Channing's First Timberwood Soccer Season!

Channing was very excited that she made the Timberwood Middle School girls 7th grade soccer team. She just loves to be with her friends and participate. 

Her grandparents came to watch her first game at Kingwood High School against Creekwood. 

She enjoyed playing, but unfortunately took a ball straight to her face and she went straight down. She was so tough though and got right back up and started playing. The ref however made her go out of the game for a bit to take care of all the blood in her mouth from the ball cutting her lips where her braces are! 

She looked like she had lip injections the next day! Haha! 

She had a really good defensive game on a Saturday game where they were playing a player down.

She really loves to be a part of a team and enjoys being with her friends and learning new skills! She continues to grow as a player and I'm glad she keeps going!

She had a fun 7th grade soccer season and now it's officially over!

Ella's Senior Pictures!

Ella has 5 more weeks of school left and then she is officially a high school graduate! She has worked really hard this past year. Most kids get bad senioritis by the end of the first semester, but she has been going on strong! She is just now starting to get pretty tired of it all and want to be done and moved on to college. I think partly because we have paid for her college housing and she is selecting courses. I am sure gonna miss her, but here are her senior pictures that I get to enjoy while she is away!

She also was asked to Prom by her good friend Cayden 

He left a hay bail on our door step and she had to find the note of who it was inside. Definitely a clever idea...and very messy!! 

So, she will go to Summercreek High School's prom instead of her own, but she is happy as she has several friends there. 

Unfortunately, also recently she and her friend Katelyn got in a bad accident a where her friend was driving and didn't slow fast enough on the highway to the stopped traffic and totaled her car. It is miraculous that both girls walked away without a scratch. The airbags deployed and their seat belts did their job, so they had some bruising, but God blessed them and must have great things in store for them, because this could have been much worse and they are lucky to be alive!

She is a great girl and doing great things, I hope the last part of her senior year is great! 

Cavin's Sweet 16!!

Cavin celebrated his 16th birthday last week! I can't believe how much he has grown this past year! He is about to finish up his sophomore year of high school. He had his physical yesterday and is officially 6'3 and 205 lbs. He has gained a lot of muscle this year and has been working hard. He started waking up at 4:00 to go to the gym before seminary and then he has football practice during and after school as well. He spends a lot of time developing his body! He played football and soccer this year and is still playing the cello in Symphonic Orchestra. He is a busy kid with early morning seminary and taking college courses and all the other things to occupy his time. He is a smart kid with awesome grades and we are proud of his hard work. He took his driver's license test on his birthday and passed!! He's officially a licensed driver! 

He is way more enthusiastic to drive than Ella was! We went to Culver's for dinner after his driving test and then he had a birthday party with friends where they played Capture the Flag and came home to play ping pong and games. I'm glad he has a great group of friends. 

He is a goofy kid and always making jokes. He says "Alright" all the time and "Tu Eres Cookie?!" 

He is very random, but we love him! His favorite color is orange right now. He loves drinking milk and is always stealing gatorades or drinks from the fridge. He still constantly is whistling and has become a night owl trying to finish all his homework. He enjoys listening to music and playing games with his brother. He is reffing soccer again for his job. He is a good kid and I am looking forward to seeing where life takes him! Happy 16th Birthday Cav!

A New Chapter

On March 25, 2024 I had my first official day of work in a very, very long time. Due to some unforeseen circumstances the past several years, we felt like it was necessary for me to get a full time job and go back to work. It has been a rough transition for me, but the family is stepping up and I hope we can adjust all together. I have had a myriad of emotions, but I pray this will be a blessing for our family and I can support our family as much as before, just in a different way. 

I started full time as part of the office staff at Northeast Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. I work 4 ten hour shifts, so hopefully I can adjust quickly to the long days! 

Channing's NJHS Induction!

Last week Channing was rewarded for all her hard work and inducted into the National Junior Honor Society! She work so hard at school and we are so proud of her!

Mr. Buck, her principal handing her the award. 

She has a great group of intelligent friends who value academics! 

Ella's Last UIL!

Ella was involved in 4 separate UIL competitions with her school these past couple months. She had two UIL's for orchestra and two for choir. She spent a lot of after school rehearsals at the school!

She participated in full orchestra with the band included. They scored all 1's.

She also did her varsity orchestra and got all 1's there also! 

Finally, she participated in Varsity mixed choir and Varsity women's choir and also got all 1's!

Pretty impressive to get sweepstakes, the highest score, in all four groups over several weeks! I'm proud of all her hard work and dedication to the music programs! Good thing she loves it! She's got a long life ahead of it if she stays in her current career path! 

Girls Camp 2024

Channing and Ella got to go to one more church girls camp together over Spring break. I was glad they were able to fit in one more! They went to camp Niwana.

There were a lot of fun girls from their ward who they got to spend a few days with!

Ella and her friends had a great time after the entire group got over the shock of the state of the camp! There were so many bugs and the cabins were not the cleanest! 

They took turns helping with meals. 

She and Ella got to shoot riffles and axe throw! 

Channing loves being with friends so she was in heaven and stayed up WAY too late!

Ella was a YCL so she had to led a few classes and help out more as a leader. They said testimony meeting was phenomenal and I am so glad they got to strengthen their testimonies and grow together! A lot of work for the leaders, but I am grateful for the experiences they got to have!