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Yep, that's me today, stuck inside because of rain...

Signs of Fall

It's still hot and sunny around these parts, but there are a few signs of Fall around here:

1. Fall baseball began today. LOVE IT! Love it even more when we win 9 to 1. I know I am a terrible sport. Joshua got to be the catcher today. He's about to throw down to 2nd in this picture. So fun to watch!

2. Chris is firmly planted on the couch, remote in hand flipping between college football games. Trying to watch the Aggies til he gets too disgusted and then promptly punishes them by changing the channels.

3. Jessica already trying to decide the biggest Fall question of them all: What am I going to be for Halloween?

4. Motivation to run sets in. I actually signed up for this race today: http://www.tourdesfleurs.com/ I thought this race was in mid-October and that I had plenty of time to build back up to 6.2 miles, oops it's in two weeks!! Can you "cram train"? I will let you know that answer to that on Sept. 20.

5. Life begins to settle into a routine, gone is the spontaneity of summer, here is the routine of Fall.

Gotta go run! Literally!!

First day pics

I thought I would be able to post a first day pic last Monday, but we got a new camera and it wasn't downloading on to blogger for me, something about a bmp vs. a jpeg. Whatever, Chris aka superman fixed it for me. It's fun to play the helpless female when it's convenient!

We all made it through our first week of school. Joshua had a great week and Jessica did too! I like my new class. My teacher friend across the hall said on Thursday, "Do you feel like you have already been in school for a month!!??" YES!! It was weird how you fall back into old habits so quickly that I didn't actually forget everything this summer!

He's ready, I am not

Joshua starts 5th grade tomorrow and in Wylie ISD that is a new campus, the intermediate campus.
Intermediate according to webster:
Main Entry:
1in·ter·me·di·ate
Pronunciation:
\ˌin-tər-ˈmē-dē-ət\

1 : being or occurring at the middle place, stage, or degree or between extremes

So he's off to the middle place between extremes. Sounds kinda scary and sounds about right. He's right in the middle of the two extremes, not a baby and not a man. He's so ready for a change. His last year in elementary school wasn't his favorite and I think if he had to go back there for another year he would be quite grumpy on this eve of the first day of school. Like I said, he's ready, I'm not. I will miss knowing that both my kids are in the same building with me, I will miss being the one that takes them to and from school, safely in my blue bus, I will miss being able to sneak peeks at both of them during the day. Chris and my dad both said just today that it's "good for him" I promptly replied, "I don't like you" since they weren't answering correctly. I know it's good for him, but that doesn't mean I won't miss him just a bit.

In fact teaching has not helped this part of me, all week I have thought about and prayed for all 22 goofy little faces I had last year hoping they all transition ok, knowing I am gonna miss them, even the ones that made me a bit crazy. I wish I could check in on all of them.

I haven't ever really been that great with change, however change and life are pretty synonymous so I know that I will have my moment and keep going and oh can you imagine the blog when Jess goes to intermediate or they go to junior high, high school, college, oh man I can't go there yet.

Thank goodness I still have my Jessica with me! If I tear up tomorrow she will do what she does best which is be sweet!

Check back tomorrow for 1st day of school pics.

It's time...

If I had music as the backdrop to my life then a few songs we would be hearing right now might be:

It Ends Tonight By the All American Rejects
Workin' for a livin' by Huey Lewis and the News
"If I Could Save Time in a bottle" by Jim Croce

or probably most appropriately it would be the music you hear when you know Darth Vadar is approaching...

Summer is OVER and work starts for me tomorrow. Big sigh! I love summer and will miss it dearly!

Top 10 things I will miss about summer:
1. vacations
2. sleeping in
3. reading books
4. laying around in our jammies til noon
5. being the "good guy" and getting to say yes to lots of fun stuff
6. actually still being awake when Leno comes on
7. no schedule
8. talking to my sister EVERY DAY
9. vacations
10. sleeping in.
Yes, I will miss those double so they made the list twice.


Top 10 favorite memories of summer:
1. Watching Chris jump 30 feet into the Colorado River
2. Playing in the pool (yes I actually got in) with Joshua and Jessica at S. Padre
3. Staying up late hanging at the Steidley's (We will still hang out, I just can't stay up as late)
4. Going to The Lake
5. Watching Joshua water ski (for a few seconds)
6. Going to the Astros vs. Rangers game with Chris
7. Watching the 4th of July fireworks with the family
8. Seeing my friend Laura if only for a brief time and in the grossest McDonalds we have ever been to.
9. Going with Jessica to mini-camp
10. Getting pro on Wii tennis. ha ha.

There's more but I will stop with ten.

Ok well I guess I should try to get some sleep tonight, it's gonna be an early morning.

Happy Birthday to us!

Happy Birthday sweet boy of mine! 11 years old, wow! and I am still only 25! SWEET!
I love sharing my birthday with you!!

One More thing on Thursday

After mountain biking, the fellas headed off to play a round of golf while the girls had lunch and did some shopping. The boys made it back and Joshua was pretty jazzed up, he didn't wait 2 seconds to tell me that he made his first birdie in golf. (birdie is 1 under par for you non golfers!) He was on a par 3, hit his driver and it bounced and rolled and rolled up on to the green very close to the flag. He had about a 5 or 6 foot putt to make it for birdie! Chris had the camera and set it up to capture the birdie putt "just in case" he actually made it. I am sooo happy Chris did that! Check out the video below! Too fun!