Jakob recently moved to a new baseball team this month and we're super excited! It is a much better fit for us, and we know he is getting the best instructional baseball where he will learn not only to be the best baseball player he can be, but the best little man he can be. We are with a team out in New Braunfels that just formed. I'm so excited to watch Jakob grow and develop with this great group of kiddos and coaches, he is already an oustanding baseball player, but to be with an organization that has an MLB coaching staff and solid values, we just know he's going to achieve great things. While it's year-round baseball, which can be super intense, I am not complaining..I love every second of it. GO BOWIE BULLS!!

On February 4 2011, Schertz got SNOW!!! The entire city got snow, but we seemed to have gotten more than they did in San Antonio. It was a very exciting day. The kids didn't go to school, we didn't go to work..the entire city was shut down until around noon. It wasn't as exciting for my kids as it was for others since they've seen snow so many times, but they were excited to play and have the day off. We were up pretty early and were able to go outside and play early in the morning, then we spent the rest of the day cuddling on the couch and watching movies.

It didn't last very long, as a matter of fact it melted pretty quickly and by around noon you couldn't tell that it had ever snowed.

Rob and the kids made me a special Valentine's day dinner tonight and it was awesome. They go all out with the imagination stuff and they get really into their characters. It's difficult to explain the enthusiasm they get over pretending to play 'restaurant', but Jakob was so cute in his tie over his polo shirt, Ella in her apron and their handmade name tags. They even made notices to put on her bedroom door for 'Enployies" only and their cute "Ella and Jakob's Steakhouse" sign. They had the jazz music going, they took my order and served dinner and drinks. The best part was Ella bringing me my cupcake for dessert and dropping it right on my new dress (that is especially funny because Ella is SO clumsy and we knew somewhere at some point something was going to go wrong!)

After dinner we moved to the dancing portion of the evening with some slow dancing and then we got a little crazy with a little dance that Ella does at cheer. It looks very much like the African Anteater Ritual from Can't Buy Me Love!


My kids are the sweetest things on earth, and they have such great imaginations. This was definitely the best Valentine's Day ever! I love my family!!!!!

Another old post alert! In October 2010 we went to Fredericksburg, which is not unusual, though this time we climbed Enchanted Rock and were able to make it to the very top..finally!!! We worried that the kids might not make it, but they kept going (Ella had a really difficult time the last little bit, but she kept truckin'!) We made a few stops along the way and even had a picnic in a cave. It was a significant trip for the Wisely family, we're excited to go back and do it again!

Jakob started select baseball last fall with a local team called the RBI Rattlers. We had decided he was ready for select, and we were finally ready for the time and money committment. There comes a time in every little boy's life where you need to start learning from coaches that aren't your DAD! I think the whole concept of that was more difficult for Rob, rather than Jakob, but they are adjusting. Rob is actually going to have to sit in the stands with me now; though that hasn't happened yet since all Fall he stood up and paced... he just can't help himself. He will probably never be able to 'sit' and watch like a normal parent! Jakob's team competed with older kids since most competitors did not have a 9U team (9 and under), so they got their first experience playing older kids. They did not have a good record, understandably, but they were always close, showing how great our boys really are. Jakob is a born natural when it comes to baseball and I love nothing more than watching him pitch! Spring season has just started so I'll have more pictures from this season up soon; I'll have plenty of opportunities being that all games are weekend long tournaments!!! Between this and cheer I've accepted the fact that my weekends no longer exist; I'll have to find 'me' time sometime during the week..probably at 11pm at night! :)

Ella is on a new team this year, she moved up to Youth Level 1 and her team is called Precious Pythons (last year she was a Button Babe). Her team is a relatively new group of girls, most had never cheered together before so we weren't so sure what to expect at the beginning of the season, but let me tell you, this team of little girls ROCKS!!!! They are sooooo good! The youth division is 11 years and younger, so Ella is very young to be on this team, but she is so good and can stand her ground. Unfortunately because she is so tiny she is a "flyer", which means she goes in the air. I don't particularly like it, but she's tiny, there's no getting around it..and she's got tremendous balance and flexibility so that helps. Her team has competed 4 times and they have won 1st place every single time, they are that good. I love that she works so hard and it pays off. The gym is tough and the coaches are hard core, but they care so much about our girls and really want to make sure they always work to their fullest potential, which is a great life lesson. I'm so excited for the rest of the season! I'm so incredibly proud of my baby girl! Go PYTHONS!!!

Freezing at their last competition...then out like a light when it was over!!!!