A little random rambling as to how I found my way back here again today... It's actually quite sad, but I can't for the life of me remember what exactly Christmas looked like here last year. Honestly I'm convinced that I have the worst memory of any 34 year old around. My husband and kids think it's funny, but it's actually starting to scare me a bit. So this morning as I laid in bed trying so hard to remember having Molly home with us last year on Christmas, I just couldn't do it. So I decided to look here. Looking back through pictures and posts of last Christmas might seem like a strange way to see what kiddos sat around our tree last year, so that I'll know for certain which one's will be around our tree this year. It's just that it's so much more pleasant then skimming the filing cabinet looking for an ugly, dusty divorce settlement. And for the record I could have just as easily and quickly text or called Molly's mom for the answer (which I do a lot) but I hate to bug her and really, really hate how scatter brained it makes me feel. Even though the truth is that I am a bit of a scatter brain. Which is just another reason that having this space is so important.
So where to begin. Hmm....
I think I left off with a couple of cute picture of JK and Lillie at the start of the football season. And oh what a season it was! The jr braves ended in 3rd place with an awesome winning record 8-2. It was a great year to end our time with the youth football program. JK's team is stocked full of really good, sweet boys that Im excited to watch him grow with. Through this team we have created amazing friendships we know will last a life time. While we were a little sad to see it come to an end, we know most of these boys will be moving on into high school together and as strange as it is to say it, I can't wait! I am so ready to cheer our Braves on through the next chapter of their lives.
And who knows we very well might be with this program again next year if Lillie decides she wants to cheer again. While there were a few rough patches in the beginning she ended the year so strong. All of the girls had a little dance routine they learned over just a few weeks to perform during a halftime performance and Lillie rocked it! She really did do such a good job this year and was beyond cute cheering her little heart out. I was reminded quite often that she was a fan favorite for sure!
Molly ended up playing soccer closer to her other home this year which meant that we had to make a long drive up north to watch her play. While we made it to a handful of games, it was hard to schedule it so we could get to all of them and we ended up missing more games then we would have like. What we did notice this year was that she was definitely the star player of her team and showed improvement every time she played. As I've said in the past I think she could really go a long way in this sport and wouldn't be at all surprised to see her playing in college one day if she decides to stick with it.
Like the Jr Bethel team JK's middle school team also had a winning season, though they did struggle a little to find their balance. They were anticipated to be undefeated at the end of last year but with a new coaching staff their team had a little more trouble then they probably should have. JK was named team captain at the beginning of the year and did a great job leading this group of boys under a coach who a lot of them were reluctant to play for. In the end the boys did well and are all looking forward to starting their high school careers next year.
Moving onto Halloween...
For the first time in I think forever we did not get to the pumpkin patch as a family this year. We did some switching of weekends in the month of October so that Molly could be with her other family for some fun things they had planned and it just never worked out for all of us to get there. It made Clint and I both a little sad and it's been decided that it will not happen again next year. It's one of our favorite things to do as a family and we both realized this year how much we missed all of us not getting to go as a family. Lillie and I were able to make a quick trip there with some friends while Clint was at work one day, but JK didn't want to go. I should have made him and regret that I didn't. I've decided that I'm really starting to loathe the month of October. Every year it seems to get busier and busier, pulling our family in what seems like a hundred different directions. I used to think December was our busiest month, but it's a different kind of busy. An all together busy and I'd take that over having to split up most weekends any day!
All complaints aside, we did end up finding a little bit of time to host a dinner and pumpkin carving party at our house with friends the weekend before Halloween. On Halloween Lillie had lots of fun tick-or-treating, filling her snack bag full and then eating more candy then she probably should have. Frankly, after her class party and night of trick-or-treating, I'm dreading her next dentist appointment. She chose to be a princess (again) and fell in love with a little southern bell dress while we were walking through Fred Meyer one day. It's the first year that she has not changed her mind on costumes, ever! This little girl of ours truly has a princess heart!
With October and Fall sports now behind us we've got a little bit of a lull in our schedule (which is quickly filling up with lots of miscellaneous events and other projects) but the best part of all this year is that we FINALLY have Molly coming back again. We went an entire moth without seeing her and decided that was just much to long. We were all missing her tons and then when she finally came back last weekend it took a little bit of time falling into our normal, comfortable routine again. We did get to have a fun girls night out and enjoyed dinner and Disney on ice. I know Molly is probably getting to old for this little tradition, but I'm hoping she'll want to continue to go for at least a few more years. As much as I love watching our kids grow into amazing young people, the speed at which they're doing it is hurting my heart a little.
So I think that about covers most of what we've been up to the last couple of months, and now my fingers are crossed that I'll actually be better at keeping this little place a little less dusty.
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