8th Grade Blessing Chapel and Girls' Weekend

 We had the 8th Grade Blessings Chapel this week.  It was a sweet morning.  I can't believe he is about to be in High School.

The art teacher sent this pic from the eclipse day.

One of Annabelle's basketball friends tore her ACL.  We went to visit and take her a get well gift.

 

Becky came to town to visit.  We went and met Melissa in Fort Worth and had a fun night away.

The kids had their Shakespeare Festival.  A few pics from that day.

Melissa opened up a Wellness/Med spa in Burleson.  We went there after our night in Fort Worth.  I used her Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber.

Becky got some Bear cuddles.

Then we had the 8th Grade end of year party for students and parents.

End of Baseball Season and 6th Grade Historical Figure Day

Caden wrapped up his Logic sports career, as baseball season came to an end.  He enjoyed the season, but he is probably done playing baseball.  He just doesn't love it, like he does basketball and cross country. He spent the whole season playing 3rd base.

The team made it to the semifinal game in the playoffs.  The grandparents were there to see them win their first round playoff game.

Annabelle had her historical figure day.  She chose the only athlete on the list, Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

A group pic with her grade.

Annabelle with a few girls in her presentation group.

She did a great job with her presentation.

She agreed to take a pic with Mom.

Laura wrapped up another season of tennis with a win.

Caden is 14!

 The Spring season of basketball is ramping up.  Annabelle's team won a tournament last weekend.

Annabelle is still silly.  She cut the pant legs off a pair of pjs to wear them as shorts, and she wrapped the pant legs around her head and legs.  I finally convinced her to let me take her picture because it reminded me of the pic of the left.

Caden decided to invite some friends to Puttshack for his birthday.  They had fun playing the games there.  

Then they all came back to our house for cake.

It is crazy how much he has grown and changed in the last year.  I made this collage with his 14th bday and 13th bday cake pics.

We recreated last year's height picture.  Both kids have grown so much.  Caden is now up to 5'10 1/2", and Annabelle's is 5'5".

Caden's 8th Grade DC Trip and Total Eclipse

 Caden went on a trip to Washington D.C. with his entire grade.  Unfortunately, he took very few pictures.  The teachers sent a daily email saying what they did and saw each day with a few pictures.

He flew there on Sunday.  When they arrived in DC, they went straight to the Museum of American History.  And they also had a walking tour of DC that evening.  Daniel shared this selfie with his mom...Jax Farrell, Preston Wilson, Daniel Crow, and Caden.

A group pic taken by the teachers.  Caden is 3rd from the left on the second row.

Monday was the total eclipse in Dallas.  It was really cool!  DC only had a partial eclipse, but Caden still enjoyed seeing it.  We enjoyed a total eclipse in Dallas.  It was really cool!

Bear was a little confused when it went dark.

Monday Caden went to the Museum of the Bible, then they headed to Ford's Theatre.  After lunch, they went to the National Cathedral, and then they watched the eclipse.  Then they headed to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.  That evening they went to Mt. Vernon, which is what Caden was probably looking forward to the most.

On Tuesday, they saw the Air Force Memorial, the Iwo Jima Statue/Marine Corps War Memorial, and then headed to the Capitol.  After the Capitol tour, they went to the Air and Space Museum, the National Archives Museum, and the Spy Museum.

On Thursday, they headed to Arlington National Cemetary.  Caden enjoyed it, and he actually took a few pictures there.

After Arlington Cemetary, they made a quick stop at the White House.

Then they headed to the Holocaust Memorial and Museum.  Caden took this picture there.

They spent their last evening bowling.  A pic of some boys at the bowling alley.

One of the group photos we received.

And a zoomed in pic of just the boys.

The teachers sent a few pictures at the end of the trip.  Caden avoided the camera most of the week, but here are a few that he was in.  A pic during their National Cathedral tour.

A pic when they were watching the eclipse.

Waiting for the bus in the hotel lobby.

Waiting for their tour to start in inside the Capitol.

Another group pic in front of the Capitol.

A group pic in front of the National Archives.

The boys at the Spy Museum

A pic during their visit to the Natural History Museum.