State Game

Last Saturday, we made it to the much anticipated State Championship game at Cowboys Stadium! The stands were packed - 43,000+! While we didn't get the result we hoped for, it was still great to be there with our families. We had 25 people there to cheer on Coach Kirk!

One of the coolest traditions is for the Euless Fire and Police to escort the Trojans back to school. Even though we didn't get the W, they still greeted the buses with a police escort and the fire ladders raised.

We had a great run this season 15-1! I know Coach K definitely wanted 16-0, but they are very proud of what they accomplished! The whole playoff run was close and competitive...we were lucky to make it as far as we did. And, there's always next year!

I'm excited to have my husband home and working a more normal 40-50 hours a week, as opposed to 80+. But - that's the life of a coach's family and we love it!

Singer/Songwriter - Updated w/ Video

Landrie has been writing a lot of songs lately. This is what she wrote tonight:

I am new because I know everything about God.
I want to talk like Him
I want to walk like Him and look like Him
We all want to be just like God.
I know you. I love you.
We are together and I know that you like me.

Her "theology" isn't all correct all the time, but whose is??? I am just proud that she has a concept of who He is and wants to know more.

(She performed for us, but told me that she didn't want it to go on facebook. I never promised it wouldn't go on the blog...)

Karsyn's Program

Karsyn had her school program last night! She did a great job - especially after being sick and running a fever for 5 days! She's next to the girl in the pink shirt on the front row and our cousin Chase is on the far right on the top row.

Landrie's Kindergarten Program

Landrie's Kindergarten program was held on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day so they sang songs about the Earth and the environment. She was not as animated as the other kids, but was definitely more outgoing than she usually is when performing. When she's at home and no one is "watching" her, she is VERY loud and fun to listen to.

There wasn't any nose picking or hiding behind other kids, so I'll call it a success! She knew I was filming so she would turn and look at the camera a lot!

This is a highlight video of her performance. The real deal is 10 minutes long and I wouldn't want to bore you. :) Sorry for the Blair Witch-like recording. I'm not good at taking video at all!

For Gigi

A self-portrait by Landrie

Karsyn dancing along to Dancing with the Stars

Reading

Landrie has expressed a real interest in reading lately, so I bought some flash cards for her. The cards have a picture and the word on one side and just the word on the other. She is doing such a good job of sounding out the words and figuring out most of them.

It's also helped Karsyn a lot too. She looks at the picture side and tells me what it is. Some of her words are hilarious! I can't quite describe how she says "girl". Hopefully I've captured it on the video:

They're like the Osmonds only cuter!

Sorry...bad joke, but they've been in the news so much lately I couldn't help it.

For your enjoyment "My God is so Great" and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"