August 2025

August began with Meet the Teacher night. Tyler sat in the corner and was only recognized as Santa, like twice. 

I have been helping with our school's PTA. It's been the best way to insert myself into the kids' school. I've had some great experiences with these great women and I'm looking forward to a great school year! I also started something new this year! One of the women in the photo below is a director of a preschool She needed a music class teacher and thought of me. It's only two days a month, but I'm so excited and I feel like this is going to be a great experience for me! 

This year all the kids are in "upper" grades. Nolan and Lyla are both upstairs at the school as they are in 3rd and 5th grade. Nolan and all his friends were separated into different classes, but he seems to have a really capable and excited teacher! Lyla has to same teacher as she had in Kinder and will take her first STARR tests this year! 

Grayson is still alone at the middle school, but starting 7th grade. They let them do a lot more things. He's looking forward to Tennis and putting up with band. But, I mean look at him! Where did this legit teenager come from? It was discovered that he is now taller than Tyler.

I put these together, just to see and couldn't believe how much these people changed in 12 months! So much change and so many good things happening! Here's to a great school year! 

Nolan and Lyla are doing fall baseball and softball. After Nolan's first practice, I remembered why we were hesitant to sign them up. It's hot here, people. It's been a VERY mild summer, I'm afraid of how much worse it could be. Thankfully, it keeps cooling down, just enough for Nolan and Lyla to not die each practice. No pictures of Lyla, yet. whoops. 

A friend of Tyler's as work, offered him tickets to a Cowboys game! She has season tickets and wasn't going to the last pre-season game. She generously offered them to Tyler. They were really great seats! seats that would cost $400+, EACH in a regular season game. We had such a great time! We paid for great parking and got there early enough to see all the things. I saw the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, IN PERSON! We were close enough to see and enjoy the pregame show.

The big players don't usually play the pre-season games, but I found Dak Prescott all by myself!

The picture doesn't begin to showcase how HUGE that flag really it! 

 

We were in great viewing position for the 1st two touchdowns of the game. This was a great bucket list night!

We stayed the night in a hotel and the kids stayed with Teresa and Kenney. The next day we had our yearly Rangers game! We got there early to partake in the give away. It was a cool Adrian Beltre statue, to match the new one in the park. It was a cool pre-game moment to watch! Kenney of course picked a great game to take us to. Playing the Guardians, the Rangers scored 3 home runs, which means 3 rounds of fireworks and we saw some solid pitching from Leiter. The game moved along and was very enjoyable! 

Tyler enjoyed a 2ft long chili dog. 

We recreated some photos to show how much has changed in 4 years. We love this family tradition!

The puppies were picked up and are safely back where they belong, with their people. 

The rain really is warm here, sometimes. Lyla was enjoying the sudden down pour until she had to get in the car with AC. 

After church as we were unloading the car, Nolan rounded the corner with a baby bird. Again! I joked that I married a Disney Princess. Birds keep showing up and he loves it! It was safely returned to it's tree and was gone the next day. Tyler's family had a meeting and took this cute picture together.

Baseball games start in September. Games are ONLY on Saturday's and we are seeing that fall is a bit more chill and enjoyable. More pictures to come!

Until next time...