friday night lights

Kate, Joshua and I went to the Lobos homecoming game on Friday night. It was tons of fun but it was freezing. We are wimps when it comes to cold weather...one of the reasons we LOVE Texas so much. Anyway, the Lobos won 49-12..I think, and we got to see Cole Beasely have his #11 football jersey retired.

Football, and Soccer, and Baseball....oh my!

We are still here, just busy, busy ,busy! Mostly with kids and their extra curricular activities. Our schedule goes something like this:

Monday: football game 5:30pm, baseball game 7:00pm..maybe?
Tuesday: Pick up Braeden from football practice at 5pm, drop him at piano at 5:30pm, soccer practice at 6pm, baseball practice at 6:30pm
Wednesday: Pick up Braeden from football practice at 5pm, Den Meeting at 6:00pm, Mutual at 7pm
Thursday: Pick up Braeden form football practice at 5pm, soccer practice...maybe?, baseball practice at 7pm
Friday...breath
Saturday: GAMES for soccer and baseball
Sunday: church and absolutely NOTHING else.... :)


Kate is loving soccer and the color of her new uniform. Her new team is the Lightening Bugs. She is getting better each game, but loves to watch her feet when she runs so sometimes it puts her in the wrong spot. She is very aggressive at home when playing soccer with her brothers but holds back some in the games because she doesn't want to hurt anyone.



Braeden is playing quarterback for the 7th grade blue team. He LOVES it and I LOVE watching him. He scored the only touchdown and extra point in his first game for the win. Second game they tied and he scored the tying touchdown. Third game they won 34 to 0 and he scored one touchdown and one extra point. More pictures to come soon!!

This is Joshua's first year playing baseball. He loves that there isn't as much running like in soccer. His team, the White Sox, are playing really well. Their record right now is 3 and 1. Go White Sox!!

So Disgusting

I picked up Braeden from football last night and he was disgustingly filthy. He looked like he had been mud wrestling instead of practicing football. His coaches placed trash bags over the seats in my car so he wouldn't get every thing dirty....it didn't help. He left a trail of dirt, mud, and grass everywhere. He was covered from head to toe in mud and he was soaking wet. This morning I am on my second washing of his pants...they use to be white.... and I still need to figure out what to do with his nasty shoes. I am leaving his helmet, pads, and the car to him to clean when he gets home today. So gross!!

Black and Blue

Poor Braeden...He is covered in bruises from playing football. He looks like an abused child, but I promise you he is not.

Are you ready for some football?....and soccer

Another football and soccer season is upon us. Braeden and Josh both had their first games this past Saturday. Braeden played every single play in his football game. He was exhausted by the end of the game. Joshua started soccer this season after taking a long break for a couple of years. He got right in there like he had never missed a season. They both played hard but still there teams got creamed. It was not a great start to the season but hopefully things will just get better from here.

More Football

So, I thought we were closer to having football over then we actually are. We learned last night that Braeden's team has made the playoffs. UGH!!.....I mean Go Lobos!!

#31

Football season is almost over. We have spent numerous hours with football. At the beginning of the season (it started in July) Braeden's team was practicing four days a week. When school started and the games began the coaches cut it down to Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 6p.m. to 8p.m. Most of the games have been 45 minutes to an hour away and Braeden has to be wherever they are playing an hour before the game even starts. On top of that the games are about 2 hours long. Needless to say we have been spending a good chunk of our Saturdays for the last two months doing football. It has been fun watching Braeden play and grow in the sport, but I am so excited it is almost over!! We can have our Saturdays back!

Hook'em Horns

Yahoooo!!!!

Texas beat Oklahoma

45-35

Prime Time

As I was sitting at Braeden's football practice last night a huge, shiny, black Escalade pulled up right next to me and blocked my view of the practice. I thought to myself...How Rude! I then recognized the person that got out of the SUV.....it was "Prime Time" other wise known as Deion Sanders. He brought his son to practice with one of the younger teams. He was quite inconspicuous until the end of practice. He just sat and watched all the kids practice. Then several of the kids and parents realized who he was and got very excited. Braeden didn't understand what all the excitement was about. I told him that Deion Sanders was watching the all the different teams play football. All he said was....Who's he? I told him he was a huge football player in the 90's and that he use to play for the Dallas Cowboys. He still wasn't to impressed....not a big deal to him.
Now if it had been this guy, it would be a whole different ball game.

Busy Saturday

I am so glad the weekend is over.....Saturday was jammed pack with stuff we had to do. We first went to our primary activity and had "Popsicles in the Park". Kate had been talking about this activity for weeks so there was no way we couldn't go. The primary presidency brought tons of popsicles so the kids went crazy. I think Kate had one of every flavor.

So, from the park we went directly over to see Braeden's first football game. Well, it was actually a "preseason" game. (people take football so serioulsy around here) I guess it was a good thing it was just a "preseason" game because they lost. Braeden was so nervous, but he did really well. He played the whole entire game. He plays center on offense, left nose tackle (is there really such a thing?) on defense, and he is also on the specialty team. I didn't get many pictures but here are a few....

These first two pictures are of the boys just doing some tackling drills before the game. I didn't get any pictures of the actual football game. Those will come later in the season. That is Braeden on the right getting ready to tackle that big guy.

It was sooooo HOT!!!! Joshua and Kate were very miserable in the heat.

When the football game was over we went home to cool off and have lunch. Cary ran to do some church visits while I cleaned up the house. When he got home we decided we better go and get school supplies. School starts 2 weeks from today and we are very behind on getting everything in order to start. While we didn't get everything on the list, we did put a dent in it so I feel a little bit better about that. After our shopping trip we came home to get ready so that Cary and I could go chaperone a bunch of teenagers at a church dance. I love working with the youth but this is one of my least favorite things to do. Although, I shouldn't complain because the music was good and I did get to dance with Cary. (which we never do) So, that was our Saturday condensed into a few paragraphs and it wasn't even everything we HAD to do, but I will spare you the boring details of our lives! The week before was even crazier, but I won't even begin to let you in on that either. I don't say this often but I am loving that today is Monday!

Poor Guy :(

This is what Braeden did all day.......(the lump in the bed is him)




This is who he was suppose to spend the day with......

Braeden decided he wanted to play football this fall instead of soccer. We got him registered, and he started practice 2 weeks ago. He loves it but is a little apprehensive. There is a lot to learn and he is the "new guy" on the team. So to my above pictures.......last week he was told that he was picked to go to a camp put togther by Dallas Cowboy,Terrell Owens. He was so excited! It was a 2 day camp from 8:30 in the morning till 3:30 in the afternoon. I was a little nervous to send him but this opportunity doesn't come around very often. So, Yesterday morning we got up bright and early (5:45a.m.) to send him off to Duncanville. When he woke up he said his throat was sore, but I thought it was just because he might have slept with his mouth open. He had no fever so I sent him off with a hug and kiss and told him to have fun. When he got home last night he was beat. All the boys who attended fell asleep in the car on the way home. Braeden said it was so hard. He had a good time though and got to talk to T.O. He even got to try to catch a pass from him. He also saw Marion Barber and Sam Hurd, both Dallas Cowboys. He was so exhausted and his throat was killing him. We didn't think he would be able to go back today, but we told him we would make the decision in the morning. I went to wake him up this morning and he had a fever and his throat was hurting even worse. I felt so horrible for him. He wanted to go back so bad. Today was the day they were going to get pictures and autographs. He sobbed and sobbed. I don't think I have ever felt so bad for him. He wanted to go and just tough it out, but there was no way I could send him in 100 degree heat for 7 hours. He is still feeling bad, but a tiny bit better. Who knows, maybe he will get this opportunity again some day. (sorry for such a long post)

Braeden's Favorite Past Time

Braeden's favorite thing to do is to play football. It use to be soccer, but I noticed over the last year or so that football has inched it's way in front of soccer. Every free moment he has he wants to be playing football. If he is in the house he is almost never without a football in his hands. (which can be dangerous) He loves to tackle, run, pass, kick, punt...............it doesn't matter he just wants to play the game. He has played soccer since he was 4 and is very good at it but this next year he wants to try football. This make me nervous. I think he is still too little, but I see how much he loves it. I keep trying to convince him to wait until he is in Jr. High at least, but I don't know if that is going to happen. He says that he is going to go to the University of Texas and play football and then he is going into the NFL.........every boys dream. I keep telling him when this happens that he is going to have to take care his father and I.

Red River Shootout

University of Texas vs. Universtiy of Oklahoma

2:30 p.m.

Boo OU!!

GO HORNS!!

Lobo Football

We went to our first High School football game last night. We went because Braeden was competing in a Punt, Pass, and Kick competition. (post coming about that later) We had lots of fun. The stadium is massive. It's kind of ridiculous, but it made for a nice football experience. We stayed just into the 3rd quarter and then left. At that point the Lobos were winning 35 to Guyer's 6. It was a fun, nice evening out with the family...... Side Note: After looking at these pictures and being frustrated with taking these pictures I have decided I really need a new camera. Sorry the pictures aren't that great, but hopefully you get the idea.