This and That

Nothing major has been going on here, we've just been keeping busy with school and activities! Cookie Season has started and Avery has done an amazing job selling cookies!

Cookie, Gigi, Jeff, Grandpa, Nanna, and Kathleen all came to town on the same day! They all got to see Aidan play basketball, and Avery and Sage cheer.

Aidan has made the Honor Roll two semesters in a row!

Avery was Star Student for her class last week.

Some cute extras:

Upward Basketball and Cheer

The kids have started a season of Upward Basketball (Aidan's 4th) and Cheer (Avery's 1st!) and they are loving it :) Aidan is on a team with the same coach he had in kindergarten, and Avery is on a squad with Cousin Sage and her friend Margot. Aidan's game times vary but Avery cheers at all the 9:00 games and has to be there at 8:40. Good-bye, Saturday morning sleep-ins until March :( The girls did a great job cheering courtside, then they performed a couple of cheers at halftime. Aidan played great...he scored 7 baskets and made 10 rebounds. Go Rattlers!

Cotton Bowl

Daniel and I had tickets to the Cotton Bowl on January 1st, so in exchange for Cody and Amy keeping our kids that day, we offered to keep Sage, Logan, and Ellie the night before for New Year's Eve, so the kids had a pajama party and enjoyed lime sherbet floats and had a great time playing!

The next day was cold and rainy, but we made it to Cowboy Stadium where we got to hang out in a field-level suite with Marcus and Jenna, and some people Marcus works with. There was catered food and drinks, and we had a great view! Ken Starr, the Baylor president, even came by for a photo op. We also saw Robert Griffin III a couple of suites over! Too bad he wasn't close enough for us to meet him.

We had fun laughing with the Brookses, and I also got to see several of my KD sorority sisters at halftime!

There were a lot of exciting moments before and during the game. The Kilgore Rangerettes performed beforehand, and there was a hilariously awesome play in which 390-pound lineman Laquan McGowan scored a touchdown. Definitely the highlight of the game, as in the last few minutes we lost our lead to Michigan State and the stadium was soon filled with green and gold disappointment. But all in all, it was a fantastic day. I couldn't have asked for a better way to ring in 2015! Sic 'Em Bears!!