It's finally October!!

I think October is one of my favorite months... I love the weather.. I love fall/Halloween decorations.. Its finally cooling off.. I enjoy my walks so much more because Im not dying from a heat stroke.. Gabe & I spend much more time outside with the pups..

Nothing to to exciting has been going on lately..

We went to my nephews first birthday party a couple weekends ago.. Cant believe little Konnor is one already.. We barely get to see him but we when do he is such a laid back easy great kiddo.. He doesnt care who loves on him just as long as someone is.. My mother in law bought Konnor a miniature horse for his birthday.. Yes a horse.. Not real sure what Konnor thought about it but we will see in the years to come what happens with that.. :-)

Yesterday my girls performed at the fair.. We had a lot of fun.. Being gymnasts they dont get to show their goofy side all that much.. Well this year at the fair  we learned a fun dance that let them show all sides of their silly personalities.. It was great.. I laughed.. Parents laughed and the girls loved it!!

Love Love Love these girls!! Doesnt get any better!!!! :-)

This week my sweet husband is turning the big 32.. I love birthdays.. So going to try and make it as special as I can... Got some fun stuff planned.. He has some goodys to open on the big day.. Going to be a great week!!!! 

Its going to be a good month.. 3 weeks from our first meet, its finally October which means I can set out all my Halloween decorations, my hubbs has a birthday this week, my parents anniversary is this month... Oh.. The HOGS won yesterday!!! :-) Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!!

One of those feel good days :-)

Well..   Its Saturday...

Its so nice outside.. The HOGS play this afternoon.. My brothers second engagement party is this evening.. Thats a lot to be happy!

Not to much going on at the Gryner Casa lately.. The husband has been sick.. Thats been a whole lot of not fun... He hasnt felt good in a week.. Praying he starts to feel better really soon.. Probably has to do with the fact that he never slows down and never takes a day off when he is sick... Got to love a hard working man.. Even when he is stubborn.. ;-)

Work for me has been up and down lately... Lately just a lot has been going on and cant seem to get a grip on things all at the same time.. Got to keep things interesting though right??!! The girls are doing so well though.. Cant compliment them enough.. There ability to work hard and not give up amazes me on a daily basis... Gymnastics isnt an easy sport... Its not easy to be a gymnast and its not easy to be a gymnasts parent.. Its a HUGE commitment on everyones part.. Sometimes as much as I love my job its not easy to be a gymnastics coach... There is so much I want for my girls but things dont always work out the way I want it to.. BUT.. Kids are so resilient and they keep showing up and keep coming back for more.. I am so very much looking forward to this competition season! Ive been saying this since last year but we start competing in a month and I cant wait.. Great things will happen for Flame Gymnastics this year.. Just wait ;-)

Pretty excited about the hogs playing today too! I absolutely love football season! The Hogs are off to a good start but.. Will they pull off the "W" today??? I think so!!

Little brothers engagement party is tonight! Congrats again to him and his lovely fiance Kathleen.. So happy and excited for Justin.. He has finally found his other half and I couldnt have picked a better one myself.. I wish you guys the best and cant wait to share your special day with you!!

So see. I told you.. Its just one of those day that make ya feel good! :-)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!



Remembering 9/11

What a day...

Where were you??
I was in Denton, TX.. It was my freshman year of college.. We were in class when we heard the news and they let class out so we could go get in touch with friends and family and make sure everyone was ok.. It was an eerie feeling watching the coverage on tv.. I hated being so far away from my parents and not being able to hug them.. Thank goodness all my family was safe & sound.. Fortunately I didnt directly know someone effected by this horrible news.. So many families experienced loss and tragedy..

Watching the TV coverage today.. Ten years later it still brings tears to my eyes.. The lives lost, the men and women who gave up countless hours to rescue who they could.. Its all just incredible and what so many people went through and experienced.. I know how just watching the coverage makes me feel.. I can not imagine actually being there and going through that..

All this really makes you think...
I have so many things to be thankful for and so many blessing in my life...

God Bless America...

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was wonderful!!!!

This girl is a HUGE HOG FAN!! So I was super excited about going to the game this weekend!! We had awesome seats thanks to my boss that supports my HOG BALL obsession!! :-) We went up the hill about noon Saturday.. Hung out and ate some good food in the RV Park and then headed up to the stadium to watch the HOGS kick some rear!!! WPS!!! Great way to start the weekend!!!!

On Sunday.. Gabe and I just spent the day together running around.. Went to Academy, Wal-Mart, Sears, went to eat some awesome Mexican food, then went fishing for a while and let the dogs swim then rented a couple movies and called it a day! It was a great way to spend a day!

Yesterday.. Gabe and his buddy went to the lake and went diving so I had the day to myself... I mowed the yard (which i love to do.. some reason it relaxes me) cleaned house, did aboout 452 loads of laundry and then just sat outside and read and played with the boys!! Gabe finally got home and we went to Sears since they were having a mattress sale and oh my we found some mattresses we love but good grief they are expensive! Gabe is having a hard time sleeping in our bed and my back has been killing me so we thought we would go look since our mattress is pretty old.. But looks like were just going to have to tough it out...

Here are some shots of the boys playing outside!

So.. All in all we had a good weekend! This weather is absolutely wonderful!! I can not wait for this time of year! Fall is my favorite!! I cant wait to put up Halloween decorations.. Watch more Hog Ball... And I cant wait for meet season to get started!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

GO HOGS!!!!!

Well what do you know..

Ive done so much better the last few days with this blogging business.. :-)

This girl is sooooo excited for Razorback Football!!! There is nothing better than the cooler fall weather, the colors, the atmosphere up on the hill in Fayetteville, the football players running out on to the field, the fans cheering, and that lovely sound.. "TouchDown"!!!!

I was contemplating buying tickets yesterday.. Which ones should I get.. Which ones should we stay home and have friends over and just watch on TV?? Oh the decisions.. Well I got the best gift yesterday.. I got a phone call and someone offered me free tickets for the first game this season!!! I could not be more excited!! Not just tickets though.. GREAT SEATS!!!

This is one happy girl and I am so thankful this person thought of me when they had tickets become available!!

Between my girls at the gym doing so well and football starting.. I dont know what Im more excited about.. I am blessed.. I know that much!!! :-)

GO HOGS!!!!!!!!

HomeSchool Maybe??

Ive never been much of a fan of kids that homeschool.. I didnt understand it.. It didnt make sense to me & I thought kids were missing out on so much and being deprived of life experiences...

Well.... That has all changed.. I have several good friends that homeschool & if its done properly I think it can be a wonderful thing.. These kids do things at their own pace, its much more laid back & relaxed (for someone that got test anxiety I wouldve loved this) Im sure they feel more comfortable asking for help & asking questions because for the most part in my experience its mom overseeing the homeschool work.. I knew there were times I didnt ask questions because I didnt want to be laughed at and I knew other kids understood and I didnt want people to know I was out there in left field...

Over the last 2 years Ive seen some of my gymnasts become much more serious about the sport.. Well with this comes more time in the gym.. Well when you are in school from 8am-3pm then at the gym from 4:30-8:30 then homework til almost midnight makes for a ridiculous day for a kid.. I never had all that much homework when I was in school but it seems like these days the homework is really piled on the kids.. How do teachers expect kids to participate in extracurricular activities if your loading them down with hours of homework most nights of the week?? Now the first question out of my mouth to my girls was.. "Are you messing around at school at not getting your stuff done?" Thats not the case.. They show me what all they have to do in class and then what they get to take home to do.. Its amazing to me that all my girls make remarkable grades & do very well in the gym..

Recently.. I asked some of my girls parents to find out if the girls could skip out on PE at school because they are working out almost 20 hours a week as it is.. They dont need PE at school.. We found out that they wont let my girls miss PE but they let kids that swim skip out on PE because a school official works with the swimming club... To me this does not seem fair..

I am all for my girls getting a good education, making GREAT grades and going to college... I want to see all my girls go as far as they want with their education.. College degree, Masters, PhD.. Whatever they want. I know that if they do this they will grow up with a sense of accomplishment, they will be able to provide for themselves, and they can be independent.. Just because they are girls doesnt mean they need to be dependent on someone and let someone take care of them.. But thats a whole different blog.. Anyways.. Say my girls stay in gymnastics.. Stay happy & healthy and continue with this sport.. Gymnastics can help pay for college.. Not for everyone but for some that go that far its possible.. So see education & sports can go together..

I just find it irritating that at 11, 12, & 13 years old my girls are having to choose.. Good grades or gymnastics... Its not fair... Why cant the schools work with my kids instead of making it harder for them to be a gymnast & a good student?? Not all kids want to be school athletes.. Some kids want to participate in sports outside of the school system.. Nothing wrong with that...

So this girl is quickly becoming a BIG homeschool fan.. I think its neat to be able to do the required work and it not take 7 hours out of your day.. You dont have 3 more hours of homework afterwards.. You are able to participate in whatever activities that you want. It gives you a much better oppurtunity to be a good student and a good athlete, musician, artist.. Whatever you want..

So anyways.. This is my rant for the day... Feel better now that I got that out...

Well....

Well...
I havent blogged in forever.. Just been busy & to be honest just havent felt like it.. There is always so much going on & when I finally sit down I dont really want to type out and re-hash all the stuff that has been going on.. But here's an update...

This summer has been absolutely amazing at the gym... I have 10 of the most incredible kids you will find.. They are all so different and alike at the same time.. Each one of them has their own unique personality.. But then they all come together and they all really actually get along, support each other, and encourage each other.. My younger ones look up to my older ones.. My older ones set a great example and are always there with a hug or sweet words to cheer someone up.. Its pretty neat to sit back & watch.. I might not be an actual parent but ive got to be doing something right when you see what  these girls are accomplishing and seeing them turn into very respectable & mature young ladies..

The last week of the summer we let loose & really had some fun!!!! Here are some pictures from that week & a few other shots from the summer!!

So as you can see.. We've had some fun... :-)

What else...
We went to the beach the first week of August.. Had a blast.. Or at least I did.. Gabe isnt so much for the heat & sand all day but I love it.. Gabe did get to scuba dive so he was pretty happy about that! It was wonderful to get away and spend the week relaxing, reading, and just enjoying extra time with Gabe.. :-)

Lets see... Meet season is coming.. I could not be more excited... Its going to be a great year for Flame Gymnastics.. :-) Umm.. Gabe and I have been married almost 9 months.. Cant believe our 1 year anniversary is right around the corner.. Time flies when your having fun..

Guess thats about it for now.. Ill try harder to start staying on top of this blogging business and update more often!!

Have a great day!!