Last night we attended the first home football game of the season and thankfully this year everyone is healthy!
After playing the anthem and Tiger Rag they headed to their section of the stands. Anna went by us! Excited to see our Senior!
A bit into the second quarter I went over to get photos of them in the group. Anna was in the perfect spot!
Olivier was a little trickier to see but thankfully he isn't interested in hiding!
And then there was a touch down!
Needless to say it is much harder to see Olivier when they are playing than Anna! That mellophone really does make for a good hiding spot!
Once it got close to half time the band headed down to the field to get ready to play a couple of songs.
It was fun to see our niece Audrey on the cheer team during their halftime show!
And today it was an early morning (before the sunrise) wake up call to get back to school, load up and head to a local parade. The parade was celebrating their 60th anniversary (diamond jubilee) and that inspired their band director to select this Neil Diamond song for them to play!
Olivier is fairly easy to spot!
Now the tricky one - can you spot Anna?
We had a great time and love cheering on our kids doing what they love! So proud!
The second half of the week had a crazy heat wave and made it more exhausting as we work to get back into the routine. Activity schedules are still getting sorted out but we are getting better at getting them rolling. Thankfully the large fire near us is now very controlled and almost out. We have been very fortunate the smoke hasn't impacted our area.
This is a nice photo from this morning. Thankful for the fog this morning and hopefully a cooler day!
Today is the first day of school and although that is exciting, it is also a bit bittersweet in that it is Anna's last year of high school! We won't dell on that and just focus on the exciting and very busy year ahead! They are all challenging themselves in different ways and we are very proud!
Okay, I have to do at least a little throwback to little Anna on her first day of kindergarten! Wow!
There is a fire near us (but not really, it is still more than 10 miles away) but the visual of it today was alarming. It is a massive fire (over 125,000 acres) but thankfully it hasn't had a huge impact because it is open land, but it has impacted air quality. We are hoping it stays that way and is out soon!
The kids have been enjoying the last bit of summer. Nothing really exciting to report. Band camp starts on Wednesday for Anna and Olivier (8/6). They get their schedules on Thursday (8/7) and it will be one week until school starts...!!!
Yesterday Olivier competed in another Saturday Showdown at the jiu jitsu studio and did really well! He is a bit of an odd situation now that he has gotten older and tall that there aren't many for him to compete against so we weren't sure there would be someone for him to compete with and happy it worked out that there was! The first person he went against was Mason, and no, not his brother. But his brother Mason did go to watch and encourage him! And Olivier won!
For the second person he competed against, they have before and Olivier focused on using different techniques and was able to get a submission! Nice work Olivier!
Anna has been enjoying getting a good ride in for a few Saturdays in a row. Knowing the school year is coming soon she is taking advantage of the ride time while she can. She had a great ride!
