Celebration. . . Love. . . Family. . . .

Celebrated the hubbs birthday this weekend, he got the full pampered treatment.  We had homemade meatball subs, black bean quinoa salad, and beer cheese dip with corn chips, and key lime pie for dessert.  Everything homemade except the key lime pie, it was frozen.  He also got to watch football all day uninterrupted and Miami won, he is a big kid at heart.  It was a great day for all and the food was a BIG hit.
I got to talk with Sprat for a little bit, he was filling me in on that was going on at school.  They have a therapy dog named Cooper that comes to the school periodically that the kids can go by and visit and play with.  Sprat said he had visited with Cooper once before when he was on campus. Sprat is enjoying his time at school and has made some new friends.
Big T is spreading his wings and trying to decide what he wants to do in school, Big T had stellar grades this session and I am looking forward to what he will decide. There are a lot of what if's floating around our house right now and they are in complete opposite directions of each other. I hope his school will give him some opportunities to try out some of these new interests. 
I love watching my kids grow and change, both of their interests have changed over the years. Big T's have changed just in the last few months. Life just keeps getting interesting around our house.
Stay tuned, never a dull moment. .. .

Updates for Everyone. . .

We celebrated my niece getting married this past weekend and Big T got to be a part of it.  It was a beautiful wedding and we enjoyed celebrating with our family and friends.  My niece was married in the same church that her mother and I were married in, so naturally I was a little sentimental about the day and remembering my own wedding.  I am sure my sister did the same. 
It was nice to see my very handsome son dressed in something other than shorts, t shirt and a sweatshirt.  Naturally I have pictures to share so, stand by.  Big T picked out his suit to wear for the Wedding and we did not know the colors my niece was going to use but to our surprise it was the very same suit that the groomsmen wore. 
We were missing Sprat this weekend, he had his first scrimmage on Saturday, that first college lacrosse game.  They got beat but they were playing teams that had been together a couple of years.  Sprats team are all freshman and that was their first time playing as a team.  They have a lot to learn and a lot of practice ahead of them.  We got their schedule and I hope we get to go see him play this Spring but, it will depend on Big T's schedule too.   I begged Sprat for some pictures from the scrimmage, of course, I did not get any.  I told him when he comes home for Thanksgiving that I will be all in his face taking pictures.  I miss him so much but, I dare not tell him that, I do not want to make him home sick. 
On our way to the Wedding festivities on Friday morning my hubby got a text from Sprat that said, "Boston was crazy last night."   That was the night that the Red Sox won their bid to the World Series.  I promptly sent him a text saying;  "I know you were not in the middle of all that celebration, right?"  His reply, "I might have been."  (priceless)   As a mom you never ask your teenage son a question that you do not already know the answer.  I knew he would be there and that was ok.  He is having the best time of his life right now and I am very proud of him. 

A little flashback from '93 

Random Pictures. . . Lots of Celebration. . . .

They honored our Seniors at Church, we celebrated with the hubbs family, and there are plans to celebrate with my family and to celebrate with friends soon too.  Sprat has been playing HOT Lax these last few weeks and this weekend he played against college teams in a pick up tournament.  He is running daily to get in condition to go to Boston and play. 

Church Recognition 

3 back to back Lax against college teams and a quick lunch at the lake.

Celebratory lunch after Church with milkshakes 

This is my handy work, you cannot tell since my picture is so bad but...

it is a shadow box with Sprats letter and tassel.  Neither of my boys wanted Letter jackets so here is my answer to that.  It really is very neat, I still have to add his pins for Lacrosse from Jr and Sr year and I think he has at least one more star.  The shadow box I found at AC Moore and it has hinges so you can add to it through the years.  You can hang it or you can stand it up on a shelf.