Last day of Summer

Oh Boy how did we get here so fast? The school supplies are bought and packed, schedules printed, and kids already whinning about going to school. I think the summers are going by faster every year. Cole is happy at the tech. He found the girls so I guess this will make a difference. Kyle and Clay are well on their way in the football season. Kyle is already going to be on game 3 and the 1st conference game. Clay has 2 scrimmages the next couple of days and his first game next Saturday. Bill and I are just trying to keep up with them all.

Rollercoasters

Life is definitely a roller coaster around my house lately. We have the loopy loops of emotions, the rise of hope of new starts, the moment at the top where your heart stops and stomach of butterflies of anticipation then the sudden drop into the unknown, the racing thrill of the speed at which things happen and change, and in a blink everything is calm. It's been a crazy life lately and I'm ready to change rides to the lazy river. Anyone want to join me?

UGH!

Is there anything this year that will go right? Cole left for school last night and I figured we would get a call about 10 to let us know he got there safe. OH DID WE GET THE CALL! He got there and couldn't get into the apartment. the deadbolt was locked and the landlord didn't give him a key. 1/2 an hour later we finally got the landlord. Who by our luck doesn't have a key either. REALLY?! So what to do with the kid? Thankfully he has friends who were coming to Platteville so he ended up staying with him. Now you would think this can't get worse just wait. At about 1AM the kids woke up to a bat and ended up killing it. Now to bed. Cole then wakes up gets ready to go to his 8:30 class only to find out it was a 7:30 class. He can't find anyplace to park at school, it's pouring rain and it takes 2 hours to get his books and no one knows what form he has to have to take to the clinic for his physical. Thank goodness he has 2 days off. I think I just may need to take up drinking to stay sane.

Congrats Kyle!

Kyle recieved the "Coaches Award" last night at the 6ers banquet. He was pretty excited about it. It was a great season! Now onto fall ball!

Same Dream Different Path

Sometimes things don't work out for us and we need to take a different approach. Lots of this is happening in my household right now. Cole is signed up and ready to go to Southwest Tech in Fennimore. He's actually very excited about this. We move him into his apartment on Saturday and he starts class on Tuesday. I just hope he likes it and does well. It was nice to spend time with him without having to discuss the past mistakes and start to look forward to the future. So proud that he is not giving up on his dream.

Kyle is trying to find some balance with his passion for sports and being a well respected player. Team is really important to him but sometimes he looses sight of that and focuses on trying unrealistically to be perfect.

Clay is having a fantastic time at football and is thrilled to have 2 of his best friends on his team. It's so much fun to watch him because he really does have some natural talent and if Kyle's not careful Clay may be the better athlete of the two.

Bill is trying to find time to do everything but because there is so much he's not making to much progress.

I have to decide whether to stay at my current job or move on. Tough decisions.
Just looking forward to Friday's game. Hopefully we are off to a terrific season.

Happy 10th Birthday Elizabeth!!!

Hope you have a terrific day!