Strike up the band

When we went to register Landon for school he had to choose between band, choir or drama. Drama was not an option for him, the councilor told us most boys don't do choir so we went for band. After the meeting with the band teacher he and Mike decided the Trombone was the best instrument for Landon. At this point he practices in the garage :). I  support the idea of kids learning to play an instrument and Landon is having a good time. 

Whitney takes another hit

Last weekend Whit had a game in San Antonio. Landon also had a game and Whitney had to be an hour early so in order for Mike and I to be at both games we sent Whit with a team mate and we drove down once Landon's game was over hoping to make it right as the game started. We were a little bit behind and pulled into the field about 20 minutes late. Just then my phone rang, it was the mom that Whit had driven down with. Whitney was hurt. She had gone up for a header and the girl headed her instead of the ball. She had a huge goose egg but was going to be OK.
Thanks to a dad on the team the header got captured on film. I think the ball just keep moving and they knocked into each other.

It wasn't enough to have her wrist still wrapped up. I guess she needed a matching set of bruises for her arm. She only wears her brace when she plays soccer now but it is bruised up pretty good.


The night it happened.
I could not capture the size of the goose egg or the color. Don't let her smile fool you. It was late and she was not happy to have her picture taken

The next day.
Still not happy to have her picture taken. Her eye was so swollen she could barely open it. All the swelling had settled in her eye.


The 3rd day. For some reason I can not get a good picture of it. It looks so much worse in person LOL. She gets stopped everywhere. Everyone wants to know WHAT HAPPENED!?!

Tonight after soccer practice she came limping to the car. Just a blister she said. Once she got home and got her shoe off she realized it was a little more then "just a blister" it was kind of big and kind of hurt but things got worse. She was out cleaning the mud off her shoes and a ant bit her right on the blister toe (it stings BAD those crazy little ants) Can this girl take anymore??

Landon had a great game this Sat. He made the team's first touchdown of the season and the first win at 8-7. It was a 55 yard touchdown! and the first time they let him run the ball. Finally! He also plays full time safety, is on all the special teams, outside linebacker and wide receiver sometimes.

Lake Travis High School

Congratulations Whitney on making the JV Lake Travis Soccer Team

Labor day weekend

We decided to stay in town for Labor day and get to know Austin a bit better.
We went to Lakeway city park. It is about 5 minutes away right on Lake Travis. It was an over cast day but it was still really warm.



That evening we went downtown. We tried to go out on Lake Austin in canoes but they were sold out. So we went to dinner and the bat colony.






It must have been a bad night to watch because it got dark and we were not able to see very many bats. Nothing like the picture below.

The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. Each night from mid-March to November, the bats emerge from under the bridge at dusk to blanket the sky as they head out to forage for food. This event has become one of the most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions in Texas.