Monster Trucks

The boys were lucky enough to get tickets to monster jam from grandma and papa King this year for Christmas. They went last night and had a blast! Thank you grandma and papa!

I love weddings!

I have to say that I really love weddings!  For so many reasons!  I love to celebrate family and friends coming together for one single couple....all in celebration of love.  I enjoy spending time with family and friends and friends of friends.  I love dancing and watching others dance!  I love the food, desserts and drinks!  But most of all, I love remembering the day that I married my love!  That was one of the best days of my life and every wedding I attend..I think of MY wedding day.  

Today we celebrated the love of Sal and Patty Calvano!  What a great couple!  We had a great time at their 'celebration' but took a few too many pics of ourselves!  O well!!!

PATTY AND SAL'S WEDDING

I love weddings!  I've always loved weddings and any celebration, for that matter!  And Sal and Patty's wedding was no exception!  Food, drinks and family and friends made for a great day!   Despite the yucky weather- we all had a great time and it was a perfect day!

Nights Out

I love when we can have date nights! Especially when we can go see a show or concert!!! I am spoiled!
(Lady Gaga 2013)

Oh Jonathan!

So now that Jonathan is 13 (almost14) we thought it would be ok if he were to babysit his brothers. They have been left alone in the daytime when I run to the store it something but not really at night. So we tried a few nights ago when we went down the street to Greg and Lisa's. They did great until about 9:30 and that is when the texts began. "when are you coming home?" "I can't fall asleep" etc. he made it til about 10:30.

Last night we thought we would give it another try. We went to have dinner with Sal and Patty. And wouldn't you know, 7 text messages and 2 phone calls to find out when we were coming home. On our way home randy and I joked about him never moving out. And then I got this text from him....

MOM AND BILL'S BDAY

Happy Birthday to Mom and Bill!

Sunday Morning Donuts

Love having donuts with my boys!!!!!

Sick of being sick

We spent a week being sick over Christmas break and now we are back at it. Jordan has asthma worse than I would like to admit. He just got over being sick over a week ago and he has a runny nose and is wheezing again. The problem is that we are out of abuterol. I could kick myself for not checking before the weekend because now we are sitting at urgent care And of course he is not coughing now. Go figure! I can't seem to figure him out!

The last games...

Since I have made the decision to end my coaching career, I have been dreading these last few games. However, once I am here and the game starts, I enjoy the game itself and watching the elite athletes that Brophy and Xavier produces. But more than anything I love the girls. I love to hear how nervous they are before a halftime. I love to watch then giggle when they see the boy they like. I lie to hear the latest drama or to see the little triumphs when they finish the dance! I truly enjoy my time with the girls and I love to see the familiar faces of my Brophy and Xavier families. I will miss it all. But I have enjoyed the ride!!

The National College Championship

Notre Dame plays Alabama tonight... So far the game isn't going the way we want it to but I will say that it has been fun reminiscing about our trips to see the Irish. Found a few oldies but goodies!

The new room...

We were lucky enough to be able to get new carpet this year right after Christmas. In the process we have tried to "update" every room and decided to do Jonathan's next. We painted and Randy built a shelf for all of his sports memorabilia. It looks amazing but it is no longer a little boy room. It is definitely a room for a teenager.

Tradition

Our family New Year's tradition (as Jonathan would say) is that we do fireworks.  This started a few years ago and the boys are hooked!  Randy and I have been sick the past few days so they have been begging to do the fireworks!  We finally did them tonight!  They make me nervous....I'm not a fan of fire!  But the boys get such a kick out of it and to see their faces light up is worth every scary moment!  Happy New Year; Gaspar style!

Suns Game

We often take it for granted that Jay works for the Suns. But I am thankful that my boys have the opportunity to go to games and events (for free) and get to see and meet players that most kids only dream of! Tonight is no different...a fun opportunity for Jonathan and Jordan.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Its that time again when I reflect on the past year and set goals and resolutions for the year to come.  In 2012, our business grew, Jonathan played on his Highland Lakes school teams, we went to Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and to New Orleans for the Arena Bowl.  I also went to San Francisco to visit my dearest friends and won another national title with my pommies.  We got new carpet, new stainless steel appliances, painted the toy room and got new shutters too!  It feels great to finally be taking care of our home and making it beautiful.

As we look ahead to the new year, I am realizing that I want to do more with my home and my family. I want to focus time on our business and learn to delegate more when possible.  I have also decided that it is time for me to quit coaching.  I am simply stretched too thin and am not able to do all of my "jobs" as well as I possibly can.  It was a hard decision but I am confident it is the right one.

And as usual, my goal is to blog and post more pictures!  I will try to make every effort to share more of the moments that make me and my family smile.

Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

NewYears is always pretty low key around here but the boys think it is the best day ever because they get to do fireworks with Dad!!