Life’s happenings

Life has been a little crazy around here lately.   I already mentioned the other day the problem I was having with my neck and back.  I’m still trying to recover from that.  Yesterday was the first day I really got out of bed and did anything.  It kind of put some stress on me and made it flare up again a little.  Today I’m taking it easy around the house again but hoping to be able to get up and do more without aggravating it.  I have to say that this is the weirdest thing because I have no idea how it happened!

Since I’ve kind of been stuck in bed for the last few days I’ve been able to enjoy watching a couple of TV shows I have on DVD.  I have the whole set of Reba (that’s been released to this point) and the first two seasons of Little House on the Prairie.  Obviously those are two very different shows but they both are great to watch for different reasons.  I love the humor and jokes about everyday life in Reba and I love the setting and atmosphere that’s created in Little House.

Soccer has started back up again.  It’s really nice because it’s indoor soccer too.  It’s WAY too hot to be outside right now unless you’re in a pool!  We had a really nice, long spring this year (which was very surprising because the heat usually slams us in May!) so we’ve had nice temperatures up until about a week ago and then they rocketed into the upper 90′s and the 100′s.  UGH!  I think the lowest temp on our 7 day forecast is 99!  Oh well!  Anyway, back to soccer – I sure did get sidetracked didn’t I!  Our season is going great so far!  We had our third game last night and we’ve won the last two.  The first one we only lost by one goal and it was in the last 4 seconds of the game.    It was against a team in a higher division than we are though so that’s saying a lot!  It’s really exciting because we have been working on building this team and trying to get a homeschool soccer team going since 2005.  We’ve had a team off and on and sometimes we do well but most of the time we have such a mix of inexperienced players and experienced players that we just don’t seem to do well.  Well, this season we were able to get quite a few kids to join us who have played soccer for years and it’s making all the difference.  They look like a different team out there!  (I guess in some ways they are!  haha)  It’s been so nice to see them do well and come off the field happy and proud of what they’ve just accomplished.  And I must say our goalie is amazing!  He saves so many goals and does a fantastic job.  And it just so happens that he’s my son too.     It pays to have a dad who was a goalie and who has coached for years and years who can teach you all the goalie skills you need!  I’m pretty proud of my hubby too – can you tell?    He’s done a great job coaching this team!

In other news, my daughter has been competing in a competition called American Kids.  She competed in two different local competitions and made it to state with both of her songs.  She competed in the state competition this month and made it to nationals!  Woohoo!  So, we are heading to Branson, Missouri, next month for her to compete with both of her songs (she sings one with a cd track and the other she plays the piano and sings) .  It should be an amazing week and we are very excited to go.

Well, I guess that’s enough rambling for today.  Hope everyone is having a great week!