My little basketball player!

Here is a few pictures of W playing basketball.  He is the shortest one out there on the court.  It is so cute to watch.  He has already had several games and is slowly getting more aggressive. 

First gymnastics meet

Saturday was L's first gymnastics meet.  It was a big one, with over 72 level 2 girls competing from ages 4 to 18.  There were about 20 competing in her age 8 group.  They then break that group down to 10 in each and give out medals on all the events.(bar, beam, floor and vault)  Medals are given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and ribbons for 4th and 5th.  She did earn medal for 8th place in overall score for all the events in her age group.  She was so proud!  I am so glad they do try to give something out to all the girls.  

The whole event was pretty interesting to watch. Some of these girls came out of the room with 4 or 5 first place medals around their neck.  I hope to be able to post some video of her competing in one of the other up coming meets.   We had AG with us, so for most of the time D and I were taking turns walking around with her.  This is not a place to take 15 month olds!!

Congratulations L we are so proud of you!

My little snuggle bug.....

God finally gave me a child that loves to snuggle!  AG is the first of my children that just loves to hug and snuggle with you.  Whenever you tell her to go hug someone, she goes right up to them puts her arms around their neck and always gives them several pats on the back.  It is the cutest thing!  At night when I am putting her in the bed, she will just lay her head on my shoulder and let me rock her.  She will just be so still doesn't try to get down at all. L on the other hand was never like that!  She was always on the go-still is!  I guess that is why she loves gymnastics-all that energy!  W was a little better at snuggling with me. He was not as active as L.   But, I am thankful God gave me one snuggle bug.... especially on cold days like today!

New paint of the walls-new outlook

We finally got around to painting our bedroom this past weekend.  That is quite an accomplishment considering we have had the paint for about 9 months.  At first I wasn't sure If I really liked it.  The color was a lot darker than I thought. But after the sun came out, I decided I did.  We even switched around some furniture and I feel like I have a whole new room!  Now getting David to put up the crown molding will probably take another year! 

 It is so nice to sleep on a bed that has no dust under it ( at least for a while). Nothing like painting a room to really get you to do that "deep cleaning."  I really use to be an organized person- before kids came along.   After I had AG -I have had to learn to "let it go."   Unless, I spend every waking moment running around the house like a mad woman cleaning -it is not going to stay clean.  The house will always be here with a mess to clean, but the children won't!  Before, I know it they will be grown and out the doors!  Then I will have all the time in the world to focus on having a clean house!  I have to say with AG this time around I really have done better!  I have learned to "savor" every moment and just "let it go!" Now, I'm off to do some laundry before she wakes up!

Christmas

Here are a few pictures from Christmas.  It came and went so fast this year-It always does seem to do this the older I get.  Enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, but I will be glad to get back into a routine when school starts next week.  Although, I am not looking forward to all the driving around to all after school activities!