A&M vs. LSU

 We took a road trip to Aggieland for three days over Thanksgiving.

 The first day we attended the A&M vs McNeese St. girls basketball game.  Above picture of the kids in the Aggie practice gym.  They were excited to play basketball before the game.

 William got to meet his favorite Aggie, Alex Caruso.

 Gig 'Em from Reed Arena.

 They are super tired but made it to Midnight Yell!  Catherine and I were party poopers.

 Thanksgiving Day 2014.  Hilary, my best friend from high school, and her family drove down from North Carolina to attend the football game.  We met for Thanksgiving at the Chicken Oil Company.  We had a wonderful feast and it was so nice to spend to day with her.

The last day we attended the A&M vs. New Orleans boys basketball game.

Team Dinners

 Elizabeth's high school basketball team is having team dinners every week.  This week is our turn to host but our house is a complete wreck as we are installing new floors.  Thankfully, Eric has keys to the high school so we were able to host and cook at the school today after their practice.

Elizabeth helped me make four lasagnas which were a big hit.

Our new floors are looking awesome!  Papa came over yesterday to show us how to grout.  This is the dining room by our front entry way (we took out the old tile).  I'm hoping to get all my china back in place before we get out all the Christmas decorations.

Catherine has been working hard with Papa the past couple of weeks.

7th Grade Basketball

 Last night, Sarah played her first middle school basketball game.  Above picture of her getting the tipoff to start the game.

 She is the starting point guard on A-team.

 Sarah is number 3.

 Shooting free throws.  She played great and even hit a 3pointer!

Her team lost their first game by 3 points.  It was a heartbreaker.  :-(

Sarah's 1st Cross Country Meet

 Sarah ran in her first cross country meet this afternoon.

 There were a couple hundred 7th grade girls.

 Almost to the finish line!

 Sarah got 39th overall.  There were 13 middle schools.  She was 1st from her school.

First High School Basketball Game

 Elizabeth played her first high school basketball game in the Allen Tournament.  Eric played high school basketball on this same court many years ago!

 Above picture of Elizabeth getting the tipoff to start the game.

 She is the starting point guard and does a great job bringing the ball up the court to set up the plays.

Picture of Elizabeth's first basket!  Her school won in overtime against Plano Jasper.  Way to go, Knights!

First Trophy

Catherine (far left) received her first trophy today.  Her soccer team won first place with a record of

6-1-1.  Way to Go, Cool Cats!

Happy Halloween 2014

 Happy Halloween 2014!  Elizabeth's high school had their forthcoming football game so we only trick or treated at a few houses this year.  Eric has to work all the football games so we decided spend the evening together.

 Nana made Catherine this beautiful Elsa dress.  She is turning the stadium to ice in this picture.  It got cold in Texas last night thanks to Elsa!

Elizabeth (front left) and her basketball team ready for the forthcoming game.

Happy 15th Birthday!

 Elizabeth turned 15 years old yesterday!  It was Tropical Tuesday at her high school.

 I scheduled a dental appointment on her birthday!  She agreed only because she wanted to leave school on her birthday and go out for lunch.  We had a nice lunch celebration at On The Border.

 Operation 15th Birthday was a huge success!  Elizabeth got her first iPhone!  We called her phone as she was opening it.  The ringtone was a dog barking.  Lol.

 She is super excited!

 We also gave her a drivers Ed packet!  Yikes!

She chose dinner at Olive Garden.

Birthday Pumpkin Pie.  She did not want a cake.  We bought her this wonderful pie from a bakery on the downtown square.  Happy 15th Birthday to Elizabeth!

Fall Festivals

 Last night Eric took William and Catherine to the carnival at William's school.

 Catherine won this scary spider at the Cake Walk!

 Today Sarah rode with Papa in the city parade.  William had a baseball game so we missed all the excitement.

After the parade the kids enjoyed the city carnival.  Catherine was so excited to meet the real Elsa from the movie Frozen.

5K Community Fun Run

The girls participated in a 5K with their school teams.  Elizabeth placed 3rd out of 471 runners in her division.  Sarah was planning to walk but ran towards the end.  She got 44th out of 267 in her age group.

High School Volleyball

 Sarah won a volleyball competition during practice last week.  Her reward was sitting on the varsity bench this past Tuesday night.

The girls were so sweet to her and made her feel a part of their big win against their rival.  Sarah was all smiles.  Loved watching her make a memory!

Texas A&M vs Ole Miss

 The kids had a three day weekend so we went on a family road trip to Aggieland!

 The MSC has new additions and there were new pre-game festivities for the kids. 

 The A&M game started at 8pm so Catherine and I did not attend.  We made a good choice as the outcome was not good for the Aggies.

 We got food (and Starbucks) and had a hotel pool party.

 We went home via Austin and took the kids to the State Capital.

 It is beautiful inside.

 The kids took a million pictures of us.

 We ate at the UT version of the Dixie Chicken.

Gig 'Em in Austin.