One season ends.... two more begin

So today was a bitter sweet day for us as Matthew wrapped up his first season of flag football. Their team did a great job this season, for a team of 4, 5, and 6 year olds who have never played football before let alone together we did some amazing things. So the icing on the cupcake today was making it to the Pee Wee division finals, ending up as the runner ups after a hard fought back and forth game. The boys played incredible and were flag pulling monsters today. So he ends his first football season with 6 Touchdowns, 2 extra point run ins, and 2 safeties, a sportsmanship medal from his coach, a team trophy and a division runner up trophy from the league. I see a loft conversion to our sports room/trophy room in my near future.

So with football ending Matthew doesn't let any time go to waste before he starts up his next sport... yes starting Tuesday we will be starting our baseball practice with opening day on March 27th so stay tuned for the Little League Coach Pitch Diamondback team updates...

Katie is just gearing up her Spring season of Storm Soccer. These girls are an incredible group of girls that have been playing together of over 7 season now and are really good friends too. After losing our opening game 2 weeks ago 0-4, today was the "partly cloud chance of Storm" day. With Katie leading off the game with their first goal we ended the game winning 3-1. So it's a good day as far as sports go in the Wallen house this weekend.

 

So as we start to wrap up another week in the life of the Wallen 5 we can say it has been a good week, as we look toward next week and what is to come.  I don't know what it will bring but I do know that there is a plan that I will only be given insight to when I wake in the morning... so until tomorrow and the blessings it brings.

You Know When Your Day Could Take A Turn For The Worse When....

You were suppose to be up at 6:00am and you wake up at 7:00 only to realize you and the kids are all still asleep and have to leave for school in less than 50 minutes. But we did it even with one outfit change due to a mishap between Emma and Jake 5 minutes before we had to leave. So what could have started out as a complete disaster managed to be like most normal mornings just alittle more hurried.


Tuesdays, are one of my "open" days in that as of right now we have no kids activites scheduled but that is soon to change with Little League baseball practices starting next week. So I just tried to enjoy it keep the kids focused on their homework so that we would have time this evening to spend together. So for a day that started crazy and hectic ended fairly calm and enjoyable.


So on to tomorrow I don't know what it will bring other than Kaite's soccer practice, but I do know that there is a plan that I will only be given insight to when I wake in the morning... so until tomorrow and the blessings it brings.

And The Week Begins!

Well I had an epiphany the other night on how keeping this blog might be a great location to keep everyone updated on the daily activities and current pictures of the busy Wallen family. We will see how long it last but for now it seems like a good idea.

So here we go....

We kicked our week off with pouring rain - something you don't see a lot of or very often in Arizona and puts all of your days activities into a tail spin of pure chaos. It's amazing how it can send your day into a day of do we's or don't we's when it comes to all kids outdoor activities. So Mike spends his afternoon at piano class for Katie wondering do we have soccer practice or don't we up until about 30 minutes before he has to run out the door with the kids to practice he gets the hoped for email from the coach saying... "practice is cancelled." YEAH oh I mean BOO!

Now for everyone who has children in school you will completely understand this next part. As I get the call that soccer is cancelled as I'm rushing home from work secretly celebrating in my car since it's just one less thing I have to run to for the night... I come flying into the house only to get the kids to hurry up on eating their dinner that Dad has taken care of for me (thanks Mike I couldn't survive our crazy schedule without you as my partner) change my clothes from working Stephanie to mom Stephanie and out the door we head as of course Mike is working tonight and the kids are off to school with me for my PTF (Parent Teacher Fellowship) meeting. 1 1/2 hours later it's homeward bound and right to bed to start is all over again the next day...

So I don't know what tomorrow will bring other than as of right now there are no scheduled activities, but I do know that there is a plan that I will only be given insight to it when I wake in the morning... so until tomorrow and the blessings it brings.