Our upcoming move is getting here so quickly. We are excited about our new adventure but this is going to be our most difficult move yet. We've been here longer than we've lived anywhere else during our marriage. The boys have basically grown up in Texas now and it will be hard for them to leave all of their friends here. We've enjoyed being so close to both our families over the last seven years and that is definitely going to make this move harder. We've got a terrific church family and saying goodbye to them will be really tough. The movers will be here in just over a week and I have tons to do before they arrive.
We are having a yard sale on Saturday to try and get rid of so many things that we really don't need anymore. As much as I despise having yard sales myself I know that is really the only way I can declutter my home to the extent that I want to. I'm actually letting go of probably about $1000 worth of scrapbooking and crafting supplies. Don't worry, I've still got way more than I probably will ever use. I hope that this next year in Rhode Island I will have more time to fit scrapbooking into my weekly schedule. With us only being there a year I don't know that i will be as involved with outside activities as I usually am. Of course, we'll still have sports, church and band activities with the boys.
As much as Killeen frustrates me and I gripe about the horribly hot weather in Texas, this place that has been our home for seven years will be missed. Garrett and Jacob will probably always think of this as home and perhaps Matthew is old enough he will as well. That's okay. I'm proud to be a Texas girl and I don't mind if the boys feel like they are Texans too.
Next year is going to be new for us in many ways. We're lightening our load by getting rid of many "things" we've carried around with us for years. I believe that the less cluttered our home is the less cluttered our daily lives will be. We really don't need so much "stuff" and it feels good to get rid of much of it. Our family will have a new dynamic next school year as we will have one child in high school, one in middle school and one in elementary school. That should be fun when fundraisers come around. Kevin's job will be to attend school for the next year so his schedule will be a complete change from what we're accustomed to. I'm hoping to start back to graduate school so we may all be attending classes which should be fun. We can have family study times together! Well, whatever this upcoming move holds for us I am very excited about the possibilities and I'm looking forward to living somewhere where I can look out my back door and see the coastline and feel the ocean breeze. I'm loving the idea of new experiences, new challenges and living in a totally new environment! It should be fun!
Day to Day life for a woman who has always been very much a girly girl and now has the joys of raising three very active boys!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Baseball
Well, the baseball season here has officially begun. Garrett and Matthew are playing this year. Now Jacob kind of wishes he had played too, I think... maybe next year. Garrett's team won their first regular season game last night and I think their team is really turning some heads in the league. The baseball league here is highly competitive and many of the teams are made up of kids who play on select travelling teams. They didn't really expect much from our little team. Surprise. Kevin is coaching Garrett's team, the Orioles, this year and he, along with his great assistant coaches, are apparently the talk of the league these days. They beat last year's first place team pretty badly during the preseason and now the other coaches don't seem to be able to know what to think about the Orioles.
I myself find it rather amusing. They all get so wound up and upset and Kevin and his guys just remain calm and collected. Kevin also teaches the boys on the team to be gracious winners or losers, whichever the case may be. Last night, the opposing team's head coach actually got ejected from the game and the baseball complex after using some very inappropriate language when objecting to a call by the umpire. He had spent most of the game yelling at his players, putting our players down verbally, and basically degrading his team. I'm so proud that my husband and son are an example of how the game should be coached and played. I believe that it teaches the kids so much more when a coach encourages them and corrects them without resorting to foul language, yelling and insulting them.
I'm excited about what the future holds for their team this year and I've asked Kevin if his goal is to tick off every coach in the league. His team has already had two team's coaches foaming at the mouth.....Guess we'll see how the other's react.
Matthew's team lost their first game.. But they almost came back from a 9-1 game by finishing the game 9-6. Kevin, Garrett and Jacob are looking forward to spending some time with Matthew over the next several weeks helping him improve his catching, hitting and throwing schools. He's still got a lot of the basics to learn but I think once he understands the game more he'll be a much improved player. The awesome thing about Matthew is he is always so easy going and it doesn't seem to matter what happens during the game he always ends the night with a smile and a positive attitude. I hope he always stays that way. It is so easy for Matthew to put a great big smile on my face and a swelling of pride in my heart. He is an awesome kid!
I myself find it rather amusing. They all get so wound up and upset and Kevin and his guys just remain calm and collected. Kevin also teaches the boys on the team to be gracious winners or losers, whichever the case may be. Last night, the opposing team's head coach actually got ejected from the game and the baseball complex after using some very inappropriate language when objecting to a call by the umpire. He had spent most of the game yelling at his players, putting our players down verbally, and basically degrading his team. I'm so proud that my husband and son are an example of how the game should be coached and played. I believe that it teaches the kids so much more when a coach encourages them and corrects them without resorting to foul language, yelling and insulting them.
I'm excited about what the future holds for their team this year and I've asked Kevin if his goal is to tick off every coach in the league. His team has already had two team's coaches foaming at the mouth.....Guess we'll see how the other's react.
Matthew's team lost their first game.. But they almost came back from a 9-1 game by finishing the game 9-6. Kevin, Garrett and Jacob are looking forward to spending some time with Matthew over the next several weeks helping him improve his catching, hitting and throwing schools. He's still got a lot of the basics to learn but I think once he understands the game more he'll be a much improved player. The awesome thing about Matthew is he is always so easy going and it doesn't seem to matter what happens during the game he always ends the night with a smile and a positive attitude. I hope he always stays that way. It is so easy for Matthew to put a great big smile on my face and a swelling of pride in my heart. He is an awesome kid!
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