Yummy!

I love to cook. I really love to cook when I have new recipes to try out. Thanks to Pinterest, I have been trying all kinds of new recipes and most of them are SO yummy! Here are just a few of our favorites right now:

Southwestern Black Bean Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 15.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 9 oz frozen corn, thawed
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 small hass avocado, diced
• 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
• 1 scallion, chopped
• 1 lime, juice of
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp cilantro
• salt and fresh pepper

Directions:
Combine beans, corn, tomato, onion, scallion, cilantro, salt and pepper. Mix with lime juice and olive oil. Marinate in the refrigerator 30 minutes. Add avocado before serving.

We ate this on our shredded chicken tacos the other night. I also just eat it as a snack with chips. DELISH!!!

Crack Slaw, an Asian Cole Slaw Recipe

1 bag cole slaw mix (14oz, or just shy of 400 grams of shredded cabbage and carrots, mixed)
5 scallions, sliced
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 cup slivered almonds
1 package ramen noodles (minus the flavor packs)

dressing:
1/2 cup veg oil
1/4 cup sugar.. i would not add all of that at once.. try half then add to taste.. when it’s too sweet it’s not as crack-like
2 tablespoons soy sauce

throw the sesame, almonds, crunched up ramen noodles and into a pan with butter.. cook till golden

let cool… add mixture and scallions to coleslaw..dress and get cracked out.

This salad is so very yummy! I have made it the last two Friday nights with grilled chicken. Stefan and I LOVE this one!!!

Tonight I am making this Taco Pie

Lukella love this one! Luke ate half of this last time. All you do is prepare your ground meat or ground turkey the way you would for tacos. Pour the meat into a frozen pie crust and top with cheese. Follow the baking instructions on the back of the pie crust. I think it is 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Until your crust turns brown and cheese is melted. Slice it up and top off each the way you would for tacos. DELISH!!!

Hope you all enjoy these recipes! Will blog more of our favorites soon. We have so many =) Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Lots of Love,

The Le4s

Catching Up

I thought I would do another blog with some more pictures. I just LOVE taking pictures. I can NOT wait until our Verizon contract ends next month...that means buh bye Blackberry and hello iPhone!!! SO excited! People thought I took a lot of pics of my kids...just wait ;)

We have had a nice weekend and we are SO EXCITED that the CARDS are Big East Champs!!! Woohoo!!! It was fun cheering for them and of course, I fell asleep during the game. A 9:00 game is a bit late to be getting started for this momma. Last night we went to church. I am now volunteering twice a month at our Church Cafe and I love love love it! I am a Barista and make all kinds of yummy drinks for people. So much fun! I told Stefan that once Ella is in school full time with Luke, I wouldn't mind being a Pilates Instructor part time and work at the coffee shop near CAL part time. I really do enjoy it that much! Plus, I love meeting and chatting with all the people that come through =)

Well, here are some pictures. If they aren't clear, don't blame me, blame Blackberry ;)

It was crazy dress day at school this past Thursday. Lukella decided to dress themselves. Looks like jerseys and shorts on top of their pants was crazy to them =)

Look who is going to be in Kindergarten at CAL next year...LUKE!!! He took a test a few months ago and he did GREAT! He is so ready and so excited about going to school! Momma is a little sad...I think Ella will be too!

Ella hanging out with the boys in the neighborhood. Who said a girl in a pink tutu can't shoot a gun? ;)

CAL is putting on the play "Cinderella" right now. We decided to take Lukella on Thursday night. Ella was really excited (I know you can't tell by this pic). Luke wasn't really excited. And Dad wasn't thrilled at all because UofL was playing. Thanks to the man who created a thing called DVR! When we walked in they handed out tiara's to the little girls. Well, Ella has been wearing hers all day everyday since Thursday night. She even falls asleep in it at night!


Last Monday it snowed here in Louisville and it was so pretty! This has got to be the prettiest I have ever seen the city of Louisville. Prettiest snow day. Ever.

This is the side of our house.

Our cute little house covered in lots of snow. Ahh I love it!

The entrance to our neighborhood. Look at that beautiful white blanket of snow!!!

Backyard

Backyard

Well, after all of that snow it is supposed to be in the 70's and 80's (OMGosh) this week. Looks like we will make some trips to the Zoo and have some picnics. I am still working on trying to get a pool in the backyard. That isn't going so well with the hubs. I seriously will have my beautiful pool in my beautiful backyard...one day....one day ;)

Off to have a fun day Sunday outside. It is going to be a beauty out.

Have a great Sunday!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

SO behind on blogging...BOO!!!

I can't believe I haven't blogged in FOREVERRR! So sorry! Since October...That is horrible! Well, let's catch up ;) CAL's football team won District! Yeah, District Champs! Stefan was named Coach of the Year in our District! YAY COACH! Now we are ready for Spring football! That will be starting up soon and we can't wait!!!

Luke is signed up to play t-ball with some friends this year and we are so excited. Ella starts gymnastics in a few weeks and she is SO ready! Here are some pictures for those of you who aren't on Facebook...Enjoy =)

This is Coach and I headed to his football banquet. So incredibly proud of him and the wonderful year he had as a first time head football coach. Love him!

Luke practicing baseball with Dad one Saturday morning...in the living room....it was too cold outside ;)


Our little gymnast =)


This week is dress up week at school. Yesterday was crazy hair day. Luke doesn't have any hair so I guess he wanted to go as a thug!

Hope everyone has a fantastic week! Tomorrow is crazy clothes day. Will try and post a pic.

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

DeSales Game

THIS was the game of the year! DeSales had never been beaten in CAL football history. And we were ready to make that happen! I was so super duper excited that my sister and her family were coming in town for this game. They purchased their air horn and hit the road on Thursday afternoon. They arrived Friday around 2 AM! We were all excited to see them that we stayed up chatting with them until 3:30. Well, everyone was up but Ella. Phew!

We woke up Friday and all of us were sooo excited about the big game! But had things to do before kick off. Hope, my sister, thought it would be a great idea to buy some shoe polish and decorate the Coach's car. My sis is brilliant! We headed to Target...got our goods...then headed to CAL. Coach was at BDub's eating some lunch so we had plenty of time to decorate his cute black car. Here are some pics:

My sis, niece and I ready to go and get our goods!

My sis didn't know what to put on this window, so I decided to take over....that's right....my Coach is HOT!

Good job girls!

I think this one is my favorite.

Thanks Anne-Marie for babysitting ;)

After decorating Coach's car we came home and made signs for the game. All of them came out so cute. Luke was so proud of his sign. With our signs and air horn in hand we were ready for some football!!! As I was getting my water and Gatorade ready I noticed how "together" DeSales looked. They had on lots of pink for breast cancer awareness month. Then all of a sudden the team was in a line and they would run, give their Coach five, spin around and run off. Oh my! This is a spiffy team I thought! I was really liking the hand shake thingy they were doing. Anyways, they had some big boys but I had a good feeling about this night. Since Hope and her family were coming to the game we decided to just bring Lukella with us. Craig and Hope's three kids are SO awesome with Lukella! I wasn't worried about my babies getting bored in the stands.

Sweet girls ready for the game!

Sweet Luke working on his sign for his Dad...It said "My Dad is the bomb.com" =)

Here is proof that I REALLY am the Water Girl! Told yall ;)

Coach about to walk out with his Captains for the coin toss. BUT the point of this picture is to show you my Gatorade table. See how nice and neat my cups are???

This game was sooooo GOOD!!!! I LOVED having my sis and her family in the stands acting all crazy when no one else was. I LOVED hearing the air horn blow and then receiving a text message saying "awkward" from my sis because the fans were so quiet...but she wasn't ;) I tell ya, us Louisianians don't play. We are loud and we are proud of our football! It was such a FUN game and ended on a GREAT note! CAL 29 DeSales 21! That's right...first time CAL has beaten DeSales...EVER! That's right...A LOT of first's going on at CAL with their first time Head Coach! SO incredibly proud of my hubby and his team!


Happy and proud Coach talking to his team after the big WIN!


LOVE this photo after the game with my sis and family! Thanks to the team photographer for getting this shot!

Sorry I am really behind on my posts. BUT we did win on our first playoff game Friday night! Woohoo! Now DeSales is coming back to us to play again. Should be another fun and exciting game!

Next game blog coming up...Ft. Knox. Hope everyone is doing fabulous! Had a busy day and night yesterday cooking for 12 Senior football players. We had them over to watch the LSU game and eat some jambalaya, chicken fettuccine, cheesy garlic biscuits, salad, chocolate chip pound cake, butterscotch candies and strawberry cobbler. I started on Friday cooking the fettuccine sauce. Then, yesterday, I was in the kitchen ALL day cooking! I was in heaven! I had so much fun! And at the same time realized how hard it would be to be a chef! SO happy I never got serious about going to Culinary School when we lived in Charlotte ;)

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

Bardstown Game

So sorry I haven't blogged about the last three football games. Life has been crazy busy! I told Stefan the other day that once Monday comes I blink and it is already Friday. I am having around 7 Pilates sessions a week now. Yipppeeee! Lukella are busy with school. On Wed.'s they are busy helping me in the kitchen bake cookies. Then, before I know it it is time for Friday Night Lights!!!

Three weeks ago we played at Bardstown. It was another District game and they were favored to win. I drove myself out there. I had a Coach's wife wanting me to ride with her and her family but I like to drive myself so I can get there early to do the water. I had no clue I was driving myself an hour out into the boonies! It was actually nice to have a hour of peace and quiet all to myself. Ahhhh! But I did have to turn off Adele because my eyes were getting a bit heavy. Bardstown was a country town and those fans loved their football! That's what I'm talkin about! They were favored to win. Imagine that. But we came out strong and hitting them hard and we were the ones that came out with the W! Oh yeah, at the beginning of the game the clock on the score board wasn't working so we never knew how much time was left until half or until the end of the game. Drove me nuts! How convenient for the clock to not work all game but then work fine at half time. Hmmm crazy right ?!? Anyways, this was such an exciting and intense game. Yes, the water girl was yelling like crazy. No, she did not care what people thought about her. Come on people...this is football! Get CRAZY! Final score was 21 - 16. So exciting!!! I was so proud of Coach and his team. And what really made my night was Coach driving me back to Louisville. We had an hour to discuss the game and what our game plan for next week would be. I am one blessed W.G. who gets to do this fun life with this sweet man! I adore this Coach! OK, enough with this sappy stuff. DeSales game coming up next with some crazy cajuns that came to visit :)

3-0 in District...YEAH BABY!!!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

Family Pictures

My sister, Hope, and her family came to visit us this past weekend! We had way too much fun! On Saturday before Church we decided to try and have a family photo shoot. It was 3 o'clock. I know...worst time ever to try and have a shoot! BUT it was the only time we could do it and I was determined to get some shots. Well, it turned out to be not only super sunny BUT super windy! Oh my word! I am editing some shots right now and came across these. I can NOT stop laughing. Check out Luke with his dance moves. Please excuse the crazy Momma and her kung fu moves ;) Will be updating the last two games soon. We WON both and we are #1 in District right now! Woohoo!
Hope you enjoy these pics!

Yes, I promise...we are one happy, normal family =)

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

WE WON

We WON last night! Oh my word...what a GREAT game! The final score was 21-16! We are now 3-0 in District! Will have a blog about the game soon. This morning we are off to the playground while Coach is at practice then watch some more football this afternoon. Hopefully we will be able to catch some of the CARDS game and the Tigers! GO CARDS!!! And I can NOT believe I am saying this but Geaux Tigers!!! ;)



LOVE this pic of Lukella from a while back. They crack me up! Ella is reading a magazine and Luke is playing the Ipad. After football season this is what Coach and I will be doing on Saturday mornings ;) But until then....football football football...and I LOVE it!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

We All Survived!

My brother Paul, his wife Charity, son Kyan and twin boys from the Dream Center (Eric and Derric) arrived Wednesday afternoon to spend three nights with us. We were all super excited. Wednesday I made sure I had the teams cookies ready to go and taco soup was cooking at the same time for our guests. We had a great dinner that night chatting away and Lukella were having a blast running around with their cousin Kyan, Uncle Paul and the twins ;)

Kyan and Ella eating a snack together. Cuties.


Luke playing a game on the Ipad with Eric and Derric.

Cousins on the trampoline. Ella is always ready for her picture to be taken. Kyan is sitting in the background wondering who that crazy lady is that keeps taking pictures and why is Ella always posing ;)


First and last night my brother did some Pilates. Strugggllinnn on the Reformer. He never asked for another session. I kicked his booty ;)


While Coach went to work on Thursday we all headed to walk the mall. After the mall we went to the playground then went and watched practice. Stefan thought it would be funny to tell the team that we were thinking about adopting Eric and Derric and that they would come to CAL to play football next year. They are both around 6'2" but they are 18 years old. But he told them they were 16. So, the team was staring at them most of the practice. Ha! The twins are two of the sweetest, most respectable young men and you would never guess what they have been through. They are truly amazing! After practice we handed out cookies and ate some ourselves then headed to eat burgers. By the way Coach never told his team he was was kidding about the twins coming to CAL! Oopppss ;)

This weeks cookie tags said: FOCUS GOOD LUCK! Col. 3:23


Cousins hanging at the mall. Kyan still wondering who this crazy lady is that keeps on taking pictures =)

Ella with her new BFF Eric at the playground =)

Friday was a pretty lazy day. It was chilly and cloudy out. After we got all three kids settled with the sitter, the adults headed to the game. The drive wasn't bad and when we arrived CAL was cooking FREE burgers and giving out chips and drinks to go with them. How sweet! Felt like I was back home at the Dream Center! Got my Gatorade ready to go and it was time for some football. As we were singing the national anthem you could see that Shawnee only had about 25 players =( and only about 3 people in the stands =( and NO cheerleaders. Broke. My. Heart. We knew going into this game that we would probably get a win. They weren't even sure they were going to have enough boys to make a team at the beginning of the year. But I didn't realize we were going to beat them so bad. This game was COLD! I kept looking at my brother and all of my peeps and they were all bundled up. I started off with my visor but had to switch to a winter cap and gloves...with the fingers cut out so I could handle all of my cups ;) I also had my Uggs on and I was still freeezzziiinnggg. My word! At half time the score was 35-7. While I was finishing filling up my cups before the start of the third quarter...I saw the twins running a lap to stay warm. So funny and smart! But I had an even better idea at staying warm...Hot cheese nachos with jalapenos....Yeah baby!

The start of the 3rd quarter were all of our back ups and then JV team. Even with our Freshman in there we were still scoring. It was sad. I was secretly cheering for Shawnee but shhh don't tell the Coach. I tell you what, that Shawnee team might have only had 20 something boys on their team but they were the toughest group of boys we have played all year. And SO much heart! Our team cheered on the sidelines and high fived more than I have seen us do all year. I told Coach if they did this EVERY game and not just games we are blowing out teams...we might win State. The final score was 56-13 . After the game some Coaches were packing up faster then I have seen them move all year. They were so worried something was going to happen. For some reason I felt really safe. Safer than the Baton Rouge Dream Center on Sunday mornings. Yeah. Crazy. I know. Not sure what was with these men...but these white coaches were moving...FAST! As we were walking off of the field I was talking to the AD who pointed to a beautiful Church behind the stadium and said it was for sale. SAAWWEEEETT! Every city needs a Dream Center and I believe the Boutte's/Trahan's would do amazing things for the city of Louisville. I am just praying that my vision will be what the Lord wants and will direct the path of my whole family to the Ville...with the LeFors. Amen!

Saturday the boys and Charity left us and we were all so sad. There were so many people that fell in love with the twins and their sweet spirit. Eric in particular became Ella's BFF! She absolutely loved him and made him hold her for about the last hour they were here. Everyone loved Charity, Paul and Kyan but they weren't as outgoing and loud as these twins ;)

Derric and Eric. Love these boys. Oh, and they loved their new CAL gear the Coach brought home for them =)

Ella getting her last few hugs in before Eric had to leave =( So sweet!

This week is another crazy week of footbal practice, Pilates clients, school and cookie baking. But I love being busy! Friday night we play at Bardstown. They are undefeated. Should be a good game. Then next week my sister and her family come to Louisville to visit. Woohoo! We can't wait to hug and kiss the Boutte Fam!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

CAL RECORD
3-3 OVERALL
2-0 DISTRICT
GO CAL!

It's All About The Good Luck KISS...And COOKIES!

This week was a big week...it was the Homecoming game and first District game. We needed a win. Bad! Since it was Homecoming week I told Coach that the boys deserved cookies. This is what they needed if we wanted a win. Plus I missed baking. So, he gave in and said I could bake. Lukella go to school Monday, Tuesday and Fridays. Wed. was a rainy day so I decided to start baking early in the day. With a little help from Lukella. We started around 9:30 and we were totally done around 5ish. There were a few breaks to play, eat and nap. On Thursday Lukella and I met some friends at the Zoo then came home to pack about 80 cookies bags in a duffle bag to deliver to the team after practice. The tags this week said FIST and Romans 5:1-2. FIST because Coach talked to the team about coming together as one and being a FIST. Lets hit em' hard Coach! Good stuff! After we handed out cookies, cookie girl stole the Coach's car, stopped to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte and it was my night off getting my hair did :)

Friday was Game Day. And we were ready! I had a client early so Coach brought Lukella to school before heading to work. When I was finished with my client I had a lunch date with Fon at BW3's. It was fabulous! We both had wraps and they were delish! Also talked about our game plan. After I picked up Lukella from school we headed home for some quick naps. Then I brought them to CAL's Homecoming parade. They had lots of fun catching lots of candy. After the parade I zoomed them home with the sitter and zoomed back to the game to get my teams water and Gatorade ready.

There was a ton of people at the game. I mean A LOT! There is a local orthodontist, that for the past 3 years, has given out free sweatshirts. To the first 1,000 people. That's right over ONE THOUSAND FREE sweatshirts!!! So incredibly NICE!!! It was so cool seeing everybody at the game in their grey and red hoodies. And he personalizes the back. We even got one for Lukella. How cute are these hoodies...and kids ;)


I was filling up my cups when I noticed the Coach and his Senior captains coming out to do the coin toss. Then Coach walked straight up to me and gave me that good luck kiss! YES! Now this is going to be a good game.
I also knew the field and near the water station was going to be muddy due to all of the rain the night before and half of game day. So I wore my red and black polka dot rain boots with my sparkle t-shirt and visor. Some of the coaches were cracking jokes at my boots but by the time the game started I knew that they were secretly wishing they were wearing my cute boots. Their pretty white tennis were nasty...and the game hadn't even started! It was pretty chilly out this game. The Refs were horrible....what's new?! This game was all about our defense. They played amazing! Our offense wasn't clicking for some reason. It was just an off night. But our Running Back had a great game. Like I said before I love standing on the sideline and getting to see everything up close. Now there were 2 plays I saw with my eyes where the opposing receiver dropped a pass and the Ref said they caught it. Unbelievable! If I catch something like that and the Refs don't....that is BAD! That was just 2 of the many calls that were quite annoying. Very frustrating. At half the score was 7 to 7. I was so nervous about this game that after lunch I didn't eat anything else. Well, now my stomach was starting to rumble. Some of the sweet ladies that work in the concession stand came and delivered me some nachos with jalapenos and a Diet Coke. So yummy! Hit the spot and I was ready to fill up cups and water bottles for the second half.

The second half our defense was still playing strong and our offense was still a little off for some reason. The final score ended up being 14 to 7. Phew! Close one! We ended up just kneeling the ball at the end and took our WIN! One TD was a run and the other was about a 30 yard pass. Pretty pass and catch to put us ahead of W. Washington and win. I was really happy for our kicker. He is a Senior and he has never played football. This is his first year because he has always played soccer. I always scream my head off for him when he is in the game. I was SO proud of him for making his extra points after our two TD's. I even went up to him and told him I was proud of him. And then I felt like I was his Momma!

During the game I cheer. LOUD. Most players are looking at me like I'm nuts but I. Don't. Care. Our fans are pretty calm. I told Coach I want a white towel next game so I can stand up on the bench and swing it in the air. It's a football game peeps. Get with it...YELL!!!! Maybe they are yelling but I don't hear it. Maybe to them I am just a loud, obnoxious Southern Water Girl! But they know that I really love my football!

Our record right now is 2-3. We play Friday night at Shawnee. Now everyone keeps telling me this is in a bad area of town. Like some Coaches aren't letting their wives go to the game. WHAT??? I keep reminding them that I think everyone is going to be ok. When we lived in Baton Rouge we went to the Dream Center which is an inner city church. Pastored by the fabulous Craig and Hope Boutte. We all lived. Although I have to admit I was slouching down in the pew almost every week. I felt safer that way for some reason. Then when the Coach was playing high school football and the W.G. was cheering him on, we had plenty of games in the not so safe areas. As a matter of fact I got egged at one of those games with my fellow cheerleaders. Yummy. Anyways, my brother Paul and his family will be getting here tmw and we can NOT WAIT! SO excited! They are also bringing two Dream Center boys with them. Erick and Derrick. We are going to have lots of FUN!

Coach is at practice and Lukella are napping. Once Coach gets home I will add the link for the stats of this game and the last one. Off to cook some Jambalaya and head to the J.V. football game...GO CAL!!!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

I realized after this game that maybe winning and losing isn't all about what I wear. Maybe it is about the visor, good luck cookies...and good luck kiss!!!

Uh oh...Coach forgot to kiss his Water Girl!

OK, I did everything exactly the way I did for the first game. Same jeans, flip flops, hair in pony tail with visor. I had a pretty good feeling we were gonna win this game! Couldn't find a sitter for Lukella because it was a Saturday game and most of them had activities. Oh gosh! Thank goodness my parents were in town to help out at the game. And thank goodness it was a day game! It was another beautiful day for some football. Perfect! As I got Lukella settled in the stands with Honey and Poppy I started to walk towards my Gatorade station. One of the Coach's yelled "Happy Birthday Momma!". Thanks! I guess a Mom over heard and was like, "Ohhh I didn't know it was your birthday! Happy Birthday! How old are you? 35? 36? Sorry I work with so many different aged girls I have no idea". ME: "Um, NO! I am 31! How old are you again? 60?". Ok, I didn't really say that but...SERIOUSLY? OMGosh. I was thinking about how happy I was that I bought some wrinkle cream....and that it had better work...ASAP!
As the game was about to start the head trainer told me Happy Birthday and asked how old I was. I told her 31. She said "No way!". I was thinking great, she must think I'm 40. She said she thought I was around 27. OK OK that was NICE! I will be sure to get her extra cookies next time I bake...but it is not looking good for that other lady and cookies ;)

Once the game started I was thinking how Coach never came and gave me a good luck kiss! OH NOOO! Not good! You all know how superstitious I am. Since game 1 Coach has come to give me a kiss right before kick off....but not this game. He must have forgotten! Shoot! I didn't think it was that big of a deal but I guess it was. Oh yeah, and the cheerleaders weren't at the game so I was not only the W.G. but also the cheerleader! Goodness gracious my throat was killing me after the game. Even Coach told me he heard me yell "COME ONNN D!". I was so happy he could hear my loud and beautiful voice.

Back to the game. We started off pretty good. Lukella were having fun playing with Honey and Poppy and running to me to help with the water. Awesome! Then, Ella decided she wanted to stay with me a while...and drink some Gatorade....a lot of it! I seriously think she drank as much Gatorade as some of those Lineman. She was enjoying sitting on the bench, drinking Gatorade and staring at the fans. That's right, she didn't want to watch the game. She wanted to watch the fans. And I think she was enjoying the attention of fans saying "Ohhh she is too cute!". Oh yeah, she is smarter than most of us give her credit for. The little grin with her big brown eyes scanning the crowd and her ears ready to receive all of the sweet comments. She is a hoot! I seriously missed most of the first half doing water and getting Miss E some Gatorade.

Here is a picture I took of Ella during the game. You have to admit she's pretty darn cute!

When I looked at the scoreboard at the half it read 28 - 14...and we weren't winning. Then the second half was just awful. Bless their hearts. The final score was 42 - 21 =(. Another sad game. I told Coach after the game that I didn't care anymore but that I was baking cookies for the team this Friday. It is Homecoming week and I think they deserve some. Plus, those boys are so nice to the W.G. They are ALWAYS so polite and telling me "Thank You" for giving them water and most of the time out breath while doing so. How sweet is that!?!

On the way home we picked up some pizza to eat while we watched the CARDS vs cats game. It was my parents last night in Lousiville =( When Stefan got home from the game he told me he knew what went wrong... that he forgot to come and kiss me before the game!!!! I KNEW IT!!!! Next game I will make sure EVERYTHING goes right. Friday is also our first District game. I say we go undefeated in District. We can do it! Stay positive peeps! I have faith in my Coach and his team!

Even though CAL couldn't pull out a win our CARDS did! Woohoo! It was such a great game. So proud of those CARDS! My parents left Sunday morning and we already miss them. We had so much fun these last two weeks with them. Can't wait to see them again when we go to State =)

Lots of Love,

The Le4S

"Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time." Oswald Chambers

My Birthday

If anyone really knows me they know that I LOVE birthdays! I just love to celebrate! So, yesterday was my birthday and it was FABULOUS! My wonderful mother woke up early, went to Starbucks to get me a Pumpkin Spice Latte (mmm) and breakfast burritos for everyone. My favorites! SO sweet of her. I heard her trying to sneak out of the back door and realized she was probably going to get me something. So, I stayed up and prayed that she knew where she was going and that she wouldn't hit a deer ;)

Lukella gave me some spa booties which are the BEST! You warm them up in the microwave and put them on your feet and relax. Ahhhh. And they have a Lavender scent. My favorite! Stefan brought the kids to school because I had a client. When my client got here she had some cookies for me that she bought at Homemade Pie Kitchen. So sweet! I was already feeling the love and it was only 10:30! After I trained my client my Mom and I went to eat some lunch and get Lukella from school. Luke told his Teacher that it was my birthday and he wanted to make me a birthday card. Then, all of the kids in his class decided they wanted to make me a card too...but they ran out of time. It was still a sweet thought.

We came home to rest and do some Pilates with Honey and Poppy. After our session we all got dressed and waited for Stefan to get home from practice....and then we were on our way to a Hibachi Grill. It was so yummy and Lukella loved it! So fun! After dinner we headed to Homemade Pie Kitchen for pie, cup cakes and ice cream. Yumo! It was a great way to end to my birthday with my 3 loves and my sweet sweet parents!!!

Stefan gave me a gift certificate to go and spend the day at a spa here in Louisville. I can't wait to go! He is the BEST!


Picture taken at Homemade Pie Kitchen. I am now 31 and every year my birthday gets better and better. Getting old isn't so bad when you get to celebrate it with the people that love you the most! Should have gotten a pic with my parents but there was no one around! Booo!

Getting ready to head out for Coach's game! This is the only day game so we decided to bring Lukella. After CAL's game we are going to zoom home to catch the CARDS vs the cats! Hopefully this will be a great day for some W's!

GO CAL and GO CARDS!

Have a GREAT Saturday =)

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

P.S. Thanks to everyone who sent me a birthday email, text message or message on Facebook! You all made my day and have no idea how much I loved getting those messages =)

Luke LOVES Basketball

Luke absolutely loves his basketball. He has been practicing his dribbling skills all around our house...a lot. Stefan has also showed him some Pistol Pete videos which he thinks is cool. Here is a video of Luke dribbling around a little course Stefan made for him. For four I would have to say he is quite impressive....but I am his Mother ;)

Stefan put this video on Facebook but this is for all of our friends and family who aren't on there =)

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

Cookie Girl

When Stefan got the coaching job at CAL I knew right away I was going to want to make cookies for the team. When he started his two years at UofL I always made cookies for his O-Line, Wide Receivers, Running Backs and some of the Defensive players. I looked forward to it every week and loved doing it. I just wish I could have done it for the whole team. I would give each player 7 cookies and Stefan would get 17 good luck cookies. Every game. Stefan's were different from the other players because he was special. I would make him peanut butter ritz cookies dipped in chocolate. Don't worry, he never ate all of them by himself. He would share some with his roommate. The night before home and away games he would spend the night with the team at a hotel and that is when he would hand out the cookies. I am sure he enjoyed that ;)

When I decided to bake cookies for CAL's football team I knew that I couldn't pick just starters like I did in college. And I knew I couldn't give them each 7 cookies. 54 players x 7 cookies = one CRAZY cookie girl. So, I decided to bake cookies for all 54 guys but they would get 2 cookies each. Of course, I had to add the coaching staff, trainers and some of the people Stefan work with. So we are talking about hmmm 75 bags. Which means I bake about 180ish cookies because Stefan always gets a whole batch to himself in his cookie jar =)

We came up with a rule that the team will only get cookies when they WIN! Luke really LOVED this rule! On Mondays is when I work on the tags. Printing them out, punching them out and putting the RED string through the holes. Then, the first week I decided to try and make my batches of cookie dough a head of time. I made all of the dough and stuck it in the fridge over night. Practice on Wednesdays is cut short because of Church. So, Wednesdays are my bake nights while Lukella have fun one on one time with their Dad...which usually involves playing tackle! Thursdays is when Lukella hand the cookies out to the team after their practice.
In college I just bought the rolls of Pillsbury cookie dough and baked. The players LOVED them and would always ask me for my recipe...and I would just tell them it was a secret ;) Stefan is a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies. I mean HUGE! My cousin, Mignon, told me about the Nestle Toll House recipe. Baked them once and ever since then it has been that homemade chocolate chip recipe in the Le4s house! But I always add a ton more of chocolate chips then what it calls for....mmmm!

Here is a picture of my packaged cookies for week 1! The package looked the same for week 2! But I have a different saying on the tags each game:

Week 1: "WON'T BE BEAT! Phil. 4:13 Good Luck!"

After we beat LCA a Mom of a player came up to me and told me how her son just loved my cookies. She said she then asked him if they were good as his Momma's and all he could say was "Mom, hers were REALLY good!". Bless her heart. I should have just told her I use the recipe on the back of the Nestle Toll House bag ;))

Since they won week 1 I made cookies for week 2. Tag said:

"PROTECT THIS HOUSE! Good Luck! Isaiah 40:31"

For week two I did not make my dough ahead of time and I was up from around 5:30 until midnight baking. Might go back to my routine of week 1 ;)

Here is sweet Ella handing out the bags to all of the players. She is waiting outside of the Coaches office for the players. So cute!


Now it has been a few weeks since I have baked them some cookies. I miss it. We need a WIN this Saturday so I can get to baking again. We play Saturday at 1 in Indiana. Then Saturday night at 7 is the big UofL vs. UK game in Lexington. This will be a fun football day and night. We are all so happy Honey and Poppy are here with us right now. We are all having tons of fun and tomorrow we are headed to the Zoo! We can't wait!

Hope everyone has had a Wonderful Wednesday!

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

Game #2

Every week Stefan gets one free meal from BW3's since he is a high school football Head Coach. But only during football season. Every Friday Lukella and I meet up with Stefan at lunch time. Wherever. This is for them to see Dad and Dad to see them because he won't see them until Saturday morning for a second and then he's out of the door for practice. For game #2 Lukella and I decided to meet Stefan at B dubs. We had a nice lunch and the kids got all of their high fives, good luck hugs and kisses in. People always ask me why I don't bring them to games. Here ya go peeps:
1. Ella usually falls asleep with the sitter before kick off or right after. Kick off is at 7:30.
2. Lukella are more interested in running up and down the stairs of the stadium than watch football. They don't care about football. I do :)
3. I am the Water Girl and there is no way I am chasing Ella around on the sideline the whole game telling her to sit still and not run out onto the field ;)
That's all!

For this game I was ready for a CAL t-shirt but I wanted a super cute one! And NOT a blue one. We are that yucky UK blue and pretty UofL red. I came across www.sparklemoms.com. Ahhh SPARKLES! Just what a W.G. needs to feel special. I put my order in a few weeks before game #2 and my Mom and Jeri Ann made it happen! Yall are awesome!

I got to the game in my football gear and new t-shirt. Another great night for football! Gosh, I just LOVE Louisville weather. Amazing! Some of the things people said to me before the game:
"Love your shirt! So sparkly and cute!". Thanks lady!
"Do you have any kids on the team." High School Asst. Trainer.
Me: "Yes, I do have kids...AT HOME!" I was thinking of saying "I'm not 40...I'm 30!".
Then, a little cute lady that works with Stefan started running toward me by my water station...talking super fast:
"Me and all of my friends were wondering who that cute little teenage W.G. was! We didn't realize it was the Coach's wife. I met Stefan. You have 4 kids right?"
Me: "Nooooo! We have 2!". But thanks for thinking I was a teenager =)
100 mph lady, "Ohhh that's right! He said you wanted more! You want more right? Like 4? He said 4!"
I couldn't get a word in because she was so excited I wanted 4 kids! Did Stefan really tell her this? No way! I couldn't tell her she was wrong so I just smiled and nodded while my stomach turned. People: we are good with TWO!!!

As I got the water and Gatorade ready to go I looked up and saw a cute, feisty 10 year old girl who was ready to help me. And she told me she was willing to run out on the field during time-outs. Awesome! She was our Offensive Coordinators daughter. And at this point I had NO idea how much she would make me laugh. Now being a W.G. is pretty serious stuff. No chatting with players. Go about your water business and zip it. Although I have to say most of these players are so polite and tell me "Thank You" a lot. After I told W.G. 2 the rules she was good to go. The first player to approach her was greeted with this:
"We gonna win the game right?". She was holding onto the water bottle until he answered.
"That's the plan!" said the player reaching for the water bottle. Then she gave him the water. She was copying the cheerleaders and dancing like crazy. Yelling at the players "Don't be SAD be GLAD!" "Come on boyyysss!! Yall can do it!". Oh yeah, I could not help but laugh. She was too cute to remind her of the rules. The game was a close game...again. During this game Coach wasn't as feisty. After the first game I told him he might of wanted to simmer down a little. And he did. So I guess he does take advice from his W.G. after all. He was a lot more calm than game #1. Like I said another close game. But this time we lost. As I watched the Coach run off the field with his team to the locker room, I was wishing I was running with them. Always curious what will be said after a win or a loss. I know I know...I'm one nosy W.G. But I knew I could always ask what was said when he got home. One advantage to being married to the Head Coach ;) I had a water station to clean up anyways.

As I was waiting outside for the Coach I was approached by a players Father. He was telling me that his son is so tight and has a slight case of scoliosis. He wants me to work with him in the off season. This brought a huge smile to my face. When I first began my journey as a Pilates Instructor I had no idea how beneficial it was for people. It is not just a work out for Mom's who just had babies. So when I started I realized how bad athletes needed to be doing Pilates. One of my goals with becoming certified was to work with athletes. Now it looks like I will be working with some football players in the off season and I am so excited. Since I had to do a 45 hour project with Coach before getting certified he saw first hand how awesome Pilates is. He just wishes he had been doing it his whole football career. Since the Coach is sold that is great for me!


After the loss. So sad. But isn't my shirt so cute?!? BTW the first game I wore the visor with a pony tail. This game I decided to wear my hair down. I thought it was the visor that was bad luck so I ditched it for game #3! Now I realize it is not the visor...I need the visor with the pony tail! Coach was right all along! He told me to stay the way I was from Game #1 but I didn't listen. Next game it is back to the way things were. Sorry, I told yall I was superstitious ;)


How cute is this pic!?! I took it at CAL's JV game the week of game #3! Lukella loved standing on the sidelines by their Daddy! I have to say it did make me a tad bit nervous. See, even though they don't get to enjoy Friday night games they are around football a lot! So, don't feel bad ;)

Since I am giving you the view of the game through the eyes of just me...the W.G.....here is a link to all of the stats of the game:

http://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/khsaa/kyfb11/stats_35056_8453

Lots of Love,
The Le4s

P.S. I am still working on my sister to join me in on doing a duo blog. It would be called "Hope & Joy"...Confessions of an Inner City Pastor's Wife/Confessions of a Head Coach's Wife & Water Girl. I LOVE her stories and think yall would too!!!!