Saturday night Ella went with a big group of friends to her first Atascocita High School Homecoming dance. She has a great group of friends and I am so grateful that she has people who she can surround herself with that are interested in her, support her, and have similar standards.
My sister Marisa came to town for a few days with her youngest son Grayson to celebrate my mom's 65th birthday! I hardly took any pictures, but we had a fun time catching up and talking. On my mom's birthday we went to lunch at CeCe's and I had the biggest pancake ever! Then we went for a pedicure and shopped for a minute. Afterward we met my family, brothers family, and sisters for a nice dinner at Acadia grill. It was delicious!
The kids had Fall break a couple weeks ago. It seems like our kids are never in school, haha. Our district has SO many breaks. We tried to make the most of it and went to Rocket's games, played kickball, games, and went to this new Houston Aquarium with my parents and sister.
Ragnar celebrated another birthday a couple weeks ago. He turned 44 on September 25th. We love him and were happy to celebrate with him! We went with several couples to go bowling and to dessert the weekend before his birthday and we had a lot of fun! We also celebrated with my parents and brothers family and sister here in Houston.
This year he has been working hard to transition to a new job and work hard at making extra money where he can. It has been a tough year, but I am proud of him. He is a devoted husband and father. The kids love having him around and spending time with him! We hope this year is another year of growth for him and success. We love you Rags!
This season of sports has begun at the Hartzheim home and we are excited. Cavin began his middle school Timberwood football season and is playing #99 as an offensive and defensive lineman. He is getting stronger and braver each game. He is still our gentle giant, so aggression doesn't come naturally, but he is getting more courageous and understands the game well. I am proud of him for working hard and being part of a team.
He is always to the side of the coach and watching the other players if he is not in, he is very attentive to what is going on.
He is a cute kid!
Cavin also decided during football season he would earn his first paycheck and become a referee in the fall soccer season. He and his dad are doing it together. His first week went well. He just needs to be louder, but he made good calls and loves soccer. Ragnar and he get to do their first game together this weekend on Ragnar's birthday.
As for Channing and Deacon, they are playing soccer with the Heatwave again. Channing's coach took a season off, so Channing really wanted to have Ragnar coach her. This would require Channing to play an age group up and with much bigger girls in the U12-U14 division. After much hesitation, he finally said yes and he has a great group of 18 girls. 9 of the girls go to our church and Channing loves being on a team with her friends and absolutely loves having her dad coach. They are the silver bullets. She plays mostly on defense, but she is learning and getting more and more aggressive with getting to the ball. As for Deacon, this is his 5th season with Wes Brown coaching. They changed his age group, so he is almost playing two years up as well. He really thrives with older kids though and made 3 goals the first game. He is a good player and just smiles the whole time he is out there. Soccer runs deep in his German blood! He is on the Blue Tsunamis this year and also has 5 kids from our church on his team and 9 of the 12 are returning, so he knows a lot of players and enjoys it.
I just LOVE to watch my kids play sports and look forward to each game. I love watching them work hard and grow and do something that is healthy and makes them happy. Let's go Timberwood, Silver Bullets, and Blue Tsunami! I hope it's a great season for them all!!
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.
