It's me!

Okay....just had to put my name in a post so that when people are "googling" me this will come up. Yes...Uncle Don....I am the keeper of this blog.....jump on board so that we can keep up with you all.
Love ya guys!
Pam Mouser ....and Jeff, Taylor, Dylan and Riley

Our remodeled bathroom

Okay....we have been working on remodeling our bathroom the last few weekends and I must say it turned out beautiful. I wish I had taken some before pictures, but it was kind of a spur of the moment thing and we just did it. Here are some snapshots of the boys enjoying the new bathroom and a good example of what happens when you put bubble bath into a jacuzzi tub!!!!

"Mom are you on the news again??""

Just had to share this quick cute story with you all. I was on the local news a few weeks ago when we had our "Read Across America" parade. The news anchor from channel 4 came to our school and I had the priviledge of escorting him around. He then interviewed me about all the events going on at our school for "Read Across America". Of course, the kids all thought it was really neat to see mom on the tv. Well this past weekend I was cooking dinner and Riley was sitting in the kitchen watching "Cops" on tv and keeping me company. During the "Cops" show there was a car chase where the police where chasing this little red sports car all over town. Riley turns to me and says "mom....where you on the news again???". What kind of mom does he think he has....ha ha!

Finally an update from the Mousers!!!

Wow...I can't believe it has been so long since I have had time to update the blog. Life has been crazy around here. Just when we thought that we were over all these bugs that were going around the stomach flu hit our house again!!! Knock on wood....mom has been the lucky one to escape all of these silly viruses going around! The males have all been hit hard! But....once again everyone is up and running again and we are working on getting back on track. In the midst of all the bugs, I have been swamped with the Read Across America parade at our school. To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday we had a fairly large parade at our school...complete with a marching band, live d.j., and a police car. It was a HUGE success and we even scored and entire page in our newspaper with the parade activites. I was exhausted and glad to see it over and done. Also, I worked every evening that week at our school to help celebrate "Read Across America". We also had our annual "Jump rope for Heart" event yesterday and I spent the day outside with approximately 400 children helping them raise money for the American Heart Association. I am proud to say that they raised $8000. It was a fun, but extremely tiring day!
A highlight in our life in the past week was Taylor getting inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. We are really proud of him and the fact that he has maintained an A average all year so far. He has really worked hard on getting his work done and turned in on time and his effort shows. I was extremely proud because I too was inducted into the NJHS during my 8th grade year. Taylor also took a trip to Gatlinburg, TN this past weekend with our church youth group for "Winterfest". This is an awesome experience with over 48,000 student gathering together to worship one God. You can go to www.mywinterfest.com or www.extremegen.org/yceministries/winterfest/ and check out some video of the event. If you watch carefully you might see Taylor. He got interviewed while he was there and was up on the big screen in front of all those kids. Take a few minutes and check it out...it will touch your heart!
Well enough updating for now. I am being summoned to help clean the boys bedroom. I will update more later!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Relaxing in the bubbles!

Well it sure has felt like spring the last few days here in Alabama. The high was 78 today and we could definitely tell that summer was on it's way. Hopefully this means the end to the winter bugs that have been going around. Jeff, Dylan and Riley all had the flu the week before last and it was a nasty one. It was a week long flu and seems to have a majority of the area feeling under the weather. We finally got everyone over that bug and then on Friday they called me to get Riley from school because he seemed to have caught the stomach flu that was going around his school. Then on Saturday Dylan started complaining of his throat hurting and I took him in on Sunday morning to see the doc and they found strep throat. Now everyone is on the road to recovery and hopefully this warm weather will chase all the nasty germ bugs away. Here is a quick snapshot of the boys. They have been coming in smelling like dirty little puppy dogs....which is the first sign that summer is on it's way!!!!

Spring Training!

Just wanted to share with everyone that Taylor made the 9th grade football team for next school year. These are some pictures from Spring Training which started this week. Those of you that have known us forever know that this is a miracle because we have been told since Taylor's birth that he would never play football or any kind of school sports for that matter due to his heart problems. Taylor made school basketball team this fall and now the football team and all with the okay of his cardiologist. Taylor went for a stress test this past January and the doctor was amazed at how well his heart performed under stress. He has now cleared him to play all sports which is a big victory for Taylor. He still has the same problems with his heart, but his heart is extremely healthy which is fantastic news. He will still be followed by the cardiologist and continue on with his daily heart medication, but all is good right now! Taylor is number 48 so keep your eye out for him in the pictures. I am sure you will see a lot more football pictures in the upcoming months.

Aloha Auntie Chante & Auntie Shirley

Hey Auntie Chante & Auntie Shirley.....I hope you found this website. I am SO happy to have gotten back in touch with you all. We love you guys and sure do miss you. Don't forget to check out the archives on this blogspot to see some good pictures of the boys.
Enjoy!
Hugs and Kisses from the Mouser Ohana!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Okay...I have to tell you....I am married to one of the most romantic men out there! Check out my valentine gifts. Yes...that is a 300ZX! If any of you really know Jeff you know the passion he has for these cars! Anyways...that's the new toy. No...it isn't brand new, but it is an immaculate little two seater(and very beautiful). Okay...on to Valentine's day. My man came to school and decorate the car with vinyl hearts all over the windows and the t-tops. He then strung valentine streamers all over the car (I took them off before I drove it home and took the pictures) and he left me a bright red key chain (to match the car) that says "hottie" on it in the driver's seat of the car. He tied two red hearts that say "hugs and kisses" around the rear view mirror. He also left me a very romantic card inside the passenger seat and three beautiful red pictures frames with photos of my boys, Jeff and the boys, and a photo of Jeff and I. So sweet..... Then at school I also received a "hugs and kisses" flower arrangement with tulips (my favorite flowers) in a "love" vase. He earned big time brownie points today.....I got lots of oohs and aahs from my co-workers. He did a very good job making me feel special today!!! I am so lucky to be married to such a great guy! I hope all of you have a day just as special as mine was.

The only strike JD made all night and he was bowled it with his eyes covered up! That's talent!

Taylor got his thumb stuck in the ball....lol!

Birthday Bowling

Bowling with some girls from church!

This was the worst rendition of Happy Birthday that I have ever heard!

Taylor and Mom....look how much he has outgrown me.....

Happy Birthday to Taylor!

Today is Taylor's 14th birthday!!!!! YIKES!!!! I can't believe he is that old. We are celebrating with a sleep over.......fun...fun!! Jeff is taking the boys out to play lazer tag and to do some bowling and skating over at the Fun Factory. Then they are all coming back to our house for the night. I am going to try to sneak in a little stamping time with some of my girlfriends while the boys are playing....we'll see how that goes. I will be posting pictures later this evening!!!

Red Neck Ninja....I think we have been in Alabama too long!

Mom...I have a cheese cracker in my ear...

Yes..those are the words that I heard come out of Riley's mouth at 11:30 pm on Friday evening. Of course my response is "how in the world did you get a cheese cracker in your ear???" Riley proceeded to explain to me how he was just lying down for his nap at preschool and the cracker jumped right off the table and into his ear. What do you do at 11:30 pm with a child who has a cracker in his ear????? We have dealt with the french fry up the nose dilemma before (thanks Taylor), Riley having swallowed a battery before, but never an object lodged in the ear. I didn't even know how to begin to remove a cheese cracker from his ear. Jeff was flying nights so he was no help! I dug out my "Taking Care of your Child' book and checked, but no section on removing a cracker from you ear. I couldn't even see the cracker in his ear so I had no clue how to remove it. I finally decided the next step would be call the advice nurse and see what she recommended. Of course, she got a good laugh out of it and after asking me what seemed like a hundred different questions she came to the conclusion that since it wasn't bleeding he was safe to wait until Monday to see the doctor. What a relief.....who wants to make a trip to the ER at 11:3o on a Friday evening to have a cracker removed.....definitely not me!!! Well....to end the story...Riley went to the doctor this afternoon and they safely removed the cheese cracker from his ear. Yes...it really was in there and had started to break down inside there. Of course his ear was quite irritated from the cracker and he has an infection in the ear due to the cracker, but they got him all cleaned out and on some antibiotics and ear drops and he should be feeling better soon. All the time he stuck to his story that it just jumped off the table and into his ear!!!!Hopefully, this is the last cracker in the ear incident that we have for awhile.

Chris and Steven

This is my cousin Chris and second cousin Stephen.

Like father...like son!

Two goofy guys.....goofing around!

Cutie Patootie!!!!

This is one of the cutest little guys I have ever seen....(ok..just a little prejudice here...ha ha). Gotta love the birthmark on his forehead!!!!

Alina, Connie and Lucille

This is my niece Alina, cousins Connie and Lucille (Skip's daughter).