Catching Up, Finally!

 

What a wild two weeks! We are in the full swing of a "normal" schedule right now and I'm grateful. Each week flies by with work, football practice and just trying to keep the house presentable, not to mention keeping the family feed with healthy home-cooked meals instead of Taco Bell every night!

Two weeks ago, my baby brother tied the knot with my wonderful new sister-in-law, Jenni. I love her to death and had the point out that she's really one of the first of my sister-in-laws that I've actually liked and didn't try to talk my brother's out of. It's not that I'm a bad person, I just think that my brothers deserve someone like my mom--loyal, loving and kind. Needless to say, the wedding was beautiful and it was great to visit with my out-of-state brothers and their kids. It was the first time in 6 years that all 4 of us kids have been together, and the first time that all 6 grandkids have every been together.

Junior has stepped up his football play. He's become extremely disciplined and is being rewarded by playing both offense and defense. He's doing great...I think he may have a few bruised ribs and a sore wrist from the last game, but he played right through the pain.

I've got permission from one of our private golf courses to start taking Lani over to their driving range, so I've told him we'll go this week. There's a golf clinic on Saturday with collegiate coaches and players that we'll be attending too. Lani is always so easy going and never asks for anything, it's easy to overlook his needs/wants. My friend described her kids the other day: the oldest always asks, the 2nd never asks and the 3rd always assumes. WOW! Did that ever describe our situation too! Lani is so passive and quiet that it's going to take some effort on my part to make sure that we are encouraging and enabling his golf interest.

Marcus, well, Marcus is Marcus. He's loving school and doing really well. He's starting to read and is enjoying everything about the experience. We're trying to hang out with our "core" group of MOMS Club friends once a week too as much as possible. It's nice for both of us to be able to catch up with our "old" friends.

I'll update the blog next week after Junior's game and Lani's golf event...I'm sure there will be plenty to tell!