Must be getting better.....

what's left of the ballon arrangement that Grandma and Grandpa Putnam sent.

....because he sure is in a rotten mood today! Of course he would have to pick a day where grandma and everyone else was gone. In case you haven't heard....which I know you all have....Konnor had an emergency appendectomy on Monday evening. I took him in because he wasn't feeling great and I didn't want to send him to Aunt Kim's for 3 days (because I had to go back to work) if he wasn't feeling great....Dr. Herbener sent us to meet with the surgeon in ER immediately. After countless hours of blood tests, cat scans, etc he was prepped for surgery at 5:30. Everything went well....stayed in the hospital until Tuesday night....and is now well on his way to recovery. Unfortunately, he is not one to sit around and he is starting to go a little stir crazy......as is his MOTHER! Hopefully he will be able to start school with everyone else on Tuesday.

Friday - Sunday

I can't believe how quickly time flies when you are too busy to even sit down?! Friday we were

supposed to be hosting the first after the game Coaches Party but due to the storm the game was played on Saturday. Luckily I had staggered the food preparation and could shove things in the refrigerator. Saturday went by quickly as I got ready for the party....so busy and preoccupied that I forgot the camera for the game.....so pissed at myself. The game was extremely stressful and definitely gave you an adrenaline rush. K3 held his own out there with those "BIG" boys and did a great job. Luckily we won at the very end of the game 34-20 (it had been tied at 20-20 for a long time) Sunday we headed to cottage for the final move. The boys and K2 helped grandpa move out the last of the stuff and took down the TV antennae. The power, gas, and water get shut off on Tuesday and then the wrecking crew starts. The cottage looked kind of helpless with all it's stuff out of it. I know the new cottage will rock though.

What can I say....

Kirk 2 and K3 at Fort Custer.

well, it is definitely football season at the Putnam household. The guys had practice for at least

6 hours everyday this week. Tomorrow will be the big opener at home against Dexter. Hopefully the thunder and lightning will stay away long enough. It has been really hard for K3 to have his dad constantly drilling him about football...before practice....during practice...after practice....during dinner.....before bed....you name it they are talking football. He is working extremely hard to step it up for Varsity this year. He really is doing a nice job!

Hornet Football Season 2007

Here are the games and location of the boy's games this season. I don't have Konnor's soccer schedule as of right now. I will post that later.

Hornet Football
Kraig - 8th Grade (games follow 7th grade completion- around 5:30-6PM)
Sept 12 vs. Albion (home)
Sept 19 vs. Western (away)
Sept 26 vs. Columbia Central (away)
Oct 3 vs. Leslie (away)
Oct 10 vs. Columbia Central (home)
Oct 17 vs. Stockbridge (home)

Kirk 3 - Varsity (all games start at 7PM)
Aug. 24 vs. Dexter (home)
Aug. 31 vs. Hamilton (away)
Sept. 7 vs. Western (home)
Sept. 14 vs. Leslie (home)
Sept. 21 vs. Albion (home)
Sept. 28 vs. Columbia Central (away)
Oct. 5 vs. Stockbridge (away)
Oct. 12 vs. Erie Mason (home)
Oct. 19 vs. Montrose (away)

Family fun at the cottage....

Kraig and Blake having a great time tubing!


well, at least for part of the family that is. We met at the cottage yesterday for our farewell to the old and in with the new. My parents start disassembling the OLD cottage for their NEW cottage/house that they will begin building soon. It is both exciting and sad. This cottage was originally my Grandma and Grandpa Warren's cottage. I have been going to this cottage since I was born and have a lot of fond family memories of times spent at the cottage. Some of my favorite memories are camping in the side yard, being drug around on my butt learning to ski, countless card games played on the porch, watching for shooting stars during the campfires, re-roofing the cottage, the smell of pancakes in the morning, and listening to the morning doves as the fog lifts off the lake in the morning. I hope that the NEW cottage can live up to the old memories and provide some fun new memories as my kids and their kids grow up there.

Let the season BEGIN!!

Saturday morning was the annual Blue/Gold scrimmage for HHS. Kirk did a nice job (did I mention he and Mike C are the only Sophmores on the Varsity this year). It is really cool that he has the size and skill needed to play with the "big" boys. He is number 40 in these pics (Center) and Defensive tackle.

Time to say.....

good-bye and good luck to my 3 little cottontail friends. On Wednesday their eyes finally opened and they discovered what was attached to the other end of that bottle. Needless to say, they were a little less than excited. I could tell it was going to be time to say good-bye after that. I started giving them some rabbit food and clover. This morning I took them back to the fench row weeds and wished them well. I know in my heart that they will probably be eaten by tonight, but at least I gave them a fair shake at life. There is no way they could have survived in the flower bed with two cats licking their lips.

What a grueling 5 days.....

I am proud to say that everyone survived a grueling 5 days at football camp! It was touch and go with all the heat and humidity but we just kept plugging along. Normally this is the week that Grandma and Grandpa watch Kraig and Konnor so I can have some "alone" time. This year I had anything BUT that. A group of about 5 core parents feed 100 meals 3 times a day for 5 days.....1500 meals that have to be ready to go at the drop of a hat or "football" in this case. I don't think anyone went away hungry and the food was very delicious. Unfortuntately I don't care to cook for the next 6 months. We were very lucky that our mess hall had airconditioning because there wasn't a meal that we had sweat pouring down our bodies. With all those grills and ovens going the kitchen was unbearable at times.

I need a BABY FIX!!

As I was sitting in the ob/gyn office tuesday I was thinking that I really needed a baby fix! There were all these little girl babies in little fufu dresses coming in making cute little noises.....not a good place for me to sit very long! Little did I know that the baby fix would come from a bunch of wild baby bunnies that my cats found in my flower bed. Who in there right mind would have babies when there are 2 dogs and 2 cats around. I told my mom that Mrs. Rabbit must have had an emergency delivery or something. So added to my already crazy PAC camp, lip surgery, football camp food preparations.....I am now bottle feeding 3 babies (yesterday there were 4 until Hunter took one out to play). The other "baby" in our life is growing like a weed. Squirt (AKA Sport or Ryder) is full of mischief and always getting into some sort of trouble. Hunter still hasn't adjusted very well. Chloe LOVES him though.

A new chapter in our parenting book....

Kirk and I completed a new chapter in our parenting memory book yesterday. K3 is now sporting his very own set of wheels. I think we were even more excited than he was (if that is possible?). We had been searching and shopping for the last few months.....and finally found a 2003 Ford Taurus (one of the safest and cheapest to insure cars available now days). It has power everything, a V-6, low mileage, clean, and most important to K3 a Alpine 6 CD changer! How funny is that?! Kirk and I are looking at the vehicle and K3 is looking at the radio.

Love the picture of the cloud last night! We are so lucky to be able to see this right off the deck.

Why didn't I think of that?!

The boys have been working hard this week at Charger Football Camp. It is always a good precursor to the "real" football camp at Ft. Custer, which is quickly approaching. I started feeling the pinch yesterday when I realized I only have 5 weeks left of vacation. Not that I won't be excited for school to start....but....it is always a big adjustment to go from being on top of all the chores to lagging behind again. This year Kraig joined the big boy ranks as a lineman this year at camp. 1st shot was brothers going head to head with a giant cushion in between. Why didn't I think of that?! Maybe if Konnor and Kraig could "duke" it out with protection, things might be ok?! Probably wouldn't work with them. It was very sweet that they came home from camp and played football with Konnor in the front yard. Maybe they are "getting" it?!

Everything but hanging the stuff...

So everything but new shades and the stuff hung back on the walls is finished on the first floor. I think we are going to take a break before tackling the stairway....if we can remember correctly (7 years ago) it was a major pain in the butt to reach the top of the walls. K2 started filing the holes, cracks, and sanding though.

1st Floor almost complete!

I decided yesterday that I was tired of looking at the "beige blah" front room. So while the boys were in the weightroom, I started painting. Can't really say "NO" from the high school and I was far enough into the job that we had to finish. K2 is on his way to get more paint so we can finish it up today. I'm supposed to be painting trim right now.....my bad....decided to post a couple pictures instead. The color is the same as the dark wall in the living room. This picture makes it look gross

but it really isn't. Squirt was up to no good this morning so I took some pics of him too!

We're BACK!

Feels good to be home and unpacked....I really don't care for living out of a suitcase. I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I decide to run away from home. Kirk and I spent Sunday and part of Monday on Put-in-bay Island. Not what the brouchures tell you. Unless you a 30 year old party animal....there isn't much to do or see. Monday we visisted Marblehead and took pictures by Lake Erie. (oh, we decided to try the other coast this year) Monday night we drove to Monroe and watched harry potter. Can't tell you the last time we watched a movie without chaperones??! Tuesday we drove back to hillsdale via Ann Arbor and Jackson stopping at every used car dealership in between. We think we may have found a car for K3 today. I'll keep you posted.

Introducing.....SQUIRT!

We have come to the realization that we can't let this kitty leave our lives now. Friday I finally caved in and took him to the vet. He weighs a whoppin' 1.7 pounds and is only about 7 or 8 weeks old. He is healthy and looks like the fleas are under control. We finally decided that Squirt is a fitting name....not only is he a tiny spaz....he also has so many worms he has the "runs". YUCK! He will get his 3rd dose of wormer in another couple days and then he will hopefully be worm and flea free?

Baseball officially ended for us today. Kraig's team lost in extra innings to Port Huron in Districts. Yesterday he had two great games and they won both. Today they weren't as lucky. A little disappointed but I think he is excited to take a break from organized sports for a few weeks before football starts.

K2 and K3 are at Northwood College today for a 7 on 7. They left at 7 and I expect they will be home late tonight. I have spent the day (after baseball) getting the house clean, laundry done, groceries bought, and packing for K2 and my trip. We have no idea where we are going but we do know that we are leaving tomorrow without children. Hopefully I will have some beautiful t sunset picutres to post on Wednesday.

Baseball, baseball, and more baseball. That about sums up what this weekend consisted of. Kraig was in a tournament in Hudson (2 games on Thursday and 3 games on Saturday) They ended up loosing two of the games in extra innings-sudden death. First time they had lost all season so it was a little rough. He also had two games on Friday night and won both. Kirk 3 has two games tonight and they are definitely gonna be scourchers! Other news....football is already in full swing around the Putnam household. It's only the second week in July you say....yep, but it has already begun. K2 and K3 will have Hornet football camp from 9-12 on Monday and Tuesday. K3 has Specialty camp at MSU on Tuesday afternoon, and they both will be gone on Saturday to Northwood for a 7 on 7. The following week there are two 7 on 7's . Yippee! Coaches widow in July.....how special?! Hope your life is more relaxed than this.

Happy 19th Kayla!

Today we had a " princess" birthday party for Kayla. She was excited about her blanket and crocs. The kitty (name still being decided) was a little overwhelmed by the party....hence the poopy on the rug. Yes, I scrubbed that rug clean! It was really quite comical though. Kraig thought it was hysterical. Guess (PW, PeeWee, or Yamaha) won't being coming back in the house for awhile or at least until the wormer makes it through his system.

Happy 4th of July!

We spent the day with the Laingsburg Putnam's, the Lansing Putnam's, and the Eaton Rapids Putnam's. Had a great day and the weather couldn't have been nicer. Did some fishing, hillbilly golf, fireworks, and of course EATING!

Saving a life.....PRICELESS!

Dirt bike $

Wormer $

Flea Shampoo$

Kitty food $

Saving a life ......PRICELESS!

K2, K3, and Konnor stopped to look at a 80cc dirt bike for Konnor on Tuesday. As they were inspecting the bike a kitty came bounding out of the pine trees and would not leave them alone no matter what they tried. So K2 brought the little fellow home with them. Now that wouldn't have been all bad except that it was probably days away from death. The poor thing had more fleas showing than visible skin, he was definitely starving, and had a big belly (worms). I'm happy to report after 3 baths, a flea comb, some kitty chow, and wormer he is a healthy baby boy, at least I think he is a boy?! Haven't agreed on a name but Lucky is definitely in the running. He was definitely lucky to have found him when we did.