New Fall Tradition -- Football!

Tonight we went to support a friend in our Care Group who is an assistant band director at an area high school by attending the football game her band was playing at.  Weirdly, it happened to take place at the football stadium of the school I went to and the opponent was the school my husband went to!  It was perfect football weather -- unseasonably crisp and chilly for Texas.

Ryleigh and Zander were very excited about going and Ryleigh kept asking "if there would be cheerleaders there", which I didn't even know that she cared about.  :)  Zander and Lily "danced" on the bleachers during the portions when the band played and all the kids seemed to have a grand time.

I myself had flashbacks to going to my own high school games -- of never knowing the score or what was going on with actual game play most of the time; of how uncomfortable the hard, ice-cold bleachers felt; of how unusually yummy the concession food was even though I might not have even touched it elsewhere; of the admiration I always felt for the marching band; of the fun of talking to friends and feeling a buoyant allegiance to my school.

We had to leave at half time to get home before the kids passed out from sleepiness, but we all had a great time and I'm thinking that we need to make a high school football game one of our fall traditions!

Sundi

Dinosaur World!

A few weeks ago, we used a Groupon and visited Dinosaur World in Glen Rose, Texas.  My son adores dinosaurs to the point that I think he wishes he were one!  We headed out and had a blast!

Dinosaur World largely consists of walking around a paved trail looking at life-size dinosaur replicas and learning about each different type.  There is also a fun fossil dig that occurs several times a day.  Here are some pics of us having fun!

Hope you enjoyed these!

Sundi

I Won Something!

It's a red letter day!

In my efforts to find ways to provide for Christmas without bankrupting us or misusing the money God has granted us, I occasionally enter mommy blog giveaways for items I like.  Sometimes I enter for items I have no idea what I'll do with them, but I'll figure it out later.  Today I found out I won one of the no-idea-what-I'll-do-with-it prizes!

I won $25 to an etsy shop that sells handmade clothing in vintage style (think pioneer or civil war woman). I nixed the idea to buy myself a bib apron or civil war era nightie -- I don't even like imagining what I would look like in these!  Fortunately, there was also kids clothing for sale.  After some deliberation, I decided to get Lily a pinafore, pantaloon, and ruffled cap set.  She will look so cute!  Too bad it won't come by this weekend -- I could get her a red yarn wig and dress her up as Raggedy Ann!

I promise pictures will be forthcoming of her in said get-up.

Now a preview of tomorrow's post....

The Inaugural Post (cue the pompous music)

Here it is.  The first post.

Though I have written blogs before, this one is going to be different.  A journal, a diary, an honest chronicle of the events of my day, the life of my family, and the thoughts of my heart.  I want it to be filled with pictures, which means I need to dust off the 'ole digital camera and get to snapping!  And I want it to be something our whole family can look at to remember and to praise God for His working in our lives.

I will be happy if it's totally eclectic and unfocused as long as it's from the heart!  Maybe someday a journal entry, someday just a bunch of pictures, one day a great recipe, one day an exposition on something I feel strongly about.  I want it to be fun and honest and ultimately God glorifying!

Hopefully, it can be all these things.  We'll see....

(you can turn off the music now)