Monday, March 27, 2023

5th Grade Play & Hoops in the Highlands

 The 5th graders put on a Texas play during chapel.  They sang a few songs.

Annabelle played drum like music for the Mexican dancers.


A pic with all the girls after the show.


Annabelle stole a mustache from one of the boys.


Most weekends are pretty busy with basketball.  Last Saturday Annabelle played in a tournament in Denton in the morning, and then had to leave the last game with a few minutes left in the game to get to Hoops in the Highlands.  Her Triumph team won, so they photoshopped Annabelle and Ashlyn into the picture with the trophy.


Annabelle and Ashlyn's team won the championship game in overtime over the other team that had her Triumph teammates on it.


Annabelle, Everett Heis, Evelyn Yeager, Charlie Slye, Taylor Trampe, and Ashlyn Tompkins.


One of Annabelle's classmates, Christian Swann won the 5th grade boys division.  Much to their dismay, we made them take a pic together to show their teacher.


The NCAA Women's Final Four will be in Dallas this year.  Goodwill is giving away a bunch of basketballs, and Annabelle's team spent one Sunday afternoon inflating all the balls.  Back row: Annabelle, Elise Sunio, Annabelle Strohbehn, Paige Nardo, and Paige's sister Elizabeth.  Front row: Juliet Chan, Ashlyn Tompkins, Peyton Smith, and Everett Heis.


Taking a snack break.








Sunday, March 19, 2023

Spring Break 2023: Birmingham, AL & Springfield, TN

 We decided to take a road trip for Spring Break.  Our first stop was Birmingham, AL.  We saw Abby, who is a freshman at Samford, but we forgot to take any pictures with her on campus.  A family selfie at Vulcan statue.

Inside the museum, you can see how large the feet of the statue are.


A selfie with his bare backside.


A view from the top.


Annabelle likes to take selfies.


We went to Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark.




After spending a few days in Birmingham, we headed up to Springfield, TN to see Laura's childhood friend Rebekah.  She and her husband bought a farm last summer.  A selfie with some of the cows.

Annabelle had fun feeding the horses.




Annabelle spoiling their dog Chai.


A selfie while shopping in town.

Listening to a few old records.

Making Chai work for his treats.


Some basketball and S'mores.



Sunday, March 5, 2023

Annabelle's 11th Birthday!

 Annabelle turned 11 last week.  She measured 5'2" on her birthday.  Brian and I went up to school to celebrate her birthday during lunch.




Caden's team had a tournament last weekend, and they won.

Annabelle wanted a pickle ball birthday party.  I made her this cake.






We took a group of girls to a place called "Chicken 'N Pickle" to play pickleball.

Hadley Sullivan, Makenna Cleary, Annabelle, Abby Hawk, Hannah Ratliff, Katherine Kingsriter, Lilly Stueve, and Laura Darley.

Back to the house for cake!



I ordered a new rug for the kitchen.