Riley & Jess

I wanted a picture of Riley and Jess since they were both dressed up at the same time. Since I had to go to the restroom I took one and then asked Jeremy to take another because I wanted a closer photo. Jeremy, being his usually silly self, doesn't wait for them to get ready at all. Just starts snapping pictures. We laughed and I planned to delete them, but when I look over them it makes me smile remembering the moment. I also thought it would be nice to put some of his funny stores on the blog so we don't forget them. The other photos are them at the water gardens in Fort Worth, at a track meet, and at the Drake concert.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games premiered at midnight and I am not one for staying up that late, so I thought it would be a nice surprise to take Bailey out of school early and go see it. I figured since she's about to start High School (sad tears) I won't be able to take her out much anymore, so I did it while I still could. After the movie we headed over to Yumilicous for a frozen yogurt. I had a lot of fun and I always love our mother-daughter dates!! For those of you who haven't seen recent pictures...yes she is a few inches taller than me now :)

Hanging with Rudy Booty

We always love when we get to spend time with Rudy! He has a routine at our house, so when he comes over he starts asking to go on a walk. He knows that he'll get to walk to the park to play. Part of the fun of being Aunt and Uncle is that we get to feed him what he wants. In the top picture he's eating Pringle's about six at a time. I always give him a bath before he goes to sleep (another routine that he's used to and likes) and tonight Uncle Jeremy thought it would be funny to put him in the tub with his clothes on. I don't think he was as into it as Jeremy was :) For whatever reason Rudy loves playing in Charlee's crate. He gets in and even wants us to lock it and if Charlee tries to get in too he won't let her.

Riley's First Track Meet

I have been telling Riley to join track since he was in the 7th grade and this year he finally did. After only a couple weeks of practice he is the starting Varsity High Jumper. I kept telling him he had some unusual ability to jump and I was right. Today, he competed in his first track meet. This meet happens to be one of the most competitive of the year, so he was nervous. He has been jumping right at 6' during practice, but being so new to the sport he really didn't know how he would compare to others. Honestly, I was a little nervous when I saw all of the other high jumpers. Some of them were huge!! One of the guys he jumped against has a personal best of 6'7". The bar was set at 5'6" as the starting height. Riley was third to jump and had a pretty awful start. He messed up on the run, drug his toe on the track, and missed the jump. In order to move on to the succeeding rounds a high jumper must clear that height and has three chances to do so. Riley's coach was watching another event, so he was alone. I didn't know if I should walk over there and talk to him or just let him be. I decided to go over there and do my best to encourage him. He wanted to watch the video I had taken to see where he messed up. I told him that the pressure was off since they already knew who was taking first and just told him to calm down and do his best. He easily cleared the next jump, so he was able to relax a little. There were a lot eliminated with each round, so things were looking good for Riley. I felt so bad, because with each round I just kept hoping that the other boys would mess up. Riley was one of only four to clear 6' feet and one of only two to clear 6'2". The whole thing was so exciting and nerve racking and I loved it!! It was so much fun to watch him and I am so proud of him!!! In his first meet ever he won second place. His coach thinks he will definitely make district finals. Jeremy pointed out that based on his height and the height jumped Riley definitely won. The winner was 6'5 and jumped 6'6, while Riley is 5'10" and jumped 6'2" :)