One Month of Updates in 3...2...1...

Wow....
Lets see
1. Bry had the "swine flu"
2. Got a new camera
3. Finished this term
4. My sis had senior night
5. Ran a 10k

Now for in chronological order...
1. Ran a 10k
2. Bry had "swine flu"
3. My sis senior night
4. Got a new camera
5. Finished the term

1.Afterrunning the Chicago Half-marathon, Amanda and I wanted to keep up with it. We have not done so well, but we did manage to run the Sycamore 10k. That's about 6.1 miles. I was hoping to finish under and hour and I was able to accomplish this but it was difficult. As the winter and coldness draws closer every day, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep up with the running, but hopefully Amanda and I will be able to.

2. That's right. Our pediatrician did a little test thing and said he had H1N1. Now it was not the official test that they have to send in samples and then wait for results, but I trusted our doc and did what she said to do and within a couple days he was back to normal. He was put on tamiflu. I have heard this has been a very effective treatment for swine flu. This happened the weekend of Halloween. But Bry is well and no one else in the house showed any signs of the flu since. I think we are in the clear!

3. My little sister is nearing the end of her college experience. Part of that was her last home volleyball game and it was our pleasure to drive out and celebrate with her. It was a great weekend with family and laughter. It was a bitter sweet moment for Ruth as well as my parents as the last 8-10 years have been devoted to this sport. It took her many places and she has developed friendships that will never be broken. Ruth's last couple years have come with their own difficulties and she is looking forward to discovering what the next step in her life will be. She is a bright and beautiful woman and we have no doubt that she will find something that she loves and will devote everything she has to it. LOVE YOU RUTH!!

4. I have been pondering the possibility of getting a DSLR camera for quite some time. Just recently, I started looking seriously. After asking around to some friends that are in the photography business. I found the camera that I liked and was decently priced. The Canon Rebel XSi (black) is the camera I bought. I found a some great deals on Amazon and I have had it now for a few days. I have loved getting to know it and the many features it has. I'm looking forward to mastering everything it has to offer. Should be fun and gives me a little hobby to take up!

5. Lastly, I just finished the fall school term. I do have an interim class thats starts next Monday but will be done in 4 or 5 weeks. So, I'll bust that out and be just another class down! I feel very good about this last term and I am expecting to continue my straight A's streak!

Amanda is doing well! This year has brought some challenges, but she is fighting through them and she will be all the better teacher for them. I am doing my best as a loving husband to keep her relaxed and stress free, but sometimes I fail at this as well.

Well, thats brings us up to date. Hopefully, it will not be another month till we talk again. We are looking forward to this weekend with best friends, next week Amanda has Thanksgiving break, going downtown next friday, and then the trip to AZ for a wedding!

Love to all! As a good friend says everyday...hug your loved ones today and tell them too!

Will Amanda and Bryson

Notification

I was notified by a good friend that it has been a while since my last post....AND it has. Almost a MONTH!! Oooops. I got a little lazy and got logged out which meant I had to resign in using my password instead of it remembering it and logging me in automatically. So....I have not posted. I have some time tomorrow so I will try to remember to post tomorrow. Good friend who reminded me today, can you remind me again tomorrow? THANKS!!! (and see you saturday!)

HA Ha Halloween!

Just got this from my sis...its pretty funny!
Happy Halloween!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/D1MPSrdJGbeJQHaV

Thanks Ruth!

Love Will Amanda and Bry

Another Lesson

Along with Down Syndrome Awareness, it is also Breast Cancer Awareness month. Being so, I wanted to share about my Mom. To set the stage, close your eyes and imagine yourself a couple years ago....OK open them...that was silly and did not work.

I had thought that my parents had pretty much run out of lessons to teach me. However, when the idea of cancer creeped into my parents lives, I had no idea what was in store for my parents or myself. Even though I never saw my Mom or Dad cry or appear sad in any way, I was a nervous wreck and I did my best to keep it together while I watched my Mom go through surgery, doc apt after doc apt, and then treatment after treatment. I held it together as my Moms hair slowly fell out. It had to have been such a trying time for them. I tried to imagine Amanda going through the same and I literally could not.

Through all of it, my parents not only remained positive and optimistic, but completely...I'm sorry....COMPLETELY faithful and reliant on God to provide and reveal His plan for all of it. For good reason, my Mom had been faithful in continuing getting checked and so she had found the tumor very early, but it is still cancer. Not once did she say why me, not once did she get depressed or retreat into her house and feel bad for herself. She was not going to let it beat her. She continued with all her responsibilities including teaching, everything at home, and everything at church. It was so amazing to watch and listen to her stay positive and fight every minute of every day.

I not only learned from my Mom about how to deal with life's curveballs, but I also learned from my Dad on how to be the loving supportive husband/best friend through our loved ones life curveballs. The silent supporter. My Mom knew that while she literally fights the cancer every minute, that my Dad was praying every minute for her strength and perseverance.

Things happen in life for a reason. God puts people and situations in our lives in order to teach us something or draw us back to Him. Looking back, I am not sure I would say that I would change anything about what my Mom went through and I dont think she would change it either. They showed and taught me so much about life, God, and priorities. Hopefully they are not done teaching me because God knows I need all the teaching I can get! I love them so much and cant wait to watch them handle lifes next curveball. (Actually it ended up being my Dad losing his job and watching them through this has been amazing as well!)

It is stories like my Mom that should give motivation for more women to get checked. Get checked, if something is found, dont panic just do what needs to be done to beat it. Stay positive and rely on God through it all!

Love you Mom and Dad!

Will Amanda and Bry

Down Syndrome Awareness

Hello all,

October is Down Syndrome Awareness month! I'm sure your asking, well that's good, but what reason do you have to write about it? Well, it was placed on Amanda and I's best friends hearts to adopt a little boy who has Down Syndrome. He was born by a Mom who was found to have cocaine in her blood during birth. This Mom also has 7 or 8 other children that have been taken away from her. If it was in her blood during birth, I cannot imagine what she did during the pregnancy. However, God had a plan for this little boy. Big plans. He was to enter into our friends lives, and ours as well, and flip it upside down. Faced with the difficulty of answering so many questions of why they would take on this "challenge" as well as how hard it is going to be, our friends held strong with the belief that God was telling them this was His plan and He was going to provide for them. The first visit to Malachi in the hospital was all it took. Our friends knew that he was going to become their son and they would love every part of raising this little man. They saw what the world does not see. They saw a little boy in need of a loving home and potential.

I have seen that sometimes it can get difficult with him. BUT THIS IS NOT BECAUSE HE HAS DOWN SYNDROME. Let me repeat, they do not get upset because he has down syndrome, it is because he is a child just like you and I were at one point and children, as I have found out, are going to be difficult sometimes.

He is joy to be around and to watch grow and learn new things. Unfortunately, he will be faced with oppression at some point because we live in an unaccepting world. However, Josh, Erin, Amanda, Bryson, and myself will be standing behind him giving him our full support, love, and encouragement. Since he still just a little guy this means raising awareness of what Down Syndrome is. Something call the Buddy Walk has been developed to raise this awareness as well as funds to improve the quality of life for people living the Down Syndrome. Amanda and I will being involved with this and it is actually happening in a couple weeks. I know times are hard now which is why a donation is even more appreciated. If you feel like you could donate please follow this link and contribute as you feel lead.

http://chicagolandbuddywalk.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=305935&lis=1&kntae305935=656A755739464965BA7EB878E55AB082&supId=0&team=3486525&cj=Y

You can donate through myself or make a general donation towards the cause.

However, it is completely understandable if you are not able to make a financial donation. I know Erin and Josh would appreciate you to think about how you view people who are "different" than yourself. How do you respond verbally and non verbally to people of different race, culture, or even people that look different? Could any of those actions be considered oppressive towards them? Are they really that different from yourself?

I know this is a long blog, but take another minute to read through some facts about Down Syndrome from the National Down Syndrome Society's web page:

• Down syndrome occurs when an individual has three, rather than two, copies of the 21st chromosome. This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down syndrome.


• Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal condition. One in every 733 babies is born with Down syndrome.


• There are more than 400,000 people living with Down syndrome in the United States.


• Down syndrome occurs in people of all races and economic levels.


• The incidence of births of children with Down syndrome increases with the age of the mother. But due to higher fertility rates in younger women, 80 percent of children with Down syndrome are born to women under 35 years of age.


• People with Down syndrome have an increased risk for certain medical conditions such as congenital heart defects, respiratory and hearing problems, Alzheimer's disease, childhood leukemia, and thyroid conditions. Many of these conditions are now treatable, so most people with Down syndrome lead healthy lives.


• A few of the common physical traits of Down syndrome are low muscle tone, small stature, an upward slant to the eyes, and a single deep crease across the center of the palm. Every person with Down syndrome is a unique individual and may possess these characteristics to different degrees or not at all.


• Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent decades - from 25 in 1983 to 60 today.


• People with Down syndrome attend school, work, participate in decisions that affect them, and contribute to society in many wonderful ways.


• All people with Down syndrome experience cognitive delays, but the effect is usually mild to moderate and is not indicative of the many strengths and talents that each individual possesses.


• Quality educational programs, a stimulating home environment, good health care, and positive support from family, friends and the community enable people with Down syndrome to develop their full potential and lead fulfilling lives.


• Researchers are making great strides in identifying the genes on Chromosome 21 that cause the characteristics of Down syndrome. Many feel strongly that it will be possible to improve, correct or prevent many of the problems associated with Down syndrome in the future.

Thanks! Here is a pic of Malachi and Bryson!

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

I said I would...

So I said that I would post today because it has been FOREVER!

By the way, HELLO EVERYONE!!

Anyway, it has been a long time and I am thinking of a couple things to share with anyone and everyone. They are not profound things or things that will create and stir up emotions, but they are my life! Well, it might stir up emotions...we will see.

FIRST: Most days are pretty normal or usual. There are times for things and things happen pretty much in the time they should happen. Today however, things got thrown for a little of a loop. Our friends adopted a little puppy that was taken from a meth lab and a substance was actually spilled all over the little puppy's back. You can see a burn mark all the way down. Anyway, he is a very sweet loving dog with a Big Heart. And so thats what they named it, Big Heart. Anyway, they asked if I could puppy sit for a couple hours and even though I knew it was going to be crazy, I figured what they heck?!?! Well, after getting the puppy accustomed to the house, the other dog in the house, the baby, cleaning up the "accident," and going for a long walk. The puppy was picked up and was gone. It was actually kind of fun and I have a huge respect for people who have a baby and a puppy or two babies. It is a lot of work and patience! You have to just laugh!

BIG HEART

SECOND (and last): I finally recieved Super Mario All Stars and have beaten my favorite mario game, Super Mario 3, straight through. I beat every level and every castle. Even the ones that you could skip, I went back and beat them. I was amazed at how much I remembered as far as secret areas and tricks. I am currently working on Super Mario 2, my least favorite, but I want to beat them all straight through so that includes my least favorite games.


SO thats...uhh...thats is uhhh...well and update of sorts...I guess. Kind of pathetic, but its something right. I can blog about anything right? Oh well.


SEE YA!


Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Post Race and Recovery

Hey all,

We did it. A month of pretty intense training proved to really help us a lot in running our 13.1 Chicago Half-Marathon. I am so proud of my wife and I for sticking with the training program we set up for ourselves and then pushing ourselves on race day to finish. Our official time was 2:08:52. This is an amazing time considering we were planning on 10 to 10 1/2 min miles. That breaks down into 9:51 min miles. I still cannot believe we ran it that fast. It was very uplifting to be able to pass more people than people passing us. It felt good to be able to set our minds to do this and do it above our own expectations.

At about mile 9 or 10 I had the idea to go through the alphabet and pray for someone whose name starts with that letter. It was very interesting to see who God put into my head for each letter. Some of the people I have never prayed for before. So if you felt a little bit of encouragement last Sunday, it could have been me praying for you!! Anyway, this alphabet pray got me through the last few miles, and I really feel God was blessing and helping me for blessing others. I could really feel Him with me and us during the run.

I put recovery in the title, but it is not like I have been on bed rest the last couple days. I was a little stiff on monday but back in full swing by the end of monday. Amanda had work the next day and was just fine. That just amazed me. However, I think it hit her yesterday. She came home and was beat. Just tired and ready to sleep. But Race plus 4 and we are ready to get back into it. We want to keep up with running on a regular basis. I know it has been very good for my health especially.

So, thank you all for your thoughts and words of encouragement to us over the last month. I am looking forward to future races that include more half-marathons! Come join us!! Its worth it!

Love Will Amanda and Bry

Are you a tool?

So I kind of got sucked into this TV show called "Tool Academy." Its a show on MTV where these guys are brought unknowingly by their girlfriends to try and fix their relationships. These guys are very unfaithful, ungrateful, and in general womanizers to the fullest. They are very into themselves and whatever is best for them. They are very pompus and really out of control. The best part is that they dont think they are any of these things.

I started watching the first season of this show and now I am into the second season. On a regular basis I laugh out load while watching the show. Not because its funny, but because these "tools" take no responisbility for themselves or their own issues both within themselves and their relationships with the girlfriends. The last episode showed many of them, for the second time this season, completely brush off their girlfriends for scantly dressed women in front of them. I see women who are very beautiful and intelligent, who deserve way better than these guys, stick by them and want them to change. If that is not love I dont know what is. Every episode has a tool that gets kicked out of the academy. The most recent departure actually broke up with his girlfriend after being kicked out. Complete tool.

All of this to say, I mess up. I mess up A LOT with Amanda. But I am glad I am not a tool like these boys, not men, on this show. It seems like they have it all. But I would not want to be them because I would be willing to bet it is a very lonely life. A life in which they have get drunk every night in order to have a good time. It only takes my wife and my fremends to have a good time for me. Maybe this is why I watch it, to boost my self-confidence a little. I dont know, but I am glad I love my wife and do everything for her and would not change that. I am glad my wife loves me enough to forgive me everytime I mess up. Its when I start doing things for myself that I get into trouble. Its just that simple.

I hope God has put people into your life that continually lift you up and challange you when you need it. I hope I can be that person for others. But I mess up sometimes with that too....does that make me a tool?

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

ps- they also have therapy sessions that I enjoy watching from the counselor viewpoint...very interesting!!

FRYday!!

Haha, I laugh because from the title you probably thought I was going to talk about frenched fries or something....well I'm not I just thought of it as I was about to type and so I went with it!

Anyway, today is friday and it has been a pretty good week. I was hoping to get more done, but next week is another week! School is becoming a bigger and bigger part of what I think about on a daily basis. I am looking forward to starting up again for many reason, but I do have aprehension because I am not sure how homework and parenting are going to coincide. I know it will all work, but I am still anxious about that whole first week of school. On a side note, I start school on the 15th of September. Two days prior (the 13th) to that is the half-marathon and two days after (the 17th) is the season premier of The Office! Its going to a busy week, but lots of excitement!

So, I have my Christmas list started....I know its early, but I started thinking of this that I want and then I realized:
1. I would probably never get this stuff for myself
2. Christmas is always coming up.
I wont reveal anything thats on it now, as I have some items that need to be specified a little more. Keep it here for updates on that.

Lastly, I would like to leave you all with a little bit of a life lesson that I learned at a very young age that I promised to pass along to everyone that I met. It begins with a young Will Boscaljon. Thats enough for now.

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Today's Post = New Vid

Its Thursday!!!

Off day from training, we have 6 miles on tap for tomorrow. Not really worried about it.

Its funny how my mind races when my creative juices get flowing. Last night, after not going to bed until after midnight, I had idea after idea for new things I could do in a video. Sometimes, this nights will keep me up all night, but last night I did fall asleep. Especially if you team me up with my buddy Josh, we could come up with ideas all night! The problem when we get together is we have too many good ideas and nothing gets done. We have thrown together a movie before, but hopefully as our sons get older, we can make some more impressive video's. Anyway, this morning these ideas I had were still pretty fresh in my mind and I wanted to get them on paper and then on camera. I got the idea to make it for Amanda. Thanking her for being such a great Mom. It ended up working out perfect. I ate and Bry ate breakfast, we changed, and headed out to shoot on location! We hit a few spots and then finished just in time for me to come home and put Bry down for a nap. This gave me the time to edit the video in the ways I had been thinking about all night. This is what came out of those ideas...

I was uploading to Blogger, but it took forever, so here is the link to the vid on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8UWg6_kI8

Hope you all liked it and hopefully I will continue to come up with new ideas and create new videos for everyone's enjoyment

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Here we are

So, Bryson is growing up so quick. Now he can pretty much understand simple intruction. Check it out...


He will close anything for you. If a door, cabinet, or drawer open all you have to do is ask, maybe a couple times, and he will waddle over and push it closed. It is very cute. He knows what his pacifier is and will take it out, give it to you, or put it anywhere you want him to!

Anyway, this is day three of the write something everyday for a week. As some of you know we are training for the Chicago Half-Marathon. Well yesterday was supposed to be a 5 mile run. Usually my parents have been very good at watching Bry while we run. I was going to meet Amanda at the gym to run, but first I got out of the house late. Then it seemed like everyone who owned a car was out driving on the roads I was driving on. Then there was a accident on Mclean and I called Amanda to tell her she should just run without me. However, I realized that I had all her running stuff. Well, it took me about 30 min to get from our house up to ECC and it was locked with cars as far as I could see north on Mclean. We ended up canceling the run, which I think we will be ok with. We have 7 miles today. Also yesterday we found out, we could not wear headphones during the race. I can understand why, but we both need the music to run, so we will have to start training without to get used to it...we will see how that goes! But we will be numbers 16023 and 16024 in case your down town and see a bunch of numbers run by, it could be us!!

Talk to ya tomorrow!!

Love Will Amanda and Bry

Everyday...

I have decided to blog everyday this week. It was late last night that I blogged and just now I thought that this would be an interesting little game to play with myself. What am I going to write about everyday?
Well Bryson woke up at his usual 7am this morning and...

Oh geez, Bry is napping right now and the monthly tornado siren test is going....please dont wake up...please dont wake up....

Ok, I think we made it....

Anyway, once in a while he will suprise us and sleep till like 8 or 830. Those are very nice days. I am already starting to blank on what else to blog about....It has been tough for Amanda since starting up school, how little time she has with Bryson. Also, being the beginning of school, school days are harder on her and the nshe comes home with no energy to hang with Bry. She feels really bad, but I'm sure things will get easier. They always do with time! She can also look forward to this friday, which is a SIP day and then next monday is labor day of course. So we will have some time this weekend for family time.

I just finished The Bourne Deception. It is the 7th book of the Bourne series and 4th written by this new author. It was pretty good except for the fact that Bourne just does not die. In this book he is shot through the chest, but lives. Originally I found Jason Bourne to be somewhat believeable. I am very intrigued by the secret government project and creating a superhuman weapon like Bourne. Then for him to lose his memory is a good twist. I am not sure that this new author is going to write another one, he left it open for it, but I think this series needs to come to an end now or very very soon. Also, I found out a 4th Bourne movie is lined up. I guess it wont start shooting until 2010, but its coming. As I have read all of the books, I am very curious where they will take the story in movie form. They are already WAY off the books, so I am excited for that.

Well, not sure what else...so I guess thats it for now...wow this is going to be a long week!

See ya

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Back To Ya!

Hey anyone and everyone!!

THE WEATHER MAN IS DEAD!! Haha, whenever someone says "Back to you!" I will always think of that Will Ferrell skit on SNL when the teleprompters go out and they have no idea what to do...which then of course reminds me of the rest of Best of Will Ferrell Vol.'s 1 and 2 which are just HIlarious! If you have not seen them...wow...lets put it this way, if I had to sum up what its like living with Paul and Chris (and Josh) in a dorm, I would say Best of Will Ferrell Vol.'s 1 and 2. But lets not get me started on that because we had the greatest dorm room ever created and have no evidence of any kind it ever existed.

The real reason, this blog is entitled "Back To Ya!" is because that's what Amanda said last Monday. She said "Hey stay at home Dad, back to ya!" Now we are going into day 8 of experiment: See How Long Will Can Last With a Nonstop One Year Old Who Gets Into Anything and EVERYTHING. Sorry, I know that's a long title for the experiment, but I felt like it all need to be in the title. Anyway, I am still alive. Technically, Amanda had students last wed, but she has basically been back in school since last Monday so that's why its up to 8 days. Anyway, it is going well, I am trying to keep the schedule the same and Bry pretty good at letting me know if its time for a nap, a meal, a bottle, or more attention. Unfortunately, I think we need to work on him letting me know its time for a diaper change. Maybe its the teeth coming in, but he has had a few BAD rashes down under and I am trying to change frequently to prevent this from happening. The real test is going to come about mid-September when I get back into school too. Finding time to get my school work done and done at a level that I want it to be at could create a situation. I'm sure it will work out, even if that means a few late nights.

Amanda and I are super excited about the quickly upcoming Chicago Half-Marathon. Just last Sunday we ran a little over 12 miles in a little under 2 hours. This is VERY fats for both of us and it gives us motivation to finish the training strong. On good days we run about 10 min miles and when registering for the half-marathon we both put a projected finishing time of about 2:25. So for us to finish 12 miles well under our average was a huge boost for our confidence! We are running the half with some good friends which will also help a lot to finish the race! It is crazy to talk about our training now because we both just said tonight that "its ONLY 5 miles tomorrow..." ONLY 5 miles like its nothing. I am very proud of my wife and watching her push through cramps and blisters is just amazing!

Lastly, I am becoming very interested in photography. I have been watching an old friend from college's blog where he posts pictures he takes and I find it awesome and something I would love to get in to. I have been trying to do the best I can with the little digital camera I have and I am learning a lot through it, but it is never the same as when him or other people with the SLR's take them. Also the eye they have for a good shot or angle is just amazing to me. I took some of myself that I will put up, some turned out some did not, but you can be the judge. I was wondering if anyone has or know someone who has a good digital SLR camera that is not being used and would be willing to let me borrow for a while, I would love to play around with it. I will continue to do my best with what I have however. Here are some of them, hope you enjoy...

This one required a little editing (another area I am becoming very intrigued by!!)

Playing with exposure...Amanda does not like pictures like this

Played around a little with this one to get the next one, same picture different effects...

Just keeping my eyes, mind and feet open to possible pictures!

Those were just a few of what I did, but I had fun taking them and then playing with what I took. I will hopefully, be doing it a lot more. As my friend told me, "Just keep shooting..." so that's what I'll do!

Keep it here y'all

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

A month old party pics...

The first picture taken on the 1st anniversary of his birth!

Waiting for all the people to come!!


Finally, CAKE TIME!! He smiled as we sang him the song!


Post cake....he ate the WHOLE thing!

Playing with his new toys!!

Thanks to all of you who came and all of you who sent well wishes from afar! We had a blast celebrating Bryson's first birthday with everyone and cannot believe he is one already!! Soon he will be drivin....aoiurfygu8q295jnvfu98nhw...whoa sorry about that, I just passed out and my head hit the keyboard.

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

PARTAY!!!

Hey!

The party went GREAT and we had a lot of people show up and celebrate with us! Thanks to everyone who came and helped set up, tear down, and best of all eat all the food. Bryson had a good time playing and running around.

Keep it here for pictures!

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

If You Build It, They Will Come...EN RAH HA!!! and other updates

Hi there neighbor,
If you play farmtown on facebook, you could be my neighbor and I will watch over your farm on a fairly regular basis! Check it out, I'm Farmer Willis and my farm is call Boom Boom Plow Farm.

Anyway, it is 1st Birthday Eve and we are counting down the hours until Bryson officially turns one and then the big celebration. Actually, he will officially turn one during the celebration. We are very busy making the arrangements and getting all the supplies we will need for tomorrow. My Mom has labeled our house as party central and it is actually a very good name. This party has been the topic of all conversation the past week or so. Figuring out who is making what, who is coming, how much food to have, how many balloons to get, what needs to be done or cleaned around the house, and the list goes on. We purchased a couple canopies for this event and future events and we hope to get the set up part or all the way. However, the weather is not cooperating today and it might make tonight more of a hang out time than preparation time. This would be fine with me as my sister is coming in for the big bash and will be coming over tonight. It has been too long and Bryson has done too much growing since she last saw him! Things are falling into place though, and I think its going to be great and great fun! Over the last week or so, we have been singing Happy Birthday to Bry to get him used to it. He is starting to get it I think and hopeful he will clap at the end of it when everyone sings. We will see.

Amanda and I were talking last night and I came to the thought that I can believe that he is one, but it just happened so darn quick. It feels like just a month ago that I left work to be with Amanda and Aunt Meg drove all night to be with us. It feels like a few weeks ago, we were swaddling him up and feeding him every couple of hours. It feels like a week or two ago, he started crawling. It feels like a few days ago he was up on two legs cruising and walk/running all over the place and getting into EVERYTHING! And now he is one! Life is crazy and crazy fast.

EN RAH HA! Ha ha. Anyone know what movie this is from? Its from a British movie called Happy-Go-Lucky. It was yet another on a long string of not so good movies Amanda and I have been watching lately. It has been the summer of movies for us and it has been so much fun doing it. Every night we have watched a movie and usually they are pretty bad, but we just make fun of them.

Lastly, we got our new remote for the TV in the mail today it turns the TV on so I hope everything else works too! It has been awful trying to watch movies and TV without it. Its funny how much we rely on something so small. But we are back in action now and looking forward to finding the couch potato in us that we know is there!!

Keep it here folks!

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Love Will Amanda and Bryson

The Cost of a One Year Old

Good Morning,

As it was my turn to get up with Bryson this morning, I found myself reflecting on yesterdays events and how it relates to the whole event starting August 8th of 2008. As that event draws nearer to its one year anniversary, I have to first praise God for his faithfulness and providence over the last year. We have never once had to worry about things like no food to feed Bryson, clothes to put on his back, or even where is he going to sleep tonight. We have never had to worry about how we are going to pay our bills, including mounting hospital bills. For all these things and many more, I have to say thank you to my Lord and Father.

I also knew and understood that he would need toys and other things to make his young childhood fun and developmental. Along with all the other convenience items I wanted in order to make it easier for Amanda and I to take care of him. Just recently, this even included purchasing an external hard drive in order to backup and store all of the pictures and videos we have been stacking up. Another example is a fence in order to keep him out of trouble and easier to watch. Also, we knew we wanted pictures taken every month. These are all things we had and idea that we wanted to get for both Bryson and ourselves.

However, yesterday proved that one year olds and especially one year olds that walk can cost, or shall I say, force you to spend on things completely unexpected. In our case, it was a TV remote. See we have a TV/DVD combo in our bedroom and as we found out last night, the remote does everything. There are volume, channel, open/close, stop, play/pause buttons and that's it. Let me back up...
Bryson is walking now and doing it very proficiently . Also, he is growing in height and arm length. This combo of walking, height, and arm length is a very costly combination for a baby to have. See even as I write this, he is walking around pulling things off shelves and tables. Yesterday, as I was tending to other things, Bryson happened to find our remote. Last night after we had basically turned every cover on our bed and checked every corner, we resigned to the fact that Bryson had lost it. I was curious about the cost of replacement, so I began to surf the net looking for a good deal. 30 dollars later, I had ordered a replacement remote. Checking and re-checking model numbers in order to be sure we get the right one, I clicked "buy it now." 7-10 days from now we will probably have found our original remote, but maybe that will just become another toy for our wonderful little boy.

And now I have to realize that Bryson will soon be forcing us to get or replace more and more expensive items. For the future I can only hope to minimize these expenses. Well, Amanda and Will, welcome to the world of children financing!

Keep it here boys and girls!!!!

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Love Amanda Will and Bryson

July 1...ooooops!

It is July 22nd today! So many things have happened since we have last talked. I miss our talks Blogger. Just you and me sitting around the fire pit discussing recent events in my life. Well lets do it again....right....NOW!

Out of the gate, I want to welcome to the walking human species my son. It was on vacation really that he started to walk and now it is all he does. He still has plenty of falls and bumbs, but he chooses not to crawl anymore. I saw him crawl yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. It is very exciting and mind blowing at the same time. To be frank, my favorite times of a child are just around the corner with Bry. This is not to say that I have not enjoyed these past 10-11 months, but I want to let him beat me in wrestling, I want to play catch with him, and I want to chase him around endlessly or until I get tired...whichever comes first. I am thrilled to be started to do some of these things and I cant wait until we can do them on a daily baises! Oh yeah, I want to take him to his first Cubs game! I want to tell them all I know about the game and then let his grandpa's teach him more.

August 8th is coming up fast too! This is Bry's 1st birthday. Invitations have been sent and video's made, but alot more is yet to be done! Amanda and I are looking forward to seeing everyone who comes and hopes that Bryson will show off a little and not be to shy guy.

Bry's best bud Mali had his 1st birthday about a week ago. It was so much fun and I was reminded again how much I appreciate our friends Josh and Erin. We were happy to have helped so much.

A few days later, we (the Hortons and us) went to Lake Geneva. It was the first time on a beach for Bryson and well, we might need to warm him to the idea of sand on the feet. It was very funny watching him standing on one foot in order to try and somehow avoid the sand. We called him our little flamingo and we hope to get a sandbox so that next time he can play in the sand as much as I did!

I am sure I am forgetting other important news, but I can not remember it right now. So, the last update I have is that Bryson had the second of two procedures done yesterday. In case you do not know, Bry had a blockage in his ureter. They cleared that up and then put a stint in to make sure it heals properly. That was the long procedure. Yesterday they finally removed that stint and it took a total of about 25-30 min. The doctor doing the removal said it really only took 5 min after they put him under anestesia. After he woke up he was not a happy baby, but after some formula and a good hour nap on the way home, he was really back to normal. And today, if you did not know it, he would seem like a normal kid. We go back a month from now to see how he is doing. If all is well, we can put this all behind us! Amanda and I are looking forward to that day with great anticipation.

Lastly, I would just like to put on the world wide web just how lucky we feel to have 4 amazing grandparents who will drop everything to watch our little man. They love him so much and it is trully a blessing to be able to raise a child with grandparents like these!! Thank you!

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Love Will Amanda and Bryson

SKYCOASTER!

Hello everyone!
I know you have been waiting very patiently for us to give you an update on how our vacation is going in Branson. Well, you will probably have to wait longer! I have a few minutes and wanted to share a very early family memory. It was almost a year ago exactly and Amanda, my friend Josh, and myself decided to get as close to flying as possible. Not really, we just went on this Skycoaster. I had to be talked into it but I was glad I did it. Anyway, it was one of our first family memories because a few days later we found out we had a 5 month old waiting to come out!
You can kind of see what happens. We get lifted up and then we have to pull a cord to begin the fall and then swing! It is pretty crazy! And even crazier to think we had a baby when we did it!
Anyway, we have to get going!

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

No Game, No Pics

So the Cubs game was postponed until September. I heard on the radio it was September 3rd which is a thursday and so I am hoping to still go then. I am not sure how it will work out because Amanda will be back in school then, but hopefully we both can go. Anyway, no game, no pics.

Sorry...

Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Crazy Weekend...Crazy AWESOME!

HEY!
This weekend was a little non-stop for us, but a lot of fun things happened!
First, Bryson is progressing in his walking. For Christmas my sister and future brother-in-law got Bry a car thing and he has used it to push and walk. I think it will help a lot! Also what will help is another little car thing that the Hortons let us borrow. Its a perfect toy to help Bry with learning how to move his feet. He walks pretty good when he holds on to us and his record steps at the moment are at 3 unassisted steps.
Second, Bryson got his first and not last taste of dirt. I was a little slow getting to him and when I went into his mouth with my finger, I pulled out mud! On the bright side, good iron in dirt right?!?!
Third, Friday Amanda got to hang out with some college friends we have not seen in a long time. I had to watch some boys which was fine with me. However, on Amanda's way home she told me that we had been offered some free tickets to tonight's Cubs game verses the White Sox. She even had the nerve to ask me if we wanted to go. Well, it took me a little less than half a second to answer.
Fourth, Saturday was an all day affair for us. We had morning breakfast with my parents. We had been trying to get together with them before we leave on vacation and we were able to squeeze that in. Hopefully we will get one more visit in before we leave this Saturday as well. Also, speaking of my parents, it is their 30th wedding anniversary today and I want to say congrats, love you, and thank you for being such great examples to me on how to be husband and wife, and mom and dad. I have always felt so loved, respected and appreciated by you and I could never ask for better parents. Happy 30 years! Anyway, back to last Saturday, right after Bry's morning nap, we headed out to the Hortons for some grilling! It was a fun time and good to see them again. Pretty soon we will all be off from school and there will be a lot more posts of us going to see them and swim in their pool!
Fifth, Sunday we had a 1 year birthday party to go to. It was fun and we got some ideas for our own 1 year old birthday party coming up. Then it was outside day. This was really fun because the whole family, including Amanda's, was outside working or hanging out. We set up Brysons car and pushed him around. We found a tiny pool and let Bry swim for a while and then Amanda and I even mowed the lawn! It has been a long time since I have done that and this time I did it with a riding lawn mower! It was awesome! I'll do it every time if I can use that! it was a perfect summer day and we all got a lot done on the house to make it look pretty!

That was our weekend, check back later for some Cubs pics! Rain is threatening the game tonight but after surveying the radar, I am thinking (and hoping) it blows through before the game starts!
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Love Will Amanda and Bry

Ha Ha....yeah

HOLA



Welcome to day 2 of summer vacation! Amanda and I finished our school years on Tuesday and have been looking forward to this for a long time. Plans for the summer include vacation, running, hopefully a half marathon, and watching Bry grow up!



We sat down with the family a few days ago and discussed the upcoming vacation. My main concern was to figure out what our financial needs were in order to budget ourselves for it. After looking at different options and events we wanted to do, I had an idea of what we needed and it was going to make things tight. I enjoy very much being able to splurge a little while on vacations. I want my vacations to be just that. I want them to be relaxing and energizing. However, after looking at our financial responsibilities, we could have done all those things, but, but it would have made the rest of the summer unstable.

This is where, I believe, God played his hand. A few weeks ago at Willow Creek Community Church we heard a sermon about giving. Not just money, but time and talents. The thought that stuck with me from that Sunday was that giving should be a sacrifice of our time, money or whatever else. Alot of times we give what fits into our budget or day, but does not disrupt our plans. Well, making a true sacrifice has to put a wrinkle into our plans or our budget. So with that thought, we have been tithing as much as we could. Sometimes this meant putting things on the credit card that we HAD to get, mainly like food for Bryson. This has meant not going out to eat, even though we could not find anything or were too lazy to make something. This has meant not driving anywhere because we just do not have gas money for a while. It made things uncomfortable and it increased our stress level a little, but it also increased our reliance on the one thing that we could put everything on, GOD.

So, getting back to the vacation, it was looking like the fun, relaxing, splurge a little vacation was not going to happen. We would still go, but with a very tight and closed budget. This is when God played his Ace of Spades, the highest trump card (if your playing Spades, which I plan on doing with God when I get there by the way...). We get a call asking if we would be interested in an opportunity before we leave. As small as this example is, I truly think God has rewarded us for being faithful and sacrificing for Him. Also, our credit card bill is lower than it has been in a long time and, financially, things are turning up for us. Thank you God!



Quickly, our goal is to run the Chicago half marathon in September. We have a long way to go in preparing for it, but Amanda has great self-motivation which turns into motivation for me. I recently ran 6 miles and it was a task! Amanda is also quickly improving on her distance as well. It would be so awesome to cross that finish line with my wife right next to me!



Also, this summer will be the first time since Bry was born that we will all be together day in and day out. We are looking forward to firming our family identity as it develops. It is constantly changing as Bry's personality becomes more defined and especially he develops physically. He has taken a couple pseudo-steps and VERY soon will be walking like he has been doing it for years. We have the camera on hand in case anything goes down.



Well, in case I don't see ya..

Good afternoon,

Good evening,

and Bosco's Blogfeed!



Love Will Amanda and Bry

This is what happens when you...

1. Finish all your homework and have nothing else to do.
2. Have too much time on your hands.
3. Enjoy playing around with pics!
4. Have about 2 1/2 hours to kill while the kid takes a nap.

Standing by himself-birdseye

Collage of outside time

The sun turned different colors on this day

This time it was blue

Then the sun became a spotlight!

This one is just funny!

Thats all. I have way too much fun playing around with exposures and temperatures and other things. I think its pretty cool. Especially because its my two favorite people ever!

Love Will Amanda and Bry

Someone Owes Someone An Apology...

And that someone is...

ME!!

So, sorry to the people who look to this daily for a smile or an update on things here at the Bosco kick it pad. Also, sorry to blogger.com for not fulfilling my end of the deal.


Its been over a week! Plus Memorial Day weekend passed! We, Bryson and I, had a great three days with Amanda! It was so nice to be able to have another set of hands to help. And she is so good around the house it amazes me. She amazes me! It made me really excited for her being off for the summer! Which is only 7 or 8 school days away! Her last day is June 9th which is the same for me and my school. My last class night is June 9th and Iwill be off for the summer too! I cant wait. Soon after that is vacation with the Uncles and R Grandparents! Its gonna be sweet!


A few things for now...(kind of random...sorry)

1. LETS GO CUBS! C'mon! If Carlos would swing a bat like he did on the Gatorade machine, he would probably hit more HR's! They do need to start something real soon though.


2. Amanda and I are planning on running the Chicago half-marathon, if registration is not closed. Anyone else interested? I can run a good 4 miles on a pretty consistent basis so I am doing well in preparing for it!


3. I don't usually care about "the lives of the rich and famous," but I kind of feel taken advantage of by the Gosselin (spelling?) family of Jon and Kate Plus 8. It was a show that Amanda watched and soon I watched with her to see how these two people with so much love for each other tried to manage 8 little kids running around. It was very interesting to see how they handled situations and then kept their own marriage intact. Well, if you have been listening to any hollywood news, it is all about their marriage falling apart. Jon cheated, Kate cheated, Kate is over the top, Jon is...WHATEVER. Jon you knew Kate before you got married, why did you marry her if you did not like her personality. I cannot give Kate any advice because if Jon did cheat, in my opinion she has every right to get a divorce. If its the show that tearing them apart, WHY DID YOU SIGN ON FOR 40 MORE SHOWS!?!? I feel taken advantage of because I do feel like I was part of the family for a half hour every week. I enjoyed watching it and laughing with them through tough times. Unfortunately, I will probably keep watching because I want to see how this affects the family and the show. I feel bad for the kids. They are so innocent and they are probably being lied to by multiple people. Its all so terrible. People not even trying to work through issues.

4. We are trying to start getting things together for Bry's 1st birthday....wait, did I just say 1st birthday?
ok, hold on a sec, I need to go breath into a bag...
OK, I'm good. Yes Bryson will be 1 year old very soon and we will be trying to get things set before we leave for vacation. Be expecting a very cute invitation! Our friend Erin is AMAZING at making cards and I think she is going to help us!

5. That is all I got for now. Quick recap, sorry to you and blogger. Go Cubs! 13.2 miles. Divorce. 1 year old!

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Bry Updates!

(whipping the beads of sweat rolling down his forehead)
PHEW!!!

We have successfully survived 9 full months of the Bry life.
See I have divided my life into seperate lives. Little life was birth till about teen years and then I entered High Life. By this I mean high school life. Then I entered Wife Life after college. This life is still in process, but I have also added Bry Life to my Wife Life. So when asked how my life is, I say I am currently in Wife and Bry Life.

Today, Bry is doing great and becoming the person he will be more and more. We have kind of developed a pattern to his day and I think it is helping him to sleep and eat a whole lot better.

Hold on, he just woke up...

Ok, I'm back, thanks for holding. What was I talking about....oh yeah! Well he has had two little front bottom teeth for a while and just recently I found a third front bottom one coming through! And then I was holding a toy above him and noticed a front top tooth coming through! Pretty soon he will look kind of goofy with 3 bottom teeth and 1 top, but thats ok.

Also, he is standing for short periods of time without assistance. Sometimes he can go for a long time and then start to lose his balance and end up on his bum. He is so very close to standing and walking. There are also times when he attempts to stand all by himself! When we go outside he does the crab walk thing that looks pretty funny, but so very developmentally goood! I'll will try to get a pic and post it for ya!

We are excited about how much he is developing, but also cant believe that he used to be just a little peanut. He will always be our little peanut, but he used to really be little. We are excited about the person he will become and the things we want to do with him when he gets older. i am trying my best not to force growing up on him, but it is tough. We went outside yesterday and I broke out the wiffle ball and bat set and I imagined the day Bry and I would go out and play ball. So much fun ahead, but lets enjoy this right now!

Anyway, Aunt Meg is coming in this weekend and we are excited to see her and let her babysit Bry as much as she wants!! Maybe saturday night Meg?

In case I dont get to post before happy Memorial Day everyone. Lets remember, honor, and respect those who have given their lives so that we could live ours freely. Whether or not you agree with the current war can we just come together as a nation and say thank you to them? I know personally, I am not sure I could leave everything and put myself in harms way like they do every hour of every day. They are what makes America great.

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love Will Amanda and Bryson

Recent Events!

HEY HEY!!

Cubs have been doing well of late. Especially with a few key members battling injuries. I am optimisitc about this year and goal one is to win the division. We cant worry about playoffs if we are not in the playoffs. So lets get there and then get through that!

Anyway, I have a few thoughts I wanted to write about. First, sorry about the last post. It was a little goofy. Last night we had an incident here at home involving the family dog and Bryson. It is difficult to describe in words how it all went down, but basically, the dog was eating and Bryson was nearbye. Bryson dropped his pacifier out of his mouth and it happened to fall near a pebble of dog food. Well, Bry, of course, went for his pacifier and the dog thought he was going for her food and she took a little nip at Bryson. I am not sure if it was a mean nip or what because I could not see, but I do not think it matters. I can also see from the dog's perspective because we are trying to lower the amount of food she gets so she can be fiesty, but again it does not matter. This is not acceptable. The dog is the dog and especially with a baby, they HAVE to know their place in the family.
However, I have NO experience with dogs. I do not know the best way to handle them or when or where or how to punish them. This is where I have to say thank you to Grandpa and Grandma R. Immediatly they let the dog know that what she did was unaccepltable. You have to take care of it immediatly because then the dig understands why it is being punishment. Some people might say it was overpunishment, but it HAD to be done. The baby has a very high place of value and the dog needs to understand this. It was a traumatic event for Amanda and I. Bryson seemed to handle it very well and I am sure he will love playing with the dog all the same. I wish I could go back and do something immediatly, but I did not know what to do. This has been another reason I am glad we are living with them. I can not tell them enough my appreciation for what they did and do daily for us. It can get difficult, but we do not love them any less.

On a bright note, one of my good friends just had his one year wedding anniversry. It is such a special time and I want to share my congrats to them. He is a great man and a great friend. He also just got is masters in architecture. They are an amazing couple and we love them! Congrats guys and many more to come!! Next dinner is on us!!

This celebration reminds me of another anniversary coming up. Amanda and I will be celebrating our second wedding anniversary tomorrow the 19th of May. TWO YEARS!?!? What, I mean where has two years gone. SO much has happened that if I start to recap it would take a long time. All I know is that I love my wife so much and I am so glad that I have known her for a lot of my life and will know her for a lot more. We do not have much planned, but it will not go unnoticed! Love you babe!

Well, thanks for reading and dont touch that mouse because before you know it, Bosco's Blogfeed will give you more!

love Will Amanda and Bryson

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Everybody!
(Yeah)
Rock your body!
(Yeah)
Everybody! Rock your body right.
Backstreet's Back. Alright!


Who doesn't want to open their post with Backstreet Boys lyrics. When someone asks me, what is your generate like? I answer with that song. I bust it out like I am alone in the shower. We all know it, don't deny it. That along with...


Its Friday night and I juuuuust
GOT PAID!
money, money, money


Nsync! Yes. What happened to my 90's boy bands anyway?!?!


Wow what a start to this blog. You know those really good starts to papers and articles that just grab you and literally force you to keep reading it based on the introduction or first sentence? Well, I think I have successfully accomplished that with the opening if this blog. Most likely you are still reading this. Originally you thought, "OK, what the heck is this guy talking about." By now you might have realized that I am just a rambling idiot with no real direction in mind for this blog, but maybe you have not. For those who have kept reading, there will be a reward for you as long as you stick with me. I'll show you the pot of gold at the other end of the rainbow. I'll show you light at the end of this tunnel. I'll show you the money.

By the time I get done with you, you will be faster, stronger, bigger, and better. At the end of this session, you will free your mind to all the possibilities you are capable of. Believe me folks, you do not want to stop reading now. Keep up the good work. You are doing great still reading this pointless blog. C'mon, dont fail me now. Imagine with me, if you will, you are standing in a cornfield. Not just any cornfield, but a giant maze built into a cornfield. Every turn you make is a dead end. Every time you try to cheat, you just get deeper into the maze and more lost. Imagine looking straight into the sky screaming out your frustration.

Now imagine yourself on the white sandy beaches of Hawaii. Just you, maybe a loved one, and the chrystal clear waters splashing right up to your toes. You look around and see the palm trees blowing in the breeze. The sun is perfectly positioned in the sky beaming down a perfect 72.4 degress. The air has a slight mist from the mountains behind you. Sounds pretty good right?

Well thanks for going on that journey with me. It got kind of bumpy for a second there, but we made. YOU made it! Congratualtions you have finished reading my pointless post!

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love Will Amanda and Bryson

Monday After...

Mom's weekend went great! It ended with some outside time with just the family and then we had a really good dinner with the rest of the Rohrsen's. Here are some of the highlight pics from playing outside...

We had a great time outside with the little man and look forward to many more days outside as it gets warmer outside!
Anyway, we are looking forward to the next few weeks. Amanda is finishing for the year and spending all day with Bry and I will be done for the term in a few weeks too. Very soon, we will have the whole fam together all day!

Well, Bry is awake.

May the future bring you here on Bosco's Blogfeed.

love Will Amanda and Bryson

Good So Far!

Dear Diary,
Today was a h....wait sorry, wrong journal...

Hey everyone and anyone!

So far, Mom's day weekend has been great! We met up with the Hortons for a very filling and very expensive meal at Maggiano's and then headed back to our place for the weekend. As we were trying to check in, I realized I made reservations for the wrong hotel. Well, right hotel, wrong city! Fortunetly, we were able to transfer the reservation and everything has worked out!

After we finally got in, it was pool time for the boys! As I was trying to change Bry into his swim attire, Amanda, after getting a diaper, found some cards addressed to her. This hightened her curiosity and she HAD to dig more. Soon enough she had found the gifts for her. My plan to give a little at a time had failed, but all is well.

Mom's did not bring swimming suits, but they watched from the side. The Dad's had fun watching Bry and Mali splash around and explore what this swimming thing is all about. Soon enough it was time for the Horton's to go home and us to fall asleep. After a while of crying and trying to figure out how to get Bry to sleep, we gave him a bottle and around 10pm we did not hear anything.

He slept until about 730 this morning, but we could tell he did not sleep well. We went down and had an ok continental breakfast comprised of a bowl of Cap'n Crunch, OJ, and toast. Bry started to get fussy, so around 10am he fell asleep again and woke up around noon. We were able to take a little morning nap too as we did not sleep well either. After this we got ourselves ready and headed out. We drove towards Woodfield mall to see what kind of shopping we wanted to do. After literally driving all the way around woodfield and finding very little parking options, we decided to take out our shopping urge on Target. Then we couldn't leave without stopping at Josh's favorite place of employment, Dick's! We found Bry a lifevest for the summer trip to Branson and got oursleves some new water bottles for working out.

In the plans for to night are more swimming and maybe a little jog around somewhere. That brings you up to speed. Amanda is sleeping and I am watching Bry cruise all over our little hotel room.

Hope all other Mom's day stuff is going well!
We will post some pics later, dont forget to keep it here on Bosco's Blogfeed.

love Will Amanda and Bryson

Mom's Day

Whats up everybody??!?

In case you have forgotten or ignored all the bombardments of advertisements and reminders here is another one....SUNDAY IS MOTHERS DAY! DO SOMETHING! You have the rest of today, friday, saturday, and for my fellow procrastinators, sunday morning to do or get something. Some hints:

1. Moms love hand made cards. It means you took the time to design and create the entire card front to back, side to side. Plus its cheaper and could take a lot less time going to try and buy something.
2. Most Moms love flowers. There are cases of Moms not liking flowers, but generally Moms love them and if you happen to know their favorites, thats bonus points. Ask your Dad for tips on the type of flower.
3. Phone call. If you dont have 50 cents to call home. Ask me and I'll give you 50 cents to call home. Again, the time thing for you to reach out to them.
4. Home visit.
5. Make her dinner.
6. Take her to dinner and tell Dad to pay for himself.
7. Jewelry.
8. Clean the house.
9. Clean your room.

There are some ideas. Some fo them require more work as well as more finacial income, but some require little work and little income. I think the common theme through all of them is time. Take time from you "busy" day to do something for them.

I am hoping to make this Mom's day for Amanda special. It will be her first of many and hopefully it will be her favorite. We are getting away for the weekend. Just the three of us for a few days without the business of life. It will just be us, our place of residence for the weekend, and the pool that comes with it! On friday we will be meeting up with Josh, Erin, and Mali for a little dinner and hang out. That will be a great start to the weekend with them. It always is. Then we, I say we because I am teaming up with Bry to put this on for Amanda, have some other suprises waiting for our favorite Mom.

Lastly, I know this could be called a "Hallmark Holiday," but I really find it hugely important for us to set apart a day or two to honor, respect, and for some remember our favorite Mom's. They do so much every day for us, and being a stay at home Dad for Bry I can really appreciate all the other full time Mom's in the world. It truely is a job that many people take for granted and many people could not do.

May all the Mom's out there feel the love and honor they deserve this weekend. We love you all!

Until next time, keep it here on Bosco's Blogfeed.

love Will Amanda and Bryson

Where were you yesterday May 3rd?

So where were YOU yesterday?
Me, I was with my wife and our best friends. We all went to the Cubs game together!

Good looking bunch, especially all in Cubbie Blue and Red!

We got there early enough, thanks to some GREAT driving, to get 25% off all food and beverage. I had no idea about this so we got our fill of jumbo hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, Pepsi, diet Pepsi, and of course cotton candy!

We had a great time watching the game with them and everything else that comes with it. Including the guy sitting next to Erin doing the play-by-play and paying for Milton Bradley's salary in beers. This also includes the Florida fans sitting behind wanting all the opposite ball and strike calls we did and putting on way too much cologne before coming to the game.

Unfortunately, this also includes getting an autograph from a guy that I ended up losing a lot of respect for. Before the game the Cub organization was honoring Greg Maddux and Fergie Jenkins by retiring the number 31 that they both wore. We ended up having some friends that had the suite right next to Greg Maddux's suite. Cool right? So we ran down, got some blank balls, and get them to our friends for Greg to sign. Well, Greg, and the rest of his family, were too busy on their Blackberry's and cell phones to watch the game much less take 2 seconds to sign a baseball for adoring fans. "One per person," Greg's security guard said and that was it. Greg did his publicity radio and TV interview and then stood, not sing, along Fergie Jenkins as he took us out to the ball game in the 7th inning. After that we watched him walk right out and then watched his family follow, probably to a limo and then probably O'hare. It is frustrating to look up to this athlete and respect him as person and a player. To get so excited for his autograph I was literally shaking, and then to hear how he treats the people like me, who paid his salary for his entire career. While I do respect his play on the field, I can no longer say I respect him as a person. Especially to look over to Fergie and see him standing, looking at the people all around him wanting autographs and signing them until there were no more. Huge disappointment.

Luckily thought the 5th inning came around. After going crazy watching Zambrano lay down a perfect bunt for a hit, we had to nervously watch him limp off the field. A few hits later we find ourselves with bases loaded, 2 outs, and Derek Lee at the plate. For some reason Sweet Lou decided to bat him 4th instead of 3rd. Apparently, Uncle Lou knew exactly what he was doing...

GRAND SLAM!

One of the greatest moments I have seen in Cub history. Josh and I were just talking that we had never seen on in person and Josh had never seen a Cub grand slam in person or on TV! Everyone was going nuts with Fisher Nuts, except of course the Florida fans behind us! That put the Cubs up 6-2 and would also prove to be the game winning home run! Thanks D-Lee!

A few innings later, we were all singing Go Cubs Go!

Very good times with very good people and something I will never forget. May 3rd was defiantly a good day for us full of excitement and some disappointment, but more of the former.

Coming up next time, Mother's Day plans!

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Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Under Construction (and other things)

Good Morning

First of all, I am currently getting way to into editing my blog. I have spent way to much time rearranging, adding, and fixing things. I could probably run a seminar soon on how to do it all. I guess you could say I am pretty particular. So bear with me as I continually change and update things here on the Bosco's Blogfeed. I hope you like it.

Coming up, is this Saturday. Our best friends, Josh and Erin http://hortonshomepage.blogspot.com/ , are having a fund raising even called the Buddy Walk to raise awareness and money for the support and research for down syndrome. It is sponsored by the NDSS (National Down Syndrome Society) and I am so happy that Amanda can support our friends in this.

Also on Saturday, Will will be attending a going away party for a friend being re-deployed to Iraq. I already had great respect for this man as a husband and father, and to watch him accept a call like this, leave friends and family behind, and fight for everything we take for granted makes him a hero in my and many other's eyes. Please keep him and his family in your prayers for the next year as he prepares, goes, and comes home next april.

THEN, after that is Sunday. CUBS GAME! That's right we are ditching...I mean leaving our precious wonderful son in the hands of our amazing grandparents in order to go to the game on Sunday against the Marlins. Yesterday's game was not that great so hopefully the Cubs can bounce back and put a few wins together. We are going with the same friends mentioned above!

BUT FIRST, tonight it has been confirmed. We can now officially say that Will and Amanda has a date night tonight. All the pieces have been put into place and Grandpa B and Grandma B have agreed, after hours of begging, to take Bry for a few hours to let us go. Thanks!

Thats all and Happy Birthday if its your birthday, dont say I never said it.

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Love Will Amanda and Bryson

Caged Animal

It finally came in the mail. We ordered it from Amazon.com and compared to the lowest price we found, we basically got free shipping to our house. It is a fenced in cage in order to hold in and restrict any and all activity for any man or beast. So far it has done its job.

Do you see how the caged beast is actually quite comfortable in this fenced in cage? He is at home here. So far it has worked ok for Bryson. He likes to be free especially with his crawling now, but hopefully he will get used to it. I got a lot of homework done today because he played well in it. Most of the time he is standing like you see here looking for someone "on the outside." We got an extension for it so hopefully we can put that on and it wont seem so restrictive for him. It also takes up most of the room. We will see how if it continues to be a place where Bryson can play and enjoy himself, while I can walk away and do something else and not have to worry about him getting into something.

Thats all for now,

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Love Will Amanda and Bry