The Crush's Season Ends on a High Note!

The Crush's season ended with a very exciting victory! I mean, as exciting as you can get with 6 and 7 year olds. I don't think they had any idea what the score was or if they even won or not, but I sure enjoyed coaching the game. :) Kacy had a great last couple games, and she finally got her serves down. We figured out that if she tried to hit is as high as she could it would usually go over, so we started a little mantra of "one, two, three, high to the sky" that she would say to herself every time before she served. All the girls did great, and they all improved so much throughout the season. It was tad frustrating that I was still telling them to rotate almost every single time, and it was a little annoying to see them completely watching a cute little kid on the sidelines instead of the server, but they were all very sweet girls! I saw some other kids on other teams, and I always felt so lucky to have the ones that I did. They are just so young, and even though it's expected it's frustrating to see them so easily distracted. All in all, I was proud of all of them, and of course, I am partial to my favorite little 6 year old, and she did fantastic!

My Sweet Kacy

Kacy has such a kind heart. Sometimes, she does not show that sweet side at home with all the yelling and the pushing she does with her sisters. Even with all the stuff she does at home, she is always super sweet in the world. Today, we were eating at a restaurant with a big play area. There was a little boy waiting for the swing, so Kacy hopped right off to give him a turn. Not only that, she pushed him for at least 5 minutes. What a sweetie!

Adilyn's Dancing Sucker

Sometimes the little things in life absolutely crack me up! Today in the car, Adilyn tied a sucker to a bouncy string thing. She said, "Mom, look, the sucker is having a dance party!" I looked back, and it was just bouncing away "dancing" to the music. We laughed and laughed about it. Then, I drove the car a little crazy and stopped and started quickly and it made it jump all over the place. I don't know why it was cracking us up so much, but it definitely was!

Eat 'Em Up Kats!

A couple weeks ago, I had to go up to Huntsville for work. I had a little extra time before I had to get back, so I decided to go walk the campus. It was definitely a weird feeling to walk around with all those kids! The last couple of times that I went up there it was a weekend, so there weren't many people around. I walked around, and took a couple of selfies in some of my favorite spots. :) There were a lot of clubs in the mall area, and I walked by the Chi Alpha table. They had a little Halloween game set up, so I stopped by and talked to them for a second. I told them that I was super old, and that I had been in Chi Alpha back in 1996. The girl that I was talking to said, "Oh my gosh, that's when I was born!" I laughed, and then I walked away in shame...I knew I was old, but I didn't think I was that old! It was great to see the campus again - so many awesome memories at that place!

 The Fountain!

The volleyball courts where Cory and I fell in love. Awww!

End of the Thunder's Season

Another volleyball season wrapped up on Saturday. I can say that I don't think this season was quite as frustrating as my very first season coaching, but it was pretty close! The girls practiced so hard, and they made so much progress every week. Unfortunately, when it came time to play the games, everything went wrong. We definitely had some issues with serves, especially once our serving line got moved back. We won one game all season. There were quite a few games that were super close, including our last one, but we just couldn't pull out the win. There were also a few games that we totally just gave away with our mistakes, but I try to remember that they are 8 and 9. Volleyball is a tough sport, and the thing that is most important is that they are having fun and learning the basics. I just got frustrated this year because they just didn't play as well as they could have in the games. I do think all the girls had fun, and the parents all seemed okay with things. I guess that's the most important thing. At least, that's what I will keep trying to convince myself of each season ;)

We had a fun end of the season party at Bahama Bucks. I didn't think to let the snow cone place know that we were going to have a big group in the middle of a Saturday, and I felt bad when we totally invaded their place. The girls played games and hung out while we all waited for our snow cones. It was a great way to end the season.

Oil Ranch Fun (well, half fun/half terrifying)

Brooke's preschool had a family fun day at the Oil Ranch, so Cory and I took her. It was beautiful weather, and it was really different to be somewhere like that with just one kid! She loved all the attention, for sure. What she didn't love were all the farm animals! It was hilarious because she would have nothing to do with anything. She didn't even want to ride the ponies. There was a sheep wandering around, and she was totally freaked out by it. She did love the hayride, until it was time to feed the cows. She about jumped up on Cory's shoulders when those things came around! Luckily, there were lots of other things to do there, and we had a great time. The train ride was fun, but her favorite was getting to pick out her own tiny pumpkin. She called it her "buddy" and took it with us everywhere for the rest of the day. Pretty sure she had it in her lap the whole time she was watching tv that afternoon. Silly girl!

Brooke Fell in Love on a Bench

Every time I pick Brooke up from school, she talks and talks and talks about her day. I think since she is pretty quiet at school, she has all this built up talking time when I get her. Anyway, the other day, she started telling me a story about how she met a boy at the playground. She started saying that she was talking to a boy while she was waiting on the bench for her time to swing. She said he was a bigger boy. She said that he asked her name, and she said, "Brookie". She said that she told him about her sisters and her dogs. I was starting to get a little weirded out about it, but she said that he was in another class at her school. After she was done telling me all that she said, "I think I love him." What?!?! She is obviously watching way too much Disney Channel and listening to her sisters talk about their crushes and other "boy" things. She didn't know his name, so I don't think it's too serious yet. She did tell me that she saw him on the fire truck one day, but they didn't talk. :)