Plano Balloon Fest

We did manage to make it out really late one night... and also managed to run into the Glasscock's! We didn't get out there 'til after 7:00 because Jason had been out of town, golfing. He was quite tired and worn out (also a little sick) so we left shortly after the balloon glow. I think Colby and I enjoyed the balloon glow the most while Tyler, Caden and Grace ran around and chased each other! My camera battery was dying so I had to take a picture really fast... it's not the best but I got one!!!

Just some cute pics of the boys

Maddie turned 9

I can't believe my little niece is growing up so fast! Can you believe she is 9 years old? Wow! My sister had a little swim party for her at their new condo complex. There was about 10 girls there and then cute little Tyler (he is going to be loving that scene in about 7 years)! I am so thankful I have Maddie in my life. It was so much fun to see a bunch of 9 year old girls acting like 'girlie-girls' ... they were splashing around, singing High School Musical, and talking about Justice (it's a cool clothing store for girls only)! I had tons of fun shopping for her and can't wait to spoil her again at Christmas!

New Soccer Team

Tyler is old enough now to play soccer for Allen Sports Association. He started a few weeks back with his new team - the Tornados ... When the coach was asking all the kids what number they wanted to be, Tyler shouted out '15' - so 15 it is! Here is my big man in his new, cool uniform. Tyler is still a little timid around the ball (sometimes called 'weed-pickers') but the more he plays the more he goes after the ball.

Coach Billy and Assistant Coach Duda also have matching uniforms! Look how cute they all are! Coach Duda says being an assistant coach is the way to go... you still get to help out and teach the kids but you don't have to deal with all the administrative stuff!!

School is in

Tyler's first day of school was Tuesday September 4. His new teachers are Ms. Brittany and Ms. Laura. Tyler was so excited that school finally started up... Although he did tell me that he wished he was 5 becasue he wanted to go to kindergarten ... 'becasue kindergarten is better'. Tyler had a great first day and seems to really like his new teacher!! I know he is going to do great.

Labor Day Weekend

We did not do much over the Holiday weekend... we were looking for things to do and ended up visiting a few museums. On Sunday, Tyler, Colby and I went and checked out the snake exhibit at the Heard Natural Science Museum. Tyler thought it was super cool getting to see all the snakes. We got to hear some of the snakes 'hiss' at us and saw several of the snakes 'bow up' (is that how you say it??) at us!!

To the right is a picture of Tyler and Colby standing inside of a snake. Very cool display!

On Monday, we decided to check out the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Neat stuff there and the Apollo exhibit was super cool to see!!

The museum was not very crowded so one of the workers let Tyler go inside one of the helicopters on display. Tyler had several questions for the worker like 'what does this button do?', 'what about this red button over here?' and on and on... the funny thing is that the worker answered Tyler like he actually knew something about helicopters. 'This button lets the hydraulic up on the back right rotor and minimizes air pressure so the fork can spin the right front blade in a counter-clockwise direction' ... I have no idea what I just said but those were the kind of answers Tyler was getting! It was quite amusing to see the look on Tyler's face after the worker finished talking.