Hey everybody! Yes I know, it's been quite a while since I've blogged, life has been a bit crazy and insane per usual but what could we expect from 2020 and the madness that has ensued right? So a quick update, I bought a house and got out of the apartment life finally! (Whoop whoop). Our neighborhood is full of dogs, so Ty is like a kid in a candy store anytime we walk outside. (I'll come back to this in a minute). The boys played their final season of rec football together and man was it amazing. Tripp has really grown and absolutely loves the game and his teammates who have become amazing friends. Ty got to run a touchdown in each game this year and I cried every single time. His teammates were so precious and I have never seen a group of young boys so excited for another kid. The joy and excitement every single time it was time for him to run his touchdown was so pure and sweet, it filled my soul with absolute joy. They never got tired of running with him and even when he tried to run the wrong way and if he fell down in the process, they stopped helped him up and then celebrated each time as if it was the first and only time! I will never forget it. I have pictures and videos of my boys running side by side into the endzone that I never knew I would have and that is priceless. Those coaches, parents and kids will always be family to me.
Ok, so back to Ty and the dogs. Lately, he has been on quite a wild hair. He just turned 13 and the only thing I can figure is that he has decided he can now rule the world and has no boss. Just like any teenager right? They know everything, don't need any help and nothing will ever happen to them. This also comes with attitude, eye rolls and moodiness. I've had my 30 day free trial to the teenage years and I'd like to skip on ahead now please. ha. Every time we walk outside Ty is on high alert for any animal in the neighborhood, cat, dog, squirrel, etc - it really doesn't matter just anything. He searches and stands looking for them like an old country boy spotting a deer, he can spot a cat behind a bush 6 houses down and then immediately head in that direction with a very mischievous grin and giggle that is adorable and a little concerning all at the same time. He gets tunnel vision and does not care what is around him. Well when we are inside, he has started to run to the windows and doors and pull back curtains to peak out the windows, etc. just searching for a glimpse of a dog or cat. So last Sunday, he woke up, put on his shoes(he never does this) and started walking around the house. I stayed in bed and just waited to see what he'd do because I knew he thought I was asleep. So he walked by my door about 4 times, he kind of creeps by, peaks in, then sneaks to his room and back and forth a few times then walks to the front door, unlocks it and walks out. I immediately got up and grabbed him and disciplined him and then told him how unsafe that was and that he couldn't do that yadda yadda. He looked at me as if I was speaking another language and then closed his eyes and bobbed his head side to side with lots of attitude as he mumbled something back. I am fairly certain he was cussing me and pleading his case lol but I will never know. I'll be sure to video it one day and show you all. So then I continue to get him dressed and ready for church and while I am getting myself ready, Tripp comes in and says mom, Ty is in the backyard on the swing?! So same thing happens, we run through the same chat, discipline etc and then head to church. I was a bit panicked because of the seriousness of it all. I do try and attach humor to everything because honestly if you don't laugh then you will just crawl in a corner and cry all day. So I laugh, right? I run through every scenario in my head of what I need to do to lock down my house tighter than Fort Knox. Thankfully, I grew up in the 80s and 90s and have lots of hands on knowledge on how to set booby traps(thank you goonies and my brothers) and we head off to Lowes to get locks, cameras and everything needed to lock down the house. I put up the cameras and locks on the doors, I have also put a camera in his room that will go off at night if he gets up. I have debated setting trip wires, bubble wrap on the floor, maybe even an air horn but then it may just become a game right? So for now just the cameras, extra locks and door chimes. If you come over and hear alexa announce your entrance, along with the confetti canon that alerts the rest of the house, well you can thank Ty for that. But in all seriousness we are good. This is just the life we are given and it often makes me think of how God must see us. I mean He provides everything we need and gives us, guidance and direction and what do we do with it? We want what we don't need, we wonder off and do things outside of His will, put our lives in danger all because we are like a child who wanted to cross the street and chase a squirrel or go see the dog. I mean who knows, that dog may be mean and try to bite us?! He knows that but all that kid sees is "but I want it right now, it's so FLUFFY". So when God puts you on lock down, allows things to happen to you that you think 'this is the end of the world'. Maybe, just maybe you need to stop and say what am I doing? Maybe He is trying to teach me something? Just a thought. Or maybe it's just me? ha.
Anyway, I have rambled on enough. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment or smart remark :) And if this is my parents, everything is ok and no need to panic, Promise.
