April Events

 We had a couple of events in April where we got dressed up enough to have our picture made:

This one was a spring colors theme.

This one was a garden party theme

And this one was a mahjong theme.

Winning in Waco

 Reed and his JA team won first place this weekend at an entrepreneurship contest at Baylor.

They missed school Friday and headed off to Waco.  (Which I'm pretty sure means Reed didn't attend school any Friday in the month of April.)

They had a tour of Baylor, and ate dinner at one of the dining halls, which he said was "excellent".

He said the business school and the campus were very nice.

Then on Saturday they brought home their 1st place finish.

Fish Update

 So we ate the fish that Kyle cleaned in the driveway.

Obviously I didn't cook it, but Jason did.

And here's what it looked like.

Much more appetizing than it looked in my driveway.

Reed said it was great, and Kyle said it was good (which is surprising since Kyle's the one that caught it.)

I said it tasted "fishy", but Chloe gobbled up the piece that accidently fell on the floor, so I'm assuming she's giving it 2 paws up. 

Not at Easter

As you could see from the family pictures, JR was not at Easter this year.  

Again, he was absolutely invited to come home for Easter, but he decided he would stay in Oxford.

Poor thing, he just looks miserable. 

Not in My Driveway

 Kyle went fishing over the long weekend, and when he came home, I asked him if he caught anything.  He told me an 18-inch trout. 

 I said, "oh, do you have a picture of it?" and he said "even better it's in the driveway."

So I peeked out the backdoor, and sure enough, a fish was being filleting on my driveway. 

I immediately went back inside where I called Jason to inform him that I was not enough of a boy mom to handle a fish being cleaned on my driveway.  

 Kyle then wanted to know if I would cook it for him. 

 And as we all know, I would have no idea where to even begin...which is what I told him.

So here's the fish, and no, I didn't take pictures of it on my driveway. 

Not in a Pickle

 The other day after school Reed texted me (from upstairs) that he was going to play in a young life pickleball tournament.  Three things struck me as odd about this since: 1. Reed doesn't do anything in the evening but study 2. He's not in young life 3. I can't remember the last time he played pickleball.

But after finding out it was a tournament where they could win money, it made total sense why he was excited to go.  

With Kenny being a tennis player, they came out on top (as Reed put it "I just let Kenny dominate") and walked away with the (literal) big check.

Easter

 We had a very nice Easter yesterday. 

 We all wore our Easter best. 

We had a gorgeous lunch 

The Easter Bunny visited the boys and Chloe

And we made them hunt eggs (the egg prizes were pretty good).

Not The Masters

 Before everybody gets worked up about "poor JR", because it looks like we didn't take him to the Masters, just know that he was absolutely invited.  He chose to go to New Orleans to his fraternity formal instead.  I would like this formally noted in the record books so that in future years Jason and I aren't told about how we took the whole family to the Masters but him. 

And here is the photographic evidence of him enjoying himself in New Orleans (which I found on Insta).

The Masters

 I'm not sure going to The Masters was on the top of my list of things to do, but I'm so glad I went.  We had the best time, and it really was the nicest event I've ever been to. 

I knew we weren't going to be able to take our phones or a camera, so I made Jason take lots of pictures so I would have something to put in this blog. 

So here we are on the way to the airport

And here we are at the airport 

Here's where we stayed in Augusta, which was the cutest house ever!

Here's what we looked like when we left Saturday morning, which I assumed would be the only pictures we took the whole day.  

I totally stressed over what to wear and did lots of research on what was appropriate. 

We left our phones in the shuttle bus and had the most fun day. Not having a phone was great, but even better, was that nobody else had a phone either.

We set our chairs up (front row) at Hole 9 and then we followed Reed around to where he wanted to go.  After lunch we sat at Hole 9 and watched everyone come by.  After everyone was finished, the boys rushed off to follow the leaders around the rest of the course. 

We were able to have our picture made at Map and Flag after lunch (they hand you a card with a QR code that you can scan after you get your phone back to get your picture)

And Jason and I had our picture made in front of the clubhouse (the only place they take pictures).  While we were waiting in line, we made the decision to wear our sunglasses because they only take 1 picture, and we didn't want to mess it up with our eyes being closed! We also had barely even gotten in to position before they snapped the picture, so we were relieved that it came out okay.  (They also hand you a card with a QR code)

We had dinner, and the shuttle bus picked us up at 8:00 after an absolutely lovely day.  

The boys and I were back home by 1:00 on Sunday, but I did get a call from Jason checking on us that looked like this...

Montana

 Kyle and Jason went on a college tour to visit Montana State this weekend. Montana is about a million miles away from Houston, so it took them 2 airplane rides and a full day to get there. In fact, It's so far away it's an 11 hour drive from Denver. Because they are guys, I got very little information or pictures from the weekend, despite that they had a full calendar of tours on Friday. 

I got a picture of them eating dinner

And a picture of them eating lunch in the cafeteria, which Jason said was "exactly like Ole Miss".

And those are the only 2 pictures I got. 

Kyle's friend, Lincoln, took him to his 8:00 am Friday class, to which JR said, "That's the only Friday 8:00 am class Kyle will ever go to."  (And I have to agree.)

Lincoln's mom sent me this picture of them, so here's the only picture I got of what Bozman, Montana looks like. 

It was 24 degrees and snowing while they were there, so if Kyle chooses Montana State it'll be like living in Durango again! 

End of the Season

 This week was the district track meet for Reed.  He had 2 great races this, and as Reed said "it's a solid way to end the year." 

Monday night he ran the 3200 (2 miles for us Americans) in 9:59. He got 8th place.  His fastest time ever is a 9:57, so he was happy with a 9:59.  

His 9:57 time places him with the 2nd fastest 3200 mile time of the year, the 6th fastest time since 2018, and the 10th fastest time since 2003 for his school.

On Thursday night he ran the 1600 (1 mile) in 4:32

(Warning: I really try not to scream when I'm videoing, but I couldn't help it.  I knew he was going fast, but I had no idea what his time was because timing is Jason's job, and Jason was out of town.)

I have rarely seen Reed hit the ground after a race.  As you can see, there's at least 3 of them down.

He got 5th place at district.  And with his 4:32 that puts him with the top time of the year, the 5th fastest time since 2018, and the 12th fastest time since 2003 for his school. 

I Love a Vegas Theme

 You might have noticed Jason's "fancy" sportscoat in Kyle's picture.  We had a Vegas themed event to go to as soon as we were done taking pictures of the boys, so yes, we stood out a bit.  

Here we are, certainly not as cute as the kids, but we are still pretty cute.

And I do love that I've gotten to wear this headpiece to two things (Mardi Gras and this) so far this year. 

Everyone Looks Gorgeous

 Well, I think the tuxedos can be put away until next year.  The boys were invited to junior girls, and what was supposed to be a total rainout, turned out to be a beautiful evening for pictures! 

And as always, make sure you check out my nosegays! 

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