CURRENTLY (MARCH-APRIL 2019)

 

 

1.  In case you didn't know, I'm super competitive.

I'm currently signed up as head coach for my daughters league ball team and we are UNDEFEATED! WOO HOO! I know there will come a day when another team is gonna knock me off my high horse but until then, I'm over hear screaming/singing, DJ KAHLE...... ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT...! Haha!

 

Side note: I may be signed up as head coach, but Josh has been 'coaching' LOL

I did draft the team myself though! :)

 

 

 

2. FUN FACT: I HATE  hoop earrings.  They are gross to me.

 

 

 

3. I just discovered Vampire Diaries and I AM ADDICTED. 

 

Ya'll remember last year when I finally jumped on the Sons of Anarchy train and binged it all on Netflix and then I secretly wanted Josh to grow his hair out, buy a motorcycle, and join a biker gang?#nobigdeal

 

 

Well, I'm not saying I want to be a vampire... but I want to be a vampire.



Also, is Elena ever going to fall in love with Damon? Cause if not, I need to quit watching like, now. #teamdamon






 

 

4. I ditched the Fitbit and joined #teamapple! Finally.
 

 

 

 

5. I've been wanting to spruce up my boring pantry doors and I ran across this AWESOME vinyl. It has the look and feel of real wood, super cheap, and is easily removed if I ever change my mind!

I'm obsessed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. In other very important news- It was my birthday!

 

 

 

7. For my birthday my sweet husband bought us tickets to see Francis and Lisa Chan (along with some other great speakers!) He knows I'm a huge fan of them. We've done bible studies of two of the speakers so it will be neat to see them live!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. That would be my husband on our roof.

 

Yep.

 

Tree limb-1

 Roof-0

 

 

 

 

 

 9. Just for fun- a picture of Josh and his grandma now and a flashback to 1987!

Same blanket in the background.

 

10. And while we are re-creating pictures and such we stumbled across this old photo of Josh when he was about Ryker's age.

And, nope. They don't resemble near as much as I thought they would.

11.
 I thought I would be so trendy and order some over-sized nerd glasses in hopes Id look like this:

 

Instead I looked like this:

 

 

Um. Yeah. Not cute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Speaking of cute!

Look at this T-ball cutie!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

13. And my favorite 3rd grader surprised me and came out of her room in the same pajamas I was wearing!

 

 

I hope she still thinks this is cool in 20 years!

 

 

 

 

 

14. And because needing roof repairs isn't enough. We had major leaking going on in the kids bathroom and had to rip everything out!

15. Recently big sis has expressed interest in softball! #saywhat

We didn't see that one coming! She has been practicing and doing SO good!

 

 

And that about sums up what been currently going on in the Long house!

 

 

Bad Dreams..

This morning my precious Ryker had a bad dream and it broke my heart.

 

 

He woke this morning and with a scared little voice, he said, "mama, I had a scary dream."



"Well it was just a dream, buddy." I said and snuggled him a little closer.


"Mama, I fell in the water and I was sinking and  I  couldn't get out."


Ya'll! My poor baby was having a dream he was drowning.


My heart shattered.



As my eyes swelled up and my voice cracked, I tried to change the subject to cheer him up.


"Don't have those silly bad dreams anymore, okay? Lets have dreams about you helping Cat Boy save the day."


"But. the bridge was wobbly and I was just trying to sit down, but then I falled in." he said.


"It was not real. You know mama wont let you go by water with out me, right?"


"And I'll always hold your hand, okay?" I added.


"But I was trying to call for somebody to help, but nobody was there. And I just kept sinking."


At this point I am glad the room was still dim because I am quite sure my face would of freaked him out- the site of me trying to hold it all in while dying on the inside.


This is the part of parenting that is HARD. 


And I know it was  'just a dream', but hearing your three year old vividly remember his bad dream of him drowning, is something I NEVER want to hear ever again.


He's been on my heart and mind all day and  I tear up just reliving this morning.



My Sweet Boy, please don't have those mean ole' dreams anymore, okay? Mama cant handle  stuff like this, okay?







LIVINGSTON CREW GOES TO A&M!

 Pictured above: Braelee, CJ, Rilyn, Raigen and Ryker is the little guy in the front

 

This past weekend my sweet hubby, who also happens to be Raigen's 10U travel softball coach, arranged for us (and our 8U sister softball team) to attend an A & M Softball game against LSU!

We had the BEST time, and although they lost, it was truly a memorable experience. We left loving A & M and with every girl on our team aspiring to play for them one day.

 

 

A & M rolled out the red carpet and let our girls come out on the field, announced us as Team of the Day, and they got to shake the players hands! NO ONE wanted to wash their hands on the way home! HA!

 

After the game we hung out and waited for the team and all the girls got autographs on their softball.

#softballheaven

 

I can't say 'Thank You' enough to A & M. They were the sweetest and definitely made our girls' day. We have already had to promise to take our kiddos to more games since it was the 'Best Day Ever!'

 

 

Gig 'em!