Here is a sampling of pictures from our last few weeks.
We have enjoyed watching our Midway Panthers this year and even have season tickets to the games. This year, they jumped up to 5A and are 12-0 as I write this! Here are a few pictures of when the little girls who attended Cheer Camp got to cheer before a game.
I love this picture of Bryon and Thomas before a big game! The next picture is of Thomas, his friends, and Baylor's awesome wide receiver, Levi Norwood! He came out to watch the boys play their Pee Wee game! Levi has been so sweet to the boys, and even had a lengthy conversation with Matthew at Academy about how cool it was to play Midway Middle School football. "Mom! He was on the A team, too!" No words to describe how happy I am to see these Baylor players being kind to my kids!
Sweet Mare Bear.
A trip to the farm! We love getting a chance to go to Aunt Bernie's farm and got to spend the day with cousins feeding the catfish and shooting skeet.
This is a scary sight! I did manage to shoot one skeet, but I'm afraid target practice isn't for me!
Naturally, this little punk was an old pro at it! His physical abilities amaze this klutzy mother!
Funny Matthew story. He had a choir concert scheduled immediately following his football game. He had one of the best games of the season and even scored a touchdown at this game! The choir teacher told us that if our game went long, we would be excused from participating in the concert. The boys finished their game 20 minutes after the concert started, but the coach started making a beeline for the lockers with the football players who were also in choir. We raced into the auditorium right in time to see the football choir boys file in. Matthew had drenched hair from taking a 2 minute shower and was still tucking in his shirt while filing up on the risers! It was hilarious! The choir director was just happy to have them there. Just another day in the life of Matthew!
Hat day at school. Wouldn't you know these besties would be wearing the same hat?
Halloween! Look at my cleopatra!
Love these two playing together. Thomas had an incredible game for Matthew's team and even sacked the quarterback. Big bro was very proud.
I was in charge of the bookfair at Thomas's school and enjoyed seeing him interacting with his friends. I don't get to see him too much now that he's not in elementary school! These three have been good buddies for years and I'm happy to see their friendship continue though their school is now twice the size of the elementary.
Bama bound! Our dear friend, Karen, surprised me with a text message on Halloween asking if Bryon and I would like to take her tickets to the Bama/ aTm game the next week. It sounded like a fun getaway, so we hopped at the chance! Our close friends from Waco were also going to the game, and we enjoyed a wonderful trip to Alabama.....to watch the most exciting game in Aggie history! Boo! We sure wished that we could have watched a victory, but we decided a little loss (knocking Bama from the 1st place position) wouldn't dampen our weekend. As a side note, when Bryon and I were driving home, I mentioned to him how cool it would be if Baylor could help Bama get into the national championship talks again by knocking off the new #1, Kansas State the next weekend. More on that later.
Grandma's old house. My parents got engaged on that porch, my dad grew up in this house, and this is the house that I came home from the hospital to. A very special place indeed.
Good old Southern food. Yummy!
Martha Kate and me after the game.
We love our friend, Karen!
While we were gone, the boys got to play at Baylor's stadium. Very cool!
Have I mentioned before how many times Thomas gets on jumbotrons at sporting events? Here he is on television after the Baylor basketball game behind our head coach, Scott Drew, and "the voice of the Baylor Bears". Thomas said he was pretty famous at school the next day!
After Mary Beth's 3rd grade musical. She had a nice sized speaking part and nailed it. This child was born to be on stage!
So the very same week that I was in charge of book fair, and Mary Beth had her musical, we celebrated our family's Thanksgiving and Matthew's 13th birthday. A very busy week! Mary Beth, Nana, and I were vegetable choppers extraordinairre!
After our Thanksgiving feast (no pictures!), it was time for the Baylor game. I didn't think I had the energy to go, but my brother couldn't come last minute, so Dad asked me to take his spot. Bryon and the kids were at the other side of the stadium. Boy was I happy to be there! In my 22 years as a Baylor fan, I have never been to a more exciting game! BAYLOR BEAT THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY IN A HUGE UPSET!! Unheard of! It was so much fun going with Dad. Also, in a strange twist, this win, along with the huge Oregon upset moments later, helped push Bama back to #2. Apparently, all around Alabama's campus, they were offering free drinks to Baylor fans. What kind of bizzaro world is this? And what are the odds that I would have been present in back to back weeks in the stadium when the #1 team in the nation fell?
Thanksgiving in Galveston this year. It was very warm and almost felt more like Fourth of July than Thanksgiving! Mary Beth did manage to hit her head so hard that she required 3 staples in her head. During the procedure, she didn't cry a bit. The nurses in the ER stated that they would be talking about her for a long time. I think having 2 older brothers makes you particularly tough! ;)
