End of Season....

This weekend was a long but good weekend. Friday night we stayed up late visiting with one of our closest friends. Saturday morning alarm went off and I was not wanting to get out of my warm bed! Saturday was full of Basketball games. Paige played her first game @ 9:00 in Iola. Paige played her heart out and even scored her first basket!!! I went crazy and tears were full in my eyes! We lost 20-4, but my baby girl scored 2 of those points! They didn't play again till 11:30, but they came back on the court and just had fun! It was good to just see the girls have fun! It made the season worth it!

Now Trayce's games started at 1 in North Zulch. Thankfully I was able to make it to both tournaments! The first game I don't think any of our boys showed up, but the second game was on! Trayce played his heart out and played harder then I ever saw him play!  The final score was 16-8 we won and my little man scored at least 10 of those points - he was on fire!  He was so proud of himself and so were we!  All you could hear was me, Eric, our Aunt Carri and Uncle Drew!  We def are his biggest fans!  Trayce's friend on the team scored his first shot of the season - I have to admit I had tears in my eyes like he was my own son.  It is amazing how we get so close to those kids in such a short time!  But that is what it is all about - watching each of them grow and succeed before our eyes - it's pretty amazing!

 I am so excited for teeball - that is my favorite to watch!  Trayce got home from the bball tournament and as soon as we got home he pulled his teeball bag out and said he needed to get ready - he is a little baller ha!

I started this blog on Monday night and I am just now getting around to posting it - it has been a week!

No Fear

I know I talked about change yesterday, but I feel compelled to talk about what happened last night. Last night when I got home my daughter changed before my eyes!  She has been riding a bike with training wheels really good and has been begging her Daddy to take them off - well I guess being home with them all day yesterday he got tired of her asking - well low and behold once I turned the corner on our street there she went just a peddling and riding her bike like she had been riding it all her life!  He reminded her if she fell he would be there to pick her up and she would be okay.  I was in amazement how good she rode - not wobbly at all!  I remember being so scared at that age - but she had no fear. It got me thinking... (I know scary right!) I thought maybe if we all let go of the stress and anxiety and just went for it - how much we might succeed just a little more.

I wondered last night before I went to bed if I could be that fearless with my faith as she was riding a bike.  In my life I get so caught up in the everyday life that I forget about the small stuff that matters.  My prayer for her last night was that she keeps her faith like she rode her bike - no fear in her walk with our Lord for her to let go and just let him take the lead and control everything.  I also prayed that my walk with God and my faith would be like Paige riding a bike for the first time - no fear and pure excitement: riding through the streets smiling, laughing and knowing if she / I fall our Lord will be there to pick us up - just like her Daddy was there to pick her up when she fell off her bike.

Until next time....

Changes

I have had a very interesting 6 months.  I took a new job, got a new boss twice, and now on to my 3rd boss!  A lot of times I feel like I am pulling a double wide with a scooter!!!  Any of you Army Wives fans will know that quote - one of my favorite :).  With all the changes I have been constant with one thing - STRESS!!!!  I try to not take it home with me, but so many times it was hard.  Eric has been so great with trying to take on the house chores so I don't have that to stress out about - but of course it just makes me feel less of a wife b/c I'm not keeping up with my end of the stick.  But then again - I am so thankful to have married a man who isn't afraid to push a vacuum around the house!

The one change I have enjoyed is watching my kids play basketball and having my Saturday mornings being consumed with games - although it would be nice to sleep in, I love seeing them so excited and having fun - makes me so happy - those moments I lose that stress that piles up all week.  Amazing what a little yelling for them to "stay on their man" does! 

Until next time - I am sure my world will keep changing - all I can say is bring it on.....