Dancing the Night Away!

Ella and Cavin recently went to a church dance and had a great time. Ella was asked on a date since she is 16 and Cavin went with a bunch of friends. 

Ella's friend Christian asked her to join him and they had a nice time.

Looking good in blue!

Ella has a great group of friends so it is nice that she has people to be with. 

Ragnar and I helped chaperone Cavin's group and took them to the dance and that was fun. 

They are a silly group, but have fun together. 

I am grateful for great church activities and great friends to join in the fun! 

Cavin's High School Soccer Season

Cavin just completed his freshman year high school soccer season. We were thrilled when he made the team as the odds weren't in his favor. He has enjoyed being on the team and playing this season. He was on JV red and he played under Coach Louveir. Unfortunately, after only a few weeks in he broke his left thumb when he fell so he had to wear a brace most of the season and that impacted his playing time. He has learned a lot in high school sports and is growing into a great young man!

He typically played center back or defensive midfielder. 

His team was district champions! They only lost one district game. It was fun to watch them play together and several of the players were on his middle school team. 

Great job Eagles! We loved watching him play soccer and now he is on to only having one practice everyday instead of two! Back to focusing only on football!

Much Ado About Nothing!

In December Ella and Cavin tried out for the play "Much Ado About Nothing" put on by the "All The World's A Stage" company. They really wanted to be cast as certain characters and were thrilled to be cast as the part of their choice. Ella tried out and made it as the main girl, Beatrice and Cavin tried out and made it cast as one of the main male parts Claudio. I couldn't believe how badly Cavin wanted to try out and get the part. He has really started to come out of his shell and blossom and I have loved watching it. 

It was two months of a lot of practicing. They spent many nights reciting their parts and scenes and worked really hard. Ella has done more plays but had a lot of responsibility as the leading lady and really wanted to do it right. I was so excited the weekend of the performance to see how it all came together. 

Our actor/actress in the making!

The women who run this acting company put a lot of time and effort into helping these kids develop their talents. 

They had the Shakespeare play set to a western theme since we are in Texas and it is rodeo season. 

They performed 3 shows.

Ella was cast perfectly and she did awesome!

They had some dancing and a masquerade.

Cavin was a handsome Cladio and he did so well!

Some faces we see often. :)

Cavin was matched with a cute girl Anna and they worked well together. 

Ella was cast next to Kaleb and he and her fed off each other well! 

It was such a fun show and I was so proud of them! 

I have the best children and I am so proud to be their mom!

I'm grateful for the support of my parents who are always at everything cheering them on!

I am grateful the kids have opportunities to try different avenues and explore many of their interests and talents. They don't have the time in their schedules or the opportunity to do these things at the school so this is a great place for them to explore and develop. I love them and I love that they want to be the best they can be in whatever they do. I can't wait to see what else they can do!

Spring Soccer 2023

Spring Soccer season began this past weekend! Yay! Ragnar is reffing again and so is Cavin. It was a cold start to the season! We were chilly, so didn't think as much about sunscreen and Ragnar and Channing were pretty sunburned. 

Deacon is playing quite a few age groups up on the U11 team. He still has the same coach, Coach Wes as half the team moved up with him. He is playing on the green goats! Channing moved down to her age group and plays U11-U12 and went back to a smaller field which I think will help her skills and confidence. We had her playing up the last couple seasons because all her friends wanted Ragnar to coach, but it wasn't best for Channing. This year her friends dad is coaching and she is playing with Coach Joseph on the red dynamites! 

I look forward to watching them progress this season!