We are plodding along!

Shortly after we started going to the new gym, Jacob met a guy that played D 1 football at our university and same position that Jacob currently plays.  Jacob come home that day and told me he met Jesse and Jesse said he would be willing to put Jacob through some workouts.  Jacob was so pumped that he had met someone that had done exactly what Jacob would like to do.  They have hit it off and Jesse is a great guy!  They don't get together as often as Jacob would like, but probably 2-3 times a week.

I got this picture recently.  Jesse is on the right.  I forgot to ask Jacob how much he was squatting but looks like it is around 175!  That is a strong kid.  They recently started doing some spring football footwork, etc and he said several of the coaches commented on how much better he is moving.  Between all the weights and the pick up basketball he plays at the gym, he is in great shape.

Joseph is killing it at the gym too!  He is getting stronger and faster and starting to play basketball with the old guys some days!  I think he would like to get into more weightlifting but I really would like for him to wait another year or two.

Benjamin is coasting right now.  So ready to be done!  Still no clue on future plans, but I am sure they are coming!  A while ago he gave me a list of movies that he thought I should watch.  I started four different ones and just really struggled getting through them (I am very particular in what I watch).   So recently Benjamin came to me and told me he had another movie for me.  I was very skeptical but decided to watch it.  He told me it was now one of his favorite movies and that I was gonna be shocked.  I started the movie and within about 3 minutes I found him in his room and said "seriously, you watched all of this...".  I was floored.  He just grinned and said 'yep'.  This is yet one more indicator that my boy is growing up.  (The first indicator was when he took me to an art gallery and we walked around for 30 minutes as he commented on everything).  The movie he raved about.....LaLa Land!!!  I love it!   Another indicator recently of him 'maturing' was we went out to eat and he ordered a Brussel Sprout salad.  I have never cooked brussel sprouts but he ate every bite of his salad!

 It is spring time, which means we never know what the weather will do.  Tomorrow is suppose to be sunny and 75 and then the next day snowing and high of 40!

This kid loves to get behind the wheel.  All in all doing pretty good, but have had a few close calls, which means learning lessons!  He is almost at 25% of his driving hours. His test is already scheduled for Sept 29 to get his actual license.  Nothing happening yet on his job front.  Sure hope something surfaces soon!  He is spending up to 3-4 hours a day at the gym.  He has created these crazy workouts that he puts his friends through and then he will get into some pick up basketball games for an hour or two.  Sure beats being in front of screen.

This has become my favorite part of the gym!  The sauna!  I will always finish my gym time with 15-25 minutes in the sauna.  Joseph is enjoying the gym too.  He is figuring out all of the equipment and getting pretty good at his ball handling skills.

I recently was flipping through a book on my bookshelf and found a piece of paper in it.  On the paper I had written down some numbers from a few years ago, when we had considered moving.  I was trying to figure out what we would sell our house for, minus commissions and what we owed plus what we would spend on a new place and what a new mortgage would look like.  I had projected selling our place for 215k!  I remember those days and our house is now almost double that.  Still a huge, crazy housing market here.  According to Zillow our place appreciated 28K in February.  I anticipate things cooling off in other parts of the country, but not here.  Our community is in crisis mode, trying to revamp city budgets, figure out infrastructure, etc.  We are just booming!

We are down to 8 weeks left of school and about 6.5 until graduation!  Ben is still holding his cards pretty close to his chest as to his plans after graduation.  I guess I will be just as surprised as everyone else when he announces his plans!