What's In A Name?

Wyatt and Kody are tame in the cowboy themed pool of names here in Texas.  Names like Sterling, Ranger and Magnum are everywhere around us and not one person has asked me how you spell Wyatt!

Likewise girl names are boy names and I am ever befuddled and amused as Isabella introduces me to friends like Reese, Hunter, Kody, Layne, Frankie, etc...

Just another day in the culture shock that is Texas!

Yes, Please

Super cost affordable, season passes to Fiesta Texas, Six Flags.

Check!

For years, we have debated on season passes.

Hershey Park was just too expensive.

I couldn't be more thrilled with this investment.

We started using them immediately and have used them every month since.

The gift that keeps giving.

Fiesta Texas!

Family: It's Always the Time

Enchanted Rock

Yeah, it's a giant rock in the middle of not so many rocks.

It boasts a great view of everything below,

some rock formations/caves to hike in and around,

an easy to moderate hike up to the top,

and the best Sunday afternoon ever!

 

National Honor's Society...

In Texas here,

you can be inducted into

National Honor's Society

in 10th grade.

 

At first Isabella was told,

 she couldn't be because,

we had just moved here.

 

This was not the first time,

we felt penalized in this area

because of moving.

 

They changed their minds.

She applied.

She was accepted and inducted.

Nana and Grandpa came.

 

They took us for Dairy Queen after.

Way to go Isabella Whitney,

we are so proud.

Even if they spelled your name wrong!

 



All Tiggered Out

If I were to summarize the summer of 2017 and include in that until probably October of 2017,

the adjective I would use is tiring.

A cross country move with four kids, a dog, and no job is exhausting.

 And in all the packing and preparation, I would find the kids passed out.

 Every time we got in the car, it was lights out.

 I found the kids in other beds besides their own, because they were too tired to move.

 By the time we moved, they slept pretty much all three days of the journey there.

  But even in Texas and mostly unpacked, I kept finding them asleep.

 Every near flat surface became a bed, as we all tried to recover.

And after several months of recovery and rest, I guess we got out of the funk.

And I'm sure some day, I may forget how much work moving is,

but I can't imagine that day is anytime soon.

FINALLY...

After a cross country move, a forgotten password, and the world's longest most intense password recovery process, I am in.  I have missed blogging and will be catching up immediately.  I am going to date them (as they occurred) just so I am chronologically accurate.  But know that everything from June to current has been done retroactively.  (All of this is for the blog book to be read and treasured for generations to come) Hopefully!!!

She Runs

Isabella runs cross country.  Next year Issac and Wyatt will join her.  It will be nice to stream line all the sports.  Meets from middle school and high school are still different times. 😡  This year she wasn't varsity at the new school.  I didn't know how she would react to that, but she takes it in stride.  Get it, in stride!  She has a great attitude and just loves the fitness.  I love her for that!