Melting...

This week the weather has kept us guessing, from a high of 66 degrees on Tuesday to a high of 90 degrees today.  Anna got a riding lesson in after missing most of October, and between being out of practice and the heat she was melting!  It was a great ride though, even with the heat! 

Olivier also got back to his regular activity of jiu jitsu which he hasn't done in over a month!  Nice to get back to those activities!  

And now we get ready for rain and cool temperatures coming in the week ahead...  This weather thing is a puzzle!  

Last marching band events of the year!

Today is the last day of marching band activities, and started with a parade competition.  Olivier had a tough spot to be, front row center, but he did a great job!  

Anna was happy to not have a tough spot this year but she couldn't hide!  

Here they are!

After we met up with the kids and cheered on the drum line!  

And we got a photo with our niece Audrey who is part of the varsity cheer team who joined the band for this event!  

Us with our amazing senior!  

The day wrapped up with a field show competition that our school hosted.  The freshman and seniors played the national anthem.  

And I think they had their best performance!  Most likely because they aren't competing since they are hosting and the pressure was off, but it was nice to be able to see the last performance!

Ready for Halloween!

 After two 93 degree days, it seemed like time to carve pumpkins...well sort of, just because it is getting dark so early! It is always fun to see their designs!

And now we hope they can hold on for two days (thankfully cooler) until Halloween night!

Great volleyball tournament!

 Today Mason's travel volleyball team had another round of games in Seal Beach!  They are really doing well and are ranked 28 out of 140 teams!  Yes, 28!  And they have things to work on to keep getting better!  We are super proud of the hard work and hustle!  

Field show competition #2

Anna and Olivier had their second field show competition of this school year yesterday and timing wise it worked out and Matt, Mason and I went down to watch!  It was about a three hour drive which isn't great but it was nice to see them compete!  

It was fun to see the salute they had this year which was train based (since their show is train based).  

Proud of your hard work and effort!

Band senior night!

Tonight was band senior night!  We met Anna as the seniors were lining up and put a "Senior 2026" sash on her and gave her a bunch of flowers!  We snuck in a photo before we went to our spot.    

They had the kids walk through lines of band kids that were facing each other, and then we met our student at the end of that.  We then walked as a family to a table where Anna got more flowers.

They then had a photographer station to take photos of each family.  They did the normal photo and then a silly photo.  So more official photos to come!  

And this photo kind of accidentally/magically happened!  Captures so much from the night and so many emotions!  

Thank you for sharing photos!  

Hard work paying off!

Just a lot of wow for this weekend!  I will start with Anna and Olivier and they had their first field show competition in Simi Valley!  And despite all the wind and issues with the props they got 1st in their division!  We weren't there but got some photos from the group!  It is like a game of "I spy" - can you find them?

So proud of all their hard work!  They have put in a lot of hours of practice!

And Mason's travel volleyball had their first tournament of this season in Seal Beach.  They played six games against some really tough opponents!  The push and didn't give up when it got hard and although they wish they had won more, they did win and they proved they deserved their rank of finishing in the top 32 out of 140 teams!  It is a great start to the season!

So excited by seeing them do what they love and pushing for more!

Edit - adding a few more photos and videos that other parents got at the volleyball tournament.