Already September????

Oh my.....I cannot believe that it is already September! We have had a lot going on around our house!!!

We sold our house in Arlington in March and moved to our final house in Mansfield, TX. We will be here until the boys graduate from high school! We LOVE it!! It is a much bigger house with tons more space and a swimming pool and hot tub =) The boys swim EVERYDAY!!

Shawn - about to have a birthday!!! I cannot believe he will be 8 yrs old! He is having a laser tag party with some baseball friends, football friends and school friends! He had an unbelievable baseball season this past Spring! Sometimes it is hard for me to believe that he is only 7 with some of the plays that child makes on a baseball field! He has a new best bud....Ethan Smith. He lives straight across the golf course from us and they are together every minute that we will allow! Ethan's dad played baseball for the Texas Rangers which still has Shawn in awe! Shawn has started school and is in 2nd grade this year. He has also started football and is now a Mansfield Tiger on the football field. We are excited to be able to watch him play and of course we LOVE football season.

Reid - is in kindergarten!!! My baby is in school everyday, all day! He lost his 1st tooth also. He has 2 new best buds....Parker Willis and Henry Smith. Parker lives right next door and Henry lives right across the golf course (he is the brother of Shawn's best bud Ethan). Reid, Parker and Henry are all in the SAME kindergarten class! Please pray for their teacher =) Reid has started fall baseball and he and Henry are on the same team. Never hurts to have a retired professional baseball player as the coach! Reid is on the Orioles!!! We are anxious to go and cheer for Reid like we have always done for Shawn! Reid's favorite thing right now is driving the golf cart! Believe it or not, he is an excellent driver!!! If he gets "green" at school everyday for the week, he gets to drive the golf cart on both courses as his reward! Hey....whatever it takes =)

John and I.....we are settling in very well! We LOVE our home! We love the golf, club, pool and our neighbors! If we had known that Alec would move back to his mom's, we might not have bought such a large home, but it has all worked out. We love it!!!! We still wish there were 3 boys in it instead of just 2 now, but things happen for a reason even though we may never understand.

I promise I will post new pics SOON!!! I am trying to figure it out again so be patient.

Until next time.......

Flying Thru the New Year............

Wow! All the sudden I realized that I had not posted since last year (ha ha)!!! How time really flies!!!!

The kids all went back to school on January 3rd =) They were out on January 16th for MLK day and then we were out January 18th for a snow day! Can you believe that our kids in Texas were out for snow?? I took pictures of our "snow angels" and our wonderful snowman! Pictures to come!!!

Reid finished basketball for the season and John, Alec and Shawn are just in the beginning stages. Shawn and Alec play on Saturdays and John and Alec play on Sunday nights at church!! We are all going to turn in to a basketball!!! Not such a good shape for a female =)

Big news.......my mom turns 60 on January 24th!! Wow, not that is a milestone!!! She looks about 45, if that, and we are taking a trip to celebrate her big day!!!! We will leave on Thursday, January 25th and come back January 28th! Pray for my family!!! The boys all think they are going to die while I am gone???? I have tried to tell them that their father is more than capable!!! They are not buying it and I even think my wonderful husband is sweating it also =) It will be good for them!!!! I have to type out a "very specific" list of school times for drop off and pick up, practice times, game times, clothes for each day, who wears what uniform, etc!!! I really wish I could be a bug on the wall!!!!! I have tried to tell all the boys that it will be an adventure! They will get to eat things and do things that would NEVER happen if I was home. I will post pictures of our trip once we get back!!!

Hope everyone has a great week!!!!!! I know I will =) Until next time...................