2011 and My Words...

Well, it has been way too long since I have posted.  I started to post of couple of times in December, but decided to just wait and start off the new year with a bang!  So here is my first official post of 2012.  I spent a lot of time over our glorious two week break thinking about the past year and things that I hope for the coming year.  As I thought of the "Greats from 2011" there were a few that stood out (in no particular order):

     

Brandt started Pre-K

     

Cate started Daycare at Clark's Learning Center

     

Chris lead the Bulldog Baseball Team to be Bi-District Champions

    

We spent lots of time with family...

Each birthday was a milestone:  Chris - 40, Brett - 35, Brandt - 5 and Cate - 2

We went on a family vacation to Round Rock and got to watch Braden Strickland (one of Chris' players) play in the Texas Coaches Association All Star Game.

Brandt is Braden's biggest FAN!!

     We grew 6 baby butterflies from worms in the habitat that Mammy bought us.

     

I found a snake in one of our toilets...

This is Papa bringing all his snake wrangling tools to the house.  We couldn't figure out how to get it out - you can't shoot in the toilet, even a pointy shovel won't fit, so we called my dad and by the time he got here the snake was GONE.  I freaked out again and proceeded to pour about 12 gallons of bleach (throughout the next few days) down that toilet and wouldn't leave the bathroom without a 25 pound weight on the seat.

Cate found her "inner artist" and wrote on most every surface in our home.  

 The words "No, Cate" and "Stop, Cate" have never been utter more than in the year 2011.

Bulldog Football - 2011 Bi-District Champs

(beaten by Melissa, who went on to win the State Championship)

Our "Blonde" Bulldogs

Overall, it was just a GREAT year to be a Bulldog!!

Even when it takes this much out of you :)!!

        

So, on we go to 2012.  I am stealing an idea from lots of other bloggers (even though I didn't post on mine, I spent lots of time reading others).  This time of year there is a lot of talk in the blog sphere of a "word of the year", or a word that describes the blogger's focus for the year.  In typical Brett Powers form, I could not decide on just one, so I am going to have two words:  "grace" and "discipline".  After reading many definitions of "grace" I found that those are really the qualities I want to exhibit - kindness, a pleasing quality, giving favors and good will. Then, there is "discipline".  This is an area where I need a WHOLE lot of work -mostly in self - discipline.  I hope to use this discipline to get better at my house keeping and organization as well as my discipline when it comes to helping my physical and mental being (aka: getting my fat butt up and working out).

Of course, I will need a little visual inspiration as well...

  

 

And by the way, I still can't use the bathroom with out checking the toilet every few seconds :)

Until next time,

Brett