Dad vs. Wii at Lauren's b-day party!

Ullery...this ones for you!

Look at Moo go!

The beam... The beam....

The bars...she got her scores up on the bars this time!!!!!

The floor routine....done to perfection!

The Meet!

Don't they look ready to dazzel the crowd?


On the walk over there we had the pleasure to see Monument Circle!!!

Breakfast of champions...vending machine poptarts and bottled water! I was NOT paying 7 dollars for a bowl of frosted flakes at the hotel!

We're there! Lauren is ALWAYS on and Madisyn is ALWAYS serious!

Gymnastics Weekend!

The girls had a gymnastics meet in Indy this weekend so we made it a girls weekend. It was Moo's b-day so we stayed at the Hilton and swam, ate, and laughed a lot!

Ok...so we spent 50 dollars on the mini bar but enjoyed every second of it! PS hagen das carmel cone...very worth 7 dollars a pint!

We were on the 14 th floor out of 19....great view!

Lauren and Madisyn swimming until 9PM!!!!

Ok...here's the picture you can see!

Can you find me? I'm surprised....I usually had MUCH larger hair!

Hodge Podge

So imagine my surprise when I get on CNN.com (I can't watch the news anymore with Justin gone) when there is a picture of my husband! I'd know that man anywhere!





This picture is from graduation from AIT. Gosh Dang I miss that handsome man!

This is a picture that a Diane found from high school....did I really wear red shoes to match my red turtle neck? Good Lord!

Thanksgiving at the Schilling's!

Happy Thanksgiving Sweetheart! I miss you tons and love you even more! Here is a taste of our dinner, enjoy!

Moo cooks!

Lauren is learning how to cook. She makes a mean Hummas and even a meaner scrambled egg. She loves to cook.....now I just have to have Gavin enjoy working out and I'll have my own person chef and trainer!

Excitement in the Meyer Household!!!!

Okay, so I had to have emergency surgery Thursday night. I'm fine but if they take anymore organs out of my body I'll be hollow. I had a cyst removed off of my ovary which had scar tissue wrapped around it from past c-sections that made it adhear to my abdoman wall. I also had the pleasure to have my appendix removed. If that's not enough, I'll probably have to have a hysterectomy soon. My uterus is bledding into my belly during my cycle. So....it's either a fancy hard way for lipo or just a new area to store fat. I'm hoping for the first. I am feeling a lot better believe it or not. I had 6 BAGS of IV antibotics.....Gods way of saying "Carrie, you need to start taking care of yourself...not just your husband and children. So praise the Lord I'm still around to drive everyone nuts. Love to all.....I'm thankful for you and you and you and etc....

Alisha this ones for you!!!!

Alisha, I see your "Elephant taking a dump" and raise you one "Well endowed Elephant" from the St. Louis Zoo March 2007.....HAHAHA

Trick or Treating!!!!!

Okay, so after the Halloween parties at school and and going to Chuckee Cheese the night before for Gavin's B-day....I announce that we have to go home to get our costumes for Trick or Treating. Gav says: "That's today??? I'm spolied rotten!!"


The kids being silly!!! Gavin sitting on the woopie!

This costume fits her AWESOME personality to a T!!! While on our trick or treating trip we had the pleasure to run into a drunk father with a witty personality. He tried to sit on the woopie, I thought he was trying to kiddnap my child (of course) but Lauren with her amazing ability to adapt to any situation laughed and played along.....She's amazing!

Gavins Halloween Party

FR. Underwood and Maddie came to visit the party!


Gavin and Mayito...best buds

The whole class...including the wonderful Mrs. Thompson!!!!

The presents!!!!

My BFF Noah....


StarWars...of course
Wii stuff....of course
Any thing fighting...of course
HOCKEY....OF COURSE!!!!

Gavin turns 5!!!!

Gavin and Noah play with Gavin's new bike while everyone eats lunch.....




They finally gave in but ate very little. (Too much fun to come!)

Lauren's first gymnastics meet as a level 3!!!

Hanging out waiting her turn for the bars

Warming up on the floor...she's always upside down at home....I'm surprised he knows how to walk on her feet!
Waiting to signal the judges to vault. She's supposed to be in the "zone" but she has a smile on her face. Oh well, she got a 9.05 out of 10. So she got her gold star. She still needs to get her bar score up to make state but she has until March to do that.
Lauren being presented her gold star at the pep rally.....
Lauren's gold star....can you tell which one it is? It's the gold star in the middle of the large gold star.

Annie gets blessed!!!

Annie gets blessed thank the good Lord....she had it coming trust me!!!!


She LOVED the attention from Fr. Tim and even showed off a little by shaking his hand after her blessing!

School is back in session!!!!

I hate to say it but I think the kids were as excited about school starting as mommy was!!!!


Gavin cries when he doesn't have school. He's in Pre-K and only goes M.W.F. Poor thing!

Alise spends the night!!!

Lauren kicks it with Alise.....Alise is the oldest of 6 children so we got to spoil her rotten while she stayed with us. She is such a sweet, polite, and beautiful young woman!


They even let Gavie crash the party for a while. They painted his fingers, toes and make-upped him to a beautiful little boy!!!
Alise, it was a pleasure having you spend the night!

Kids get a new bathroom!!!!

The story behind the map.
Okay, so Justin flying to Germany opens the SkyMall magazine and sees a 11'x14' map of the world. Who would need a map that big? I'll tell you. MY HUSBAND!!! He suggested that I buy the map and place it on our LIVING ROOM WALL to show the kids a life size view of where Daddy is. IRAQ. Okay. So then a few days later I'm in Target and I see.....yep you quessed it. A HUGE map of the world as a shower curtain. I got it as a joke but actually it's turned out pretty nice. I drew circle around Indiana and then one around Iraq and drew an arrow to connect them, as shown in the picture, so the kids (and Justin) could see where Daddy is at......LONG STORY SHORT.....Justin, here you go!


Papa came over and painted the kids bathroom so we could put up a LARGE map for Daddy.

This one is the funny one...I have a sick sense of humor!

THE Matt Stargel

Showing Gavin how it's done! Show off!

Giving Gavin a pep talk....
Gavin tried but well....you'll have to see the video....it's funnnnny!