AMAYTC 2011

This year was in Austin. Not too exciting since my first year was in Vegas and I had to skip Boston last year for S's wedding, but I did have a great time and learned ALOT!

These are some of the ladies I work with.  I met so many new people from all over the country.

 I even got to see my nephew:)

Pete's Piano bar

My poster session... I described my project like 50 times, but it was fun!!

Blue Moon Bar...our last night:(

C gets Knighted

We are so proud of our C.  His school is implementing a new character education curriculum.  They call it "The Code" and it has a sort of knights theme to it.  They recognize one student from each class who best displays part of The Code.  This was the first month, and the part of The Code being emphasized was tolerance.  C was chosen by his teacher as the student who best displays tolerance in his class, so he was knighted.  Here we are backstage prior to the ceremony.

Each student was called up on stage, met by their family and given a medal.  C's teacher said a few words about how he displays tolerance in class and what not.  It was so sweet and made us so proud.

Look closely at the knight on the left! All of the moms wanted their picture taken with Sir Cass! 

Hey-o!

All joking aside, these guys were REAL knights.  They have been knighted overseas.  They had real armor and real swords.  They say that they are "trying to make chivalry cool again."  They said "kids get awards for sports and doing well in school; we want to give them awards for being good kids and doing the right things."  At that point, all the moms were crying.

Again, we couldn't be more proud of our C.

Halloween 2011

Here are C and AM before we went out.  I was in the back trying to calm AC down.  She wasn't sure she wanted to go as Dora afterall.  

Trick or Treating is so fun now because they all say it and know what they get!!

Granny and Pops came over for dinner(Fish Tacos) and then went trick or treating with us:)

 Here's the first family photo.  B and I got dressed up for the occasion:)

B wore the backpack and wig when AC didn't want too:)

Here are the kiddos and Cedar inspecting their loot:)

School Halloween

We went to the pumpkin patch again this year....It was lovely:)

 See, the kids are overjoyed!

This is AM at her school parade.  She is Belle!

And this is her preschool class this year...

AC went as Dora.  She had backpack and boots, but she wouldn't wear the wig:)

 Here is C at his parade.  He is General Grievous...BUT, he wouldn't wear the mask:)  It is funny because in public school they can't actually celebrate Halloween, so they call it a Storybook Parade.

 This is C's class:)  His teacher was Goldy Locks.

Gramma's Fall Break Visit

Gramma came for a visit last weekend!  We had so much fun and we hope she and Papa can come more often once Gramma retires in January!

Gramma and Audrey Christine...

Annemarie and her boyfriend Huddy...

Our big soccer player: He is so good and is getting so much more aggressive...

Daddy "coaching" Annemarie.  We use the term coaching loosely...

More pics of Gramma with her grandchildren....

Quotes of the weekend:

Audrey (upon being woken up by mom or dad every single morning and after every nap): "I want Gramma!"

Annemarie: "Gramma, next time you come to our house, make sure you bring Papa."

Charlie: "Mom, don't tell me the next time we are going to South Carolina.  I get so excited...I can't sleep!  Don't tell me until the day we're leaving."

In a few short weeks he is really reading:)

It's soccer season again...

This Fall B is coaching both kiddos teams. He felt out of touch I think last Spring because he was down at Rice. So this means that he runs practice for AM's team of 6 4 and 5 year old girls and then for C's team of 7 6 year old boys. Then, they usually both have games on Sat. It has been a real learning experience:)

Practice is a real family affair...

Here is C in his game. He scored a goal on Sat and I therefore bought him a new Wii game as promised. I am not above bribery.

More pics to come. I have been so darn busy!!