Family Fun Day

We are still plugging along through Evan’s AP Bio scavenger hunt. Today’s activity was a visit to the art museum in Nashville to see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibition. Keagan refused to join us stating, “There are two things I hate in life: baseball and art. I’m not spending my free day looking at art.”

I told him he could stay home if he read. I thought that would persuade him to go with us, but he grabbed National Geographic and read an article about the abuse involved with wild animals performing for tourists.

Then Evan decided he was going to the art museum in his athletic shorts and his “There’s Only Two Genders” T-shirt. Wes refused to let him wear it because it’s too controversial - especially for anyone visiting an art museum - and demanded he put his church clothes back on.  There were some tense exchanges involving the phrases Communism and freedom of speech, but ultimately, Wes won. 

Family fun day? I think I’m the only one who had any fun. 

3v3 Soccer

A little summer time 3v3 soccer was on today’s agenda. What fun! We got placed in the highschool bracket playing older, bigger, and faster players. We placed fifth but at least we weren’t in last. Coach Evan had to give the ref a little bit of help in the last two games because he “didn’t know the rules.” He might have also been confused about the rules for the recreational use of illegal substances. 😂

On another note, I finally won the headband war with Keagan. He’s decided they actually look good and “train” his hair to sit off of his forehead. And, you won’t believe this, but they also keep the hair out of his eyes. “I told you so” is on the tip of my tongue.

Summer Time!

My first day of summer break and I planned to tackle my summer to-do list. I have a list of about thirty things to do in the next eight weeks. Instead, I took a four hour nap and then fell asleep at 8:30 on the couch. I felt like I was hit with a tranquilizer gun and just couldn’t move. One more day and I’ll be ready to tackle that list. 

Meanwhile, Keagan has been at the highschool basketball camp all week. 

Evan has been working on his AP Bio scavenger hunt naming trees, feeding ducks, and hiking in state parks.

He’s thrilled. 😂

Honor Roll Assembly

The middle school honor roll assembly means one thing. It’s summer time! Keagan has had such a great year! His science and language teachers have been so wonderful this year. He was selected to lead tours around the middle school last week for rising sixth graders. He served as a peer mentor to a special needs sixth grader, and he made the honor roll all four quarters! To celebrate, we had lunch and shakes at Chick-Fil-A. 

 I now have two high schoolers, and it just seems so impossible to me. Keagan has said repeatedly, “I’m in high school, Mom. Can you believe it?” 

No I cannot. This seems like yesterday. 

Time, please slow down. I never imagined that it could possible go so fast. 

Soccer Banquet

Tonight we celebrated our successful soccer season with a banquet. Second year players were awarded the golden bar. 

Tomorrow night is round one of state against a powerhouse team. Go Hawks!

Headed to State

With a 2-1 win over Collierville in OT, we earned a bid to the state tournament this week! 

Champions

🎵🎶🎶 We are the champions, we are the champions! 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

The boys did it! Tonight they brought home the district championship going 13-0 for the season. This season they scored 86 goals and had only three goals scored on them. They are tremendously talented and look so good on the field together. 

Congratulations also go out to the five Rossview players named as all-stars: Ben, Chance, Keagan, Tristan, and Brayden. 

Many thanks to our coach, Jandro. For six years he has coached one of my boys in either travel or club ball. He’s like a big brother to both of them. I’m appreciative of his time and efforts, but I’m most thankful of his acceptance of multi-sport players. There are never any guilt trips placed on us when we have basketball and have to skip practice, and there is always a genuine good luck. 

These two have been best friends for the past three years. Next fall Ty will be attending another school across town. 

While the middle school played in the district championship, the high school team won the Regional championship with a score of 7-0. 

This weekend they play in Sectionals. What a season for both of my boys!