August/September birthday gathering

We all made it to celebrate at Lita's today, but Austin had to leave early to head to the airport for Scotland. It was a nice day with family!

Volleyball Tournament

Anastasia and her team started out the season with a Volleyball Tournament in Houston. It took juggling and help from friends but she made it both days, and they played really well despite only practicing together as a team for a week before!

4-H Cake show and other stuff

'Tis the season for all the activities to start up, and the first one (besides sports practices) is 4-H! The kids participated in the annual cake show and auction, with Anastasia winning a 5th place ribbon this year.

Stephen had to go to football practice and missed the auction.

They had the awards banquet and then their first club meeting

And the county club fair which Stephen and Gloria helped with since they are officers

Happy Birthday, Austin!

 It was a busy day with Austin preparing to leave for Scotland and Anastasia playing in an out of town volleyball tournament. But we were able to all meet up for some golfing fun together in the afternoon!

Straight from the tournament and still in uniform...

The birthday boy won! The kids were impressed with his "hidden" golf skills.

Beach Trip

We had an not-so-busy week for once (except for Austin traveling for work), and two of the three working girls were off today, so we made a day trip to the beach with Pawpaw and Manah.

Candy Shop

Ferry Ride (the wait was soooo long!)

And a nice early dinner to finish the day before driving home.

Lil' Wrangler Tryouts!

After a week of dancing hard at Boot Camp, the kids had tryouts today. I can't believe it is Gloria's last year. I love watching her dance!!! And her partner made captain this year, so she should be doing a lot of dancing. 

**Updated: Stephen and his partner made the Elite Prep Team so he will be dancing the same routine with Gloria (on the Elite team) at performances. I am so excited they can be sort of together for her last year!

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans

We made food and helped decorate/serve food/visit with the Veterans. We always love this event with our 4-H Club. Unfortunately it overlapped with Wranglers Boot Camp, so Gloria and Stephen could not attend.