Bluebonnets

Here is a picture of some bluebonnets I saw this weekend. They are everywhere around us, but none right here where we are...yet! I'll keep ya posted.

I took this picture from the car driver's seat with the window down at an intersection in a city just west of us where Tuck had a soccer game, which they won (more on this in another post)!

Have a great Sunday evening!

Hugs,

K

Outta Sorts

It was an unusual weekend. The first of Spring Break (Yay)! We played lots of sports and it definately was NOT our weekend to win Championships. Although to get as far as all the teams did is pretty cool. Tuck's basketball season ended Friday night when they lost in the semi-finals. He was pretty disappointed. Then Keyton's indoor soccer season ended Saturday morning with a game for first place. Both teams were awesome and played their hearts out. The scoring went back and forth the whole game with the final being 5-6. Very proud of those kids though. Later that day Keyton's team won a basketball game to put them in the Season Finale Championship game. They had not lost one game all season! It was rough. They ended up losing to the one team they wanted to beat and did beat last year. Hard losing to a team that one of your friends went to play for (was on our team) and several other school friends.

The games this weekend were so intense that by the end of Keyton's last game I had a horrible pain in my neck from holding my shoulders tensed up. It didn't help that the parents of the team we played in Keyton's championship have the worst reputation as being the WORST sports. Very rude and disrespecful. Anyway...feeling better today thank goodness. I could hardly turn my neck Saturday night!

Crazy Cat! This is DUDLEY our 16 (almost 17) year old cat! He loves to snuggle with anyone who will sit still long enough. I'm not sure what is up with this sleeping position, but he certainly was enjoying it!

Have a good week!

Hugs,

K

P.S. Can't believe I forgot to mention....I saw the first of the Bluebonnets yesterday on our way to Arlington! Whoo Hoo! So excited for spring.

Happy 7th Birthday

Love those chubby toes and rolls of fat. A friend of my oldest son (they were about 7 at the time) thought they were his muscles!

Tuck's first Christmas! Love those chubby cheeks an bright eyes!

Hi first steps! He never crawled, just rolled. He only walked a couple of days and from then on it has been a steady run everywhere he goes!

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy! We love you to The Moon and Back!!

I thought I would post some baby pics of this sweet TuckaBear of mine. These are all from his first year. He is having a great day today! Please leave him a birthday wish if you have time, he will love reading them.

Hugs,

Mom, Dad, and Big Brothers

All I want for MY

BIRTHDAY is my TWO front teeth and anything STAR WARS!! We had our first birthday celebration on Sunday with a repeat of last years party. A jump house at our house! This little fella is like his big bro and is a home body. I tried every way I could to talk him into going somewhere for his party. My biggest arguement being the weather in March! Turned out it was sunny and eighty degrees with a perfect breeze! Tuck kept saying before the party "it's a great day for a party huh Mom?" And of course I kept replying "it IS a great day for a party Tuck"! He also wanted to know what time it was about 100 time in the hour before the party!

He had the best time with his buddies. It is fun to see him with his little group of buds that he will grow up with. I think of my two older boys and their friends and it warms my heart to see these little six and seven year olds forming lifetime friendships. It is nice that the Moms are pretty cool too!

Per Tuck's request, we are having breakfast burritos tomorrow morning, Brent is taking him McDonalds for lunch tomorrow, chocolate cupcakes with white icing and green sprinkles for an afternoon treat at school, and Chick Fil A for dinner! He wanted the Magic Time Machine, but we will have to go there on the weekend. It is too far and not enough time on a weeknight.

Hope you are having a Happy Day! We are looking foward to some rain in the next couple of days! Will be good for the bluebonnets and other wild flowers I am soooo looking foward to.

Hugs,

K

Hawk Baseball

These are some pictures of Brandan's tournament that I mentioned in the previous post. They played 4 games total. The Championship was against Midlothian. It was the BEST game I have seen in a while. The teams were very evenly matched and played their hearts out. There were some awesome plays that you could just tell the boys were giving 125%! The umpires were for the most part pretty fair and coaches, parents, and players on both teams were well behaved.

The game went to the 10th inning (about 2.5hrs) until Midlothian finally scored 1 run. Even though we lost 0-1, the boys finally had some great competition which will give them an idea of what they need to work on, although in the whole game....only TWO errors! WOW!

The tournament was great for me too, in that I got the meet and spend more time with a lot of the Moms. I took 2 hour lunches on Thur. and Fri. so that I could drive to R.O. to see their games each day. Then on Saturday, we fed the boys Chicken Express since they had been living on concession stand food for the two previous days. They were all very nice. I felt once again like I was apart of something and belonged!

Hugs,

K

Working the field

Although Brandan got to get out of school Thursday and Friday, he worked harder those two days and Saturday than if he had gone to school. Red Oak hosted a Freshman tournament Thursday - Saturday. There were eight teams entered. The coach picked 10 kids to miss school and meet at the field at 9:15 to help work the field in between games and anything else that needed to be done. On Saturday they had to be there at eight am. On top of working, they also played one game each day Thursday and Friday and two games on Saturday (one being the Championship)!

In the last picture, the lump on Brando's shoulder is ice. He sprained his wrist on Thursday sliding into a base so when he pitched (another no hitter, along with help from his awesome defense) on Friday, favoring his wrist caused his shoulder to ache.

Brent also got to do a little work (uhmm, he supposed to be working at least). This was the first time in all the years of sports and school stuff that he got to work anything. He worked the concessions on Friday and the gate on Saturday. It was great for him since he had already missed quite a few games. He got well acquainted with the boys, dad, and coach! He was certainly in his "element".

Hugs,

K

Ready for Spring

The flowerbeds are clean and ready! Some our flowers are already blooming from last year. Tuck and I planted some Bluebonnet seeds last weekend. He loves 'em like his Momma. Hopefully ours will bloom this year. With the lack of rain, I doubt the crop around here will be very good. Although, any is better than none. I am so looking foward to green grass and trees with leaves.

It is windy and cold this weekend. We are enjoying a Sunday in the house and staying warm. Brent and Keyto went North to visit some friends from home that are here playing baseball. After the freezing weather last night at Brando's championship game, Brando, Tuck and I are staying in. The team got 2nd place after a well fought game. I felt so bad for both teams. They were freezing out in the wind. Luckily we were protected from the wind with the stands.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Hugs,
K