Busy, Busy, Busy....

Since school got started, we have been so incredibly busy! Not only are all three kids, playing soccer, this year, but Luci is taking dance and John William is also playing football. So this is how our weekly schedule goes: Monday-(aside from being Hell to begin with)We have had a football game every week at 6:00. Tuesday: Luci has dance at 5:00 and Cooper has soccer practice at 5:30. Wednesday: Since we weren't busy enough, Jay decided to throw in teaching soccer training to about 30 or 40 kids-that aren't his kids!!! Thursday: Luci has soccer practice at 5:30 while John William has football practice from 5:00 - 7:00-not to mention all the homework we have and tests to study for. Friday: we try to rest, but somehow we are always doing something and then on Saturday, we have 6 soccer games-that's right SIX!!!!! Thank goodness, we are winding down. Cooper's soccer is over, Luci and John William have two more weekends to go and we only have two more football games this year. So, needless to say, I am really looking forward to November. And yo answer your question-NO, they will not all three be playing soccer in the Spring!!!

Since we have been living in the car, I thought the this picture was appropriate! Cooper's class has a class pet named Melba the Monkey that each child takes home for a week. Melba kept us all even busier!! But we had a great time at the Hibachi grill with her!! The kids all learned to use chopsticks and enjoyed our "dinner and a show" evening!


Now, I just barely touched on football, but it really has consumed our life! And we are loving it!! John William is doing so well this year. He has figured it out and has really learned to tackle! And when I tell you that he made a great hit last week-let me just say that watching it made his Daddy uncomfortable!! Poor little guy on the receiving end! Mammaw and Papaw got him the black gloves in the picture below-he says they help him hold onto the ball! He is number 25 below.


Notice someone had to get involved in the cheer leading for her "Bubby" as she calls him!

I hate that right now I don;t have any soccer pictures of Cooper-they are all still on the card in my camera!! Luci was very excited about soccer at first-mostly the getting dressed for it part! You know, new shirt, new shorts, new pink shin guards, and black and pink cleats!

But when it actually came time to play, I think he play time consisted of about 30 seconds. And this is how she spent most of the rest of all other games...Poor Coach!


Jay and I got to have a wonderful weekend in Atlanta with Eric and Erica Ross for Eric's 40th Birthday! We left all three kids at home and loved having 7 hours in the car by ourselves to talk and sleep and listen to music!

Erica had wonderful BBQ delivered along with big screen TV's set up to watch the Florida-Alabama game along with every other football game that was on that weekend. The boys even moved a couch outside in front of the TV so they could enjoy the weather with their football. And as you can tell from Jay and Eric's eyes, they were very sleepy...
I enjoyed being able to get dressed for a party without someone interrupting me five hundred times! I think it took me an hour-just because I COULD!




Nice birthday present...