Fall Soccer Season...

Well, Fall Soccer season has officially started! Here is Tatum throwing in the ball. And what an AWESOME throw it was!!! She played pretty good! She needs to get back in the groove of things a bit! She is worried about her friends getting left behind! I had to tell her to forget about them and "GET THAT BALL!!" We will see if she listened, next week! We are hoping for at least 2 goals this year! Gotta break last years record!!! We'll keep you posted!

Worn Out!!

Well, we had a busy Labor Day Weekend! By the looks of the picture above, you can tell Tatum had a great weekend, and just completely wore herself out! This picture was taken tonight, after a fun day at school, and more fun playing around the house. She fell asleep at 7:30pm, her bedtime is usually 9pm. This weekend was eventful! Saturday we went to Shelby's St. Mark volleyball tournament, then to her Texans soccer tournament, then back to volleyball, then back to soccer again! It was a long, sports day! But, why stop there?? Sunday was more soccer, a break for some time to ourselves, thanks to my mom, so Richard and I could go see a movie, (Rush Hour 3, they should have stopped at 2!), then back for more soccer! We ended Sunday night with Shelby's family birthday dinner at Babe's Chicken House in Garland! YUM-O!! Monday we decided to go to Main Event for some bowling, games, and Laser Tag for Shelby's real birthday! That was followed by going over to the Thiebaud's for a surprise birthday party for Shelby's with the girls from her soccer team! That was super nice of the Thiebaud's to host that for Shelby. What a great family!! We finished Monday off with Shelby's Volleyball and Basketball practices that Richard and I coach. We had to get up this morning and send Tatum off to school, and get back to our normal routine. It was a great weekend, lots to do, but lots of fun!!

I just LOVE this picture...

I just LOVE this picture!!! This was on Tatum's second day of school! Of Course, I want a picture of her everyday she wears one of her cute new "back to school" outfits! And her and daddy always looks so cute together in pictures!!! She has been having a great time at school. It has been too hot to go outside, so they have been doing extra special things in the class room. Her new buddy is Hunter. Her teacher told me that they are always together! Funny, she seems to always make best friends with the boys! I am sure her Daddy will put a stop to that pretty soon! We have started soccer for Tatum, and Richard and I are back to coaching Shelby's volleyball and basketball. Our days are now consumed with sports and more sports. That's okay though, we really enjoy it! Tatum is so cute on the soccer field, and she also LOVES to go to Shelby's volleyball and basketball games. Maybe that is because certain wonderful parents like to spoil her while her own parents are coaching the girls!!! M&M's, popcorn, and Powerade is what my child lives on during PSA sports seasons! Although, they do have the BEST popcorn ever!! I will be sure to keep up the blog so everyone can see Tatum's success on and off the soccer field this season!

First Day of School

Well, back to school we went today! Tatum was ready to go back. She was so excited about seeing her teachers this morning. She looked so cute with her HUGE backpack on and her adorable first day of school outfit! Tatum is the only girl in her class this year. 6 boys and Tatum! She loves to play with the boys though! I am not too concerned. Her daddy, on the other hand, doesn't like it! He is already having a hard enough time with the fact that Tatum has an imaginary friend named Bobby. "He's a boy", she tells us. Richard tries to get her to change the him to a her....but it is not happening. She thinks Bobby is the real deal! It is so cute to hear her talk and play with him. She is so sweet! Having an imaginary friend is fun, and works the imagination. I think it is great! So, the first day back to school was good! She had a blast, and we can't wait to hear about all she learns and the progress she makes with her speech! This year will get her ready for Kindergarten. Not sure I am quite ready for that!!

A night behind the plate....

So, off to the Texas Ranger's baseball game we go! We were invited to go to the Ranger's game last night by my cousin and her boys. They go quite often, but had an extra ticket for last nights game. Row 9, right behind home plate! AWESOME! I am not sure I will ever be able to go to another game again, without having those great seats! Jenny and I sat on row 9, and Tatum, Daniel, and Brandon went down and sat on the first row. They ate Cotton Candy and Ice Cream in a batting helmet. (I remember getting ice cream like that when I was little at the games!!) Richard had to work so he TiVo'ed the game. You could see Tatum and the boys almost the whole game! I was even on there for a little bit! The whole day leading up to getting to the game, Tatum kept telling me she was going to play hard!! I didn't know what she was talking about, just saying OK as my response. Once we got to the Ballpark, she said it again after I asked her if she was excited! I then understood what she meant...she thought she was going to play in the game! She was letting me know that SHE was going to play hard in the game! How cute is she! I had to explain to her that she wasn't playing this time, we were going to watch the game like we do on TV. "OK", she said! She watched a little, and played a lot! She had so much fun! We came home and watched the game on TV, fast forwarding until they showed each batter and the kids behind the plate! She thought that was so cool! She kept saying, "I see myself!!" Thanks Jenny, for thinking to invite us to the game! We had a blast!

Soccer Star...

Well, there is my little soccer star!!! Although, today was a challenging day on the field. Tatum was just not that into soccer today. She was too concerned with what was going on around her, instead of focusing on the ball!!! Her daddy and I were getting a bit frustrated with her. She had a crowd of people there to watch her and she was in "La La Land" most of the game! Nana, Papaw, and Grandma Tommye were there to watch today. Tatum was more interested in eating nachos, than playing soccer! Ugh, it is hard to watch her on the soccer field sometimes!!! T-Ball is more her sport! I think she is a Star in soccer, but a Super Star in T-Ball. Oh well, it will all come in time! Outdoor soccer is about to start. She might do better with Coach Anthony. He's not afraid to yell a bit at her to make her pay attention! I mean, she is only 4 after all! There are more important things to her than getting after that ball for 45 minutes! Who knows, all this frustration and she maybe, just maybe, could be the next Mia Hamm.

Crazy Days..

Well, I haven't been on here in a while now. I need to get going! We have been really busy the last couple of weeks. I am working at Nordstrom for the Anniversary sale. It feels like I am back in management. I am working way more than I intended. Oh well, I guess I am making some of that shopping money back. I got Tatum some of the cutest clothes and shoes from the sale. What great prices! I even bought myself 2 tops. I never shop for myself anymore, so getting to wear 2 new shirts, 2 days in a row, was exciting!!! I would rather shop for Tatum. It's more fun, and everything looks so cute on her. So, my mom and dad have been a huge help with watching Tatum while I am working at Nordstrom. She has spent the night 3 nights at Nana and Papaw's house in the past 2 weeks. I now remember why I quit my full time job in the first place!!! Tatum loves it though! She has a ball playing over there! Nana took her last weekend to her soccer game, and this past Saturday, I was able to leave work early and go with her to her game. She is playing indoor soccer and loves it! She made her first goal in her soccer career on Saturday!!! Hooray for Tatum!!! She jumped up and down, cheering for herself, all the way back down the field! She was so excited! Of course, coming from work, I didn't have my camera with me! Maybe she will score again this weekend! From soccer we went to Daddy's softball tournament he was playing in on Saturday. They were out at the fields from 1pm to 8pm. It was pretty hot and muggy out there Saturday. The team ended up going undefeated and won the entire tournament. They received a huge trophy that I made sure was not coming into my house! The coach wants Richard to keep it, he named him the MVP of the tournament! Great job, but that trophy is still not coming into this house!!! He is going to take it to work since 4 of them played in the tournament. Hopefully they can display it up there at the Sheriff's Office. On Sunday, Tatum and I went to church and let Daddy catch up on some sleep, since he worked Friday night, played softball all day Saturday, and then went back to work Saturday night. After church we came home ate lunch and headed back out to the softball fields for 2 make-up games. That team was undefeated for the season until the second game yesterday when the pitcher decided to smart off to the umpire and she threw him out of the game...all well and good except for the pitcher still couldn't shut his mouth, so she called the whole ball game! Needless to say, Richard was not happy! They still might get first place in the season, let's hope at least! So that rounds out our busy weekend, and we are headed back out to the fields again tonight for 1 more game! Even Richard thinks it's a little too much softball! Softball is about over, and then we will be back to rushing around between coaching Shelby's Volleyball and Basketball, and going to and from Tatum's outdoor soccer games to the games at PSA. Oh well, what else would we be doing if we weren't out watching the girls play sports?!?