That's right, it is visitor time. AKA: the northerners are sick of winter and are trying to escape it for a little while. This past weekend my parents were here and didn't get to see much sun or warm weather, but at least it was a bit warmer than Wisconsin. They got into Dallas on Thursday night after a 2 hour delay in Milwaukee where old man winter was coming to town. They drove about 3/4 of the way Thursday night and then got to our place on Friday morning. We just hung out for the day, they just enjoyed watching Maddie play and crawl around. Saturday should have been filled with baseball, but the rain and the cold made the day open for whatever came our way. We ate lunch, took a little drive, watched Michigan State Men's basketball, mom and me did some shopping, and that took up most of our day. Sunday we went to church, then it was to Katy to Katy Mills to find Chad's suit, it was a Christmas present from my parents. He ended up getting two, it was buy one get one. We did a little more shopping. Maddie got a few things, grandpa bought her some vans. Even Joel got something and he wasn't even with us. Then Monday we headed out to Conroe to check a couple of rentals out for Spring Break. That is when our next round of visitors are coming.
Spring Break is just in two and a half weeks. We are renting a place on Lake Conroe to hang out at for a few days with everyone. We will then spend some time around here and might even take in the rodeo. It will still be going on and since Ben enjoyed State Fair and all it's animals last year, we thought he might like to go.
The rodeo is huge down here. Might even be bigger than Summerfest, but we'll never know unless we go. So here's to cowboys, boots, and roping cows. Yee-Haw.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Visitors: here, gone and back in two weeks
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
We made it through a tough winter
That's right, winter was here and is now gone. We made it through okay, no real loses. We love when the temperature gets below freezing, it is so funny to watch the news and the locals' reactions. On Friday night there was about a 10 minute segment on the freeze coming and we just had to watch to see what it was all about. We pretty much just laughed our way through the news that night.
Well basketball is officially over. The varsity girls lost on Saturday, so they are out of the playoffs. So now all we have to concentrate on is baseball. First game is today. It should be nice out, like about 67.
This past weekend Chad got to play nurse and nanny. I ended up with the flu on Saturday and Sunday. Maddie kept him pretty busy both days, but he survived. I was feeling better yesterday, but went to the doctor and Chad stayed home with us too. Maddie and Chad even went out and took a trip to Target on Sunday.
This week we have visitors coming. My parents are coming in on Thursday to Dallas, but won't get to us until Friday morning. They get to watch some baseball and of course their main reason for coming is to see Maddie. Maddie is doing great, she is getting more adventurous each day. She is trying to stand by herself and she can for short amounts of time, but then she usually ends up falling. She scoots along all the furniture and everything is a toy to her.
Well Happy Valentine's Day to all. Hope that you know how much you are loved.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Winter Is Coming...
...yes it is true, winter is going to finally be here in Tomball. It is coming this Friday and should be gone by Tuesday. If you can call low 50's winter, then it is coming soon. That is what all the talk is about here. It has been so mild and now we are suppose to be getting some artic wind that will cool us down a bit, so you can imagine what all the native texans are thinking:
"I have to cover my plants"
"I have to cover my pipes"
"I need to get out my parka"
and my all time favorite
"I need to know where my children are"
Winter may be coming, but basketball is over for my JV team. I have to help some with Varsity while they are going through the playoffs. Both varsity teams made the playoffs, you would think there would be more excitement, but not really. That just goes to show that basketball is not all that important here. On Friday I played at North and won by 6 and then we headed back to school to see the boys varisty game, which actually felt like a real basketball game. The stands were completely filled and everyone was really into the game. I felt like I was at a game back up north. The boys ended up losing, but it was a really good game.
Baseball is in full swing and they have their first scrimmage on friday with their first game next Tuesday. Maddie has been roaming out on the field when practice is done and is getting used to the grass. It usually takes her a little bit to get going on it, but then she doesn't stop.
Maddie is doing great. She is figuring new things out each day. She has found the stairs, figured out how to get up them, so now there is a gate at the bottom that she can't stand. She is starting to stand for very short amounts of time on her own, it usually lasts about 3 seconds before she falls, but she is at least trying.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all my extra time now, but I'm sure that something will come along and fill the void.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Da Da Who?
Well baseball season is upon us. I think that is going to be Maddie's question for the next few months. Baseball started on Monday- of course Chad couldn't get on the field because it rained all day Sunday and the field is like a sponge. So he had to have practice in the parking lot, but at least it was almost 60 out. I then informed him that if we were up north, this would be the best day you would get all baseball season, so he shouldn't be complaining.
I have one week of basketball left. This week has been a tough week. We had a hard lose on Tuesday- I'll just sum it up with the fact that we were up by 14 at half and lost by 4. It also doesn't help when you only make 2 of 18 freethrows. We have a game tonight and then two next week. I can't believe that the season is almost over. I mean it has been a long season, but it just doesn't feel like it should be done yet. I know that I should be thankful that baseball and basketball only overlap by two weeks.
Not too much else going on here. It has been perfect out all week. Just about 70- sunday the high is to be 78, so I know that mom is hoping this weather hangs around until the get here in three weeks. I'm sure that it will.
Maddie is doing great. She is pulling herself up, which usually then ends in her falling and bumping some part of her body. She hasn't gotten any goose-eggs or bruises yet, but I'm sure they are to come. We always joke that we wish she would be more of a happy baby(note-sarcasm) She is always talking and laughing and screaming just to get someone's attention and see them laugh. I think she gets that from Chad-he always has liked being in the spotlight. Isaac has now become a little afraid of her since she can move now. It used to be he could walk away, but she will now follow him and try to pull herself up by using him. He usually tries to get away even quicker then.
I think that we are finally back into the real swing of things since being back from Wisconsin. Now our schedule changes again with basketball ending and baseball starting. Maddie will figure it out one day, I think she just likes all the attention she gets when we are at school.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
ATM touch Screens
So here is a little story, you might not find it as funny as we did, but here goes.
Tuesday Chad and I both had practice until 4pm. The other three teams had games that night at school. Since we were done with our responsibilities, we decided to actually get home before five o'clock and relax. We also figured this would be one of the last times for Chad getting home early since baseball starts on Monday. So we are in the car, Maddie is strapped in and we are about to go, when Michael Wilke comes running out and asks if Chad has any of his referee stuff in his office. Surprise surpise refs didn't show up, so Phill and Chad reffed the JV boys game. Needless to say, some of our parents were not too kind to the two of them. Well so we finally got going at about 6pm and were heading to the ATM to deposit a check and take some money out. Chad is starting the transaction and anytime he touches the screen it doesn't register. So after the third time of cancelling the transaction I get out of the car and go around to the ATM and try it. I just start touching the screen all over the place and somehow we got both the deposit and the withdrawl made. It wasn't that funny, but you would think that since there are many people who touch that screen each day, they would keep it clean so things like that don't happen. I think what made it so funny was that all we wanted to do was get home, but the ATM touch screen was keeping us from doing just that.
Well other than our problems with ATMs, nothing too new going on. Maddie is into everything, she is pulling herself up and then falling down. She has only bumped her head a few times in the last couple days, but we figure there will be more of those.
It looks like we are going to have some more visitors in the next couple of months. Chad's dad was here this past weekend. Maddie got to spend some time with him and show him all her new tricks. I'm not sure if my mom will be able to wait four weeks to come and see us. She got to talk to Maddie on the phone last night, and Maddie actually talked back, okay well babbled. My sister and her family are making plans for spring break and then my other sister just decided to come down during her spring break. So we will have lots of people around. Which will be nice for me during baseball season.
We will hopefully post some new pictures soon.
