It's Been Awhile!

I can't believe I have not blogged in almost 2 months. I guess that shows how truly busy we have been in the Wilson household!

Since my last post both Caleb & Joel had their birthday parties. We had them on the same day at our neighborhood park & pool. Caleb's was at 10:00 am and Joel's was at 2:00 pm. Due to some confusion Caleb's group did not get to swim but Joel's friends did (which in the end because Caleb was at Joel's party he got to swim making it all good). Both had great turnouts but it was interesting Caleb had all boys and one girl at his party and Joel had all girls and one boy at his. We had a lot of family attend as well which makes it really special. The boys both got new Nintendo DS, cash, gift cards and toys. They LOVED it!

We then dove head first into school and football season. Christian has been playing football every Tuesday night. Since, we live in a large school district we don't have to travel to play other teams we simply play other middle schools within our district. (Thank you Jesus!). Christian plays both offense (center) and defense (middle linebacker). He does pretty good but he really doesn't enjoy it and says he is not going to play next year! He has however decided that he is going to try out for the basketball team. So football season ends on November 9th and tryouts for basketball are November 11th. If he makes the team they play in a tournament the following weekend!! However, the games don't start officially until after the first of the year on Thursday nights. I am assuming we would still have 6:30 am practices!! The head football coach for the middle school has a blog with video links to most of the games. (The link is https://wiki.friscoisd.org/users/olsont). If you watch the video Christian is #71 and is in each one.

Joel also started fall baseball. He moved up into the coach pitch league and is really enjoying it. Due to the excessive amount of rain we have had there have been a lot of practices and games rained out. Joel's team has done really, really well only losing 2 games (one of which we had to forfeit). Joel has also done well hitting the ball and making some defensive stops. He LOVES baseball and LOVES the attention he gets from it. He always waves at us when he goes up to bat; out to play a position or especially if he scores!! I really enjoy his team and coaches this year so we will stick with this team in the spring as well.

Caleb decided he didn't want to play a sport this go around. He has found some neighborhood boys to play with and most days after homework he is outside riding bikes and playing with the kids. He has a lot of homework this year (at least an hour each day) which doesn't make him happy but he is holding his own so far! He is counting the days until Thanksgiving because we get the whole week off!

Finally, as if we aren't busy enough, we added a DOG! As most of you knew we had to get rid of our dog Bullet in Sugar Land because when we moved here we lived in an apartment while our house was being built. Needless to say Bullet was not an apartment dog!! The boys were very upset to have to get rid of him and have been on us for a year now to get a dog. Of course I was always the hold up! For several months now I have casually been looking through Craig's List and the Frisco Humane Society looking for dogs. This past Sunday I was again searching through Craig's List and came across a dog of interest. See we had a few requirements: small, hypoallergenic, cute, potty trained and cheap!! Ha. ha. This dog was a white Bichon Friece and he fit all of the requirements (was even assured he was potty trained but we have had several accidents the last few days). The couple was being relocated to Pensacola, Fl and were going to have to live in a condo while they looked for a house. Their complex did not allow pets! I so related with their plight and we set up a time to meet. Buddy was an immediate hit and we got him that evening. However, Buddy didn't adjust very well to the Wilson household and after 5 days we were looking for him a home. Being a male he really liked to mark his territory in my house. Needless to say, Buddy went to a "new" home yesterday. I found a lady who is very familiar with the breed and was excited to get him!!

I was feeling so guilty about having to give him away that we immediately went and got Caleb some fish!! I am more of a fish type of person-ha. ha. Caleb really loved both Buddy & Bullet and was such a trooper both times we had to get rid of them that I couldn't help myself. So he is the proud owner of TWO rainbow shark fish! (He likes the Shark part!!)

Today the kids wore the costumes to church for their Fall Harvest Day. They both picked out the same costumes-Darth Vader! We of course have a plethora of swords to accessorize their costumes!

So, we are gearing up for another week!