it was a good week

We went to Atlee on Wednesday night for Avery's field hockey senior night.  I snapped this picture when we got there.  I'm not happy that the sun is setting so early now, but it sure is pretty.  

All of the lasts and senior things are happening in full force.  

Bryce went to the State Fair on Wednesday as a field trip with DECA.  Jason went as a judge for the event.  Bryce had way more free time to experience the fair than Jason did.   

My mom recently redecorated her bathroom and had it wallpapered.  I loved it so much, she offered me the leftovers.  Her guy came and hung it on Thursday and I'm in love.  Of course, new wallpaper meant new everything.  I decided to switch to gold fixtures, so I got a light, mirror and faucet.  Now I'm working on the small things like toilet lever, drawer pulls, toilet paper holder, and trashcan.  

Bryce was scheduled to have a baseball tournament at Virginia Tech this weekend, so we bought tickets to Friday night's football game. We found out on the way to Blacksburg that the tournament was canceled due to forecasted rain all weekend.  We were miraculously able to cancel our hotel room for the weekend, but that meant driving home after the game.  We got in at 3AM. 

We had a great time tailgating and while the game was a heart breaker right at the end, it was a fun game.  

We went to visit a friend of Bryce's at their tailgate, and Jason's cousin and his wife were two spots over from them.  And two spots over from them was Bryce's travel ball coach. 

The guys all had seats together and Emmy and I were lucky enough to get seats just a few rows behind them!

The theme for this game was stripes.  Each section was assigned a color.  I think it looks great!

While I was looking forward to a weekend away, it was nice to be home for a lazy, rainy, fall weekend.  We were definitely bummed that Bryce didn't get to play at Virginia Tech.  This was his first and only chance while playing travel ball.  

a few things

Emmy got asked to Homecoming this week!  Cute proposal for a Dr. Pepper loving gal.  

We've had some crisp fall nights this week.  I love summer, but I'll take a few cooler nights here and there, but looking forward to a few more days in the eighties next week. 

Our neighbor sent me this picture of Bryce at the football game the other night.  Anytime I see pictures of him at school events, I am convinced he has made the most of his high school experience.  

Emmy got to tag along with Jason's cousin Josh to his "favorite day of the year", the state fair, tonight.  Josh doles out money to the kids when they get there and they have a blast.  Jason and Bryce are going to the fair on Wednesday for a school trip and are hoping to have some fun while they're there.     

senior homecoming

Bryce did one last HOCO proposal.  I thought this was clever for their fourth and final homecoming.  The shadows and lighting were bad so I had Chat GPT fix it up so they may look a little askew. 

The first homecoming proposal in 9th grade. 

The school has spirit week during homecoming week.  The last day wrapped up with music genres.  Bryce's friends may have taken the pop music theme to the hip hop level, but whatever.  

Senior Homecoming 

Baseball buddies 

They always have a big group.  One of the girls hosted dinner at her house since they are too big to go out.  They had an event tent with tables, chairs, fairy lights, and flowers. 

The girls are best friends and so are the boys. 

They made shirts with baby/kid pictures of their dates for the after party. 

just another week

Emmy went on a fun field trip on Tuesday.  

Cute little fishy.

We got ice cream on Wednesday to celebrate what would have been PaPa's 70th birthday. 

I went out with some friends for a birthday celebration on Friday night.  We were escorted in a limo!

Bryce had a volleyball tournament Friday and Saturday and then went to a concert with friends on Saturday night.  

Bryce also had a baseball tournament this weekend.  He missed the games Saturday to play volleyball, but he was available on Sunday.  We drove all the way to Portsmouth just for the game to get rained out.  Chase drove over from CNU to watch so we took him to lunch to make his trip worthwhile since there was no baseball.  

Today was my first day of school.  I'll be doing reading intervention this year.  

labor day weekend

School is in full swing and we've settled into a routine.  We're enjoying a couple of volleyball games a week.  When Jason's dentist retired, he had more time for photography.  He enjoys attending sporting events in our county and we are so appreciative when he snaps pictures of Bryce.    

This is Bryce's senior volleyball banner that is hanging in the gym at school. 

Bryce went to South Carolina this past weekend with Avery to visit her family and go to a Gamecock football game.

I think he liked the campus.  He is interested in applying to some SEC schools but knows we are more than likely not paying out of state tuition.  

We were at a different school watching our own football game on Saturday.  We were gifted some tickets, so we invited some friends and gave them their first Hokie football experience.  

Our friend's parents who gave us the tickets also invited us to their tailgate.

Emmy didn't mind not watching any football this weekend.  She was just as happy to join her friend at Colonial Beach for the day.  

We rang in summer with our neighbors over Memorial Day weekend, so we figured we'd send it out in style on Labor Day too.  

 

senior year

Senior Sunrise is a fun tradition schools have started in the last few years.  The senior class gathers for sunrise close to the start of school year to kick off the start of the year. 

Our school does a staggered start for different grades.  The seniors didn't start school until Tuesday, but they met for sunrise on Monday.  

I sent Bryce with two dozen donuts to help ease the pain of getting up so early!

After senior sunrise, Bryce and the senior baseball players headed over to a local elementary school to welcome kindergarteners and walk them to class for their first day of school.  

Tuesday was Bryce's turn to head back to school. 

I can't believe he's a senior!

Another fun senior tradition is getting a child's backpack with characters or a design that reminds you of your childhood.  Bryce went with Cars/Lightning McQueen.  

And not to be left out, Emmy went to a sweet sixteen party on Saturday night with her gym friends.  Their teammate who turned 16 stopped doing gym this season, but they're all close friends and get together when they can.