Spring Sports

 Spring is a busy time for sports at our house!  Graham played Thunder baseball again.   

He also gave soccer another try with the All Stars.

He played keeper for most of the season.  Their team was undefeated!!

Jane and Sydney played on a volleyball team with friends from school and Casey coached.

Sydney and Jane tried out track.  Sydney enjoyed long jump and triple jump, and Jane enjoyed it when the season was over.

Just so I don't leave Clare out, here is a picture of her looking sporty!

The summer will remain busy.  Jane and Sydney are playing on a different volleyball team.  Graham is playing in an indoor soccer league and the baseball season never ends!! 

Graham is 10!!!

Graham turned 10 in April! We had a family celebration, and Graham got lots of good stuff!

Landon loves Graham, and is always by his side!  So sweet to watch.  

We are taking Graham for the traditional Fort Worth weekend, whenever we can find a spare weekend.  We will make it happen though!!

It was a fun night celebrating my favorite 10 year old!!

Spring Break

 I forgot to post about spring break!!!  Our break started with Clare getting her wisdom teeth out, and man alive, did that provide some entertaining footage.

She did a great job recovering, but it did take her about a week to be back to normal.  Happy to have that behind her!

On Thursday, the girls and I escaped to Southlake for a little getaway.  We shopped, had dinner, stayed in a hotel (where the gym was the most popular spot!), and had a great time!

Graham stayed back and hung with Casey.  They had a good time together....but didn't take any pictures. :-)

Easter 2021

 Just a few pictures I want to hold onto from Easter!

FIFTEEN!

 How can it be that Clare is 15?!?  We spent the weekend celebrating her.  

She has a bunch of her friends over on Saturday night to hang out and then go see a movie.  It was a fun night, and I always enjoy watching my kids with their friends!  

Sunday night we had the family over for another celebration.  It was a beautiful night, and we enjoyed getting together.  Last year we had to take a break on the family gatherings, so it was nice to be able to have everyone over this year.  

Here are a few fun facts about Clare!

-She loves her friends!  She is very social and never wants to miss out on a social gathering.

-She STILL loves all things High School Musically, especially Zac Efron.

-She is always excited about something.  Clare always has her sights set on something in the future that she is "SO" excited about.

-She loves Harry Styles, Snap Chat, being tan, and summer!  She can't wait for summer.

-She does well in school, with honestly, little effort.  Imagine what she could do with some effort?!?!

-Right now, she says she wants to be a teacher when she grows up.  We'll see!

-She's getting her driving permit on Friday!

Love my fifteen year old so much!

Snow for Days

We woke up on Valentine's Day to lots of snow!  Little did we know that it was only the beginning!  The younger three kids were excited to go out and try their hands at sledding and any other snow activity they could think of.   Clare was less inclined to "play" in the snow.  It was SO COLD....the coldest temperatures I've ever seen in Texas.  

As the week wore on,  we got more snow, and it got colder.  We were lucky and never lost power, but we did have a pipe freeze and burst.  The Texas homes aren't built for these temperatures!!!

I ventured out one morning to take a few pictures.  It was so pretty and there was so much snow.

Later in the week, the sun came out and Clare tried her luck at sledding.  The kids were out of school all week, and she had lots of fun with friends.  

No one was quite as adventurous as Graham on the sled, though!

We felt very lucky to have heat and water through the whole ordeal when many people did not.  In true Texas form, it is 70 degrees less than a week later!

 

Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020 needs to be documented!  We stuck with tradition and went to Deedee and Papaw's on Christmas Eve.  

The kids obliged the "stocking picture" before diving into all of opening!

Landon was a great helper!

This was the year for new shoes!

We headed back home and set up for Santa!

Waiting at the top of the stairs to see what Santa brought!

Graham was thrilled with a new dirt bike!

Santa brought all of the girls new phones.  Everyone was happy.  Here are a few more pics from our morning at home.

Jane has taken to coffee drinking.  She got a new Keurig and her own mug!

We followed our morning at home with a trip to LoLo and Pop's.  Jennifer was in town, and we had a 

nice day.  We missed Nathan, Megan and Brody though!  Foolishly, I didn't take any pictures!

A few days later we ventured to Mary and Scotty's and celebrated with that crew!  Sydney and Liam were big buds!

Despite being such a crazy year, we had a very merry Christmas!