Update on life

Everything has been going good around here. Cheerleading is finally over. YAY! Ruthie was happy too! Seriously! By the 2nd-3rd game, she was finished. She just wasn't into it. She was into the outfit and her friends, but that's it. I am happy inside b/c Daddy talked her into playing soccer next year! I have never learned the game soccer, so I am looking forward to it.

Work for Randall and I is going good. We are working harder than ever, but it's worth it. The days go by so much faster. I hate his day/night shifts switching every shift, but it's what we have to do. It's so hard on him though. My job is amazing. I seriously love the kids here. They never fail to make me smile. Today especially- it's Beauty and Geek Day!

The kids are doing well. Enjoying life and each other. They are growing closer everyday and I love it. They are so cute and happy. At the last two games, Randy would go and hug the cheerleaders, and it was so funny! What a ham! He even did a cheer with them. Daddy wasn't happy about it, but everyone was laughing!

Anyways, here are some photos of our last cheer game, and a bonus of Mr. Randy himself. There are also two videos as well.

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HERE WE GO!
We have officially started games. Which means, two nights a week of fun filled cheering! Ruthie is in heaven! She loves it! It amazes me how much she does love it! She's so happy! If she's happy, we are happy! We enjoyed watching her last night! She's good too! She listens really well to the coach and pays close attention and tries her hardest! She's a doll! (Apparently I like to use the (!) too much.)

Randall was off so he was able to join us. Randy loved it too b/c they use the outfield of the softball field for the football field. (I couldn't think of another word to replace field with sorry!) So, right behind us was a bunch of DIRT! Randy had a ball! He was covered from head to foot. I am sure some of it was digested as well!



Tonight, we are headed to the local youth shelter to visit with the youth there. Youth is where our heart is and we truly enjoy going to the shelter. It's amazing how "full" we feel when we leave. I just hope and pray we touch their lives as much as they touch ours. The kids enjoy going as well. There is one special boy there that has truly touched Randall's heart and tonight we are presenting him with a Bible. He's such an awesome young man who has went through too much. Please keep him in your prayers!

God MUST have a sense of humor b/c I KNOW He's laughing at me!

Yes, He's laughing at me. So is everyone else! Please don't think I am complaining b/c that is so not what I am doing. I am just trying to figure things out.

Anyone who reads this and knows me well, knows that I am so NOT a girly-girl. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy smelling good, dressing up (occasionally), fixing my hair, and a few other things women enjoy doing. Growing up, I was a straight-up tomboy. Seriously, if I were my parents, I would have been worried. I thought that I was supposed to be a boy. I had my big brother Joe, (whom I still think would have loved me more if I had been a boy! ), and my favorite cousin Eli. I had two older sisters, but they are 10+ years older than me, so I was just a pain in their side. So, I learned to play baseball, basketball, football, shoot my bb gun, ride my bike in a cool gang (haha!), build forts, and climb trees. NEVER did I play with barbies. Okay, ONCE I did, but Sharie (my sister) gave me a box of barbies, and I thought okay, I might give this a try. Well, I was 10, dressed one and realized that was sooooo not something I was into. I gave up on girly things. I would pull my ponytail up into my hat to make people think I was a boy. I never wanted new clothes, I just wanted Eli's clothes.

So, you might be wondering why I think God has a sense of humor.....
It's b/c my sweet little Ruthie has taken up CHEERLEADING! Seriously, out of all things, THIS is what makes her smile. Geez. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy seeing my sweet baby girl smile the WHOLE time she is cheering. It's just odd to me how I hated girly things, and yet I have the girliest girl out of all my brothers and sisters.
After her first cheer practice, she asked me, "Mommy, can I do cheer FOREVER!?" That's how I knew I was doing the right thing. I know I am not into cheering, but she is, so I will be. It's so cute seeing her little face light up. She's in LOVE. She received her uniform last night and was so excited to put it on. Even the socks made her smile!

I was talking to my mom earlier this week and told her that it was odd to me that I was standing on the cheerleading side watching everyone else take their sons/daughters to football and soccer practice. My mom replied, "Don't you think I felt funny sitting in the bleachers being the only mom to a daughter on the ball field?!" See, my dad took me out of softball and put me into baseball with all boys. Apparently, mom wasn't fond of it, but I was. I played 3 years in a league full of all boys. I loved every.single.minute of it. Those are still some of my favorite memories. They even made me a special trophy as a girl with a ponytail!

So, I guess this long post has turned into me letting everyone know that the tom-boy Sadie, has the girliest-girl around, and I am enjoying watching her cheer. She's a doll! I know that the memories she creates cheering will be like my memories playing ball. It's amazing how life changes and you find yourself on the other side wondering how you got there, but smiling along the way.