Sports and more sports!

I wont lie and say I am the calm mother out on the court. I'll admit to yelling at the referee a few times and pointing out some opposing team elbowing!! Yeah they are only 10 but, this is serious business!! haha. Some days I got myself going so much that it was physically draining to me if they lost.

But, It's fun to see Tommy improve every year!! And I love when he says, "Mom, yell at me while I play so i push myself harder!" 

Next year i wont have to be so crazy because Barry is going to coach again and he is crazy enough!!! Which is good, I'm looking forward to a great season next fall!!

 In Feb we took the family to see the Globetrotters!! Aren't my kids the cutest???

 Tommy and Kyla thought this was Hilarious! Obviously!

 And obviously being the golf family we are, it was inevitable that Kyla would get some new golf clubs this year. Tommy and I both were surprised with new clubs for Christmas. So kyla was just dying for her own set! I have to keep reminding her not to practice with real golf balls in the front yard... I do not want to pay for any new windows!!

 And again, baseball season is upon us, and I can't seem to get many pictures!! But I am so excited for these boys right now! We are going into the playoffs in 2nd place!!! Hoping for a championship trophy!!!

My boy in the center of the photo is just too cute for his own good!!!

Lets take it way back...

Blogging back to January, when we celebrated in style. Because that is just what my girl Kyla deserves!

For her 4th birthday we had a movie/dance party with a cotton candy machine, cake pops, soda, popcorn... the works!

 Complete with a "homemade" balloon drop. 

(Just after hanging this sheet, I saw a real balloon drop holder at the dollar store, but refused to let my hard work go to waste ;)

 These kids know how to have a good time!!!

 Especially when you have special guest... The Street Goons!!!

 Yes, my son and his friends have started their own dance crew. The Street Goons! 

Let it be known, these guys will knock your socks off!

Pressure of blogging

I was contacted recently by someone who had heard my blog was so inspiring. I had to laugh! She asked me if I would teach a class on blogging. Feeling very inadequate, I said no thanks. I did tell her I could teach other things, like overcoming trials, unconditional love, seeing the beauty in adversity, or anywhere along those lines. Another reason why I felt so inadequate is that I am literally surrounded by amazing, inspiring and awesome women; most of whom live normal lives, raise typical children and those are the women I look up to! I'm lucky! I have more than a handful of women in my life that I consider great friends! Most of these women share my beliefs and are inspiring just in the way they delicately raise their children, keep a happy home and go about doing small acts of service! Therefore, I have more to learn than to teach, believe me! But it made me think about why blogging can be such a struggle. First there are many different types of bloggers. Those who use it as a family journal, those who teach or share information, those who reach out and inspire and many more. Part if my problem is I never really figured out what kind of blogger I wanted to be. Journaling for my family is a great idea, but not interesting to other readers(do I care about that or not?), than it's nice when you get a lot of attention for being inspiring, funny etc. But keepig that up is tough and makes me feel fake at times... Trying to say the perfect thing even if I was feeling otherwise. It's tough too, to keep up with a cyber world, when the real world around me needs me more and that is where it really matters. So I am stuck in this spot, where I just don't know. There are some blogs I have followed in the past that now seem fake, like the writer is just trying too hard to seem perfect, gain readers etc. It's nauseating! Then there are some that I still look at from time to time and find them refreshing! Honest! With struggles, joys, and truth. Most of us don't want to read about someone's perfect life (that just makes us feel less adequate). But we also don't want to hear constant complaining, who does right! Finding that balance is tough for me and something that I continue to think about and work on. I also go back and forth between whether to make this a blog for myself, closest friends and family and go private? Do I keep it public and only appeal to friends who really know me and care about what goes on in my life day to day? Or do I try to appeal to a larger crowd and talk about deeper things and be an advocate for Down Syndrome? It can all be very confusing and I tend to go back and forth. Some days just thinking about doing any of them is exhausting :) I do hope to gain the ability to share my thoughts every so often in a way that will check off all the things on my list. Journaling my life, being inspiring, being truthful and not changing who I am. Until then...