VIKERS?????

According to the kids......"what do you get when the packers and vikings play each other in the Turner home?"........."VIKERS!!"

So, I was watching the game and down came the girls all dressed up in purple in green, check it out.......



By the way, great game!!!

PACKERS vs. VIKINGS

For those of you who really know us, tomorrow is a huge day for us. Tomorrow the Packers play the Vikings. We are so excited about the big game!! Justin isn't home but it is probably for the best because last time we saw the Packers and Vikings play each other I "accidentally" busted Justin's lip in excitement! Of course the packers royally kicked their butts that game and I was entitled to be excited but I didn't mean to actually make my husband bleed.

Anyway, so because of my love and support towards my husband I am putting Ian in his Vikings jersey; however, if you see me, you will see me in my Packer jersey (even if it is outdated with #4 on it)!

Well, here is what you can expect to see and hear tomorrow at the Turner home! The first 2 are pictures and the last one is a video! Have a great day and enjoy the game!!!

So far behind

I realized I was so far behind on posting so I've posted quite a bit to catch everyone up on what's been going on lately......and to think this is only a little bit of what has been going on in our lives lately. Never a dull moment in the Turner home. :)

Below are 5 new blogs for you to read. Have fun!

Ashlynne's Birthday Party

Thanks to all who came to Ashlynne's 12th Birthday party. She had a great time and is enjoying all her new gifts. Surprise, surprise, I've actually been teaching her how to ride her skateboard (at least what I can remember from so long ago) but she'll have to learn the tricks when Dad comes home because I could never do anything "cool" on a skateboard.

Here are a few pictures from her party. A lot of them came out really dark so I only posted those that we could see a little better. By the way, Ian absolutely enjoyed rolling skating. I couldn't believe how well he did. He skated from 12-4 and still cried when we had to take the skates off him. (Someone might be getting skates for Christmas this year).

(Sorry - Lots of red eye in these pictures - I didn't have time to fix them)

Back in School

We are now all officially in school. The 3 girls are all in junior high (7th grade) and they love it. All 3 of them are in basketball and in addition to that Elyse is in Art, Valerie is in Drama and Ashlynne is in Computer/Home class (where they teach you how to cook, sew, etc).

Gersito is in 5th grade. So far he is "okay" with it. He says he likes his teachers. I have signed up for PTA for both schools so I can try to keep tabs on all of our kids since they are getting older.

Justin and I have started classes as well. So far Justin has been able to keep up with all of his classes while working and I'm taking classes, working on research for 2 professors and studying for the GRE. I thought I had until end of next year to take the GRE & apply for the doctorate programs but I just found out I should have all that done by the end of this year. So, I'm just behind a year....no biggie. :)

Well, here is a picture of our kids' first day of school. Aren't they cute?

Parks & SPIDERS!!

Okay, so I took the kids to the park for a picnic and then we decided to take the nature trail for a hike. As you can see in the pictures below, we were ready with our hiking sticks and all.....but as soon as we started down the trail, we saw LOTS of huge spiders (about the size of my fist including their legs) and they were so ugly and hairy and had huge webs from one tree to the next. There were so many of them we all got totally freaked out (including myself, well, okay, mostly me) so we ended up leaving. I got so freaked out that I didn't even want to stay a second longer to take a picture of those nasty things.

Here are a few pictures that got taken before we saw those nasty, huge, hairy spiders!! (I just realized, I only got pictures of Ashlynne & Ian this time -- oops!)

Date Night

It's always nice to be able to get out and spend some time alone without hearing "Dad, Daddy, Dada, Justin" OR "Mom, Mommy, Mama, Melissa"....(yes, we do get called all of those names). So, Justin and I got to go out to eat and then go watch a comedy show. Justin was so sweet (no wonder I married him), he also didn't spill his drink on me for the first time ever while going to a comedy show. It's actually gotten quite comical. Every single time we go to a comedy show Justin ends up spilling something on me. So, since the night was such a success, I thought I would share a couple of pictures taken right before our date. :)

Trip to the Murphy's House

As I said earlier, we had a great trip to Scott & Amanda's house. We took the kids to a water park so I thought I would share the pictures from that day and some of us hanging out at their house and in their pool.