First 7th Grade GMS Football Game

Instead of Friday night lights in Frisco, for middle school, it is Tuesday night lights & they officially started this week! Sophie has really long days on Tuesdays, but she wouldn't have it any other way. They have cheer practice at 7:00 in the morning, after school she stays for volleyball practice until 5:00, then she rushes to the stadium for the first football game at 5:30:

You can't even tell half of this squad did the same thing as her because they were ready to cheer! They have been practicing all summer for this night:

They cheer for the B game first on the sideline, then perform at halftime:

Then they take a break during the 3rd quarter to eat dinner before they get ready to do it all over again for the A team:

It was hot out there but thankfully it cooled off when the sun went down:

They had a lot of friends there in the student section cheering from the stands:

and of course she had her own cheering section with us also:

After the game, a group of them went to Raising Cane's to celebrate. I have a feeling it will be a fun season:

Life Lately - August

 Usually, I say how fast I feel like time flies by but for some reason, I feel like August slowed down. Maybe because it has been hitting 100+ every single day? And I am not exaggerating, we are having a hot, late summer with temps above 100 for weeks. And why is Labor Day late this year? I think mentally it will feel better if we can say we are past Labor Day and ready for fall? Either way, we are full steam ahead since school & activities are in motion. Sophie went to a fun birthday party at the lake with an obstacle course:

We've had a few sleepovers & the girls love baking homemade gf donuts when we have friends over:

Bryan & I volunteer with the children's ministry at our church quite a bit and a friend sent me this picture of Bryan while he was teaching children's church. So fun seeing him in action:

Cross Country has started having weekly dinners before their meet & Sadie said it was fun eating pasta & playing soccer:

Last week their meet was in Wylie, so they had to be at the school at 5:00 am and thankfully she got a little nap on the bus ride because she did awesome:

This week they bumped up from 2 miles to a 5k, which is 3.1 miles I think the extra distance helped her pull ahead of the competition because it was her best race yet. She got 39 out of 229 girls! And she is running varsity so there are a lot of upperclassmen she is competing against, but these 3 freshmen are doing awesome:

Whoever thought to bring a snow cone truck to the meet was genius because they all got cold treats afterwards:

They even had a special visitor stop by to cheer them on - their principal came to watch them run:

They ran on Friday and then she had soccer games Saturday & Sunday. She guest played on Saturday, but her team had a league game on Sunday. They actually started their league last weekend and kicked off the season with a 9-0 win:

They won yesterday 3-0:

I think this might be the most excited we have been about a soccer team before - it's going to be a fun year with this group of ladies:

GMS 7th Grade Lady Gator Volleyball

Sophie has been on the sideline cheering for her sister for 2 years & last night she finally had her turn - middle school volleyball has officially begun! They had try outs the first & second week of school and then found out teams last week. Of course, we had to sneak up to the school to surprise the girls & decorate the locker room:

Have you noticed a theme? We are still loving bows this year:

But my favorite part is the name signs we make for all of their lockers:

Along with decorations, we had drinks for the girls to go with their pre-game dinner:

We were even more excited when we showed up and she was the only one wearing white, which meant she got to play libero:

Can you tell how giddy she was?! These girls played amazing for their first time together and won in 2 sets. In fact, all 3 7th grade teams won last night in 2 games. I am so excited for the beginning of her lady gator journey in the next couple of years:

Chomp Chomp Gators!