Working towards his athletic goal...

This has been a tough year for us. Lots for me to post about, but right now I want to talk about this boy. JT has been on swim team for a year now. Last September he started swimming because his swim teacher always said he had potential to do amazing on a team. JT walked on the pool deck and felt right at home. He immediately fell in love with this sport and started doing amazing in his meets. He qualified for Junior Olympics and his relay team broke a team record for their age group! Then, my boy aged up a week before the JO's, so he couldn't swim in the summer Junior Olympics because he wasn't fast enough for the 11 year old qualifying time.

It's been a tough few months for my boy adjusting to competing against older boys. But, he is finally adjusting to the new expectations. He has been doing so well. Last weekend he earned 2 blue times for his breast stroke. He really wants to compete in the December Invitationals in Las Vegas. He is so close. He's been working so hard and wants it so badly. He will have one more chance on the 19th and 20th of this month. I'm so proud of my sweet boy who has found his sport and for his desire and dedication to succeed in it!

I am one proud mama watching him from the pool deck!

Happy Birthday, Curly!

In honor of my boy's 9th birthday....9 things I adore about you:
9. Your passion for life.
8. Your love for animals, especially our pup, Daisy.
7. Watching you do your Karate
6. Your willingness to clean your room whenever I ask.
5. Your cute smile and
4. the sound of your giggle
3. I love how you love your friends so deeply
2. That you love your brother and sister so much.
1. That your always seeking to please the Lord in all you do.

Thank you, Curly, for an amazing 9 years. We love you so very much.

I am going to work harder here!

2011 has been a CRAZY year for me. Life has been out of whack all year. Now that I can post from my phone, I'm going to try harder to update this blog more often. I hope I haven't lost all my readers. I hope to update more often. Thanks for checking in.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

My sweet girl lost her two front teeth within a week of eachother! She is growing up too fast!

Yay, I'm back!

Life the past 6 weeks has been an adventure, to say the least!  We've been with family, in a trailer (5th wheel) and housesat for some amazing friends.  We are so sick of eating out and living out of bins.  But, as of this past weekend, we are now officially home!  We've moved into our new- old home!  Life has been extremely simple these past few weeks.

What did I miss-
1.  My camera and computer - I took photos, but didn't have my computer to view the images!
2.  My washer and dryer (thank you so much to Jen, Erin, Bea & Jodi for letting me do wash at your house while we were in the trailer)
3.  My bed!  Don't get me wrong, we were super thankful to my brother for letting us borrow his 5th wheel, but my 6'4" husband and I slept awful in the full size bed.
4. My kitchen - I missed cooking and baking!  I even missed doing dishes (so sick of paper goods)
5. Having a bathroom close by (we had to walk around the house every time we needed to use the bathroom)
6. Having our puppy close - poor girl had to be alone in the backyard because the trailer was just too small for her!
7. A place for my children to do homework - like the kitchen table

What I didn't miss-
1.  Television - it was amazing not having the tv on!  I didn't miss it all!  Felt a little out of the loop on things, but Iphone did the trick when I wanted an update
2.  The cleaning - since Friday I have been cleaning floors and dusting and boy am I exhausted!
3.  Television - wait I said that already!
4.  The kids fighting over the Wii
5.  The television - oops! I guess I really didn't miss that!

We are so thrilled to be in our new home.  We love the neighborhood.  We love the location.  We love how close we are to so many wonderful friends and church and school.  We feel blessed and satisfied.  We can't wait to share our new home with all our friends and loved ones in the years ahead!