Texas Aggie Football Game

Taylor and I took a great last minute trip to College Station last weekend.  It all happened very quickly when some tickets became available and were offered to us.  We haven't made it to a game since we moved here over 7 years ago because most games are on Saturday evening.  This game was at 11:00 AM and my parents were able to come and stay with the kids so everything fell into place for us to go.  We left right after school on Friday and stopped for a great dinner in Waco.  Then we got to our hotel pretty late.  It was so nice and quiet being alone though.  We got to sleep in a bit and were ready to hit campus.

Along with our tickets came this sweet parking spot.  That is my red Acadia and that is Kyle Field.  We didn't have to fight traffic at all!

 

We had a great time walking around campus and seeing what had changed and what hadn't. 

 We watched the band march in and found our amazing seats.

We got to see this guy play,

 

 

 

and the Fightin Texas Aggie Band march,

 

and had an amazing time!

 

Then it was back on the road, but first we had to drive by our first home together.  It was a fast 24 hours, but such a great unexpected treat!

Fall Weekends

Our weekends this fall have been full of family, football, ballet, and lots of resting.

 

 

 Last weekend Mom, Dad, Lindsey, and Carter came for Grandparent's Day at our school.  They ate lunch with both of the kids and Mom hung out in my classroom all day.  The rest of the time Sophie and I took turns holding Carter.

 Bumpaw and JC played Battleship and he actually stood out in the rain to watch JC play half of his football game before they finally called it.

 It was the weekend before Lindsey's birthday so we had to celebrate.

Look!  She's turning 8!

 This week we finally got to play some good, dry football!

 

The coaches and their boys.

 



Little School House on the Prairie

One of the advantages of having your school on a National Landmark is that you have a field trip right in your back yard.  Every year the 4th graders spend part of a day in the old school house pretending like they are going to school in the 1800s.

 I don't think she thought this was nearly as cool as I did.  As a child who grew up with Little House on the Prairie, this was a day out of my favorite TV show!

 The school marm was quite strict.  Look how straight they're sitting!

They even got to put their lunches in lunch pails.  How fun is that?  The kids decided they would stick with their air conditioned school for now!

Art Tour with Uncle Erick

Last weekend Uncle Erick was working in San Angelo so we got to hang out with him.  He and Taylor took the kids to the high school football game on Saturday night.  On Sunday we decided to show him the artsy side of San Angelo.  Yes, we do have one!

 We toured the art museum which really impressed John Curtis

 Then we took him down Art Alley.

We ended up back by the river before frozen yogurt.  Yum!

Thanks for coming to see us Uncle E!

Carter William Brewer

Carter William Brewer entered the world at 6:54 pm on August 26 (the previously mentioned first day of school) weighing 6lbs, 13 oz. We finally got to go see him this weekend and we are all in love.

 

 

Sophie took to him right away and she begged to stay at Lindsey's house with me that night.

She was a big helper.

How sweet is that face????

 On Sunday afternoon we drove back the Weatherford and Uncle Taylor finally got to meet his nephew.

 We finally talked JC into holding him.  He'd wanted nothing to do with him, but his smile when he finally held him says he's pretty fond of his little cousin too.

This girl had lots of tears when it was time to tell Carter good-bye last night.  Sure wish we lived closer!

Back to School

What a week!  Last Friday we had Meet the Teacher.  Taylor took them because I had my own class of 23 darlings to meet.  Thankfully, I already know the teachers.  JC has Sophie's first grade teacher and Sophie is right across the hall from my classroom.  Lucky girl!

 Then it was the first day of school!

 As if the first week of school wasn't enough, Baby Carter decided to come on the first day (he gets his own post next) and Uncle Erick came to town to work and play Lego StarWars with JC.

It was a wonderfully, busy, exhausting week!