Tigers! Tigers! Tigers! GRRRRRR!!

So tomorrow is our third game so far this season and we are 2-0! Ross is doing awesome, as I knew he would, I mean he IS my child after all. Last week he drew two fouls and went to the line and made 1 of 2 both times. That is actually more like his Aunt Winnie. I have included some of the pictures of Ross's infamous shots adding to our ending score of 18-2 over the Celeste Blue Devils last week. Tomorrow we battle the Wolfe City Wolves. Tigers vs. Wolves. What a match up!

My sister helped me last week!

Obviously I am enjoying coaching a little too much but hey, he's only 9 once and then I have Reese and Reid! Seriously, it has been a nice break in my stressed schedule to hang out with the kids. Since classes started, I have something going every night of the week and alot of people would advise against taking on anything else such as coaching basketball. I, on the other hand, wouldn't have it any other way. I don't want my kids to remember me being too busy with school to not have time for them. Besides, baseball is just around the corner and then its Bart's turn!!

Proof that pregnant brain stays with you long after pregnancy

Whoever used the phrase "pregnant brain" should've named it, once you become pregnant, get ready to lose your mind for the rest of your life! Oh, and also add the fact that it gets worse with each child long after giving birth.

So, I noticed Monday that my left foot was hurting just a bit. It had gotten to the point where I couldn't hardly bear any weight on it. My mind of course is filled with a jumbled mess of things such as basketball, class starting this week, laundry, Bart's schedule and well, you get the idea. I could not for the life of me remember what I did to hurt my foot! In the back of my mind I remember doing SOMETHING, I just don't know what, where or when. Every day it has continued to feel worse and become harder to walk on. I hobbled to basketball practice on Tuesday. Limped my way through classes on Wednesday. Today, I decided, hey, I better go get this checked out before working a 15 hour shift tomorrow. So, I run up to E-Care in McKinney. (great place by the way!!) My doctor does not have access to an Xray so this is where she told me to go. Way better than the E.R. and nice staff. Yes, they are paying me to advertise. So, apparently I probably have a hairline fracture in my foot. What the heck did I do??? So not only do I look like a total goofball walking around with one of those ugly blue velcro shoes and crutches, I sound like an idiot when trying to answer everyone's questions about what I did!! "What did you do?" "Yeah, about that...not so sure how I FRACTURED MY FOOT!" Seriously, I'm going to guess it had something to do with being a 32 year old grown woman on a trampoline with three kids. Or, better yet, dancing to Tobymac with said kids. On second thought, nah...couldn't be anything like that.

Is it that time already??

I swore I was going to get so much done before the Spring semester started. Well, classes start tomorrow and do you think I really accomplished everything on my list? I did manage to read the books I wanted during the break and I'm actually about to finish one extra but that's about it! My house still looks the same. Unfinished paint job in the bedroom...Christmas decorations half taken down thanks to Bart's wonderful schedule...cluttered house and well, I could go on and on! I dread the cramped schedule ahead of me but it's all worth it, right? I was hoping to at least go to church today but it seems the kids have all been sick since we came back from our trip. Reid, bless his heart, has a double ear infection and an upper respiratory infection and now Ross is complaining about his ears! Reese has had the same viral respiratory infection for a couple weeks as well. Oh, and did I mention I feel like I'm coming down with something too?? It always seems like everything hits at once but after a couple of weeks it will settle down again. On the bright side of my busy schedule, we won our first basketball game yesterday! Ross did awesome and gave it all he had, even with having to guard a kid twice his size! Seeing all the boys come together make it worth while to give up some of my time to help coach! I meant to have Bart take some pictures at the game and forgot in the craziness of the first game, so next week I will try to do better in order to show off my boys!

So, wish me luck as I start a new semester this week. And each week brings us closer to returning to a normal schedule for Bart too! Hope everyone has a great week!

Ross's Glasses

Well, after searching a few stores for a pair we both agreed on, we finally found some glasses at Wal-Mart. SpongeBob of course! (Thank goodness you can't see anything SpongeBob on the frame) Downside is, we won't have them for a few days so Ross is a little disappointed. I managed to get a picture of him on my phone and will post more when we have them in our possession!

Ross's Birthday

Not much exciting happened today for Ross's 9th birthday. I got him up, dropped him off to school and then headed out to find the game he had been asking for. He had basketball practice tonight so we didn't get to plan too much and his first game is this Saturday so if there will be a party, it will be in a couple of weeks. It's hard to believe my big boy is nine years old! Seems like just yesterday I was a scared 23 year old wondering what in the world was going to happen to my life as I tried to prepare the best that I could for a little one. I couldn't imagine a better experience for a firstborn than what I had with Ross. He was a sweet baby and has grown up to be a sweet boy. Quite the little genius and a great big brother. Always wanting to please both me and Bart and so sensitive to others feelings.

I picked Reese up today and before I could get out of the parking lot, I noticed the school nurse had tried to call. I had Reese with me so I knew it must have something to do with Ross. I worried that maybe he was getting sick like the other two have been. Why hadn't they called me sooner though? I barely listened to the message and tried to call back up to the school. I drove slow in case I had to go in there to pick him up. When I finally reached "Nurse Nancy", I had to try to hold back the giggles. Ross isn't inheriting the cold from his siblings, he is inheriting his mother's eyesight! Yes, Ross has been having trouble seeing the chalkboards and the teacher sent him to the nurse only to find that he failed the vision test. I knew this day was coming but didn't quite expect it this soon. Happy Birthday Ross and welcome to the unfortunate world of bad vision. Your mother has it, your aunt has it, your mother's mother and father and, well, you get the idea. So, tomorrow morning, we will set out to find out just how bad it is for now. I'm hoping and praying he only needs glasses for school work at the moment. There is plenty of time for his eyes to get worse..believe me. I am very thankful that there are stylish frames out there now and that one of his good buddies wears glasses as well.

So, another year goes by for Ross and with it an unexpected milestone. I wore my glasses tonight and probably will tomorrow just to make him feel a little more at ease. He is actually excited. He said, "I get glasses for my birthday." Poor thing. Doesn't realize he has a full life of it ahead of him! Pictures coming soon!!

Skiing, Family and Yahtzee

We got back last night from our family ski trip in Ruidoso, NM. The trip was nice and the drive wasn't bad for the most part. Going there, the kids did great. Reid was the one I was most worried about but he stayed pretty content most of the drive. Coming back seemed like a lot longer but we lost an hour coming back into Texas which made it that much harder! Luckily, my mom rode with us so we had an extra pair of hands to help with the kiddos!


This was the first ski trip to take with my side of the family and we all had a blast! The kids took to skiing like a fish takes to water and I can't wait to go again! Reese looked so cute in her skiing gear and she didn't want to leave the mountain. Ross did well, but tired easily, which we plan on working on that before next year. Its motivation for all of us! I didn't realize how out of shape I was until this week! I was sore in muscles I didn't even know I had anymore. We though Reid was still a little small but he probably could have hung with the best of them. If you notice in the pictures, he is right there the whole time! He also had us laughing because everytime someone would fall, he would start cracking up! What a wise guy he is!

We also celebrated Ross's birthday while we were all together. He turns 9 tomorrow!

And the kids made their gingerbread house! Of course, Reese ate quite a bit of the icing before it made it to the house to decorate.
Reid pretended to be a dog while we all played Yahtzee! I won, of course!!

The kids really enjoyed the snow and I wished it would've snowed while we were there but at

least they got to play in it and enjoy what was there. I also completed my goal of reading two books while I was gone. If you are a sports fan and haven't read Josh Hamilton's book "Beyond Belief", then it is a must! What an awesome testimony he has and I can't wait to get it signed when baseball season starts again!! I read it to Bart while we were gone and it was nice. Sometimes we sat on the back porch and read while the kids watched for deer.

It was a great trip and it brought our family a little closer, even Bart and I had some bonding time dispite our kids running around, thanks to Josh Hamilton! (and mom for buying it for me for Christmas!)

I hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday! I am glad to be back and can't wait to catch up with everyone. I will end tonight with my favorite picture taken this past week. :)