Week 12 - "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!!!!!!"

This is my new slogan as said by the good ol man Patrick Henry.  I think I will have to adopt this one until December at least.  I need freedom from poop in underwear, kids fighting, stubbornness, whininess, sickness, surgeriness (is that a word?  it is now!!!)  and all that which comes in between!  So you will see why I chose this particular quote during this blog. 

Every night Jacob had to practice this speech about Patrick Henry.  The 4th grade at his school was involved in a wax museum in which each student had to portray a figure from the American Revolution.  And funny thing is, I asked J why he chose Patrick Henry.  He said "because I had a friend in 3rd grade named Patrick"  guess he had a big impact on him.  Its funny what comes to kids minds.   Anyways, their speech had to be 3-5 minutes.  Now that is a lot of information!!!  Jacob did great.  He memorized it all!!!  word for word!!!  Im a very proud mom, considering I could have never done such a thing in 4th grade.  Well here is the new and studly PATRICK HENRY!!!

 And here he is performing in the wax museum for a customer.  I bet he wished he got paid for each time he said it :)

Well that big assignment came and went quickly, and now its time for swimming again.  You know every week gets a little bit better.  So here are some action shots of G in swimming class.

Then its time for the weekly soccer game.  Now I cant say I was very happy this week with soccer.  I happen to find those jerk coaches a little repulsive!!  So our team was pretty small this week, only 8 came out of 11.  So the other coach would not go with playing 8 on 8.  He needed to be a jerk and unsportsman like and play 9 on 8.  Like that is fair.  Well the boys played their hearts out, but unfortunately they didnt win.  So here are some action shots of J on defense. 

 Oh ha ha, this one is funny.  Do you see where the ball is, and where J is looking.  So his teammate kicked the ball, they were both going for it.  And Jacob has no idea where the ball is, cause its right behind him!!!  This just cracks me up!!!

Then on Sunday we took our weekly trip up to my parents.  Last week was to see my uncles, and of course my parents, and I forgot the camera so that is why we didnt get pictures of them.  So anyways, this week had another surprise.  Well not really a surprise, but a visitor.  It was my brother.  We spent the day watching the Talladega race (sp?) and everyone napped during it.  Ya it was soooo eventful.  However I have to say the very end of the race was pretty stressful.  Oh and the good news of the day, G went poo in the potty.  You know why.  Cause he wants to go into Gma and Gpas pool this summer. So he thinks since he went one time he would get to go into the pool.  I was so happy for him.  He is such a good boy!!!!

So here are some pics with my brother, Uncle Cameron.

 See and mom even looks good with all she has been through :) 

Now the real bummer is I recorded Jacobs speech and I have tried to insert it in here.  For some reason its not working!!!!  Im so frustrated!!!  here I will try one more time:  Ok so it didnt work.  I tried to put it on facebook. but we will see if it works there too.  Who knows.

Anyways, it was a fun, not very eventful week.  Which is ok for me seeing as the next few weeks should be fun.  But I dont want to ruin the surprise.

We love you so much, and are so excited to see you sooner then later.  Hang in there, we are here for you yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever!!!  Love you always!!!