Catching Up!

Well, as you can see by the date between postings we haven't been very vigilant! During the last postings I was in Ok visiting my family. I landed Saturday night at about 8:30 and Coby left for a week of business travel to St. Louis Monday morning at 6:00 - at least that is when the flight left the airport. That week was crazy busy with at least something (more like somethingS) going on every day and night. Luckily it rained Monday, so T-Ball practice for Chaz (the first week of...)was rescheduled for Wednesday. This was good that we had Monday night "off", but that added one more thing to an already tight schedule on Wednesday. Tuesday night was the first soccer practice for Aedan. Coby is the coach (he was supposed to be the asst. coach but no one else volunteered), since he was out of town I became the coach. The kids both loved their practices!

We finished off the week with meetings for Council for St. Peter's ECDC and committee meetings and I was bad a skipped Thursday night Enrichment because something had to give. We had been away from the house most of the days and most of the nights and the kids and I needed a break. I wanted to go and from all reports it was wonderful, but just wasn't going to happen!

Coby came home late Friday night and the kids were very glad to see him on Saturday morning. This last week Coby was home and that was good because it was Spring Break for Chaz. We didn't do anything really exciting, but Friday Coby had off for Good Friday and so we took care of hair cuts, errands (Costco run) and tried to go to the Zoo. The weather was so beautiful that most of Houston had the same great idea as us and so the Zoo was so crazy we couldn't even find a parking spot! We drove around for about an hour in the traffic to try and find a spot and there were NONE (which is pretty amazing because there is lots of parking).

We were lucky to have "plan B" tucked away for just such an event. Coby and I had been talking about getting a trampoline for some time now. The kids are always jumping on the beds, ottomans, couch...whatever they can find to bounce them and I'm tired of it! The "need" a trampoline. We were actually trying to buy time by going to the zoo so that we could meet up with our friend - with the truck to transport said trampoline - and get it home. The timing was perfect. Just when we decided there was no parking, he called to say that he was ready (he was downtown Houston too). We headed up to I-10, jumped on the HOV lane and within 30 minutes we were at Sam's for the big purchase! It was home and up before sun down and the kids love it. I love it because I can tell them to head outside to jump!

We enjoyed Easter with lots of friends over to stuff our bellies and Coby left again for another week away - this time in Farmington, NM. Chaz and Aedan resumed practices after a week off and lucky me I'm the substitute coach for soccer this week. We look forward to a community garage sale this weekend and I hope to make lots of money selling our junk...it is so true...one mans junk......you finish the thought.

I hope Easter found you happy and healthy. What a blessing to remember the Atonement of Jesus Christ and to celebrate this wonderful time with so many friends. We are blessed!!