Fire Pit

Jason recently built a fire pit in the backyard and we love it. This past weekend he bought a truck bed full of firewood, so we are set. Here are some pictures of my handy dandy husband's work! So glad I have a do-it-yourself type hubby! :-) We love hanging out in our backyard after our covered patio was finished and this will make the fall evenings and some winter evenings enjoyable.

Jason preppeed the area by mowing a circle

Mr. Perfectionist had to get technical and measure to find the radius and make a perfect circle.

Jason meticulously sorting and laying the stones

Finished Fire Pit

Setup waiting for a fire

View from end of backyard

Lovely fire!!!!

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I'm Going To Be An Aunt X 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Both of my younger brothers' wives are expecting. I am so very excited for both of them. They are both expecting little girls and I am beyond thrilled to have 2 new nieces to spoil and doll up! I can't wait to have sleepovers at Auntie A's house....even though that is a few years down the road. I'm very, very excited!

Sam and Annette are due February 14th and Bear and Haylee are due early April (don't know the exact date). So, next Spring and Summer are going to be fun-filled with new babies!!! YAY!!!!

Dr. Visits

Colby became sick on Friday and I decided to go ahead and take him to the doctor. He had a 101 degree fever and threw up. I had a funny feeling it was going to be the flu, but was hoping it was Strepthroat. He had all of the symptoms of the flu, so when I made his Dr. appointment, they told me that when he arrived he would have to put a mask on. Not only did he have to put a mask on, we were immediately placed in a room. The nurse came in and did the flu test and I told her that his throat hurt too. She decided to do a Strep test, as well. The Dr. came in and assessed Colby and said, 'Yeah, it is probably the flu.' Me....I'm still thinking/hoping it is Stepthroat. The Dr. left and came back 2 minutes later....Yep, it is Strepthroat. Colby was pretty pitiful looking and felt terrible for about 2 days. He finally started feeling better on Sunday and fortunately, he had a 3-day weekend to recover.


Monday we had to go BACK to the Dr. for a review of Tristen's ADHD medicine. He's been on it for 2 months now and they have to review his vitals and heartrate before they will give you a refill. Fortunately, everything was good. He did get to have an EKG done for them to check his heartrate.


So..............I'm hoping for no more trips to the Dr. anytime soon!!!!

Homecoming 2009 - Western Day

Homecoming is this week for LHS and the middle schools participate in their spirit week. Colby really isn't into these types of things so he isn't participating.

Monday was Team Day (wear your favorite football team jersey). Tristen of course wore his Texas Tech jersey. :-) I didn't snap a picture. Tuesday was Twin Day, but his twin was sick. Today is Western Day and I knew Tristen had a cowboy hat that we just bought for an upcoming drama project, so I thought he was just wearing that. He came out this morning looking so cute with his long sleeve dress shirt and jeans. Too bad this city kid doesn't own a pair of boots! Lol!

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Weekend Wrap Up

Worst part of the weekend: It ending.

Best part of the weekend: shopping for more Halloween decor for the front yard. Spending Sunday with the house to myself. It was fabulous! I'm able to get so much more done with all of the boys are gone. Every last piece of laundry was done, dinner was prepped, and the house was straightened up. Jason played golf with his dad and Justin (Colby's old baseball coach and husband of my good friend, Cari) and the boys went to their mom's house on Saturday.

People I saw this weekend: a lot of coworkers at the Juvenille Diabetes 5K. Girls day got postponed, which was fine with me b/c I thoroughly enjoy lazy Sundays!!!

Things that I am not looking forward to this week: honestly.....boys' homework. Colby's homework for the past week has been a beating. As much as I think he has adjusted well to Middle School, we have 2 terrible days of homework, which I'm 99% sure part of it should've been completed in class. Tristen never had this much homework last year.

Things that I am looking forward to this week: Tristen's football game tonight, and FRIDAY! I love Fridays! :)

Where We've Been.....

It has been another one of those times where we get busy and I neglect to update the blog.

This week has been the busiest, by far. Monday - Tristen's football game. Tuesday - Colby's baseball game (which ended up being cancelled b/c of rain) Wednesday - Colby's baseball game (we didn't get home until 10:30pm) Thursday - Tristen's weekly Counselor appt. Friday - Jason softball game. Saturday - 5K JDRF (Juvenille Diabetes) Walk for work. Trying to plan dinners on weeks like this is insane. Sure we could eat out every night and that'd make it easy, but that gets expensive, especially with 2 boys who eat regular size meals now and not kiddie meals. Yesterday, I rushed home from work, changed clothes, and started dinner. Jason got home, saw me in the kitchen cooking spaghetti AND checking over math homework (which required a calculator). (I wouldn't be surprised if some spaghetti sauce didn't splatter on the homework. Oh well if it did!) He said, 'Are you REALLY checking over homework and cooking at the same time?' Captain Obvious! I said, 'Yes, I have no other choice. We have to leave in an hour, and their homework needs to be corrected before we leave since we won't be home until after 10!!!!' He then told me I was Supermom. HA! Whatever. It is called multi-tasking!

Here's a quick update on each one of us. Next time, I'll try and have some pictures.

Tristen

• He is doing GREAT in football. The first game he rotated in and out with another Quarterback. The last game he was the sole quarterback and punter! He did AWESOME! Most plays are running plays, but he did make 2 passes that were very catchable, his receivers just let him down.
• He had all A's and B's on his 3 week progress report and has maintained his A's and B's. We are very proud of him. He has acclimated himself to 7th grade very well.
• Tristen is no longer doing band (which I'm glad) and he is now doing Drama as his elective. Drama couldn't suit this kid any better! He has his first 'skit' coming up on Monday. We went and bought his costume and he is all set. I can honestly see Drama class as something that he'll continue to do. He really enjoys it!

Colby

• Colby's baseball season just started back up. Well, actually, they've been practicing for the past month and their games just started last night. Colby made some awesome plays at 2nd. He had a line drive to short stop that was a hard hit and then he had an AWESOME RBI bunt down the 3rd base line. Even though he is on a new team this season, and I won't get into the reasons why his other Select team fell apart since I might go off on a tangent, he is doing great.
• Colby has adjusted very well to 6th grade and is enjoying it. He had all A's and B's, with the exception of Math, on his progress report. He is back on track though, and he's brought his Math grade up to a B.

Jason

• Jason is still enjoying his new job, well, new place of employment. Same position, just different work environment and NO weekends! YAY!
• He has started working on The Bug, and he hopes to have it on its wheels soon. How soon? Who knows!
• Jason had a birthday and while we didn't have a party or get together, he went and played golf with is Dad and friends. He got a new iron set for his birthday and this is he wanted to do with his birthday.

Me

• I am still in limbo at my job. Some of you know and some of you don't know what happened at my job. I spoke to my new boss today and plans are for me to be 're-positioned' by the end of the year. A pending position that would be ideal is still on the 'drawing board', but not sure if it will come to fruition. In the meantime, I'm working on special projects for my VP, maintaining what I currently do, and preparing for transition.
• I fell off the running wagon after my 5k got cancelled back in August, along with the fact that school has started for the boys and finding free time to do anything is a lot harder these days. I started running again this week and I hope to be registering for a few 5k runs before the Turkey Trot in November.
• I went kayaking last weekend! I've never gone kayaking, but it was a blast. It was just one of my girlfriends and me. Her and her husband have kayaks and take them out to the lake all the time. We paddled around and drank a few 'mini-beers'. It honestly was a ton of fun. We had some nice girl chat time and caught some sun rays before Fall decided to roll into town.

Hopefully, my next post will be a bit more exciting with some pictures.

Look out Tony Romo

Tristen had his first scrimmage for 7th grade football. Right now, they have him playing at Quarterback on offense and Cornerback on defense. This is Tristen's first year to play football of any kind besides playing in the backyard. So far, he likes it. I was worried about him liking it since all he has ever played is baseball and football is a lot more physical and in my opinion tiring. He has his first game next Monday and I can't wait to watch him play. Jason went to watch the scrimmage today bc Colby had baseball practice at the same time. Here's to hoping for very few conflicts in their extra-curricular activities.

Go Huskies!!!!!!!

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