Birthday Weekend...

I feel like 42 was the birthday that just kept on celebrating!

The Friday before, we had dinner downtown with some very dear friends- the food was pretty bad, but the spicy peach margaritas were scrumptious! We ended the night with lots of laughs over many rounds of Heads Up!

Saturday, Micah and I spent the day in Ft Worth, doing all the things I wished! We had brunch and margs at Joe T's, followed by hours of browsing the Montgomery Antique shops. We ended the day at a charming bookshop, where I scooped up 3 books and a set of bible tabs. I came home with some beautiful matchbox art, an old wooden crate, and probably my favorite purchase of the day, a copy of Jaws! I had no idea the movie was based on the 1974 book, but you better believe, this is going to be first in my spooky fall book lineup!

TJGT Golf Tournament...

The weekend after school started, Roen played a tournament in Ft Worth at Champions Circle. It was a last minute decision, after getting notified that there were two spots open. 

Micah took Roen on day one and after he played realized he didn't take any pictures for me, he snapped one over burgers at the Hamburger Co. I was his chauffeur on day two, and I really didn't do much better with the photo documenting. This course was very hard and Roen struggled both days. Definitely wasn't how he wanted to play, but that's another tournament in the books!

Day One: 82

Day Two: 84

First Day of School 2025...

I officially have two high schoolers! Where has time gone?

Both boys were a little tired, a little grumpy, Roen more so than Remi, but we survived our first day! 

Remi is super excited about welding, robotics and math- he thinks Spanish might be hard! He also anticipates a lot of writing in english and history, and though it's been quite sometime since I have talked about his dyslexia on here, writing is his very biggest challenge. However, as long as he has time at home to work, he and I make a pretty darn good writing team!

Roen was really only excited about his art class, athletics and lunch. He isn't real big on the whole aspect of sitting still, not being able to talk and just school in general, but he always seems to push through. This year, we are setting his goal for all A's instead of AB because, though he may not love school, he is super smart and we are trying to push him to reach his potential!

Here's to a great year with new things to learn, teachers to get to know and lots of golf to play!

All Things Back to School...

Back to school festivities have had me all kinds of busy!! Painting hay bales, sorting and organizing our new spirit wear, setting up for Convocation spirit wear sales, Meet the Wildcats spirit sales, and then getting our football program designed and put together. I am *almost* finished with my checklist and will have a few days breather until its Homecoming spirit wear and getting our Spirit Shack ready for football sales! 

Somewhere in the mix, the boys got to be introduced as part of the varsity golf team and then we had Meet the Teacher where they got schedules and checked in with all their teachers. We got stacks of syllabuses to go through, papers to sign and supplies to buy! I didn't make them take a picture at Meet the Teacher, but I did make them take a picture in the car, because, duh these things have to be documented! They were beyond thrilled, hahaha!

 

Kiowa Junior Championship '25...

One of our favorite tournaments has come and gone, right at the beginning of August! We love getting to play on our home course and with some of our best friends! 

However, the boys came out on day one and played like they had never even seen this course that they play daily. But they came back on Sunday, took it a bit more seriously, and both played better, Roen bringing home the 14-17 Gold and Remi coming in 4th. Roen doubled 18 on day two, which is beyond disappointing, as he was sitting under par all day... but that's golf, and that's really what makes it so much fun!

Day One: Roen 85 , Remi 97

Day Two: Roen 73, Remi 89

This is tournament is a favorite for a reason, and that's because it is so much fun! No travel, no early morning wake-up calls, just the kiddos from our community, doing what they love! We even had some special guests join us on the course for day one! All in all, it was a great two days!

And need I mention, I couldn't have hand-picked better outfits for the boy's final day if I tried (this was all their doing)... pink and purple... in golf attire heaven!

A Wrap on July...

Oh, July, why do you have to end! July was curling up in my bed with Remi and Scout, binge watching Lost in Space, Roen having a day at the waterpark with buddies, doing my bible study while watching Remi cook, having an afternoon of pool time all to myself, a tired teen who still loves sleeping in the car as much as he did as a baby, a sweet little bracelet from a sweet little girl,  Micah and I out on an evening cruise and finding Roen and his buddies on the course mid-scramble, back-to-school decor,  Remi and Elle out on a birthday Hibachi date, silly Benny who loves sleeping all stretched out, a blurry picture of a sunset pontoon cruise, me realizing Roen is actually taller than his mama, the boys zapping each other with the bug zapper (boys will be boys), my night owl teenager texting me at almost mid-night asking me to come pray with him well after I had tucked in for the night (melt my heart), the girls always underfoot napping (Benny with her ball), a golf day with Bennett before he leaves for college, and another pool day with friends!

I still can't believe both boys will be in high school, or that this summer brought Remi's first little girlfriend and Roen outgrowing me! It's not over yet, so you better believe, we are gonna squeeze in every last drop of sunshine, lake water and pool time before routine hits us smack dab in the face!

Heres to living it up for the next 12 days!!! Lets make them count, boys!

All-American, The Bridges

This was Roen's first ever All-American tournament and I have to say, it was an all around pretty tough two days. It was beyond hot, especially day two, it had us hitting 101°! And then there was the golf. I can't remember the last time I saw Roen struggle like this, but he wasn't hitting, chipping or putting the ball well. Day two was a little bit better, but not much. Hoping he can get with his coach and get his kinks straightened out before his next tournament!

But our youth minister came out to watch him play and stayed for the ENTIRE  hot 18 holes... pretty special!

Day One: 89

Day Two: 83

NTPGA Medalist, Waterchase

This tournament was in Ft Worth and a whopping 1.5 hour drive! 4:30 am came real early... a little too early really! But Remi and I made it and it ended up being a beautiful course! So much water, lots of slope, trees, just gorgeous! I also had my Nantucket beach read playing in my earbuds while watching, so that had me in all the water moods! 

Remi has continued to struggle this summer, but I'm hoping he can pull out of his funk by fall season- we need him on his tip top game! He ended up shooting 90 and really he is so much better than that. But as I say, onward and upward we go!

After he finished playing, he drove us all that way home because he knew how tired I was... such a little gentleman sweetheart, he is!