3rd Annual Pink Out

On Friday, me and a few friends hosted our 3rd annual Pink Out tailgate. It's always a good time when you get lots of families to spend time together before a football game! We love our Dragon football. And for the first time this season, the weather was beautiful and perfect for fall ball.

We all wore pink to support breast cancer awareness month.

My beautiful friends.

The girls wanted me to get my hair sprayed pink so I let them.

These kids got to run amuck with other kids and had a great time doing so.

The big girls!

It took both of us to finally get a decent selfie. Haha.

This was  Michelle and her family's first Dragon game!

A beautiful evening for a Dragon Game. We left after the third quarter but apparently the last 11 seconds were the most exciting part of the game. The Dragons came from behind to win on a trick play. We missed it, of course.

I had a pink out Dragon shirt for him, but he insisted on his pink "muscle shirt."

Dylan went all out in his Dragon pink out gear!

I didn't see Michael all throughout the game because he was with his friends wandering the stadium. He only came to find us because he needed money for the concession. So a goo mother does what a good mother should - blackmail them for a picture...

Hello October!

Holy cow - I blinked and it turned into October! I love, love, love this time of the year. Not just because it's my birthday month either.

I love that the days starts to get shorter, the weather starts to get cooler, the trees turn colors and the anticipation of family holidays coming up. I love that it's football and tailgating season, festivals and pumpkin patch season. An I love the colors of autumn.

We started October hitting the ground running. Up first was the Grove Games pep rally that a friend and I organized for Mark's school. This was the kick-off to the school's fall fundraising event. It turned out so great! Thanks to the help of the Dragon drum line, cheerleaders and Coach McDade, we got the kids FIRED up to go ask their families for money. Haha, you're welcome, parents. Charlie the Dragon and Reliant Man also made appearances. I just love kids at this age when they just believe so much!

These friends met before going into school because both their mamas were foolish enough to volunteer on the Grove Games committee. Just kidding. I do love organizing these events and I love that I get to do it with friends!

Mark and his classmates were so excited for the pep rally to start.

I get to work with these PTO moms. We are missing Erin in this picture...

Our high school basketball coach, Coach McDade, gave us his time and did his thing to get the kids excited about the prizes they can win!

Erin and I got to demonstrate the obstacle course race to the kids and teachers! Mark said he cheered for the both of us because he didn't want his friend Ryleigh to be upset if Erin didn't win. So sweet!

I caught up with this cutie for a picture before he had to head back to class. 

The pep rally team picture with Charlie and Reliant Man! 

Another Catch Up Post

Lot's of stuff have been going on around here. It's always so busy in the Fall and to make things a little bit crazier, we decided this is the time to add a full back yard renovation to the mix. The pool is still undecided...

So let's start off with Michael's first YSML meeting of the year. They went to Christian Brother's Automotive to learn how to take care of their cars from checking the oil to changing the tires. I'm not sure how much Michael got out of the experience, but I was glad for him to get out of the house and be around fellow high school kids.

Mark helped Olivia celebrate her birthday at the park with sparklers. This was his first experience with sparklers and I was a lot nervous about it. He loved it, of course! We also did wish lanterns, which was a cool idea, but I couldn't help thinking that the lantern would fall somewhere and cause a huge fire.

Mark and I attended a Mother/Son Night at his school. It was suppose to be a color run but it rained so they couldn't do it! I am not gonna lie - I did a little dance because the thought of getting colored powder thrown all over me is not my idea of fun. It would have been really messy. So instead, we played dodgeball and a few other indoor games. Mark had a blast. I had fun too!

The next night, we went to the Kidz Bop concert with Sydney and Carter. We drove to the Toyota Music Factory complex and tried to go to dinner at the Yard House. Big mistake - the wait was way too long. Fortunately, we found another restaurant that could seat us immediately. BONUS - It was still happy hour. Mark had a Shirley Temple for the first time and loved it. He pretended that it was a sangria. I think I may have ordered too many sangrias around him. Haha...

These two were really into it...look at the concentration on their little faces!

We finally got a soccer game in for Mark last weekend! They have not played or practiced for the last 3 weeks so we were ready to see some action. It was a really fun game to watch. The kids were actually playing soccer and passing the ball to each other instead of just trying to kick the ball. Mark scored the first goal.  And, for the first time ever, everyone on the team scored at least a goal and had a least 3 assists. Coach asked for a raise. The parents agreed and tripled his salary which came out to be $0.

Those were our September highlights! October is going to be another busy month and I'm just so happy that the weather is getting cooler. Fall is my favorite season here and I am going to enjoy every minute of it.

Friday Night Lights

One of the things I love about Fall is tailgating at Dragon Stadium. Yes, we tailgate for high school football games and it's so so fun. My friend Jessica went and marked out our spot earlier in the morning so we would have spaces. That's what you have to do here.

My friends Jessica introduced to her friend, Gina, Gina is amazing. Here son, Joseph has a rare disease called Batten's Disease and she started a foundation to help fund research for rare diseases. She is so upbeat and has a huge personality. I'm so happy to know her.

Relaxing while the kids go crazy!

One of the best things about tailgating t Dragon Stadium? Everyone is a friend even if you've never met them. Haha!

Friday Night Lights is real!

Our Emerald Belles are amazing and our marching band isn't too shabby either. Although, Michael always says that the Flower Mound band is better than our. Traitor.

We heart the Dragon Spell-Out!

Love these two boys....