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Thanksgiving week

Monday through Friday (Nov 21-25) we stayed at a little cabin near Mineola, TX. There was a fishing pond right behind the cabin and hundreds of acres to explore.

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Tucker was in heaven: running around without a leash, sniffing everything in sight, and getting covered in ticks.

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There was plenty of space to play. The only problem is that it rained most of the time we were there.

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The owner, Chris, took us on a tour of his property on his gator ATV. First, we brought treats to the longhorns.

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Thanksgiving dinner consisted of prime rib rather than turkey because I only eat meat a few times a year so it needs to be GOOD when I do!

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Before we left on Friday, we hiked over to edge of the property where it touches the dairy farm next door. The farm sells raw milk products and we stopped by Wednesday to buy some yogurt and chocolate milk. They were DELICIOUS! There was a donkey in with the cows and he came right up to us.

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Since it was pouring rain on Thanksgiving, Carter had to do his Turkey Trot after we got home on Friday.
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October activities

October 1 – Soccer game

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October 3 – Football game

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7th Grade Football Team (10/5)

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October 15 – Soccer games (I finally just took my camera to Raine’s games with me so that I would have some pics of her too.)

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October 17 Football game

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October 22 Soccer games

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Carter scored on this shot from way out on the left side!
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Carter should have scored on this one, but he ricochet it right off the post!
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Referee in the morning…
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…player in the evening.
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Carter participated in basketball skills training this month at the Southlake Marq. This video was from their end-of-month scrimmage. (10/24)

Ironman

Daddy completed a half-Ironman today in Waco.

It started pouring rain just after Daddy entered the water but with the help of the Ironman tracker app, we were able to cheer him on a couple times as we got drenched!
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The sign that Raine worked so hard on didn’t fair so well.
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The rain had pretty much stopped when we drove out along the bike course to cheer for him.
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We saw him run by on the running route as we were stuck in race traffic. Then we headed to the finish line to wait for him along the bridge which was the final stretch of the race.
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The kids gave him a high five as he ran into the chute (but it was behind the flags so I couldn’t get a photo).
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Detailed result times:
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September activities – football, soccer

September 7 – Carter’s first football game

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September 10 – Soccer games

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September 12 – Football game

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September 19 – CARTER SCORED A TOUCHDOWN!!!

The play was on the opposite side of the field so I couldn’t get a picture until he was strolling through the endzone. He caught a pass out wide and ran it in.
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Carter was named offensive player of the game the next morning over the announcements and got the blue horseshoe for the week.
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September 20 – Soccer game

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September 24 – Soccer game

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September 26 – Football game

Carter got to be one of the team captains because he was the offensive player of the game at the previous game.
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Raine is playing rec soccer and refereeing, but since I coach her team, I don’t get any photos of her.

First day of school

Raine’s first day of High School at Collegiate Academy (9th grade)
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Carter’s first day of 7th grade
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*** UPDATED ***
9/5 – Raine needed a headshot for her spirit team tryouts so I took some in the backyard. She ended up not trying out though because she was refereeing during tryouts and never got around to submitting a video instead.
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July activities

7/15/22 Whoa Zone at lake Grapevine. Tucker swam while the kids played.

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7/21/22 Basketball camp at Fieldhouse with Will Merrifield.

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7/23/22 Paddle boarding at Lake Grapevine

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7/24/22 Carter shooting hoops at the elementary school.

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7/27/22 Carter playing basketball with Josh Teames.

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