Life Lately - October

It's been such a fun month I couldn't wait until the end to share some of our pictures. Since it is fall, we have been baking & making all of our fun fall treats. Between KLife & sleepovers, we love baking around here starting with s'mores pops for football season:

Pumpkin & white chocolate chip cookies:

Of course, we have to make our own donuts since we are gf, so we had to make pumpkin this month:

Pizza dip:

and new this year, we tried making Peeps Popcorn:

And don't even get me started on the amount of candy we have consumed already!

One night we had K-Life at our house when the girls heard the ice cream truck. It didn't matter that I had already provided drinks & snacks, they ran out there as quickly as they could:

This past weekend was the ultimate KLife event that both of my girls loved - the Progressive Riot! Sadie went the past 3 years, but it is only for middle school so this year it was all about Sophie & her friends. We drop them off at 8:00 Friday night & pick them up at 7:00 Saturday morning. They don't slow down or sleep at all, instead they went to Andretti's, Ninja Nation, Slick City & Urban Air:

We've also been busy with NCL. I volunteered on behalf of NCL & our PTA with the Frisco Threads closet:

The girls volunteered with Miracle League Cheer again:

And Sophie's class met to make Love Pacs & then got Chiller Bee afterwards:

Sophie is still busy with volleyball and cheer for a few more weeks. She was excited to be invited back to Pink for walk to school day:

Our social butterfly has had several birthday parties lately:

including one at TCU's volleyball game & they had such a fun night:

Sadie on the other hand has been busy with sports & school. I didn't really post about this, but she just came off of an injury. She got hurt a few weeks ago in her soccer game & I guess I didn't realize how bad it was because when she ran in her XC meet a few days later, she made it worse. I could tell she was hurt because she slowed down & had tears during the race. By the time she finished her race, she lost it - she collapsed to the ground and cried. Their school doctor put her in a boot & was worried about a stress fracture in her foot. After several x-rays & an MRI, they didn't find anything & basically we concluded she had a stress injury due to overuse since she was running about 20 miles a week & playing soccer 20 hours a week. Needless to say, she took a few weeks off in a walking boot, but she has gradually returned to normal activity, however she missed the last few cross country meets. She just went to cheer on her teammates instead:

Last week she got invited to an FC Dallas game after practice:

Finally, one of those nights Sophie was a birthday party, Sadie invited a few friends to the Rooftop Movie Theater in Downtown Fort Worth to watch a movie - Scream 1! She hasn't really watched horror movies before, so it was kind of a fun introduction to a classic film I watched when I was in high school:

It's been a fun month, and we still have 2 weeks to go until Halloween!

State Fair 2026

Not only did we kick off fall break with the state fair, but we ended with it also! Every year we look at our calendar early & try to find a night where all 4 of us can go & we usually try to go the last week it is open, so it is cooler. And I prefer Thursday nights because it is less crowded & thrifty Thursday, with discounted prices for food. Unfortunately, Bryan had a trip planned so this year we had to go on Tuesday, which was actual fall break, so it was crowded. And hot, like 10 degrees above normal hot. Ugh. But that didn't stop us from having a good time! Just like Saturday, our first stop was for Bryan at Fletcher's for a corn dog:

In fact, food tends to be our favorite part of the fair! Sadie & I still have to be careful since we are gluten free, but we always get an elote:

and this year we discovered the deviled egg booth! We were able to have the hot honey & bacon deviled eggs & the Texas BBQ deviled egg. Bryan got the Wagyu deviled egg slider, which he claimed was his favorite of the night:

The girls found a pink lemonade slushy with pop rocks in it which they loved! And yes, it literally snapped & popped for a while they were drinking it:

And I read a review about a gf grilled cheese which they make with gf bread in a separate, sanitized area. I couldn't pass that up:

We always walk around to see the animals & my favorite part is the birthing barn, but I think this year Sadie had fun looking at the cars since she is about to turn 15 & get her permit:

Of course we can't visit the fair without stopping by to see Big Tex:

Eventually we made our way to the midway, which is the girl's favorite part!

We usually let them pick 1 or 2 rides & play at least 1 game, however, discount Tuesdays are for the rides. They were definitely cheaper, but WAY more crowded. Literally the longest lines I have ever seen at the fair & to be honest, it wasn't worth waiting. The girls were a little disappointed, so we let them play a few games instead:

Of course we couldn't leave without dessert:

It was way crowded & way too hot, but still worth the trip. We have literally taken the girls every single year since they were born so it only feels natural to go every fall. Until next year!

Texas-OU Red River Rivalry 2026

This past weekend was fall break but the girls still had activities so we couldn't go out of town, but we did enjoy a long weekend & on Saturday, we kicked it off at the state fair for the annual rivalry football game. Sadie couldn't go because she had a soccer game that evening:

which meant we just got to spend extra time with this girl:

I think she was excited to go to the game & spend extra time with us, but by the time we sat down at the game, I think she missed having Sadie around. Not only are they sisters, but they are also friends, so she is used to having her sidekick. 

It was hot at kickoff since it was a 2:30 start, but it was a beautiful day:

In case you live under a rock & haven't heard, we were undefeated & ranked number 1 in the nation & OU hasn't had a good year so we should have easily won, but that's the beauty of college football & rivals - you never know what's going to happen?! Unfortunately, our team pretty much gave them 17 points (don't get me started!) and then we literally lost by a field goal in the last 3 seconds. Ugh. It was definitely disappointing, but we still had fun & stayed until the game was over - once a fan, always a fan & we will never leave early because they eyes of Texas are always upon you:

Unfortunately, we did not stay and enjoy the fair, because Sadie's soccer game was in Dallas at 7:00 so we left as quickly as we could to go watch her. We got there late and got to watch the second half but check out this picture - the sunset was beautiful!