First Week of School Under Our Belt

First day of school 2009! Jayden 14 Casen 8

The first week of school and all the back to school anticipation is over, and the weekend is finally here! Casen LOVES his teacher. Mrs. Garrett is the perfect teacher for him! Caring, nurturing, and most of all loves her job. She is the teacher that every child should get to have, I am just so thankful that Casen has her! It is promising to be a good school year for Casen. Well some of you may know or not know but we are having Jayden repeat 8th grade. No, not because he did poorly (he got all A's) or failed the TAKS test (actually commended on every one!) But because he just turned 14 this summer, very young to be going to high school. He is not any of the same courses, he is advanced or pre-ap in EVERY class, he is actually taking 3 high school credit courses, ones he would actually be taking in high school if he were there. The only bummer about all of this is that he has to sit out the first 6 weeks of football, due to UIL rules. He had A LOT of friends going into 8th grade so that wasn't an issue, thank god! We are just hoping and praying that we made the right decision thus far no regrets.

Excited for Golf!

The boys are getting to do one of their favorite things today, GOLF! Clint and a college buddy found via facebook, that lives in The Woodlands took their kids golfing today. What a great way to reconnect. The boys were up bright and early ready to go, Casen could hardly wait. Hopefully the bright and early regimen continues because they only have one more week off, but mom and dad do not. It is finally here, the start of the school year. Jayden has orientation Tuesday and Casen has meet the teacher on Friday, which make it "officially" the beginning of new school years. On the up-side of fall near our favorite TV shows will soon be on again :)

One More Week of Summer Vacation

Before the Orwall Family Dinner!
Jayden chillen in the baby pool, where the water is cooler!

Casen's karate chops!!

Summer is winding down, last week off for mom, kids have two weeks left to enjoy! Went to Galveston for a quick vacation yesterday. Forgot to bring the camera but a great time was had by all. Great weather, nice waves, and not very many tourists. Still kicking myself for forgetting the camera, ugh!!! The agenda for this week is to hit the pools hard! Happy Birthday to grandma on Monday, hope that you have a great one, we'll be thinking of you :)

Boys at Houston Texans Training Camp

Kris Brown, kicker, giving autographs. Casen waiting patiently! Casen and Tyler with Toro!

Eric Winston, off. line, signing Jaydens ball.

Jayden standing in front of retired Houston Oilers, Ken Burrough, Zeke Moore.

Jayden and Casen before getting into the fields.

Clint brought a car full of boys to the Texans training camp. They left at 6AM to watch this years Texans team get a morning practice in! They got a lot of autographs and got to see the Texan cheerleaders really close! More pictures to come...

Jayden has football camp this week, then we have 2 more weeks of swimming then back to school we go. We are winding down :(