This past weekend the boys and I had a little fun. We went shopping and did the Santa thing! This was the best time to go see Santa! NO WAIT, NONE whatsoever! I couldn't believe it! We walked into the mall (around 5:45pm Sunday - Santa closed at 6pm) and walked right up to Santa, Cameron told him all that he wanted, I had my camera with me and took some pics, and that was it! In and out in 5 minutes! I couldn't get Austin to sit on Santa's lap though. It was hard enough to get him to sit with the big brown bear that was just sitting around the mall looking lonely! Then we found the cool car and you can tell by the look on Austin's face, he was Oh So Excited to be sitting in the little green car!

Austin has another soccer tournament this weekend so that's what we'll be doing. Woo Woo! Then next week, only 2 days of school for all of us then it's off to Hermann! Woo Woo! Long drive but we get to see Uncles, Aunts and cousins, and PawPaw. Gonna get some good use of the dvd player in the van!

Well, a long trip to say goodbye to a lifelong friend. I'm back in Dallas from Arkansas where I attended the funeral of one of my best friends. Bobbie Jo Cothrine Hernandez was obviously very loved based on the massive turnout to her visitation and funeral. She will be missed by all.

On a brighter note, Cameron's last soccer game was cancelled this morning due to the weather (very cold and windy). So, I have a little time to post! But not much to say. I'm ready for the holidays - not ready as in have all my shopping done, just ready to be out of school for a break! This fall is going by fast!

Karen got me involved in facebook this week so I'm now on that as well. One good thing about it is I found a friend from college that is in NY doing voices on cartoons, acting in movies, all kinds of stuff that I knew he would do! He's a very talented artsy person.

I think it's time to go shopping for Christmas gifts, I need to get that done so I won't wait until the last minute!

Posting again!

Yes, it's my monthly posting. Things just get busy and I forget to post. Sorry!

Soccer is in full swing. Cameron's team didn't have a coach, so I volunteered his Aunt Jess to volunteer coach and she accepted graciously. Cameron has not yet grasped the concept of 'dribbling the ball' and 'shoot and score'. He likes running around and chasing the birds on the other field or racing his teammate down the field when the ball is going the opposite way. Our team is made up of 4 boys and 4 girls. I have to say that the girls definitely "get it" while the boys like to fall down (on purpose) and run around. and around. and around. It's definitely a spectator sport, since the spectators are the ones laughing so hard or yelling at the top of their lungs "go the other way!!" We are half way through his games. He misses 2 out of the 6 games due to visitation with his dad and then his uncle getting married, which happens to be next weekend. Cameron will miss out on Halloween trick or treating, but we're planning on going to a couple of festivals so he can wear his Iron man costume, or his Spiderman or his Superman. He's not certain as to which super "dude" he wants to be.

Austin's soccer team is doing very well. He has been playing forward, defender and goalie. His regular season is over, but he has 2 tournaments coming up. Starting tomorrow night, his team is in a tournament so we have at least 3 games this weekend, maybe more if they advance to semi-finals and the to finals, plus a baseball game, plus a trip to the high school to demonstrate his "invention" from invention convention in which he won 3rd place. I guess I'll go grocery shopping around midnight! He was nominated and inducted into the Beta Club at his school a few weeks ago. And, he is about to start chess club. He has asked his principal about starting a chess club and the principal just happens to be a chess player himself, and has actually taught chess, so Austin is excited about the chess club! He is still enjoying the trombone. He can actually play a few songs now and is sounding much better than when school started!

That's about it for now, look for me to post again in about another month! Maybe I'll post earlier, I need to get some pics this weekend and I'll post them. Hopefully.

Weekend fun!

This weekend we went to the Addison Octoberfest with PawPaw, Peggy and Lane. Yes, Octoberfest in September, welcome to Texas. Didn't get any pictures except on my phone, but I don't know how to send it from my phone to my blog! So, we went to the Dallas Aborritum today with Grammy where they had all the pumpkins out! They even had a 15ft pumpkin house! I did remember to bring my camera!

Austin has started soccer games and his team has won 2 out of 2 so far. We have another game tomorrow night. Baseball is slow to get started since Ike interferred one weekend and then we had a schedule change another weekend so no games so far, but that will change this coming weekend. Cameron hasn't started his soccer season yet, but I'm hoping we get a call sometime this week since he is registered, but in a different association. They start the little ones a little later. It's back to school tomorrow, yeah! 2 more weeks then we're off for fair day, every student and teacher gets a free ticket to the state fair. Can't wait to see what the fried items are this year! I've heard there will be fried jellybeans and fried coke, just to mention a few; that just sound really weird to me!

Hey, I'm posting!

OK, I know, it's been a while. We've been a little busy. School has started and we are back into a routine, sort of. Before school started, we were able to go to the Ft. Worth Zoo with Uncles John and Justin, Aunt Amanda and all the girl cousins, except for Esther who was home with her mom trying to keep well before school started. We also have a new (used) van. It is a 2008 model and the boys are so much quieter during all our travels now that it has a drop down DVD player which also has adaptors to play video games in, AND is complete with wireless headphones, way cool! Austin has started in band and absolutely loves it. Cameron awoke this morning to the sounds of the trombone! I need to find my ear plugs.......
Austin has also been taking private lessons from minor league professional baseball players/coaches, in order to learn a bit more about the hitting and pitching game. He will play fall ball this fall with the little league he played with in the spring, which consists of teams, but very casual - just having fun and keeping up their skills. He likes 6th grade much better than 5th, so he has told me all this week. We'll see if that enthusiasm continues....
And finally, we have a new roommate, Jessica, my sister, has moved in with us and is trying to find a job. She helps me out trememdously with the boys which is great - instant babysitter and housekeeping helper! Gotta run, band practice is nearing....

Bye Bye Jeep

Well, I sold the Jeep today. Wouldn't ya know, the driver was uninsured so I took the insurance to pay off most of the Jeep, called the uninsured driver and he agreed to pay my deductible, and called an auto broker who has a body shop and sold it today. So, it all turned out OK, just that I own no vehicle now. My mother has a car that I can use and I may end up buying it from her, but not sure. It has a lot of miles on it.

The boys are great. Austin is getting bored and is actually ready for school to start! Cameron is just full of himself all the time. I have 2 days of workshops tomorrow and Monday then start the 18th. The kids start the 25th. We're looking forward to tax-free weekend shopping! Austin needs new shoes AGAIN! His feet are growing so fast that I told him we were going to the local thrift store to get shoes. He didn't like that thought at all. We did go to one recently and I told him that it's a good place to get name brand stuff real cheap! It's just like a yard sale. He was embarassed that we even walked in to the store! So, I guess I'll only save $ on mine and Cameron's new wardrobes because Austin just wouldn't dare wear anything from there! I told him that a lot of his clothes he wore when he was younger were from yard sales and it didn't hurt him at all!

Summer is growing much shorter, but the days keep getting hotter and hotter. I think we've had 26 straight days of over 100 degrees! I am going to try someday and put a video on here, but haven't learned how to upload onto youtube yet. I'll work on that. Later.

The Jeep is hurting.....

Yeah, it's wrecked. Thank goodness all of us involved are OK. No injuries, just a little shaken up on my part. Austin was at home so he wasn't involved. Cameron and I were on our way to Starbucks and as we approached an intersection, this pick-up decided to turn right in front of us. My light was green and he thought he had an arrow. Fortunately, no one was hurt and my car got most of the damage, although his truck was bashed in on the right rear panel just behind the passenger. It didn't phase Cameron at all. I told Cameron that we were going to hit him and after we did he asked hit who Momma? When the police arrived all Cameron wanted to know was if he could sit in the policeman's car! I had 2 witnesses that helped me calm down, use their cell phone as I had left mine at home, and write down information for me as I was temporarily unable to hold a pen in my hand! Luckily the guy had insurance and he admitted it was his fault and he apologized. He was a young hispanic male and I'm sure not wanting to see his insurance go up, but I told him that's why we have insurance, it could have been worse! So, we'll see what the insurance adjuster tells me and go from there!