Our Aweful Beautiful Life

You know life is getting rough to keep up with one you have one post a month. Sorry. #notsorry. I want to keep this blog up, because I treasure it and I pray someday my children will to. But right now, life is moving at a pace faster than I can blog so bear with me. I'm trying.... November in a nutshell was basically some random outings, basketball, Thanksgiving, Keaton's first Thanksgiving Feast at Prek, and the preparation for Christmas....at the end of November. So here we go.... November in pictures... Keaton's first Prek Feast Colton's team played at halftime of the Varsity Boys Basketball game in early January. While he was fun to watch on the varsity courts....Keaton was obsessed with Freddie Falcon! We topped the night with a quick drive through Lowery's Christmas lights in Reynolds. Thanksgiving break was also packed with fun -- we got to see Wonder, which was a book the 4th graders had been reading. We of course took all the siblings, and h...

There's absolutely no chance for our family to get bored. I find myself sometimes marveling in the way time moves so quickly, but when we start baseball in late March, finish in late July, roll right into football and finish it up in late October, only to roll right into basketball that carries us to basically Christmas.....it's no wonder time moves so quick. Alas, we'd have it no other way...watching these kids do what they love is our life's joy, and while it makes time go quickly, it's a joy to spend our days chasing their dreams. Basketball is always kind of an "eh, maybe" for Colton....and I think really for no other reason than he's just kind of TIRED. (Read: above...). However, once he's into practice, he's ALL IN. I'm talking dribbling in the house, on the drive, shooting hoops every spare chance he gets, moving the mini-indoor hoop from here to there to practice trick shots. ALL. IN. As with football, it's been fun to watch...