Our Aweful Beautiful Life

My famous line, the one that needs to be printed in my eulogy some day,  is - "um, they didn't tell me this at the baby shower". They didn't. They never do. All the things that make you wonder how you never knew this...but yet, parents before you SURELY did....why do they not pass that on? You know the cutesy game where you give the new mom advice? Ya, where was all this stuff then? NO ONE told me I'd have a THREE SPORT ATHLETE (or that that was even a possibility) at age 8 and in the THIRD GRADE!! This is such a foreign concept to me -- but thankfully for you, Colton, your Momma loves sports, and loves seeing you happy -- so we do what we do. We finished summer rec baseball in mid-July, started Football in early August, and basketball in late October. Please no one tell me there's another sport that falls between December & March....please...I'd like a breather. So now it's basketball season -- and this is a sport Momma know. Momma loves. Mo...

So October was a bit crazy. Wedding. Field Trips. Football. Farming. Jenna's 30th Birthday. Fall Break and Parent Teacher Conferences. Kind of nutso, right? One would like to try to get some extra sleep in that kind of schedule, right? We did the exact opposite. And I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant the same outcome. For years, and years -- as long as I can remember - we've been Cubs fan.s Forever. My whole family. Well, minus Uncle T for a short phase of trying to be his own person and thinking the Braves were cool -- but he came around. So when the Cubs just kept winning, we just kept watching. And watching. And holding our breath. And sighing when we thought the curse was back. And liking "hype" videos. And praying. And hoping. And watching. And then, after two straight weeks of 9pm first pitches, on November 2nd -- we watched all our dreams come true. And the kids were ALL IN. We made signs. We painted our faces. We prayed. We cheered. We sa...

We had a fun Halloween this year!! We actually got to participate in the school's Trunk or Treat, as well as the Halloween party at our house with the Stockment Fam, and actual trick or treat on Halloween. Yes, that's three times of dressing up. No one tells you  that you'll do this when you're at the baby shower. No warnings that you will paint your children's face three times to match their outfits or that they will complain to no end (after initially loving it) that their outfit you made is itchy and they don't want to wear it. Halloween costumes are cool for a mere 15 minutes....get the camera out while it lasts Momma!! At least they had a great time with their friends at Trunk or Treat!!