Are you ready for some football...? Well we are... and those who know us know what our fall sporting seasons are like. Soccer for Trenton began 2 weeks ago and his team is playing well. Football began today for Ryan and they started the season with a great WIN. Next weekend Trenton starts lacrosse as well.. so how will we spend our weekends you ask... ? Getting some major farmers tans for sure!!!
Things are going really well here in the McHargue household... both boys are back in school and doing well. Sports have started and we are staying busy busy busy!!! Truth be told.. we love it though.
We went to see Grandma today... it was a nice visit. She will be 88 in October.. what an amazing woman... we didn't get to stay too long because we had to head out to football... but it was great to see her and get a chance to catch up with her.
Chris and I are looking forward to a couple of days in the mountains here very soon... it will be nice to spend a little quality time together and we love the mountains any time we get to go. We miss the boys, but sometimes its nice to get a way for a couple of days.. but no worries.. we won't miss a single sporting event!!!!
Just a short little catch up... Jim in case you are reading this... we are uploading pics and stuff to our shutterfly site...
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
August part 1
It is 12:28am.. what are you doing? I am working.. take 2 of the B2C DMZ firewall upgrade... hoping this one goes better than the last all nighter we pulled...
Jim is officially in Ghazni now... we get to keep up with him through email and also through the blog they have going there... I have got to get this blogging thing down better... geez...so Jim.. I hope you read this... and maybe even comment!!!!
Ryan has started 5th grade... and football... Trenton has started soccer.. school starts for him the end of next week... Trenton will also be playing in a lacrosse league we hope to try to get him ready to try out for the school team... wow.. I think we are going to have a busy fall.
Football is back on and I am thrilled.. though I may not get much time to watch it.... seriously... I am not joking about this....
We had a pretty bad scare with dad last week.. but thankfully he is fine and back home and as long as he continues to rest and improve...he will be back to his old self in no time.. it is so very hard to watch your parents get older. My father was and still is my rock.. and it is so hard to realize and accept that he is not invincible. He was released from the hospital on a Thursday.. and that Sunday he and mom celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary... amazing if you ask me. I hope Chris and I hit 51 years... what a wonderful thought to spend that many years with someone you love <3
We are considering getting another dog... but have to get ours 'trained' more... she is great with people.. and recently was eating and while she was eating Megan stuck her hand in the dish and took food out.... Princess did not even flench... she is great with little ones... now if only she could be great with a puppy...
Any suggestions for relieving stress... I seem to be in a mode here lately where I stay pretty stressed... I can tell... I think it has to do alot with how busy we are... yeah.. I am pretty sure that is it. I think if we could go a week without either me or Chris getting woken up at least once... that might be a great place to start!!!!
Jim is officially in Ghazni now... we get to keep up with him through email and also through the blog they have going there... I have got to get this blogging thing down better... geez...so Jim.. I hope you read this... and maybe even comment!!!!
Ryan has started 5th grade... and football... Trenton has started soccer.. school starts for him the end of next week... Trenton will also be playing in a lacrosse league we hope to try to get him ready to try out for the school team... wow.. I think we are going to have a busy fall.
Football is back on and I am thrilled.. though I may not get much time to watch it.... seriously... I am not joking about this....
We had a pretty bad scare with dad last week.. but thankfully he is fine and back home and as long as he continues to rest and improve...he will be back to his old self in no time.. it is so very hard to watch your parents get older. My father was and still is my rock.. and it is so hard to realize and accept that he is not invincible. He was released from the hospital on a Thursday.. and that Sunday he and mom celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary... amazing if you ask me. I hope Chris and I hit 51 years... what a wonderful thought to spend that many years with someone you love <3
We are considering getting another dog... but have to get ours 'trained' more... she is great with people.. and recently was eating and while she was eating Megan stuck her hand in the dish and took food out.... Princess did not even flench... she is great with little ones... now if only she could be great with a puppy...
Any suggestions for relieving stress... I seem to be in a mode here lately where I stay pretty stressed... I can tell... I think it has to do alot with how busy we are... yeah.. I am pretty sure that is it. I think if we could go a week without either me or Chris getting woken up at least once... that might be a great place to start!!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Country Music
CMA's are tonight...as I sit here, cold stone ice cream in hand and watch.. I find myself singing along.. and I must admit... I love country music. Now some songs are just twangy and are just there.. but alot of songs have some real meaning. Listening to country music you will find that for the most part, the songs tell a story. A story of who we are, where we came from and where we are going. They are songs of hope, love and dreams... how can anyone not appreciate a music that centers so much on who we want to be. When you hear a song and it makes you tear up, then you know it has touched your soul. Listen to Arlington by Trace Adkins which I cry through every time. Trenton loves that song and his voice is deep like Trace and it just rips at my heart strings to hear him sing it. We have always been Toby Keith fans because of the patriotism in his songs.... our blood bleeds for the red, white and blue and we feel it to the core of who we are. In my opinion... music should touch people more....
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2011 Goal
My big goal for 2011 is that Missy, Lindsey, Denise and I are going to do the Avon Breast Cancer walk in Charlotte in October.. 13.1 miles a day for two days... lots of fund raising between now and then! And lots of training to do to get myself ready for that!
We have experienced a cold winter this year.. with more snow than usual... its been fun, but now that I need to be walking more.. I need some slightly warmer weather... 27 degrees doesn't work for me.
Jim left about two weeks ago.. he is still state side training... we miss him already... work is just not the same! I hope you read this Jim... so you can keep up with your favorite McRaynor's... hahaha!
Getting ready to celebrate Chris's birthday next week... Trenton and I get a special date night Valentine's night... we are double dating with Vanessa and Corey so it should be quite fun!!!
We have experienced a cold winter this year.. with more snow than usual... its been fun, but now that I need to be walking more.. I need some slightly warmer weather... 27 degrees doesn't work for me.
Jim left about two weeks ago.. he is still state side training... we miss him already... work is just not the same! I hope you read this Jim... so you can keep up with your favorite McRaynor's... hahaha!
Getting ready to celebrate Chris's birthday next week... Trenton and I get a special date night Valentine's night... we are double dating with Vanessa and Corey so it should be quite fun!!!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
525,600 minutes ~ how do you measure a year?
Almost a year later and here we are. I have been thinking that I need to start blogging again, as we just recently found out that our friend Jim is getting deployed again. I started this originally as something he can read to keep up with things at home while he was in Djibouti, Africa. With news of his deployment again, my thoughts came back to my blog. Finally made it here and its been almost a year since I last blogged. Alot has happened... here is the run down.
Chris and I got married May 15, 2010. Trenton walked me down the aisle and 'gave me away' to the man of my dreams. It was a beautiful wedding with our family and friends. We got married in my parent's church (my church) ... a place where I grew up, was baptized, confirmed and now married in.... what a special place. The reception was so much fun and just full of memories and dancing the night away. Chris and I stayed home with the boys for a few days and then spent a week honeymooning in St Marteen... beautiful, simple, amazing way of life. Fantastic food, great rum drinks and very friendly people.... highly recommend it and we will be going back!
After things settled down from that a bit, we started looking at houses... and ended up finding out dream home. With painting from top to bottom, we moved in Oct 9th and are finally getting to the point of enjoying our new home.
The boys... well now, Ryan at 9 1/2 and Trenton at 14 1/2 are the lights of our lives. They are amazing and are such good kids. We are very lucky. Both boys ended their first 9 weeks this school year with their best report cards EVER!!! We are so proud.... We hope that the rest of Ryan's 4th grade year and the rest of Trenton's freshman year continue to go as well as they have started. Trenton has adjusted to high school without missing a beat. He is in NO special ed classes or even a CA class... he is doing really well and holding his own with his classes and grades. So proud... did I mention that?
Work is crazy busy for me right now... and it seems to be for Chris too.. when its busy for both of us it makes it hard.. but we get through it.
Right now we are in Disney with mom and dad and enjoying a family vacation. Sea World was today and a good time.. one of Trenton's favorite childhood memories and Ryan's first trip to Sea World Orlando.... tomorrow is Thanksgiving and then Friday will be Magic Kingdom day... Ryan is excited to see the castle and wants to know how big it is..? We can see the fireworks from our screened in porch which is nice... :-)
Enough for now.. just need to get back into the habit of blogging... can't believe I went a whole year (minus 6 days) without blogging... more to come.
Chris and I got married May 15, 2010. Trenton walked me down the aisle and 'gave me away' to the man of my dreams. It was a beautiful wedding with our family and friends. We got married in my parent's church (my church) ... a place where I grew up, was baptized, confirmed and now married in.... what a special place. The reception was so much fun and just full of memories and dancing the night away. Chris and I stayed home with the boys for a few days and then spent a week honeymooning in St Marteen... beautiful, simple, amazing way of life. Fantastic food, great rum drinks and very friendly people.... highly recommend it and we will be going back!
After things settled down from that a bit, we started looking at houses... and ended up finding out dream home. With painting from top to bottom, we moved in Oct 9th and are finally getting to the point of enjoying our new home.
The boys... well now, Ryan at 9 1/2 and Trenton at 14 1/2 are the lights of our lives. They are amazing and are such good kids. We are very lucky. Both boys ended their first 9 weeks this school year with their best report cards EVER!!! We are so proud.... We hope that the rest of Ryan's 4th grade year and the rest of Trenton's freshman year continue to go as well as they have started. Trenton has adjusted to high school without missing a beat. He is in NO special ed classes or even a CA class... he is doing really well and holding his own with his classes and grades. So proud... did I mention that?
Work is crazy busy for me right now... and it seems to be for Chris too.. when its busy for both of us it makes it hard.. but we get through it.
Right now we are in Disney with mom and dad and enjoying a family vacation. Sea World was today and a good time.. one of Trenton's favorite childhood memories and Ryan's first trip to Sea World Orlando.... tomorrow is Thanksgiving and then Friday will be Magic Kingdom day... Ryan is excited to see the castle and wants to know how big it is..? We can see the fireworks from our screened in porch which is nice... :-)
Enough for now.. just need to get back into the habit of blogging... can't believe I went a whole year (minus 6 days) without blogging... more to come.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Thanksgiving holiday ~
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday... I was surpised with tickets to go see opening night of The Phantom of the Opera. Its something I have wanted to see since high school and it was wonderful! A great date night.....
Black Friday came and Chris and I went and watched some crazies.. and then did some shopping ourselves this weekend... a new TV thanks to a blown bulb in the old one... a new front loading washer and dryer for me.... we have wanted them for soo long and its just great to have something that will dry jeans in less than 2 full cycles... and the unexpected find was a very nice micro suede sectional couch in FANTASTIC shape and still packed from the movers...... at a steal of a price.. (paid less then 1/4 of what its worth) so even though unexpected just from the few nights we have had it, we have all 4 been able to stretch out and enjoy spending some time together watching football shows on TV. The boys love it.. the dog seems to approve and all is well with the world!!!!
Looking forward to Raynor Christmas this Saturday and getting to see all the relatives... its always a great time!!!
Black Friday came and Chris and I went and watched some crazies.. and then did some shopping ourselves this weekend... a new TV thanks to a blown bulb in the old one... a new front loading washer and dryer for me.... we have wanted them for soo long and its just great to have something that will dry jeans in less than 2 full cycles... and the unexpected find was a very nice micro suede sectional couch in FANTASTIC shape and still packed from the movers...... at a steal of a price.. (paid less then 1/4 of what its worth) so even though unexpected just from the few nights we have had it, we have all 4 been able to stretch out and enjoy spending some time together watching football shows on TV. The boys love it.. the dog seems to approve and all is well with the world!!!!
Looking forward to Raynor Christmas this Saturday and getting to see all the relatives... its always a great time!!!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Time goes too fast sometimes...
Sometimes life goes too fast... things just keep moving forward and before you know it, several months have passed and leave you wondering where all the time has gone?
Work is busy as ever and just as it should be slowing down as we enter the holidays, no such luck. We are busy busy.... I was back in Ann Arbor Michigan in mid November for some more training and will be in Dublin Ohio the second week of December for my third and final class.
There just seems to be so much to write about... the boys are doing well... both in tutoring as we try to help them be as successful as they possibly can be. Trenton is just starting and Ryan is about 2 months in.... we are hopeful that it will make school easier and therefore more enjoyable for each of them.
Trenton is getting taller and taller... definitely did not take after me in that aspect, but he is skinny just like I always was at that age... that trait I do believe he got from me. We are back in slims for the first time since he was 8... 27x29 jeans so you find Levi's (boys 18 slim 27x29) anywhere, please let me know... lol.. he likes the 569 which I find at Penneys...
Ryan is fairly tall for his age, but thick... he is just starting wrestling and hopefully that will keep him active and let him slim down just a bit... he is probably only about 30 pounds lighter than Trenton... and there is a little over a 5 year age difference... hahaha!
Chris and Nora surprised me last night with tickets to go see The Phantom of the Opera. It was a wonderful show and is something that Nora and I have loved since we were in high school. It was so special to get to see it with her and enjoy a fancy double date night out!!!!
Chris and I braved the crowds today to get some shopping done, though mainly for entertainment purposes. If you go to find specific things, its not worth it. If you go with the mindset that you are just going to see if you get lucky and come across any deals, then it is totally worth it!!! You can stumble upon some good things and I found me a couple of cute new sweaters. I did get distressed when they didn't have a pair of shoes I wanted in my size anywhere in the state of North Carolina... can you believe it? Crazy I tell ya...
On the wedding front though, we did manage to pick up our invitations that we wanted at 50% off and also went and looked at wedding bands. We have less than 6 months to go and things are coming together pretty nicely... still working on the cake lady and also the flower lady/florist... but all in all.. coming together nicely....
All in all, Chris and I have had a wonderful 2 days... we enjoyed Thanksgiving lunch with my parents yesterday and then went by my aunt's house to see aunts, uncles, cousins and grandma... it was a short but sweet trip and always nice to see the extended family as well.
Looking forward to all the upcoming Christmas festivites and getting the house ready for decorating.... lots to do tomorrow to start preparing, starting with gretting all the stuff down out of the attic....
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!!
Work is busy as ever and just as it should be slowing down as we enter the holidays, no such luck. We are busy busy.... I was back in Ann Arbor Michigan in mid November for some more training and will be in Dublin Ohio the second week of December for my third and final class.
There just seems to be so much to write about... the boys are doing well... both in tutoring as we try to help them be as successful as they possibly can be. Trenton is just starting and Ryan is about 2 months in.... we are hopeful that it will make school easier and therefore more enjoyable for each of them.
Trenton is getting taller and taller... definitely did not take after me in that aspect, but he is skinny just like I always was at that age... that trait I do believe he got from me. We are back in slims for the first time since he was 8... 27x29 jeans so you find Levi's (boys 18 slim 27x29) anywhere, please let me know... lol.. he likes the 569 which I find at Penneys...
Ryan is fairly tall for his age, but thick... he is just starting wrestling and hopefully that will keep him active and let him slim down just a bit... he is probably only about 30 pounds lighter than Trenton... and there is a little over a 5 year age difference... hahaha!
Chris and Nora surprised me last night with tickets to go see The Phantom of the Opera. It was a wonderful show and is something that Nora and I have loved since we were in high school. It was so special to get to see it with her and enjoy a fancy double date night out!!!!
Chris and I braved the crowds today to get some shopping done, though mainly for entertainment purposes. If you go to find specific things, its not worth it. If you go with the mindset that you are just going to see if you get lucky and come across any deals, then it is totally worth it!!! You can stumble upon some good things and I found me a couple of cute new sweaters. I did get distressed when they didn't have a pair of shoes I wanted in my size anywhere in the state of North Carolina... can you believe it? Crazy I tell ya...
On the wedding front though, we did manage to pick up our invitations that we wanted at 50% off and also went and looked at wedding bands. We have less than 6 months to go and things are coming together pretty nicely... still working on the cake lady and also the flower lady/florist... but all in all.. coming together nicely....
All in all, Chris and I have had a wonderful 2 days... we enjoyed Thanksgiving lunch with my parents yesterday and then went by my aunt's house to see aunts, uncles, cousins and grandma... it was a short but sweet trip and always nice to see the extended family as well.
Looking forward to all the upcoming Christmas festivites and getting the house ready for decorating.... lots to do tomorrow to start preparing, starting with gretting all the stuff down out of the attic....
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!!
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