Stockyards

So, I didn't feel like a true Texan since I'd never been to the Stockyards! We made a spur of the moment trip to check it out and had a great time! Most of these pics are just random shots.

 

 

They really enjoyed meeting a real Indian! He gave a long speech about his ancestry and even posed for a picture even though he wasn't supposed to. I love how Ethan is looking serious like the Indian and Caleb is smiling ear to ear. ;-)

 

It's getting harder and harder to squeeze us in a selfie!

We found a cool candy store with random and GIANT candy!

This was in a cool record store.

  

There was a great set up for photos so we did a few poses.

We found these original drinks in one of the stores. Dr. Pepper for Ethan and Gingerale for Caleb.

Grandparent's Day at FWC

The boys were super excited to have both sets of grandparents this year at Grandparent's Day. It's a BIG DEAL at their new school. They were especially excited that Papa made it since you never know how his back is going to behave. So what is Grandparent's Day? Well, we started in the middle school building where Ethan took them to ALL of his classes to meet his teachers (he has SEVEN). Then we walked to the elementary school to meet Caleb's teachers (he only has two). After that was a quick bite at the big breakfast prepared by the PTA. Then it was off to the gym for an amazing (and a bit long) program that highlights choir, band, orchestra, and class presidents. Whew, it's a busy morning!

 

Momo, Nana, Papa, and Ethan.

Caleb was so excited to show them all of the special things he had been working on.

I really loved his salt map of Texas that he made out of homemade playdoh!

Showing off the science room.

Ethan preparing to play for a gym full of people!

The elementary sang a special song...good luck finding Caleb in there! He's toward the middle left.

That's a LOT of grandparents!

Thanks again for making the trip over to the school Momo, Nana, and Papa! They boys loved showing off their school for you! :-)

The Fair!

As you know we LOVE the Fair! I've gone every since I was a kid and Mondo started going with me in high school. I love carrying on the tradition with our kids. Our main goal when we go...to EAT! :-)

 

The boys with Big Tex.

Always have to get a corny dog! Yummy!

Watching the taffy being made.

Ethan really loved checking out a war museum. We had to drag him out of there.

It was cool to see the old hospital stuff.

This was the outside of the war museum. Ethan wanted to pose.

So Caleb had to as well.

One of Caleb's favorite things at the Fair is a giant slice of cheese pizza.

Mmmmm....momma always needs a fried Snickers!

Butter statue!

Caleb found these swings at an outside restaurant last year and now it's a yearly thing that he has to go swing in them.

Trying out a virtual reality experience.

Another thing always on the list...tornado tators! Yummo!

They love, LOVE checking out the cars!

So does Mondo. ;-) That's his dream van. Not gonna lie, it's SUPER nice!!

I just love my boys. They will make friends wherever they are. Mondo was walking around looking for food so we were standing and waiting for him. They boys saw a little boy playing with a ball and they walked over to play with him.

Craziest thing! We ran into Mondo's sister and her family. Random that we went the same day and extra random that we ran into each other! That's Ethan's cousin Jacob.

Caleb loves to do the obstacle courses. I was sad that Ethan didn't want to do it this year. He's growing up. :-(

 

Fall School Activities

 

During the fall at school there are so many fun activities! The biggest one is homecoming. It was fun for Ethan to be involved in the parade this year since he's playing football.

 

This was the 7th grade football team float. The theme for homecoming was Disney. So...we went with Toy Story! "To victory and beyond!" Buzz Lightyear is the football coach and Mr. Incredible next to him is his son who is in Caleb's grade.

 

 

 

My sister made the homecoming mum. She's so talented!! I wouldn't even know where to begin!

  

Ethan and his "girlfriend" (at the time).

Aww, Ethan actually let Caleb sit with him at the homecoming pep rally. :-)

 

Once Caleb saw his friends he moved down to the floor. See how they're all holding hands? They were singing the school song. Cute! 

 

This is literally my favorite part of the homecoming pep rally...when the football players come out dressed like cheerleaders and perform! And they're actually REALLY good!

Time for the game! Caleb loves to go to the football games because he spends 2 hours running around with his friends. 

Random photo of Ethan from his SnapChat. He said he looked "lit" (as in cool). ;-)

Pink out day at school. 

Ethan and his church group meeting at a friend's house to hang out.

Look at that concentration! His orchestra teacher sent that to me. :-)

 

I love Caleb's PE class. They have various "tournaments" throughout the year. This time it was volleyball. He really enjoyed it!

 

 

Of course I had to stay for lunch after. ;-)

 

 

And another lunch day. This time it was for the "booknic" during the book fair week. The kids got to eat outside on blankets.