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:

Mother's Day 2026

I usually don't write an entire post just dedicated to Mother's Day, but we had such a great day & took so many pictures, that I thought I would share. I woke up to a few surprises - food & flowers! My family knows me so well. Bryan snuck out early & picked up DF/GF donuts at the only shop in town who happens to make them on the weekend:

I know, they look more like dessert, right?! And the flowers were an orchid and it is beautiful! We'll see how long it lasts, because I have had 1 before & couldn't keep it for the long run:

At church they gave each woman a little goodie bag, which was a fun surprise:

Of course our church always has a photo back drop so we had to take a family picture:

We had reservations at The Glen, which happens to be one of my favorite restaurants in Frisco. Bryan & I have been here several times, but we had never brought the girls. It is very girlie place & I knew they would have fun taking pictures:

Told you - lots of pictures! Besides the ambiance, they have an aerial artist that performs. Usually it's later on weekend nights, which is why the girls haven't seen it, but they said there would be performances for Mother's Day and the girls were definitely surprised:

They are also super flexible with their menu to accommodate our allergen requests. Sophie really wanted the truffle fries & of course they are in a shared fryer, but they have an air fryer in the back so they could make ours separately. Sadie was excited to have a mocktail & then she was surprised when they brought her tray of shrimp:

And these 2 - they went all in gluten & got the fried chicken & churros. It looked so good:

After lunch, it stormed all afternoon, so we came home, got comfy & watched movies all night. It was literally the perfect way to celebrate Mother's Day!