FUN Fall!

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In addition to the specific things I have posted, we have done so many other things this Fall that I am condensing them all into one giant post! September held Grandparents Day at school which Gaga & Papa joined the boys for. The kids loved having them come have lunch with them and showing them their new classrooms and art work! Craig and the boys went paintballing, Matt told me he was star of the week and needed a poster at 8pm the night before it was due, our garbage disposal broke and flooded my cabinets, went on a field trip with Matt, LOTS of football,  Brian started middle school sports playing on the JV football team, and then Brian broke a small bone in his foot playing regular season football. October held even more fun when I joined Brian and broke my foot for the zillionth time walking right off the back patio! Luke was still a psycho ninja, we got "flocked" (a school fundraiser!), the boys completed the Ice Bucket Challenge,  our clever children managed to lock us all out of Matt's room with a barricade of a tipped trampoline,  LOTS of football for the boys, a custom ninja warrior obstacle course out back for Luke, and Halloween! November brought us Luke's Thanksgiving program, a solo trip for me to spend a few days with our nephew in the hospital, lots of laughter, football championship for Matt, some seriously freezing weather, full ankle reconstruction for me, breaking two toes on my good foot tripping over my crutches, kids spending Thanksgiving with Gaga & Papa so I could recover from surgery, Thanksgiving for Craig and I with dear friends that took us in since I was unable to cook, Craig tackling Black Friday deals at Walmart with friends NOT me (this was rough for me to miss,,,seriously one of my favorite Holidays!), me riding a motorscooter around Sam's on my first outing with a friend who took pity on me being cooped up, Brian starting JV basketball at school and Craig going to UA game in San Antonio with friends! We are so blessed to have family and friends that pitch in an help whenever we need it, without being asked and have so much to be thankful for this Fall!

Fall Football!

Lots of football pics here :)

Another season of me sitting in a chair by myself on sometimes cold, wet or hot days watching my 3 BEST guys play football! I was meant to be a BOYMOM!  While I am certainly jealous of my sisters with their sweet, adorable princesses, I wouldn't trade my messy, chaotic, every activity must involve a ball life for anything! Watching my guys play anything with a ball has become my way of life! Craig once again helped coach all their teams...kudos to what an amazing Dad he is...I tallied up the different seasons he has coached the boys and that number is an astounding 29 seasons!!! An let's not forget that is multiple teams each of those seasons! I hope these boys look back one day and realize just how lucky they are!!!

This Fall, all 3 played Extreme Flag. Brian and Matt separated for the first time in awhile and it was so fun to watch Matt shine without being in Brian's shadow! Luke left regular flag for his first season of extreme as well and LOVED it! Luke's team had an almost perfect "defeated" season, but took it with stride and were all just thrilled to be playing real football! Brian's team had an awesome season! They started strong but couldn't quite keep it going to make it through playoffs! I gotta say though...his team is all heart! Over half of these kids have been together since they were 5 and it shows! Matt's team was made up of a group of kids that over 1/2 had been playing together (playing up) on Brian's team, and decided to play a season at their own age group. WOW...you could tell these kids had been playing together and with older boys for most of their lives! Matt's team was AWESOME! They had an undefeated season with most games being blowouts and placed first in the league! They moved on to the district championships and after 2 games sadly ended their winning streak! It was so much fun to watch all 3 of my guys this season! Enjoy the pics...there is no rhyme or reason to them. Some weekends I had my camera, some I didn't. My battery dies a few times, the weather was nasty, etc. :) Matt and Brian are both in orange jerseys...Matt's shorts are green, Brian's shorts are orange and Luke's jersey is white! And to make it even easier...my kids are the ones in black helmets!