The Princess

This little girl... 

I'd say she's loved just a bit.

Not Harvey

It was the one year anniversary of Harvey this weekend and we were all glad that it wasn't raining and we weren't doing what we were doing this time last year.

In fact,  we were sitting out in the sun sweating watching Reed play tennis at a little tournament our club was having.

Reed wound up in the finals of the consolation bracket.  In the finals he found himself down 0-2 games.  He said he started thinking about just making sure he hit the ball in.  Sure enough, once he did that, he won the next game and then the 3 after that.  He won 4 in a row to walk away with a trophy as the consolation winner. 

We were proud he won, but even more proud that he was able to overcoming being down and not let that get in his head. 

More on the Field

Right after I posted about the boys on the field, The Texans organization sent this picture.

Such handsome fellas! 

Not in the Swing

I am so not in the swing of back to school yet (obviously by my lack of blogging).

Every time I turn around I feel like I have some kind of  meeting or training I'm supposed to be at.  I hosted the 5th grade coffee yesterday.  It started at 9:00 and the last person left at 1:30...no wonder I can't get anything done during the day.

This weekend we took the boys to the Texans game.  JJ didn't play but, but Deshaun Watson did (for a few minutes) so JR was thrilled about that...I think he was shouting MVP at some point.

Jason and I kept trying to take a selfie and that little face beside me kept popping up in every picture...which really made me laugh.

I think they were the first in line for both the ice cream cart and the cheerleaders.

The boys got to go on the field after the game was over, and they said that was super cool.

All Good Days

Everyone had a good first day of school yesterday.

JR had a good first day of high school.  

(Jason keeps reminding me that I need to calm down because I  don't actually get to be in all his activities with him...drama, debate, and choir.)

Kyle and Reed had a good first day of  5th grade.

I had a good first day of my last year as an elementary school volunteer .

 (I'm a 5th grade graduation chair and we were selling sunglasses for a fund raiser.) 

And Chloe had a good day relaxing while she waited on everyone to come home.

Where Did it Go?

This is officially the fastest summer ever. 

It seems like we just got out of school last week and here we are going back.

Reed finished off the summer with a tennis tournament the same day we picked JR and Kyle up at camp.

Granny Sherry took him over to College Station to play, and they passed the time between matches at the mall.  Reed even got some dragon's breath.

He was happy with how he played and was runner-up in the consolation match. 

I took both Kyle and Reed to a last day of summer lunch yesterday (JR went to lunch with his friends).  They picked the Chinese Buffet for their last hurrah.

Mr. Smiley

When Kyle was at camp I got a postcard from his cabin counselor telling us how much he liked Kyle because he was "always smiling and always in a good mood." 

Of course we know that about him, but its always nice to hear it from other people. 

Kyle had a fantastic 2 weeks at camp.  

Not only did he have a date to the "Over the Hill" dance

But his team won 1st place in the swimming medley relay in the all camp swim meet. 

He won 2nd place in the long jump, and he came home as the Most Outstanding waterskier at camp.

He's already looking forward to next year!