For the record.....

We do have 2 children!
I post allot about Taylor, mostly because she is with us ALLL the time for obvious reasons.

Coleton, well lets just say he is actively being a PRE teenager! Our new neighborhood is equipped with all of his friends and soooo much to do.

He is literally burning at both ends right now. He is playing football which is VERY time consuming with 3 practices a week and games every Saturday. He is also playing baseball and played in a flag football game yesterday with his school. His first priority is obviously school and then football. Everything else sort of fits in where it fits in. Its like trying to cage an animal right now. SO much to do so much going on, so many friends and so little time! I remember those days so we try to let him be a kid.
There is a creek by our house. Like across the street. He LOVES fishing, so last weekend the boys went fishing. The night before they got their poles ready and slept in their fishing clothes, and woke up extra early to go fishing. There was 4 of them. Cole our nephew Jace and his friends that live right across the street from us. Which is such a blessing let me tell you.
They caught catfish and I woke up to seeing little legs running by my sliding glass door in the backyard. Hmmmmm what are they up to? Pretty sure they thought it was a good idea to put the fish in our waterfall. Yes they did! Pretty sure a couple weeks before that when Cole put the now missing crawdad in the waterfall that it was not such a good idea. Note to self~ Pre teen boys are not very focused when it comes to their parents telling them what to do and what not to do. We never did find that crawdad......maybe it craaaawwwld back to the creek. VERY unlikely. I keep sniffing around for it, so far so good.
Time goes SO fast! This little boy has grown up before our eyes. It is really amazing to watch him grow and find himself. We are doing our best to keep him grounded and to remember whats important at the same time letting him be a boy and a kid with a very busy schedule. I will admit not everyday is easy and we often find ourselves frustrated sometimes, but quick to remember that boys will be boys and its all part of growing up. It all presents itself for good reasons, so we can learn and teach and be understood.
Like for instance when Zack goes to get on his bike and the seat is not connected because Cole took it upon himself to "fix" it. (He needed a certain piece for his own bicycle, but Dads was bent so he thought he should fix it....ya get my drift)
Or when Zack went to get his work boots to find the laces missing and the tassels taken off. Or the TON of candy wrappers I find in his pockets while doing the laundry.
Or the little love notes written by girls at school......sigh. The innocence really makes me smile. I am still able to rest about this issue.
Or him asking for more money for football for his jersey, hmmmm that we already paid for. To find out he cut the sleeves off his practice jersey and Coach made him buy a new one.
I could go on forever, everyday is an adventure, one that makes us smile and be thankful for what we have, and nervous and scared and excited about whats ahead, because time does not stand still.