Sno Ball Dance 2017

Again, this high school thing is new yo us, but we are trying to keep up.  The first formal dance of the year is the Sno Ball dance held in December where the girl asks the guy.  And since the "proposal" part where you are asked is just as important as the dance.....we got to experience that too. I guess Beau and his data (Breanna) had talked about this beforehand and he knew he was going with her, but until she came over to ask him was it "official."  So here's a pic of that - again - had to steal this picture since he would not allow us to even meet this girl. Yep. That's correct.  We NEVER met her until the night of the dance, and even then, I was the only one.  We are an embarrassment. His words, not mine.

Sine the dance was led by the girls, the boys went with them and their friends. So this was the group that Beau went with. He knew the boys, but wasn't super close with them, but he knew them well enough to be comfortable.  We dropped Beau off at another girls house where they met up. They took pictures, ate dinner, and then were dropped off at the dance, and then we picked up Beau from the dance.  We also picked up Beau's other friend and they ended up spending the night at Keaton's house. So I at least got to snap a pic of Beau and his best bud, Keaton. So handsome.

Thanksgiving

I'm really pretty bad at taking pictures.  That is one thing I want to get better at for 2018. I'm even thinking of re-investing into a nicer camera since our DSLR went kaput.

Anyway, Thanksgiving was lovely at both homes.  We went to McPherson Thursday and Garber on Saturday. Everyone was healthy and the weather cooperated nicely.  Was a good time everywhere. Super blessed to have such a great family that we get to see every year.

Here are some older cousins.  At least someone else took a picture and sent it to me!

OK State Football Game #2

We were still no luck for our Cowboys. Remind us not to go to any games where we play purple opponents! Ugh. Oh well. We love our Cowboys FOREVER!

Halloween 2017

Our girl decided to do it up this year and go less sweet and more salty!  She was a Zombie Cheerleader. She loved it, and of course, I loved that she got into it so much.

These first pictures are from her class party. Always a good time at Maize South Elementary! The bug lady brought in her creatures to show, tell and touch.

And here she is ready to hit the neighborhood for some candy! Of course, Ribbie had to join in on the fun. He was a bat, although, it's hard to see his wings!

Fall baseball

Another new team. The Outlaws. Finally playing on a team with an ORANGE and BLACK color scheme. I do think I have some shirts that will match.

The team is being coached by Beau's Dad (!!) and a friend of ours who happens to be the Dad of Beau's best friend, Keaton.

They only played one tournament this year since these are all freshman and most involved in football with practice on Saturday's.  So they assembled the team to play this summer after their high school team is finished.  Little different "summer league" for us, I guess.   Where does the time go?  Little league was yesterday.

Brian Turns 42

I always like Brian's birthday.  Just means he is finally as old as his old lady.  Happy birthday to my 42 year old hubby!

Beau & Bren

Just a couple pics of the kids.  My heart.
The first one of Bren is she submitted a painted pumpkin of one of her favorite Book characters - from the book Robots.  This was at her school library. She was the first one to get a pumpkin submitted (of course she was).  We took this picture the night of her parent teacher conference - where she also excelled. This girl. What a superstar.

And this guy also hit a big milestone on September 29th, 2017. He received his restricted driver's license! Took him two tries, but the second time was a charm. Woot Woot! So proud of this guy.  And I cannot believe he can now legally drive with his parents.  Look out world.

And finally, we will end with Bren. This was her during her annual school fundraiser. It was a walkathon and walk we did in the crazy strong wind!