June 23

June 22 – Snowflake, AZ temple

Rec Center Swimming pool

Brazilian Samba dance lessons

June 20 – flying to Phoenix

June 21 – Sunrise Park Resort

June 3 – lunch

White House

Capitol

June 4 – Mt Vernon

June 5 – Yankee’s game

June 6 – Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty

One World Trade Center

Hamilton on Broadway

June 7 – The Met

5/3 Carter at the CMS Color Run

5/4 Chainsmoker’s concert

Carter was not impressed.

He was more interested in eating than watching the concert so I found a table next to the windows so that I could watch while he ate!

5/7 Raine finally got her learner’s permit! She had to go to court with me in the morning so that we could go straight to the DMV when I was done. Then we waited an hour and a half before we were called back.

I made her pump the gas for the first time on the way home!

5/12 Mother’s Day

5/17 Carter’s 8th Grade Celebration

5/23/2024 Last day of middle school

5/2 Carter’s school soccer game, he had some great saves.

Even though it looks like his hands on are on the wrong side of the ball, he snatched this one right out of the air in a great save.

5/4 Raine’s soccer game

5/7 Tornadoes

Raine’s team scored 2 goals directly off of Raine’s first 2 corner kicks.

5/11 Carter scored 8 points in his basketball game

Highlights from the 5/5 and 5/11 games

5/11 Raine’s last soccer game of the rec season. It was against a really terrible team, so our starting line-up had our defenders playing striker and our strikers playing defense. Raine scored fairly early in the game so Coach Grant made her play goalie! I believe that this is the first goal that Raine has ever scored that wasn’t off a corner, penalty, or free kick.

After the game, we had an end-of-season party at the Londoner.

Raine was awarded “Player of the Season.” She scored 3 goals this season on top of all of the countless assists and defensive plays she made.

Carter’s school soccer team photos

4/4 Carter’s school soccer game

4/6 Carter’s rec soccer game

4/6 Raine’s rec soccer game – she scored a goal off an indirect free kick. The goalie touched it when she tried to stop it, so it counted as a goal.

4/11 Carter’s school soccer game

4/13 Carter’s rec soccer game

Raine was working as an assistant referee on a nearby field so I ran over to take pictures of her during Carter’s half-time.

Carter receiving his trophy for last season’s 2nd place finish.

Raine’s rec soccer game. They were winning 7-0 with 5 minutes left in the first half, so we left in order for Raine to get ready for prom.

4/18 Carter’s school soccer game

Raine’s rec soccer game

4/25 Carter’s school soccer game

Immediately after the school game, he had a rec game.

4/27 Carter’s rec game

Carter had to leave at half-time in his soccer game in order to get to his basketball game. He played great in this game.

2 points

Stuffed

Raine’s rec game

4/5 Raine’s Spring Fling dance at school

4/8 Total eclipse. We weren’t sure how much we would be able to see due to clouds, but fortunately, the clouds were pretty spotty where we were so we were able to see all of the different stages. Totality was beyond anything I expected. It wasn’t like a shadow, it was eerie, and all the street lights came on.

Carter stayed home from school but Raine went and watched the eclipse from the TCC campus. Fortunately someone took photos of her because I didn’t even think to take photos of us on the driveway watching it.

4/10 Youth temple trip

4/13 Raine went with Adam Sturgeon to his Keller High School Senior Prom. This was technically her first date, too. He had asked her to go to Mormon Prom back in March, but it was on a Friday night so she had a school soccer game and couldn’t go. She thought that was the end of it until he contacted her at about noon on Friday asking if she would go to his school prom with him. By some miracle, we found a dress and shoes Friday afternoon. And by some other miracle, we got her from sweaty soccer player to prom-ready in under two hours.

4/19 Raine found an injured bunny on her way to the bus stop. She wouldn’t leave it, so we had to take it to the animal hospital.

4/24 UIL Soccer Banquet. Raine was nominated 2nd Team All District

4/26 Boots and Beauties Daddy-daughter Dance

This photo was from Raine’s school newsletter. I believe it was taken on 4/26.

3/1 School soccer game.

Raine was named player of the game.

3/5 Last home game of the school soccer season.

3/8 Last school soccer game of the season and Raine had the best game she’s played all season.

3/10 – Carter’s basketball game

3/23 – Raine’s soccer game

3/30 – Carter’s basketball game

Easter weekend at the cabin

3/31 – Easter Sunday