Jerra and Brandon Williams. We are so excited for football to start on Saturday! Gig 'Em!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Meeting the Aggies
We took the kids to "meet the Aggies" last Saturday and they had a blast running around getting autographs and meeting the players
Brady giving high fives to Brandon Willams and Tra Carson
Jerra "sharking" with Toney Hurd
The girls meeting Johnny Manziel
Bradyn chatting with Ricky Seals Jones
Bradyn waiting on Deshazor to sign
Jerra and Brandon Williams.
Jerra and Brandon Williams. 
Back to school!
Back to school is going on in our household this week!
Jerra started 1st grade on Monday. Her BFF is in her class this year and several other friends she knows, so she is happy about that. Her teacher, Ms Ruffino, is in her 1st year of teaching 1st grade -- so good luck to her - she might need it with little miss independent Jerra in her class! ;-)
Can't wait to see how fun this school year is for the kids!
Jerra started 1st grade on Monday. Her BFF is in her class this year and several other friends she knows, so she is happy about that. Her teacher, Ms Ruffino, is in her 1st year of teaching 1st grade -- so good luck to her - she might need it with little miss independent Jerra in her class! ;-)
Brady will be starting his 2nd year at SFLP at Christ United Methodist. We are LOVE it there and have been blessed beyond words with all the love and care that our kids have gotten there.
Ms Lauren is a recent Baylor grad, but we will try not to hold that against her.
Ms Whitney was Jerra's pre-k teacher and we LOVE her. She is amazing! So excited that she is Bradyn's teacher this year.
Jorja lucked out too - her BFF Macie is in her class again this year. Those girls are gonna have so much fun together.
This is Jorja's last year at SFLP - next year is Kinder! Ms Geralyn is such a fun lady and Jorja is gonna have a great time being in her class
Ms Susan is her other teacher - both of them have been at SFLP for a long time and both are such great teachers.
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Being Mom is enough
Really love this. Sometimes us moms need to hear this.
http://rachelmariemartin.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-being-mom-is-enough.html
I'm talking about simply being a mom.
I'm talking about getting up in the morning, slapping your face with water, looking in the mirror, sighing, brushing your teeth (maybe), and picking up that toddler and wandering into the kitchen and pouring cereal in bowls, rinsing dishes, kissing the top of their head, and waiting for your coffee to brew.
There isn't much glamour.
There is you. You giving of yourself. Minute, by minute, by minute, by minute until those hours add up to create a day which adds up to create a week which adds up to create a month which adds up to create years which add up to create a life. A beautiful life filled with ordinary enough mom moments.
Somehow in this mixed up media world of things to do and places to go and dreams to follow the beauty of simply being a mother is completely lost.
Being a mom is enough.
It's enough, I say.
Sometimes we want to look to those big things and use them as a grade for success. We look at the cool science fair projects where our child got the blue ribbon. But, honestly, we miss the hours of interacting and holding glue sticks and looking up things and laughing side by side. We want the trips to Disney or American Girl Doll and discount the time spent in the backyard. The bar of success and joy and happiness gets pushed so high by culture that the little things, the enough mom moments, are lost.
Do you know what matters?
This.
The other day my 15 year old came to me and told me she missed me. Missed me? I couldn't believe it. I was a bit incredulous, actually. I told her about the trips to the movies, the trips to the yogurt bar (are those places ever cheap? I mean, seriously, $24 total for four containers of yogurt with a variety of too heavy toppings? End rant.), shopping together, getting Starbucks, and all of that. She looked at me and told me that's not what she meant. She told me she just wanted me present during the day.
Little things.
Like stopping my crazy busy mom and work agenda to look at the graphic design she made on the computer and really looking at it and trying to appreciate her talents. It's about me taking thirty minutes to play cards at the table with them and not checking email constantly on my phone. Email can wait thirty minutes. They cannot. It's in not worrying so much about the laundry and instead just letting that go and being thankful for a family to do laundry for. Just being there. Cooking together. Laughing. Giving of myself in the simple things.
Mom things.
The things that don't get celebrated on Pinterest that much. They're the just a mom things that I write about and celebrate. They're the things that most people probably won't see.
They don't see you stand in the bathroom and gather your resolve every morning. They don't see those of you who mother alone without much support. They don't see the trips to the car back and forth and back and forth. They don't see you counting to ten a dozen times before noon. They don't see you look at the bank account and sigh and try to figure out how to make three meals with what's left in your pantry. They don't see you walking into the principals office, doctor's office, friend's house and defending your child.
They don't see bandages placed on knees. Kisses on foreheads at night. Pillows pushed just the right way and blankets tucked to the perfect demands. Laundry folded and folded and folded. Tears that sting your eyes as your keep going. Dinners prepped over the stove. Times of laughter over silly things. Hair brushed and pulled back into pony tails. Prayers over wandering teens. Prayers over little babes. Nights spent sleeping in a chair holding a sick child. Days where the house is a wreck but you're reading books. The brave smile on your face when you're weary.
Those things matter.
Those things are the little things that add up and and up and up.
I say those things are enough.
Don't be weary, dear mother, in trying to keep up with a supermom agenda. There is no supermom, really - that whole supermom who has everything together is just a fallacy. There are real moms. Real, authentic moms who admit that they don't have it all together but keep on fighting. Scared and tired moms who keep fighting. Moms who are overwhelmed by keeping up with littles all day long. Moms like you and me who sometimes feel lost in a world of outward accomplishments.
A mother isn't based on external perfection. A mother is the person, the woman, just like you. The woman with little ones in her care that she loves, and sometimes wonders how she loves them because they're driving her batty, but still she does. She fights, gives, prays, works, and doesn't give up even when she wants to throw in the towel.
That's you. Today. Tomorrow. Yesterday.
I say that is enough.
It is more than enough.
You are amazing.
********
http://rachelmariemartin.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-being-mom-is-enough.html
I'm talking about simply being a mom.
I'm talking about getting up in the morning, slapping your face with water, looking in the mirror, sighing, brushing your teeth (maybe), and picking up that toddler and wandering into the kitchen and pouring cereal in bowls, rinsing dishes, kissing the top of their head, and waiting for your coffee to brew.
There isn't much glamour.
There is you. You giving of yourself. Minute, by minute, by minute, by minute until those hours add up to create a day which adds up to create a week which adds up to create a month which adds up to create years which add up to create a life. A beautiful life filled with ordinary enough mom moments.
Somehow in this mixed up media world of things to do and places to go and dreams to follow the beauty of simply being a mother is completely lost.
Being a mom is enough.
It's enough, I say.
Sometimes we want to look to those big things and use them as a grade for success. We look at the cool science fair projects where our child got the blue ribbon. But, honestly, we miss the hours of interacting and holding glue sticks and looking up things and laughing side by side. We want the trips to Disney or American Girl Doll and discount the time spent in the backyard. The bar of success and joy and happiness gets pushed so high by culture that the little things, the enough mom moments, are lost.
Do you know what matters?
This.
The other day my 15 year old came to me and told me she missed me. Missed me? I couldn't believe it. I was a bit incredulous, actually. I told her about the trips to the movies, the trips to the yogurt bar (are those places ever cheap? I mean, seriously, $24 total for four containers of yogurt with a variety of too heavy toppings? End rant.), shopping together, getting Starbucks, and all of that. She looked at me and told me that's not what she meant. She told me she just wanted me present during the day.
Little things.
Like stopping my crazy busy mom and work agenda to look at the graphic design she made on the computer and really looking at it and trying to appreciate her talents. It's about me taking thirty minutes to play cards at the table with them and not checking email constantly on my phone. Email can wait thirty minutes. They cannot. It's in not worrying so much about the laundry and instead just letting that go and being thankful for a family to do laundry for. Just being there. Cooking together. Laughing. Giving of myself in the simple things.
Mom things.
The things that don't get celebrated on Pinterest that much. They're the just a mom things that I write about and celebrate. They're the things that most people probably won't see.
They don't see you stand in the bathroom and gather your resolve every morning. They don't see those of you who mother alone without much support. They don't see the trips to the car back and forth and back and forth. They don't see you counting to ten a dozen times before noon. They don't see you look at the bank account and sigh and try to figure out how to make three meals with what's left in your pantry. They don't see you walking into the principals office, doctor's office, friend's house and defending your child.
They don't see bandages placed on knees. Kisses on foreheads at night. Pillows pushed just the right way and blankets tucked to the perfect demands. Laundry folded and folded and folded. Tears that sting your eyes as your keep going. Dinners prepped over the stove. Times of laughter over silly things. Hair brushed and pulled back into pony tails. Prayers over wandering teens. Prayers over little babes. Nights spent sleeping in a chair holding a sick child. Days where the house is a wreck but you're reading books. The brave smile on your face when you're weary.
Those things matter.
Those things are the little things that add up and and up and up.
I say those things are enough.
A mother isn't based on external perfection. A mother is the person, the woman, just like you. The woman with little ones in her care that she loves, and sometimes wonders how she loves them because they're driving her batty, but still she does. She fights, gives, prays, works, and doesn't give up even when she wants to throw in the towel.
That's you. Today. Tomorrow. Yesterday.
I say that is enough.
It is more than enough.
You are amazing.
********
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
This list (Top 19 foods Texans can't live without) pretty much sums up what we eat. Rather funny that we fall so far into the stereotypical Texas Family: http://yestotexas.com/foods-that-texans-cant-live-without/
The NKOTB is releasing a new video tomorrow - looks like a re-cap of the tour. SUPER excited to see it.
Football season is approaching. I am always looking forward to the fall and seeing football on my tv again, but this season holds the promise of something more...the Aggies have a lot of pressure on them to perform well. The Texas loaded up on players during the off-season, and the Cowboys...well, they are the Cowboys. I can't wait for it to start. A few "hype" videos have been popping up on youtube in anticipation for the Alabama game Sept 14th. They are fun to watch, but I just want the season to start.
Tomorrow is August 1st and the summer is flying by. Jerra has been having a blast at various camps - CSISD, VBS's and more. She has gone on field trips to the children's museum, the Circus, lots of swimming pools, bowling, laster tag, the movies and more.
Lots happened in July picture wise as well...
Stay tuned for July Part 2!
The NKOTB is releasing a new video tomorrow - looks like a re-cap of the tour. SUPER excited to see it.
Football season is approaching. I am always looking forward to the fall and seeing football on my tv again, but this season holds the promise of something more...the Aggies have a lot of pressure on them to perform well. The Texas loaded up on players during the off-season, and the Cowboys...well, they are the Cowboys. I can't wait for it to start. A few "hype" videos have been popping up on youtube in anticipation for the Alabama game Sept 14th. They are fun to watch, but I just want the season to start.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTArsIP2Fss#at=116
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9a4ZlB5CY
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDT-OYPlhYU
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODk8AyTihOE&feature=c4-overview&list=UUcI-p-ICZM5vUmtdj6Vm-bQ
Tomorrow is August 1st and the summer is flying by. Jerra has been having a blast at various camps - CSISD, VBS's and more. She has gone on field trips to the children's museum, the Circus, lots of swimming pools, bowling, laster tag, the movies and more.
Lots happened in July picture wise as well...
We took the family on a little Texas Hill Country adventure over the 4th of July weekend. 1st stop was The Walden Plantation in Llano. We know the owners and they have asked Geoff to come down and play there multiple times.
Brady thought it was fun to watch dad play a couple songs during lunch at a little place in Castell.
Next stop - Luckenbach! We finished off in San Antonio visiting Geoff's grandma.
The following week Jeff, April and Hailey came to town. It was great to spend time with them and the girls all had a blast. Jerra loved playing the role of big sis to Hailey as well.
It was Jorja's 4th birthday as well!
Stay tuned for July Part 2!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
June recap
This picture of Brady makes me laugh - there was nothing wrong with him here, he just gets mad at me when I take pictures of him! He is telling me to stop. LOL
Aunt Bebe (Geoff's sister, Kristin) flew in from Michigan and came in town with their cousin, Jennifer. The 3 of us headed to Houston for the New Kids on the Block concert. and yes, it was totally worth it!! I have since then converted both girls into Blockheads!
More pool time. Brady is now as big of a fish in the water as the girls are.
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