at the adult table, she didn't seem to understand why I kept making her get down, and why she wasn't allowed to have cake too!
12:16 PM
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Thanksgiving this year was great, we had such a wonderful time visiting with Bobby, Rachelle, Addie, & Carter; I can't believe how big they've gotten! As always there were plenty of good jokes and LOTS of good food, and Bobby & I went the whole long weekend without fighting! LOL Black Friday was a success as well, and it was great to go out and have some fun with just girls! Here are some great pictures from the weekend.
Addie cuddling with Uncle Tirt.
Qaulity time with Uncle Sean.
Addie's new favorite toy; Lexie's dog cage.
Teaching Lexie valuable lessons about sharing.
Carter & Uncle Josh
12:55 PM
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So it's officially FREEZING here, and I am speaking literally. It starting snowing last week and it started sticking this week! I thought I'd take some pictures to show our southern dwelling family members what they have to look forward to this coming week as the head north for Thanksgiving. Pack warm, we can't wait to see you!!!
Poor Kirk's hard work raking leaves, ruined by the first snow!
My attempt to take Lexie's picture in the snow, for some reason she didn't want to "sit"?
Beautiful pictures of the metro parks from my balcony at work.
1:25 PM
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2:12 PM
Kirk & Amanda Mueller
So it's finally over, the house turned out great and it's super clean!
YAY! I really started to doubt we would get everything done in time but we did, and the party was a HUGE success, mostly because Kirk was SUPER smart and got a projector so everyone could hang out in the basement and watch the game like it was on a big screen TV. There is nothing better than good food (thanks to our Mom's!), good friends, and well the football is better left unmentioned this time. Here are some pictures, the day of was a little hectic so they aren't quite as cute but you get the idea!
11:25 AM
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9:09 AM
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So with the
housewarming party only a few weeks away, Kirk and I decided it's time to get serious about getting the house ready. We started tearing all the hideous wallpaper down in the kitchen about a month ago and hadn't done anything more since. This weekend we accomplished A TON; thanks to the help of both families! The Mickey Mouse room is now painted with just the trim left to finish and the floral upstairs bathroom is now a nice
woodsie brown also with trim left to be done. Of course the kitchen, the one room we really need to finish because we are gaining weight from all the take out dinners, is still not done, we are hoping after another long weekend of work it will be; it kind of has to be given the party is next weekend! I forgot to take before pictures of the office and bathroom but here are some before pictures of the kitchen and I'll be posting all the after pictures Monday!
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Merry Christmas everyone! This years Christmas like all the others was absolutely wonderful, Joshy had a BLOW out Christmas (we LOVE Ollie's) and got some awesome toys, video games, and of course the biggest reaction of the morning an MP3 player! Everyone had a great Christmas and the new tradition of Dollar Store shopping has begun! HILARIOUS! Best dollar store combo award goes to Josh, he got Kirk super glue & mouth wash, PRICELESS! No Christmas would be complete in the Mueller family without all the doggies, yes there were 5 of them! Lexie loved her moose from Mommy & Daddy and she loved her gift from Grandma Mueller even better, she of course was the only dog to take her treat and run & hide somewhere to open it! We hope our family in California had a very Merry Christmas as well & we hope to see pictures soon!
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