I find it disheartening when I run into people who continually blame everyone around them for their situation in life. I mean, come on - you are where you are because of choices you have made.
I am sure you have all run into those people - you know the ones. “I would be a nice person if ________ just understood me.” “I would act properly if ________ would treat me right.” Blah, blah, blah. Get a clue - your mistreatment (real or imagined) is not a sentence or excuse to be a jerk, be mean, or be a blamer. If you do something wrong - own it, fix it, move forward.
Maturity is not only knowing the right thing to do, but doing it even when know one is looking and even though you would rather blame others.
Logan’s team, the HCRA Wimberley Texans varsity team took on the Dripping Springs Tigers this morning in a scrimmage and they looked great. Sure, there were a few miscues but overall I am very impressed with his team. The defense played stellar, allowing only one play for over 10 yards and shutting down the Tigers whether they tried running or passing.
Logan played cornerback and did a fine job. He certainly didn’t look like a kid who had never played organized football before.
I couldn’t be prouder and can’t wait for the next one!
Okay, so I am about a year into this “change of life” that culminated in my marriage and the addition of three amazing kids to my household - so what’s the verdict? Duh - you KNOW I think it rocks.
A lot has changed in the last year. Again - duh. I am writing this post sitting in our new chocolate shop - Sweet Wimberley, located right off the square in Wimberley, Texas… who saw THAT coming? Dawn, the kids, and I own five acres in the beautiful hill country that surrounds Wimberley. I drive kids to school in the mornings, take them to scouts and Young Women’s at the church and barbecue in the backyard. My long-time friends ask, “Who are you and what did you do with Chris?” He just grew up is all.
I spend each day more thankful than the one before. I am thankful that I was born in the United States, thankful that I grew up and live in Texas, thankful for my beautiful, intelligent wife, thankful for the blessings that are Kenzie, Logan and Dallin, thankful that I have the best Mom ever, thankful for life lessons taught by my father, thankful to have intelligent and fun siblings that wouldn’t hesitate to give me the shirt off their backs, thankful for the opportunities I have had to learn and to grow along the way, thankful to be surrounded by great friends, thankful for my health and thankful most of all that, despite a lifetime of stubbornness and pride, I have learned to stop and be grateful - to acknowledge just how lucky I am.
When something goes right for a person, you have heard them exclaim, “must be good living.” I hope where I find myself now is a reward for trying to do the right thing, but even if it isn’t - I’ll take it.
That’s right, it is time for football in Central Texas and both of the boys are about to starting playing in the HCRA football league. We went to pick up equipment today and the first practice will be on Monday.
I am SO stoked about this that I can’t stop smiling. The other way cool thing is that both of them were able to get one of the numbers I wore when I played football. I really couldn’t be prouder and can’t wait to cheer them on.
The girls went to see “Letters to Juliet,” and rather than sit through the chick flick, the guys felt it was time to go do something involving sweat, simulated murder, and just general mayhem. Paintball was the obvious choice.
We had a blast from the moment we “woke up” our host for the afternoon. I forget the dude’s name, but he was very cool and really dug explaining things to the boys while telling all his tales of the world of paintball.
Once we went over all the safety information, we were ready to get going.
Outfitted with our “killin’ gear” we headed out to the combat arena.
We had an absolute blast despite the sweltering heat. In the first match, it was Logan and Dallin teamed up against me. Later we went “every man for himself.” We even did a couple matches where it was just Dallin vs Logan. Logan shot me in the head a couple times - I shot him in the head once and the chest another - Logan also shot Dallin during a time-out.
The dude that ran it was super friendly and gave us a ton more paint than we paid for. I think he was happy to see someone there and I helped him jump start his truck that was dead too. Overall, it was a fun outing and despite the fact that I think I would have liked Letters to Juliet, there is no doubt this was better!
Went to see How to Train Your Dragon the other night with the family and it was surprisingly good. The previews didn’t do a very good job of selling the film, but it ended up being a pretty decent flick. I have to say the CGI is getting better and better all the time and this time the story actually lived up to the development costs.
The storyline is much better than typical animated fare. That combined with very entertaining voice acting by Gerald Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrara and others, works well with the world of Vikings bent on the destruction of their mortal enemies - the dragons.
Not only is this a great family film that will delight the kids, it works for the parents as well. It had moments went it looked like it was going to the stereotypical paths of most animated, feel-good, send a good message, films - but continually kept away by keeping it fresh.
It is witty, fun and only my second 9 rating in the last 12 months (last one was The Blind Side.)
A lot has changed in the last year. Again - duh. I am writing this post sitting in our new chocolate shop - Sweet Wimberley, located right off the square in Wimberley, Texas… who saw THAT coming? Dawn, the kids, and I own five acres in the beautiful hill country that surrounds Wimberley. I drive kids to school in the mornings, take them to scouts and Young Women’s at the church and barbecue in the backyard. My long-time friends ask, “Who are you and what did you do with Chris?” He just grew up is all.
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