Emily's school football team is having a really great season and she got to cheer them on last Wednesday at the St. Thomas High School stadium! What a great field!!!
These girls cheered their hearts out. I think they were all really hoarse the next day. Our Dolphins ended up winning the game 28-16!
I love that the cheerleaders take some time to meet each other and do a cheer together. It's really fun for the girls.
And this is during the really exciting part of the game:
Check out this pumpkin display at HEB! My kids think this is the best. And given we are at the grocery store almost every day... it makes it an enjoyable trip every time. "Yes, kids. You can look at the pumpkins." ;-)
Can we have this big one?
And hamming it up for the camera while we wait for Emily and David to come out of school.
Emily's 8th grade year marks her 3rd year on the Angels cheer and dance team at St. Anthony's. She has taken on cheer captain this year and continues to enjoy being on the team and attending all the sporting events. She practices her cheers so much, that her baby brother can recite them all, almost perfectly. Yes, that is pretty adorable!
Today was the first Friday of the month which means our homeschooling group has a park day! That sounded more fun than schoolwork and laundry so we packed a lunch and enjoyed it. I got some good pictures too, so WIN!
At our house, you can go from room to room and see where Isaac has been. We let him destroy this lower shelf because he'll look at books for more than 10 minutes before moving on... If you know Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs, you will recognize the Tomato Tornado page that he is on. So appropriate!
This boy comes from a long line of hurricanes...
The original Hurricane Emily
Hurricane David
And I couldn't find a Hurricane Lia?!?!?! Is it possible, she was just too sweet? I do love this picture though...
David took his test for red belt last month and I finally asked him if I could take a picture of him with his new belt! Usually, he is awarded his new belt after testing but for some reason, they were out of red belts that night and he got it later... no matter! We are very proud of David for sticking with Tae Kwon Do all these years and steadily working his way to black belt. After red, you earn a couple of black stripes to become a black belt candidate and then there are even more hoops to jump through after that. We are learning as we go!
Isaac wanted to spar a little bit with his brother! Maybe we'll have two black belts one day!
And here are the testing videos: there is a board breaking kick and two patterns to watch.
That's right, we've got a teenager in the house! As per tradition, Emily is making her own cake and this year she is graciously letting her siblings "help." Oh yes, this takes much patience and kindness and I am so proud of her as I look at these pictures.
Can you hear Isaac? "I help? Please?"
Great job kids! Love this so much.
Another birthday cake on the books.
Emily had big plans for a pool party with her friends and grandparents. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate and the girls only got to swim for an hour before a torrential downpour. It's was fine though, we just headed back to the house for cake and presents. The girls ended up playing Emily's new game, Name 5 and there was a lot of giggles and smiles so we'll call it a win!
If I can pull from my memory the presents included the new Harry Potter book written in movie script form, new Edge Chronicle books, a stuffed animal, a rosary bracelet, a How to Train Your Dragon book... yes, books still make her happy. Not much has changed!
And the live action... just like you were there! And many more,,,,
