9/28 - Landon worked out with soccer team of some friends that he used to play with. He seemed to enjoy it and got some excerside in
9/27 - Tonight the Landon's cub scout den and some of the girl scout siblings including Kasey got to go to City Hall. They got to meet the Mayor and ask him questions. The boys then did color guard to present the flags and say pledge of allegiance. Landon read for the color guard. Then we stayed for parts of the meeting so they could see how it went. A bit after 7:30 we left. Outside was a mommy bunny and her 2 little baby bunnies. The kids really enjoyed that.
9/24 - Greg and Landon got up and left about 6:40am to head to boy scout camp out. Kasey had woken up in the middle of the night needing allergy medicine, but slept in til 7:40ish. She took Patch outside for a bit while I rested until 8. We got up, got ready, ran by Chick fil a for breakfast and I took Kasey to Creative Dramatics camp at the Allen High school. I got to run a few errands, do a little shopping and veg and watch TV with patch while she was there.
I went back to see her very short performance at 3 and she was excited. The did a little performance - Kasey was a bunny named Abby (after cousins dog). She had a few lines. She was really excited about making her own costume - with bunny ears and tail. I think she really had fun at it.
After camp we went to get a bday present for friend, went to look at halloween costumes and then picked up early dinner at freebirds. We came home to eat with Patch. We watched Mamma Mia, and then hung out and started a little bit of a hallmark movie
9/21 - 23 - 5th Grade Sky Ranch trip
I went with Landon to Sky Ranch which was really fun. I had a group of 4 girls I was in charge of and stayed in their cabin. I had a girl that was ring leader, talked back often, and a bit boy crazy. I had a girl that we lost a few times and had a few breakdowns from being afraid of heights. Then I had a few girls that were sweet. The rest of our cabin was nice and had good girls. We had some chaperone issues. One of the moms played Nukem with the girls and hurt her foot pretty bad. They thought it might have been broken but it wasn't, but she had to leave early. One of the other moms in our cabin had a bad allergic reaction and swelled up pretty bad the last night. So by the last day 2 moms had 11 girls.
I think we all had a good time even though we were tired. We had 4 classes total that were multi hour, but multiple stations. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then afternoon there was 2 hour rec time at different stations. Then we had night time activities which were fun
Here are some summaries of the cool things we did at camp.
Wednesday
Drove to Sky Ranch
Lunch - chicken sandwich
Warm/hot afternoon class of making rockets, doing mr potato head energy races and learning about rocks and how land is formed.
Rec Time - We did water slides then most kids went to pool - had cool slide that was soft on the bottom
Dinner - spaghetti and meatballs
Evening activities - girls started playing Nukem, then did scavenger hunt doing different activities around camp; cabin 13 girls beat cabin 18 boys (Landon's cabin) in scavenger hunt by 2 minutes
Thursday
Breakfast - bacon, eggs, biscuit and gravy
started with some dancing in the morning with everyone - funny
morning class - We spent the morning learning about turtles (kids got to hold baby turtles), fishing in dry pond, testing Ph in lab coats, learning about water molecule paths, and checking out a pond habitat (one group found a leech)
Lunch
afternoon class - This afternoon we had fun classes learning about American Indians. We met La Salle and several native Americans learning about how they live, weapons, food and their homes. Kids got to shoot arrows, got their faces painted and were given Indian names.
Rec Time - zip line - several of the girls in my cabin did it including me. We had a few that got really scared and couldn't do it. I got to go then I got to watch and video Landon and his chaperone and a few from his group go. Then several kids had pool time- boys vs girls water polo.
Dinner - beans, rice and tostada
Evening event - camp fire - they had a small fire, but was really outdoor auditorium where kids, Sky Ranch leaders, and even the teachers and Ms Abihosh did skits. The kids did a good job and had fun with skits. My cabin had girls arguing over what to do for skit, giving different ideas, all the girls said something (I think we are the only ones that did that), and then the end was one of the girls coming to the middle saying something silly and one of the other girls telling her not now. It was cute.
Friday
breakfast - kolache and eggs
morning class - science class on animals. Kids got to see real skulls and learn about how eyes and features impact what they eat and if they are predator or prey. We learned about soils and decomposition, looking at environmental impacts then we got to learn about and see some cool animals including glowing scorpion, blue tongued lizard and chinchilla
Lunch - grilled cheese and tomato soup
Two of the dads put all of our luggage into the buses in the heat. That was super nice of them.
We headed out about 11:50am and got back to school about 1:40pm. Greg came to get Landon, Maxum and I. I was in the shower by about 2:15 :)
We headed to Mi Cocina for an early dinner which we all needed.
9/20 - My last day of work for a few days. Left a little early because I was meeting a few friends near Mockingbird station for early dinner. We met at Urban taco for a few drinks and some tacos. Then we drove downtown to AA center. Grammy had bought tickets for us to go see Carrie Underwood as my birthday present. The concert was great. She moved around a lot, the music and small visual effects were good. We all really enjoyed it.
9/18 - There was a storm that passed through after 6am. Thunder and lightning so it woke up Kasey and she was scared. Luckily that passed. She went a played for a bit and I asked her to let me sleep til 8. 7:40 she was turning lights on telling me to get up. Anyway, we made breakfast. Kasey's idea. We had cheese eggs with salsa and crunchy onions (like you use on green bean casserole). We also made some bacon. Then we had hot chocolate for drink. Its not cold, but that's what Kasey planned for breakfast. She cooked the eggs for the most part and put the onions and salsa on the plates. It was pretty good :)
After breakfast we really needed to clean up. While that was not at all what Kasey wanted to do we got a lot done before the boys got home. They got home and we had to get all their wet stuff out from camping and get laundry started. They took showers and then we headed to Addison Oktoberfest. It was ok in the shade, but in the sun it was hot! We still got some good food and drink, and the kids got to ride a few rides. I rode one with Landon, but most of them they did together or alone.
We went back into the tent at the end to cool off some. Kasey was researching halloween costumes and Landon was trying very hard to play pokemon go while Greg finished his beer.
We headed back and stopped at Zorbas for an early dinner. Yum! Greg fell asleep on the way home from there. Shower time for kids and we got a few minutes to rest.
9/17 - Kasey got to sleep in bed with me. Shhhh, don't tell Greg :) Of course seems like she woke up early. She let me sleep in. She went in the other room watching cake decorating videos and playing with playdoh and art stuff. After I got up we took some showers and got ready for lunch. We had lunch at La Madeleine which was yummy. Kasey tried Quiche but didn't like it to much so she ate most of my chicken Caesar salad. After lunch we ran to Kohls to get some new pajamas for Kasey. Hers have gotten to tight.
We came home to hang out with patch for a while. We finished a movie up and then got ready for our afternoon/evening.
We were going to a girl scout event and Rangers Game. I picked up Mia and we headed out. We got there a bit early but it all worked out. Girls got to do a few things about snacks, got a patch for bringing canned goods, and then they got to go into the youth ballpark. They started trying to knock a ball off T, then they got to throw a baseball, and then they got to hit several balls. Kasey enjoyed hitting balls and remembered how to stand and swing. She did a good job.
Then we headed to the stadium. Kasey was starving and I discovered I didn't have my wallet (luckily it was in the car), so we had to borrow money. We got some food and sat down. I asked Kasey if she wanted to learn about the game. She kind of said she didn't care but if I wanted to share some things I could. So I started talking to her about stikes and balls and outs and foul balls. She actually already knew there were 3 outs, 3 strikes and 4 balls. Anyway after eating she wanted to sit with friends so she went down there for a while. We left mid way through 3rd inning to get her home before it was super late. We got a little dessert on the way out which was fun. Overall a good evening and fun for girls and parents.
And the Aggies beat Auburn while we camped and went to Rangers games :)
9/16 - Came home from work. Got boys out the door headed to first boy scout campout. Kasey and I went to dinner at Mexigo with Grammy and Gramps. Yummy food and good times.
Kasey and I hung out some then got her in bed. I got to hang out for some me time :)
9/15 - Greg and I both had meetings at the school and then headed to Oktoberfest. My work team was there and some good friends too. We had fun getting some food, beer and took home Helmut's Strudel for breakfast :)
9/10 - We got up, had a yummy breakfast and pretty much got ready to go. Fun girls slumber party with my mom, aunt, cousin and daughter. Drove home and mom and I got to talk some which we don't get to do that often.
9/9 - Greg woke up at 5am to see if it was raining and would cancel Landon's baseball game. It was raining and fields were closed. Greg and Landon got ready and left the house before 6:30am to drive down and see the 11am A&M vs Prarie View A&M game. Kasey and I got to sleep in a little bit longer. We laid in bed and caught up on Chesapeake Shores (new Hallmark TV Show). We went to grab a quick breakfast at Starbucks and then we took showers and got ready. Grammy came to pick us up about 10 - we were running a bit late, but made it. We drove down to Conroe to Aunt Marys. We had a fun family visit. Kasey got to play with her cousin Ayla - they always have fun. They both wore their best cousins necklaces.
We had baby shower for new cousin Bradley coming in the next month or so. Fun family times. We had yummy dinner as always. Tried some wine that was fermented in whisky barrels. Pretty good. After family with kiddos left and Kasey went to sleep we stayed up talking politics. At least we are all on the same side :) Then we had a little girls night til 1am. Fun times with family.
9/9 - Landon got knight if the week for the first week 
9/4 - We got up, had a great breakfast with Aunt Mary. Kasey drew her a flower family picture and put Kasey and Aunt Mary (she spelled it Aut Mreey). We headed and and drove home. We had some traffic but not horrible. We read quite a bit going home. Kids played cards some in the backseat, and Landon created his own football game with cards. Needs a little work, but was creative.
We came home to a clean house (yea) and started some laundry
9/3 - Landon woke me up saying its 8 o'clock. Glad we slept in some. We got up and got showers for everyone and we got packed and headed to get some Kolaches. Then we headed to aunt Mary's. The kids had been there like 2 minutes and were outside seeing the dogs. We hung out through the afternoon visiting with aunt Mary. Kasey set up a full tea party. Aunt Mary, Kasey and I had "tea" and we had red velvet cake :) We played some Jinga which kids really enjoyed. Then Landon built a football field and Greg and Landon played football with paper football which was fun. Early evening Nina, Matt and Skylar came over. She's so cute. David and Cheri came over after work. We all had good dinner, visited and were entertained by Skylar. Kasey really tried to entertain her. Getting her to use the keyboard, dancing for her, fun.
That night Landon asked where Kasey put her paper football. She said Mommy and Daddy's room. He asked where. She said, in the basket by the door - Aunt Mary said that's the trash can. Kasey knew that. It was pretty funny.
We had a good dinner all together. After Skylar had to go home for bed, we played some Jinga together. We had fun playing regular way then Landon put it up on stilts to make it harder and it stayed up for a while :) Landon played little basketball game with David.
We had a good time. We stayed up watching Texas end up winning just barely over Notre Dame. So glad its football season :)
9/3 - Kids got us up of course. We all showered and got ready. We had ok breakfast at the hotel. Then we headed out for some shopping at Maroon U - great Aggie store. After that we headed to drop Doug's car off in the parking lot and then to the Chicken. We got there a little late since we had lots of shopping to do :) We ended up at a very small table on the patio. We got dominoes some beer and powerade for the kids. Feels like home away from home at the Chicken.
We eventually got a table inside and got some lunch. Dave, Tracy and E came by later before we walked to the game. We got to show kids our dorms (somehow they forget when you only do it every few years :)) We made it just in time to grab a snack and get there for flyover. We had some drama, the wind blew peanut shells all over us. Kasey started getting itchy and freaking out. We gave her benadryl and washed her hands and legs off. She was still freaking out some. By the time we got to the car she was doing better. A&M won the game in 2 overtimes. It was a little close for our comfort.
After the game Greg went out with the boys. I took kids back to hotel. It took us longer than it should have :( Anyway, we had snacks at gas station for dinner. Oh well, it all worked out. Kids eventually went to sleep and I read in the dark. Greg was on his way home around midnight. I had just laid down to go to sleep and Kasey woke up and threw up all over the bed. Poor thing. Not sure if it was from peanuts or what. We changed all the bedding and all went to bed. She was fine.
9/2 - Labor Day weekend and we headed to College Station. It's time for some college football. I worked from home, we had our new mattresses delivered 20 minutes before we were leaving. Our new bed is tall and we have to almost jump to get on it. Patch was still able to jump up fine. Landon's bed is also taller - he said he couldn't feel much difference but I could on his.
Kids had lost electronics for the entire week including drives to College Station and from Conroe. Definitely some complaining but they figured out how to entertain themselves for 3 hours. We got down there in time to check in fast. They had a bean bag toss that you could try to get 500 extra points. I let Landon do it and he got it first try. Kasey tried too, and got really close.
Then we headed to dinner - we met Doug, Dave, Tracy and Elisabeth at a nice restaurant called Christophers. It was in an older house and pretty nice. The food was good and we enjoyed the evening with some good wine and friends. After dinner Greg took the kids back to get to bed. I went out with the others for some wine at Veritas. We had drinks and talked for a while. Then headed back. Doug and I had another beer at the hotel hanging out.