Wowzer..a month already?!?!

     Wow...I can't believe it's already been over a month since my last blog post. It's been kinda busy and hectic getting into the new school routine. Both boys tried out for the school soccer team and made it. So now they are playing on two teams at least until October. It's definetely been kinda crazy coordinating the practice nights and now starting the game nights. Of course the boys don't always have practice for the school team on the same days and also don't always have games on the same days either. Luckily 1 or 2 of the first games were cancelled due to weather. I'm also working alot of late hours this month so it's busy. I missed their first game this past Monday night. Mom took Dev to his game and Daddy took Bry to his game. Dev had one assist and a goal and Bry had a goal and also a header goal! Wow!! Their next game is this Thursday and depending on the weather I will get to be there to watch. The best part is they play at the same fields...yay!!!!
     Bry is on the safety patrol at school. Dev did this his 5th grade year also. They both really enjoy walking the 3, 4 and 5 year olds into class! I had to beg for a picture, but at least I got one!!

Dev was complaining about having some trouble seeing at school. So I took him for an eye exam. He did need glasses. The script is low but it has made things much clearer for him. I have to take him back though because the Dr. noticed what seemed to be an abnormality in his optic nerve ( I think it was) It could be a precursor to glaucoma...not good.... I was not happy about that of course. His eye pressure is good but the Dr. wants to check it again so we go back in a few weeks to see what he says. But I do like him in the glasses. He doesn't wear them all the time. He mainly only wears them at school to see distance.

I can't believe this guy will be 13 in about 10 days!! Wow...a teenager!!!! whoa...and yeah...he is kinda getting that attitude to go with it. ha!  He's quite a bit taller than me...by at least 2-3 inches! He is wearing a size 10 to 10 1/2 shoe!!! OMG... Haven't decided whether we are going to have a party with his friends or he will pick a gift of his choice instead...we'll see....

Saw this super cute thing in the backyard one day. There were actually two of them! So cute!! It was nice to see something that was cute instead of scary or poisonous or just wierd..haha!

We joined some friends for a night of football when a tournament got cancelled. Our boys and theirs are great friends off the field too so it's fun to hang out and we all get along. I made some fun football strawberries along with other goodies to take over. My hand isn't so steady so the white football lacing is kinda squiggly..lol... but they still tasted awesome!! I had one left so I decided to make it the fun one!

I also got to wear my Alabama shirt that a super cute pink color! I actually found this shirt on clearance in the airport in Philadelphia! Go figure!! Roll Tide!!

We also celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary!! whoo hoo....even better....next year is 20!! What?! Where has the time gone!! Love this man so much....he is truly an amazing man, friend, husband and Daddy!! 

On a sad note...our microwave died!! Are you kidding me!! It's only 3 years old. It's the one that was in the house when we bought it, new! Grrr...so it's going on week 2 without a microwave! It's been fun remembering that we have to heat things and cook things in the oven or on the stove top, NOT!. We will probably get a new dishwasher also. We need that also! It's dinosaur T-Rex loud, it's super small , and the racks are rusting apart! yeah...3 years old also...blah....boo on the builders grade appliances that they put in houses. Not my choice of fun things to spend money on.....not fun at all. So we are researching so we can get a much better one than we had without spending a fortune! yuck!

My Bry really enjoys reading! I'm sure glad he does. I have to admit I'm not much of a reader. I love that he is using the surf board book mark that he bought when we went to Hawaii!!

Last Friday we had a couples night out! Wow...what a blast!! We shared an Uber with another couple to get us to the location so that no one would have to worry about driving home. Well...maybe that wasn't a good idea! ha! Let's just say we had a REALLY GOOD TIME! There were four couples and we met for drinks, then dinner, then drinks and bowling, and more drinks, and some pool and more drinks. And even a couple shots! oh...I usually don't do shots! ooooo......Saturday was a recovery day for sure...but we had such a great time! We're already looking at the calendar for a repeat! yay!! 

The guys beat us girls in bowling...but we didn't want their feelings to get hurt so we took it easy on them! ha! Just kidding but it was funny that everyone's score just about cut in half the second game. Maybe it was the shots??? LOLOLOL....

Big thanks to Mom for watching the boys. They had a good time hanging with Granny.

So our 1st competitive soccer tournament is this weekend. It will be fun to watch the boys play again. They have much of the same team as last year with a few new players and a new name. Elite soccer academy! There will be pictures to come for sure!!

Well I'm back to my running routine after a few months break. My last big run was the 9 mile run in Hawaii. Me and my friend Tami are running the Disney half marathon in January while my friend Denise runs the marathon. She is the one that was going to run the marathon with me last year but had to postpone. I am not about to do another full marathon, but I will be there to cheer her on and decided to get a little bling myself too. So I'll be running the half marathon.

To get us going and motivated Tami and I signed up for a nearby half marathon in November. It's in Naples so it's only about 30-45 min from us. It will give us motivation to get an early start and be well prepped to have fun in Disney in January. So we started our training schedule this week. I never trained with a running partner in the past, nor did I think I would ever want to. But it has been nice to have someone to chat with while training and also to have that accountability. We usually run twice during the week and now we will add in our longer weekend runs.  I'm also in a running challenge group on Facebook. This months challenge is to get in 60 miles of distance. It can be running or walking, or even biking. If it's biking then 3 miles is equal to 1 mile to be fair. I'm up to 24.5 miles so far this month. Not too bad. In the beginning 60 seemed like a crazy number but figured I would try my best. It will help that we've started training for the half too, so that I have some miles to get in for that too. I think if I have calculated it out, I will probably be right at 60 on the last day of the month...whoo hoo....I'm going to try anyway!!!

Well I think that's about my update for now. I'm excited for my regular shows to start back up even though I have no time to watch them! We also are starting to watch Ballers also, so now it's even harder to watch all my shows. I usually have a binge night once a week to try to catch up on all my shows....I try to pick a night that I am off work the next day that way I can stay up however late is needed! LOL...

Toodles for now.