What a difference a year can make!

A year ago today, we were starting our week long cruise to the the Carribbean!

Today, we are sitting in the house wrapping presents, putting up decorations, and preparing for the holidays while a blizzard is surrounding us outside.

It was 85 degrees then, and today it is 13 degrees outside. Brrrr!

Oddly enough though, I am pleased and quite content.

Rachel and Mason have been gone for about 2 weeks with their mom and they came home this morning. It is nice to have them home and I finally feel complete with our whole family at home, like I can start the holiday season now with them here. The Broncos were away today, so I had my husband at home too. That doesn't happen on Sunday's very often. I have beef stew in the crockpot and the Christmas tree lights are on.

As my niece would say, I am happy! :)

Proud Parents!

Brady decided to go out for basketball at school this year. He will play on the 5th/6th Grade JV Team. It is a team mostly made up of 6th graders, but the 5th graders have the opportunity to play a couple of games and learn from the older kids. The 5th graders don't get to travel with the team for away games unless it is their game to play (they each get to play in atleast 4 games).

Well, Brady was pulled out of class yesterday by the Coach and asked if he would want to play with the 6th graders and be on the travelling team. He is soo excited! The best part is that his very good friend, Corey was asked too. They are the only two 5th graders that were asked, so it is a big deal. We are so proud of him. They got their uniforms, he is #40, and he played his first game tonight.

Unfortunately, they lost their first game, 26 - 32, but they did a great job and Brady got to play for awhile. He did a good job and had a couple shots on net, but no big points for him... yet! I know he will be great, he is very passionate about it and is working very hard.

Brian is really excited too, I've never known him to like basketball very much, but I tell you what, he is loving this new sport. We had a great time at the game tonight, and are looking forward to many more with some wins hopefully. I may need to visit Dr. Chad more often, those benches are painful. Maybe Santa will bring us some of those dorky, parent, folding bench chairs we can carry with us to all of the games. I'm also going to get a new "Basketball Mom" shirt to replace my "Soccer Mom" shirt for a few months.

Anyway, Brady's basketball schedule is posted on the top, right corner of the blog. I will keep you all updated with his new found sport. That's it for now...