Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. I started the weekend a little early by going on a all girl's trip to Scottsdale with my book club. We had a great time lounging by the pool, eating great food, hanging out and getting a pedicure. It was a great trip and it was very relaxing. I came back on Saturday and got to spend Mother's Day with my family. We went to breakfast and dinner and we all went to see a movie. It was very low key and just my kind of day.



I am so thankful to be a mother to my wonderful boys. They can drive me crazy at times, but I know that I can do the same to them. Their very unique and intense personalities are a joy to me every day. Luke is my sweet, curious, and creative little boy. Ryan is my funny, charming, and kind-hearted little boy. They have been such a blessing in my life.

Football

Greg and I don't really have any intention of encouraging the boys to play football later in life. It is a dangerous sport; however, we both enjoy watching it (I prefer college football, while Greg is obsessed with the Broncos). Ryan and Luke will watch some football with us and they always assume that it is TCU playing, no matter who is actually on TV. I put them in a 4 week flag football clinic for preschool aged kids partly to give them something active to do and partly to introduce them to some football stuff. They had a pretty good time and they got to play a mini scrimmage on the last day and Luke scored 2 touchdowns as the running back.

The first week was really cold and we had to bring the hats and gloves back out of the closet.



By the 3rd week they were chasing each other around to attempt to pull the flag - it was mostly kids running around in circles.

Ryan perfected his "football face" over the course of the 4 weeks. He may or may not be an athlete, but he definitely has the look down when he wants to. Overall, they had a good time and it gave them something different to do. They will start karate again this summer with some of their school friends, and of course, we'll be at the pool a ton.

Technical Dificulties, but Still Here...

The lack of blog posts is due to several things. The main one being that we've been really busy and I value the little down time I can get every night by going to bed early in order to read (currently Harry Potter 7 for like the 4th time, still just as good as the 1st time). As a result, I haven't wanted to stay up after the boys go to bed to blog and our weekends have been so full of stuff that I haven't had any time then, either. However, I did sit down on Sunday and tried to update things a little bit, but I discovered that the connection from my camera to the computer is no longer working. So until we figure out if it is my camera or my computer that is the issue, no pictures. And it is no fun to post about the boys taking a 4 week flag football class if there are no hilarious pictures to include.

Everything else is going great around here - we are all looking forward to being out of school, the boys are done next week and I'm done the 2nd week in June. We have plans to go to an art camp at the Denver Art Museum, lots of time at the pool, a 5th birthday party (can you believe they will be 5!), a visit from Nana and Grandad (and Lucy the dog), getting our basement finished, and a trip to Lubbock (just me in the boys driving) - all in the month of June. Stay tuned - hopefully there will be pictures soon.