Thursday, May 09, 2013
Spring Break…..
Spring Break comes way to early in our School District – at least I think so. Thankfully, the weather this year for the break was perfect! We tried to stay busy, with a massive kickball game with friends. The house was full of my kids and their friends.
We went on a adventure to a new museum that recently opened and found it will be a great escape from the Heat once summer comes. The kids had a lot of fun at the museum, it is a Nature and Science Museum. One of the first exhibits we saw was the Dinosaur exhibit, Noah’s reaction was my favorite when he said to me, “I didn’t know they had bone animals here!” Man I love that guy. The rest of the kids really enjoyed the sports exhibit where you can run races and compare yourself to some professional athletes
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The next big thing we did was venture down to the Fort Worth Zoo. We had never been there, but had heard great things about it. The Herlehy Family invited us to go with them and it was a beautiful, perfect day! It is great to have wonderful friends to explore with.
We went on a adventure to a new museum that recently opened and found it will be a great escape from the Heat once summer comes. The kids had a lot of fun at the museum, it is a Nature and Science Museum. One of the first exhibits we saw was the Dinosaur exhibit, Noah’s reaction was my favorite when he said to me, “I didn’t know they had bone animals here!” Man I love that guy. The rest of the kids really enjoyed the sports exhibit where you can run races and compare yourself to some professional athletes
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The next big thing we did was venture down to the Fort Worth Zoo. We had never been there, but had heard great things about it. The Herlehy Family invited us to go with them and it was a beautiful, perfect day! It is great to have wonderful friends to explore with.
Jumpers
Brooklynn is on a Performance Jump Rope Team. The team is through her school and is coached by her PE teacher. Last year she was on the developmental team and would practice a few times a week. This year it was ramped up a whole bunch and she has been practicing 3 times a week after school and most mornings she is at school early enough to practice before class starts too. She has spent endless hours perfecting their routines and her hard work has more than paid off.
I have been impressed with her dedication. Having this opportunity has taught her how to practice and really work hard, if you want to master skills and be really good at what you do. She has learned to really LOVE something she does and she has been excited about this all year! Not once have I heard her say, “I don’t want to go to practice.”
Starting in August, with school she practiced and practiced. The team consists of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade kids. In November they performed for the first time in the city parade. In December her performances ramped up (They perform at half-time of the basketball games). By the end of the season she performed at 7 or 8 high schools and at many of the Colleges/Universities in the area, including, TWU, TCU, SMU, UTA, North Texas and Baylor and at a Texas Legends basketball game all in a 30 day span. Steve and I took turns taking her to performances and the boys to basketball. Nana and Grandma even came to see her perform one weekend which was so much fun!
I have seen their routine so many times and I NEVER get sick of watching her. I am endlessly impressed with her ability to perform in front of huge crowds – I could have never done that at her age. She amazes me!
I have been impressed with her dedication. Having this opportunity has taught her how to practice and really work hard, if you want to master skills and be really good at what you do. She has learned to really LOVE something she does and she has been excited about this all year! Not once have I heard her say, “I don’t want to go to practice.”
Starting in August, with school she practiced and practiced. The team consists of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade kids. In November they performed for the first time in the city parade. In December her performances ramped up (They perform at half-time of the basketball games). By the end of the season she performed at 7 or 8 high schools and at many of the Colleges/Universities in the area, including, TWU, TCU, SMU, UTA, North Texas and Baylor and at a Texas Legends basketball game all in a 30 day span. Steve and I took turns taking her to performances and the boys to basketball. Nana and Grandma even came to see her perform one weekend which was so much fun!
I have seen their routine so many times and I NEVER get sick of watching her. I am endlessly impressed with her ability to perform in front of huge crowds – I could have never done that at her age. She amazes me!
Hoops……
Tyler played basketball this year on the same team he played with last year. The only difference was that Steve helped coach. His coach Danny was a great guy and partly in consideration of Ty, requested that the team have no Sunday games. The league was kind enough to comply. His team had a pretty good season and I loved watching him improve. The games are definitely getting more exciting and I watching him if so exciting. I have to admit the more competitive his sports get, the louder I get. I am not the mom who can sit back and not cheer. I am not one to yell at Ref’s etc, but I really LOVE to cheer on my boy!
This was Josh’s first year to play basketball on a team. At his age it is pretty much a chaotic mess, but his little team did improve throughout the season. I learned a couple of great things about Josh – 1. He will shoot from anywhere! He loves to shoot and playing against Tyler in the backyard has been great for him. He isn’t afraid in anyway to put it up – now if we can just work on more going in! 2. He is a pretty good ball handler. Who knew? He was able to be the ‘point guard’ in a couple of his games and he did pretty well. Oh and I must not forget, His team one the post-season tournament.
This was Josh’s first year to play basketball on a team. At his age it is pretty much a chaotic mess, but his little team did improve throughout the season. I learned a couple of great things about Josh – 1. He will shoot from anywhere! He loves to shoot and playing against Tyler in the backyard has been great for him. He isn’t afraid in anyway to put it up – now if we can just work on more going in! 2. He is a pretty good ball handler. Who knew? He was able to be the ‘point guard’ in a couple of his games and he did pretty well. Oh and I must not forget, His team one the post-season tournament.
BIRTHDAYS!
I have been so behind on my blog, I feel like I will play catch up for an eternity. But catch up I will. More for me than for anything else!
After we rolled in the New Year with the Miller’s and my parents (sorry guys no pictures). The January Birthday’s were rolling in fast!
I am extremely blessed and lucky to have my sweet Brooklynn in my life. My lone girlie in the chaos of boys. She is sunshine and drama all rolled into one beautiful young lady. I cannot imagine what I would do without her. I rely on her endlessly and she is the best at taking care of Noah when I need her too. She plays with him and feeds him, she will even give him a bath and help him find his clothes. She is amazing. I think my MOST favorite thing about Brook is her eternal positive attitude. More often than not she begins her thoughts/conversations with, “The Good thing is….” or “You know what I really like….” This is such a blessing and always reminds me to look on the bright side!
For a ‘Party’ since I love throwing birthday parties so much! (I fail miserably at this). Brook and her girls Sydney and Sydney went for pedicures. They loved it!
Joshua’s birthday was just 2 days later and we celebrated as a family and then he, Steve, Tyler and his buddies Tanner, Parker and their dad went to play at Strikes. They played laser tag and had all kinds of fun!
As for this sweet, funny, crazy, non-stop kid all I can say is that I love him! His energy is never ending, but when it finally runs out he crashes and sleeps hard! He LOVES his friends and is one of the most competitive, trash talking boys I know. He can put a smile on my face and drive me mad all at the same time. He loves sports. Right now it is baseball, but it was basketball and football before that. Whatever he is playing at the moment is his favorite. Life without him would be much more mundane that is for certain. I love him beyond what I can really describe and I am grateful everyday that I am lucky enough to be his mom!
After we rolled in the New Year with the Miller’s and my parents (sorry guys no pictures). The January Birthday’s were rolling in fast!
I am extremely blessed and lucky to have my sweet Brooklynn in my life. My lone girlie in the chaos of boys. She is sunshine and drama all rolled into one beautiful young lady. I cannot imagine what I would do without her. I rely on her endlessly and she is the best at taking care of Noah when I need her too. She plays with him and feeds him, she will even give him a bath and help him find his clothes. She is amazing. I think my MOST favorite thing about Brook is her eternal positive attitude. More often than not she begins her thoughts/conversations with, “The Good thing is….” or “You know what I really like….” This is such a blessing and always reminds me to look on the bright side!
For a ‘Party’ since I love throwing birthday parties so much! (I fail miserably at this). Brook and her girls Sydney and Sydney went for pedicures. They loved it!
Joshua’s birthday was just 2 days later and we celebrated as a family and then he, Steve, Tyler and his buddies Tanner, Parker and their dad went to play at Strikes. They played laser tag and had all kinds of fun!
As for this sweet, funny, crazy, non-stop kid all I can say is that I love him! His energy is never ending, but when it finally runs out he crashes and sleeps hard! He LOVES his friends and is one of the most competitive, trash talking boys I know. He can put a smile on my face and drive me mad all at the same time. He loves sports. Right now it is baseball, but it was basketball and football before that. Whatever he is playing at the moment is his favorite. Life without him would be much more mundane that is for certain. I love him beyond what I can really describe and I am grateful everyday that I am lucky enough to be his mom!
Christmas Time……
We spent this Christmas at home. We spent it all by our lonely selves. I feel like it actually snuck up on me this year. We were all so focused on our trip to Hawaii that when we got back I was in a panic to be ready for Christmas. Of course I worked my magic and had everything all ready, but I think that was in part thanks to the kids getting out for their break so late this year. I didn’t get to do all the baking I was hoping to do and enjoy, but we really had a great time being together.
When the kids did get out of school we spent time, wrapping, shopping and hanging out. Then on Christmas Eve Day, I was lucky enough to spend a little time at Urgent Care with Josh. The week before he had been home sick with Strep Throat, sadly on Christmas Eve it was the flu. Thanks to a shortage of Tamiflu, I drove all over the place trying to get his prescription filled. All of us had gotten our flu shots except Steve. I can only imagine how bad it would have been without the shot.
We had plans to spend Christmas Eve with our friends the Herlehy’s. We didn’t change those plans, but Steve stayed home with Josh. I went over with the rest of the crew and we had a great dinner. The kids played a game and had fun being together and then we had the kids re-enact the Nativity. It was a nice evening, even with my boy being sick. Once we got home, we read our traditional story called, “Teach the Children” and then we opened our PJ’s. It was a lovely, low key evening. I got to open an extra present – a new, very nice Camera! Yay me, I put it right to work.
Christmas morning always goes much too fast for my liking, but the kids had a great time. Josh seemed to be feeling a little better.
After we opened gifts and ate our Scotch Stew and Ebelsceevers (I don’t know how to spell that), we were laying around and relaxing. Much to our surprise and excitement when we looked out the window……..
SNOW< We could not have been more excited, but honestly didn’t expect much more than this. Gratefully we were wrong and later that day the kids and Steve went outside to play in this….
The snow was really coming down and the kids had so much fun playing in it. We even let Josh go out because even though he was sick, it was Christmas and snow only happens maybe once a year around here.
The Day was wonderful and although we missed our extended family terribly, we were so grateful to be together as a family.
When the kids did get out of school we spent time, wrapping, shopping and hanging out. Then on Christmas Eve Day, I was lucky enough to spend a little time at Urgent Care with Josh. The week before he had been home sick with Strep Throat, sadly on Christmas Eve it was the flu. Thanks to a shortage of Tamiflu, I drove all over the place trying to get his prescription filled. All of us had gotten our flu shots except Steve. I can only imagine how bad it would have been without the shot.
We had plans to spend Christmas Eve with our friends the Herlehy’s. We didn’t change those plans, but Steve stayed home with Josh. I went over with the rest of the crew and we had a great dinner. The kids played a game and had fun being together and then we had the kids re-enact the Nativity. It was a nice evening, even with my boy being sick. Once we got home, we read our traditional story called, “Teach the Children” and then we opened our PJ’s. It was a lovely, low key evening. I got to open an extra present – a new, very nice Camera! Yay me, I put it right to work.
Christmas morning always goes much too fast for my liking, but the kids had a great time. Josh seemed to be feeling a little better.
After we opened gifts and ate our Scotch Stew and Ebelsceevers (I don’t know how to spell that), we were laying around and relaxing. Much to our surprise and excitement when we looked out the window……..
SNOW< We could not have been more excited, but honestly didn’t expect much more than this. Gratefully we were wrong and later that day the kids and Steve went outside to play in this….
The snow was really coming down and the kids had so much fun playing in it. We even let Josh go out because even though he was sick, it was Christmas and snow only happens maybe once a year around here.
The Day was wonderful and although we missed our extended family terribly, we were so grateful to be together as a family.
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