Throughout mom's pneumonia and recovery - nothing else stopped or even slowed down...thanks to my brilliant idea that since they did away with C atheletics at Hillwood, and after seeing the enormity of the other boys at the Central High School football camp, and therefore assuming Murph would probably not make the team...we signed him up for a Select Fall League with the Dallas Patriots. Brilliant! Of course he made the team, of course she decided to play volleyball with Gracie, of course she accepted Mrs. Evans reading challenge...so here we are, heading from Bishop Davies, to a Patriots game, reading...multitasking at 9! I'm sure there is a 'car picnic' is in her future...my made-up, trying-to-make-eating-lunchables-in-the-car name for most of our meals!
Peyton and Laurel on the hi-tech playground equipment before an early Saturday game
Heyyyyyy Batta, batta, batta....
SWING! (result: a double!)
Like I said - B-Team football - every Monday night at 5:00
Complete with cheerleaders...we're HMS (clap, clap), we're blue and gold (clap, clap), we're HMS (clap, clap), we're blue and gold (clap, clap)
the glamorous non-car-picnic dinner of choice...Kraft Mac & Cheese! She's the expert!
Tuesday nights...volleyball. Peyton's very first practice with "the Stingers" - and her very first attempt at a serve! She ended up pretty solid at the overhand serve, but this is where she started.
Look at that technique!
A bright spot in all the craziness...gas under $3.00 a gallon...and let me tell you, I am putting some miles on the Kia trying to keep everyone happy and where they need to be!
Second volleyball practice - at Alliance Park - this will become the classic "Peyton-at-the Net" stance for all practices and games! I got in there and helped...my shoulders hurt for 2 days afterward...but we had so much fun! It was a perfect fall day...this is why you live in Texas!
Now I know why Coach Keeley stressed serving so much - getting it back over the net proved to be our biggest obstacle until about half way through the season...she could hit it, but it usually flew back over her head.
"All the other kids are wearing black and red or gray...."...Murph's second "game day dress clothes" So Handsome!
post game stinky boys - but they won, so what's a little stink between teammates?!
Mom on the road to recovery...
Peyton loved the mechanical bed...up feet, down feet, up head, down head, up both, down both...yikes
Murph had to get his turn too!
5:30am - Peyton manning the packet pick up table at the Trinity Trot
Annual Mother/Daughter Volunteer Morning at the Trinity Trot - Starbucks, a few hours of packet pick up, cute run shirts, home by 10:00am!
3rd Volleyball practice - got to use Fossil Hill Middle - MUCH better than Eagle Ridge and we had the gym all to ourselves...AND we're seeing progress!
Coach Womble tossing balls to the girls...I took a break from running all over the gym to "fetch" the balls to take this picture! I may not be a coach, but I can shag balls with the best of them!
Notice a theme? The classic at the net stance at its finest!
Believe it or not, throughout all this, we had some fun, we made lots of memories, we learned that responsibility is a drag sometimes, but you really feel great when you do what you know you need to do...and we got to eat 'way more fast food than I am comfortable with...and the kids LOVED that!
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