Back to School 2021-2022

The kids officially started school yesterday and it was a success. Channing was counting the hours for a couple days before as she was so excited. 

There is still a high amount of covid around, but people are doing their best to move forward and I was grateful school started in person as normal. 

Ella is a sophomore at Atascocita High School (10th grade). She starts early morning seminary next week. She is still participating in Orchestra playing the cello. 

Cavin is an 8th grader at Timberwood Middle School. He is the oldest at his school this year. He is in Orchestra playing the cello and trying out for football, basketball, and soccer. He is also going to do Math olympiads and National Junior Honor Society. He will be busy!

Channing is a 5th grader at Eagle Springs Elementary. She is also the oldest at her school and excited to rule the campus! She was still excited to take a picture with her teacher Ms. Thompson:) She LOVES school. She will try out for choir, and the school play and is still doing piano and soccer. 

Deacon is in 2nd grade at Eagle Springs Elementary. He lives for recess ;) He loves to play with his friends then. His teacher this year is Mrs. Posey. He is going to play soccer and basketball. 

I hope the kids have an awesome year at school! They are bright kids, so I am sure it will be a success!!

Deacon turns SEVEN!

Deacon turned 7 years old a couple weeks ago and was very excited to celebrate. 

He got his fun yard birthday sign courtesy of my employment, Sign Gypsies. He was excited to wake up to it. 

We did our morning birthday donuts and his Oma and Opa facetimed in to sing with us. 

We read with his new stuffed animal Georgie.

We also met Ragnar for lunch at McDonalds per his request. 

Then, he had his friend birthday party of slip n slide, water balloons, and water guns. He had fun!

The boys got to try and dunk hat the birthday boy with a ball!

We had cupcakes and snacks! Tate, Brooks, Cruz, Will, and Casey came. 

Later we had pizza with his grandpa Speers and Aunt Natalie, and Chris' family. 

He was excited to get a Fitbit watch, darts, a pro remote controller, a new soccer ball, water balloons, water guns, water toys, a beanie boo, pop it's, some clothes, and a laser tag vest set. He is easy to please!

Cavin was sweet and wanted to make his cake. It wasn't perfect, but Deacon was thrilled at his sports cake because his brother made it. Those boys sure love each other! 

He was glad to have cousins come for the family party!

For his birthday he wanted to go to a Houston Astros game, so Ragnar was able to get us nice tickets to go a few days later. 

We were able to get free tickets, free food, and free merchandise. It is nice to still know people who can hook us up!

It was fun to be so close. 

We had a great night and I think Deacon had a great birthday! We sure love him. He is full of energy and life. He is always moving and always either playing or watching sports. His favorite color is red. His favorite food is macaroni and cheese, vanilla wafers, and goldfish. He doesn't like chocolate very much and prefers vanilla. He still loves stuffed animals, mostly beanie boos. He plays basketball and soccer most, but likes all sports and is naturally gifted at many. He is still pretty shy around others unless he is playing sports, and that is where he is confident. He likes to listen to music and often falls asleep to his Alexa commentating a sports event. He always says "Let's GO!!" when something exciting happens. He is a good reader and likes school. He still prefers being around kids that are older than him and enjoys a good competition. He loves playing card games and Nertz is his favorite right now. We love you Deacon and hope you had a special day celebrating!