A Quick Update

I don't have any photos of the last month or two...a little lazy in that department, I guess. However, we have been busy with Rylan and Caden's basketball teams, soccer practice beginning, Ryan helping with varsity basketball, a stock market declining and a 1/2 marathon.

I will begin with Caden. He surprised us in January when he asked to play city league basketball.
Caden isn't usually one to jump into new things easily but he did this time. Ryan didn't get the opportunity to coach his team, which Ryan struggled with-of coarse, but Caden loved playing and did well. His soccer team began practicing last week. It is a fun team and it should be a a good season for them. We may get a chance to take them to their first tournament sometime this spring. Caden has been doing well in school too. He has been reading lots of chapter books and building up as many AR points as he can.

Rylan has been playing basketball with the same tournament team he played with last year. They play tournaments in surrounding towns and seem to be doing well this year. Rylan, too, chose to play soccer with the team he joined in the fall. As I write this, Rylan is at school taking his first reading TAKS test. He was a little nervous this morning but ready to get it over with! I had lunch with him today. He was a little over half way done at that point. It's been a long day for him! Rylan has also been preparing for LTC at church. I will have to post about that sometime later as we learn more.

Hudson is busy following the other two boys around! He still loves school, his 'buddies' and 'girlfriends', as he calls them. He is counting down the days until his 4th birthday! Hudson has asked several times if he can change the "number" of his birthday. This way it can come sooner!

Ryan has been having a BLAST keeping the books for the varsity basketball team here the last few weeks. His friend is the coach and needed some help after a couple of coaches moved. He got to sit on the bench during the games, ride the charter, get the free food (before and after each game!!)...his favorite part! He had way to much fun.

After Christmas, Ryan and I began training for a 1/2 marathon. We ran in Fort Worth this past weekend. I don't think I have ever seen Ryan run, unless he was chasing a ball! But, he did so good and challenged me to do better. I tried to keep track of the miles we ran beginning January 1st. I went back and added it up off my calendar. I think we had 141 training miles, plus the 13.1 miles we ran this weekend.

Well, baseball is just around the corner. We plan on visiting College Station this upcoming weekend to watch a few games of Aggie baseball. Spring Break is next week. We are all ready for a break from our daily schedule.