National Charity League - Legacy Sister

Sadie & I have been in National Charity League since she graduated 6th grade & guess who gets to join us?!

Our chapter only invites 30 new members every year, starting in 7th grade, so we were extra excited this year that not only does she get to join us, but also, she is a legacy, so she automatically got an invite! She found out in April but this month all of the fun started, beginning with a home delivery - an older ticktocker surprised her with a t-shirt & a yellow rose:

She also got an invitation to their first meeting for the class of 2032, which was this past weekend:

We got there early to help set up & Sadie got to come & help out too:

Our church graciously opened up their building for us to host & I thought it turned out so cute:

Sadie earned hours by helping out during the meeting:

We had a meeting, played some games & got to know all of the new members. Sophie even got recognized for being a legacy along with one of her friends:

We have a pretty good group from schools all of over Frisco but thankfully there are a a few sweet friends from Griffin also:

I mean look at these groups - patronesses (moms) and ticktockers (daughters). I think it's going to be a great year & I cannot wait to serve with both of the girls:

Sophie's Baptism at Sky Ranch

For the past year, Sophie has been talking about wanting to get baptized, so Bryan & I have studied with her & been praying for her. Just like her sister, she really wanted to do it at her favorite place - Sky Ranch! I'm telling you, that camp & those counselors have been so impactful to our children, so thankfully they invited us back out this past weekend & let us spend some time together with our family & a group of her friends from church:

Of course we stopped at the Sky sign as soon as we got there to take pictures with everyone. As you can see, the Lord blessed us with phenomenal weather! Eventually we drove in & set up by the lake. Bryan started our time together before opening it up to everyone else & let me tell you, the emotions were high listening to everyone talk about our sweet Sophie:

Then it was time! Bryan baptized her in the lake at Sky Ranch - just like she had been praying about:

Afterwards there was a lot of celebration & pictures from all:

She is so blessed to have such a good group of friends is in her church community. Sadie's best friend came to celebrate with us also. 

When we left Sky Ranch, we drove to Lindale to eat at the same place we took Sadie when she was baptized:

I couldn't help but laugh because when you take a group of girls to a restaurant, look at how many shirley temple's they ordered:

Some even surprised her with gifts. We gave her a new bible and she got a lot of accessories to go with it - bible tabs, highlighters, markers, bible cover, cross necklaces, etc. 

To end our day, we had to make a pit stop on our road trip home:

We had a great day & we are so thankful that all of our family & friends could join us. And Sophie, we are so proud of the young woman you are becoming & this awesome decision you made to follow Christ. We love you!

Griffin Soccer 2026

It's the end of an era for Sadie because not only will she be graduating from Griffin next year, but she officially finished middle school sports this week also. She played volleyball, ran cross country, played basketball, ran track & finished with soccer both years. Literally every sport middle school offers! But you know her heart belongs to soccer, even if they aren't very good. Ha!

But she loves the sport, she loves playing with her friends at school & playing friends from other schools as well:

Last week the girls played our rival school, Cobb & a friend took a few action shots:

One of our youth pastors came to watch her, which was a fun surprise:

It was her last official home game at Wakeland as a Griffin Gator & not a future Wakeland Wolverine:

They had an extra game this week, but it was away so instead of having meals delivered after school like we normally do, we snuck up there to set up a meal for them to celebrate the end of the season:

They have less than 2 weeks of school left so it was too hard to coordinate a party after hours. We didn't do much because they only had 30 minutes before they got on the bus, but I think they still had fun eating lunch in the science lab:

It was a fun soccer season, but she is really ready to play at Wakeland now. Hopefully a few of these girls will join her: