Wow, has it been awhile or what? Nothing exciting has happened. It has just been "life" that has been keeping us busy.
Jaxx has had 2 t-ball games a week. The team has actually moved on to "coach toss" and he is doing well. He had a great game Saturday. He only had to use the "T" one of the three at bats. He played short stop and had 3 great stops. He loves to run and considers his running skills a failure if he gets out. The first time he was tagged a few games ago, I had to give him a little pep talk to stop the tears. Now, he can brush it off but I still have to remind him that "it happens".
Lately, we have been throwing the football a lot. He can really throw it well. It spirals and everything :0 but I pretty much throw like a girl. I keep hitting him in the face, luckily, it is a Nerf ball. He loves it. He isn't so great at the catching part so maybe he is just meant to be a QB.
Jaya is still loving school and ballet. Her class is starting to rehearse for her Dec. 14th "recital". If you are family, mark it on your calender. It should be pretty funny. She is not the youngest in the class but she is the tallest and seems to get the skills better than the others. I am not just saying that because I am her mother :) well, maybe. The "dance" and I use this term loosely, is to "jingle bells". So, we sing that a lot around here. We are talking about the Holidays and what is coming soon. Jaxx has total control of the "Toys r us" catalog. I think everything in the book is circled (talk about learning "dissapointment"). I LOVE LOVE LOVE this time of the year!
Jace is doing well at work. He is so loving what he is doing. You can just tell by the energy in his voice when we talk throughout the day. He doesn't have as much time for golf but his game is still fine, of course, never good enough for him! And we wonder where our kids get it???
I have still been playing on two tennis leagues. Both of which, are in the number one spots. In one league, we can't be passed as far as points so I know we are going to semi-finals. I haven't played in a semi finals with a team before so I can't wait for that. I volunteered to captain that team next season after we move up. I am not sure that was smart but we'll see. The other team could still be overcome but we hope to seal it tomorrow night.
For those of you more familiar with my "match" play. I play singles in my USTA matches on Monday night. I have a winning record and the most recent loss, about a month ago, was a girl that is great. She also has a winning record but no one has beaten her yet in singles.No one has even taken a set from her.....except....me. The last time we played, I beat her 6-2, then she beat me 4-6. We had to go to a 10 point tie break and I just got behind in the count and lost. Sooooo, I won more games but lost the match. I am really hoping to get a re-match tomorrow night. We play her team but they switch courts a lot so we can't tell what court she is going to play until we exchange line ups at 8 p.m. tomorrow night. I know she is beatable, I just want the chance.
We have a lot of potential changes, sitting on the horizon. They are all positive and if any of them come to fruition ,we will let you know. The last few years have been rough. We have been treading water at times and that makes you tired. Then when you see land you swim as fast as you can to seize it. The land is in site and we are swimming hard. I hope to report some good news in the next 15-30 days.
Other news that will make most of you smile, is that I have all the Christmas cards addressed and sitting here. They will go out the day after Thanksgiving, which is always my goal. I love the way they turned out but I am not giving anything away.
And to leave you with a smile on your face, here is the latest Jaxx self portrait. Do you remember how he sneaks my camera and leaves me surprises? The other night when I was trying to show Joanne how to use a digital camera...I found this.
We all had a great laugh!
Laugh more, love more and live more. These are great goals!
Cortney K.
