This has been a very BUSY week for the Wilson household. It all started last Saturday when the boys and I (Craig worked Friday night so he was sleeping)traveled to Canton to celebrate Austin Kyle Duran's 2nd birthday. Kyle & Leeana had his party at Leeana's parents house in Canton so that it would be close enough for all of the family to attend! My entire family was there along with Leana's parents & grandparents to celebrate. The day started off with storms but by lunch time the sun had come out. The boys really enjoyed all of the open land and riding the 4-wheeler. They played baseball, blew bubbles, fished and just had a great time.
(Pics-Kyle & Leeana along with Autin & my boys; Austin feeding his self his birthday cake - notice all of the cake already on him; My boys, Austin and my cousin Alicia running and playing once the sun came out).
On Tuesday my mom and I left to go to Houston so that I could speak at Lakewood's Women's meeting on Wednesday night. Because of Craig's work schedule we were able to go on Tuesday and leave Thursday morning, this made it a little more enjoyable. Mom was able to spend some time with her sister and I spent all day Wednesday preparing for Wednesday night. I had so much a fun time teaching and seeing all of my friends from Lakewood! We left by noon on Thursday to be back for Caleb's program Thursday night.

Caleb's second grade program was all about Animals. Caleb's class was the laughing hyenas. It was a really cute program and the kids seemed to really enjoy doing it. Although Caleb doesn't like being the center of attention (like Joel does) he performed all of the movements and sang every song! He really seemed to enjoy his self.

Saturday we had two baseball games along with Christian's Solo & Ensemble competition. Randy & Sherri joined us for Joel's game at 10:15 am. Joel is so funny. He seems to really love baseball. He played first base the entire game. He made 2 outs and didn't let one ball get by him. He also did great hitting. We left Joel's game and grabbed some lunch. Then it was off to Caleb's game. Caleb's game was delayed by 40 minutes so after being there 30 minutes early (total of 70 minutes waiting) we were REALLY READY for the game to get started. Caleb played a good game. He was EXTREMELY frustrated at not getting a hit but it is just all apart of the "kid pitch" experience. During Caleb's game Christian was scheduled for his Solo & Ensemble competition with his trumpet. Craig who again had worked Friday night got up after only 4 hours of sleep and took him to his competition. Christian scored a "1" Superior rating which is the highest you can score. Then today (Monday) we received an email from his band teacher. The teacher said that the judges had a choice to recognize up to 12 students for outstanding solo performances. They only awarded this recognition to 6 students. Out of the 86 students who performed Christian was one of the 6 who received this special recognition! We are so very proud of him! (Pics-Caleb catching and Joel playing first base.)

Sunday was busy as well. I have been asked to lead a Women's Bible Study (YEAH) and Sunday was our "Groups Expo" of all of the new groups. I had a great time meeting new women and answering everyone's questions. We are going to meet every Monday night for six weeks here at the house. I am quickly writing and developing the outline for the group and can't wait to see what God does in all of us.

This week is full already! Christian has TAKS testing Tuesday & Wednesday. (He came home on Friday explaining to me that he MUST have a balanced breakfast on Tuesday & Wednesday so... I needed to take him early both days so he can get 2 sausage biscuits each morning from McDonald's - his idea of balanced!). Joel has a make up game on Tuesday, both he and Caleb have practice on Thursday then Caleb has a makeup game on Friday. (Of course it is supposed to rain all week in Dallas and will probably rain out our make up games!) Then on Saturday we are off to the Wilson Family Reunion. (More Pics - me and my niece Nicole at the party; Christian "helping" Austin play baseball; Gift time).

Baseball & Easter

So our baseball season is well under way. Both Caleb & Joel are playing (Christian didn't want to and that is a good thing because I don't know that we could have done three at the same time). This is Joel's first season ever to play baseball so he is in coach pitch/tball. Caleb has played before and he is in a modified kid pitch - where if the kid pitcher walks you then a coach comes in and finishes pitching.

Opening weekend they both had games and team pictures. Craig missed Caleb's game because it coincided with Joel's pictures. I made most of Caleb's game and then drove over for Joel's game. My mom and dad stayed at Caleb's game until it ended and then brought him to me.

Caleb has only played one game so far (he plays again this Wednesday night) and he had a really good game. It was very cold that morning but like most kids he didn't seem to mind. He popped up to the pitcher both times at bat which made him really upset. But considering the majority of the players didn't even get a hit I tried to encourage him. He played outfield the whole game and made some great back up stops. They were winning 2-0 with 1 minute left on the time (they played 65 minute games) and although they were home team because there was a minute left they had to go ahead and let the other team bat. Well you guessed it the other team scored 2 runs and we ended up ending the game in a tie. (I don't know why but all of the pictures I took of Caleb is batting - none fielding but here is some of him hitting).

Joel has played 2 games. His first game the very first inning he played pitcher. He had a blast and through out 2 batters to first base. He was so excited about getting those outs. He would jump up and down, throw his fist in the air AND high five the other team's coach who was on the mound with him! The next inning he played in the outfield where he dug in the dirt! The third inning had him back at short stop but he didn't get any action. He hit the ball and got on base both times. This past Wednesday night he played his 2nd game. They started him out at 1st base where he caught all 3 balls for all 3 outs. Craig said he was PUMPED. The next inning he was back at short stop with no action. The third inning he was once again on the pitchers mound. He kept throwing the ball to the first baseman who kept missing the ball. Finally the 4th ball Joel caught he just ran the runner down and tagged him out before he got to first base. (They are not supposed to tag the runner out they are supposed to throw the ball to get them out). So Joel's coach came over to talk to him about throwing the ball rather than tagging the runner out. Joel explained to the coach that if the boy on first base would catch the ball he would throw it but since he kept missing the ball he needed to tag the guy out - YIKES. The coach explained to him again that he needed to throw the kid out but Joel obeyed but didn't agree with his reasoning. Two days later he was still talking about the issue! (Pictures of Joel are at pitcher and hitting).

We didn't have any games this weekend due to Easter. We had a real laid back weekend which was nice. The boys had a great time at church with an Easter egg hunt and a petting zoo. It was storming Easter morning but by the afternoon it was a really pretty day to celebrate what Jesus did for us!

The Lawnmower!

For the last 2 years Christian has had the job of mowing the front and backyard. Craig does pay him to do it but Christian HATES it. In fact it was so funny while we were looking for a house in Frisco besides Christian's room the most important thing to him was the size of the yard! Our yard in Sugar Land was very large! We looked at one house where the subdivision mowed your front yard for you and Christian was all for that house!! Anyway as the mowing season started coming around Caleb informed Craig that he would really like to mow the yard. Craig and I debated if Caleb was old enough and decided that as long as one of us were outside with him he would probably do okay. So on a very windy Saturday (about 2 weeks ago) the mowing commenced!

Craig at first mowed a square around the back yard so that Caleb would know how to follow. Then he talked and showed Caleb how to follow the pattern. Caleb did an okay job. He had a very hard time pushing the lawn mower but once he got it going he was fine. The other hard time he had was turning. He had a hard time lifting the wheels up and making the turn. The only other difficulty he had was staying along a straight line. He did have to go back over a couple of rows where he had "missed" some weeds.

I was so proud of him for not giving up! He pushed through and finished the whole backyard. He was very tired and had blisters on his hands but wants to do it again!