my story

Sunday, February 5, 2012

we had a short-but-sweet visit from Brian's parents this weekend. they got here just before we had to leave for Margaret, Samuel, and Brian's basketball game. the kids played hard, but sadly, it was another loss.

that's Samuel, #30.

Margaret #4

after the game we went to dinner at a little place in our neighborhood called Paco's Tacos.

discussing the game with Coach while waiting for food to arrive.

i got up early saturday and went out for some exercise, then came back and made a double batch of pumpkin pancakes with a side of bacon. Brian took some of the kids over to the Y to shoot baskets, while his dad took the rest to the golf course to hit some balls. Linda, Hazel, and i stayed home. i slipped off to the grocery store on my own, something i've only done maybe once before since Hazel was born. the three of us took a walk around the neighborhood and talked about all kinds of things. i'm blessed to have such a sweet mother in law. her son is a lot like her.

we went to a longhorn basketball game last night. i used to work concessions at games when i was a kid, but i think this was the first time i'd actually sat in on one. the kids had never been.

it was Boy Scout day, so the boys got a special badge for wearing their uniforms. William has been sporting a black eye from where Samuel whacked him in the eye earlier this week. it's almost healed, but it looked pretty bad for awhile.

seems like i have many friends in need of prayer lately(as if anyone is ever NOT in need of prayer).

* Micah P. - the seven year old son of friends from church. two tumors have been discovered in his body over the past couple of months. he will be having surgery to remove them on tuesday.