Fun Filled Weekend

This weekend...like every weekend since soccer season started...was really busy. I don't think I remember what we did on the weekends before soccer. The kids love playing...but the thing is that on some Saturdays their games are so spread out that it takes up our entire Saturday. Jacob has practice on Fridays and then games on Saturday...that's our whole weekend. Anyway...Jacob's game was at 10:30 and Allyse's game was at 3:30 so in between games we had some errands to run and we ended up at "Vintage Park" which is really not a park...it is just a small area of restaurants and shops. It's new to our area and they were having some Halloween activities for kids and adults. So we decided to stop by and let the kids paint pumpkins and make masks...they had so much fun!

Looks like someone had too much fun!!!

Sunday Allyse had a birthday party at a skating rink...here are pics of Jacob and Allyse.

Baker Hughes Award

Last Thursday Michael attend an award ceremony for Baker Hughes and he sent me some pictures. So I thought I would make a blog post about it and asked him to tell me a little about the award...and well...what he sent to me was a long paragraph that was basically Greek to me...so in hopes someone else will understand it I will post it....



"For the second consecutive year, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids was recognized for its industry-leading technology at the World Oil Awards banquet on October 16th. The awards are an annual recognition event for Best-in-Class achievement in industry service and technology categories. Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids took home the Best Production Technology Award for its MICRO-CURE cased-hole remediation system. MICRO-CURE is designed to eliminate common near-wellbore damage mechanisms, allowing increased production rates and maximizing Operators’ return on investment. It was designed using BHDF’s advanced Mesophase technology to provide the industry’s most effective cased-hole remediation fluids solution. MICRO-CURE was selected for the award over several noteworthy finalists in the Best Production Technology category. A third-party advisory board, comprised of 17 senior industry executives and academics, and The Next Generation committee, comprised of 16 up-and-coming leaders in the petroleum industry, judged the nominees. BHDF’s TERRA-MAX high-performance water-based fluid system was a finalist in the Best Fluids category. Congratulations go to all of BHDF personnel who were instrumental in the development and successful introduction of these technologies.

I was there to represent the entire team who worked on this project."



Ok now on to the good stuff...Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ghery (Michael's co-worker and good friend) & Michael

Some man & Michael

Alasdair & Trish Shiach (Michael's boss and his wife)

They are such a lovely couple!

Quote for the Day!...(I just couldn't pass this one up!)

Quote for the day:
'Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply.
If you give her a sperm, she will give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she will give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she will give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she will give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.'
So remember - if you give her a small amount of crap, you will receive a ton of shit.

Soccer

Our Soccer Season finally started yesterday after a long delay because of Hurricane Ike. The kids were so excited to start their soccer games! Jacob's game started at 11:45 and Allyse's game started at 3:30. Jacob returned to his old soccer team from last year with a couple of new players. Allyse was on a new team this year. They both played so very well yesterday. Allyse got one goal (although I do not think they keep score at her age). Jacob did not get a goal yesterday, but played goalie and was GREAT! It was so nice to see Jacob enjoying himself as goalie! We took so many pics of them and so many came out great...so I had trouble choosing...but I will leave you with some pics from yesterday! ENJOY!

I couldn't help myself with this one!

"BOOING"

For the past couple of years we have had a tradition of "BOOING". The kids love to do this. I am sure most of you are familiar with this fun activity. We "BOOED" two of our neighbors...The Szot's & The Vegas'. We started it this year and hopefully it will go around quickly. The kids had a blast "ringing the doorbell and running". Although the kids were too scared to ring the doorbell...they made mommy do it...like I am the fastest runner in our family. Everyone had a job...mom rang door bell, dad took pictures, and Allyse & Jacob took turns booing each family. We had some much fun!

Tomorrow is the Big Day....

tomorrow we get....CABLE!!!! Didn't think it would affect me so much...but I guess it has. At first when the satellite company told us how long it would be before they could come out and fix our satellite...we freaked out...but then we discovered it wasn't so bad. It has been three weeks since we have had cable...and frankly...I am soooo ready to watch TV...anything on TV would be fine right now...I will even watch Jerry Springer...if he is still on Television. So if any one you will be wondering where we will be this weekend (besides two soccer games and some yard work)....we will be planting our little behinds in front of the TV!!!!