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!

Mother’s Day Love

This is true love. 

My ultra-conservative, Trump lovin’, Obama bashin’ 16 year old suggested he and Keagan get me Michelle Obama’s book “Becoming” for Mother’s Day. My non-confrontational, apolitical, easy-going son agreed,  and then asked, “Mom likes the Obamas?”

When I asked for a picture, Keagan acquiesced with no questions. Evan agreed to it as long as he didn’t have to touch the book. 

When my sister texted later in the day to ask what the boys got me, I told her I got Michelle Obama’s book, and she texted, “And you liked it?”

Academic Awards

More than 500 of the 2000 students were recognized today at the high school for academic achievement. Evan was awarded academic honors for having no grade below 85 and a cumulative average of at least 93. 

To celebrate his hard work, I took him to breakfast. Tonight he’s back to the grind doing extra credit for chemistry and Spanish homework. 

I’m so proud of him!