Sports Filled Weekend and Birthday Celebration

The boys had quite a few sporting events this weekend, in addition to it being Camden's birthday weekend, so Nana and Poppa decided to take advantage of everything going on and enjoyed a long weekend with us. It began Thursday with Casen having a basketball game. They had a pep rally at his school to celebrate and fortunately, one of my friends whose daughter is a cheerleader, snapped some pics for me. I honestly had no idea parents could show up for the pep rally or I would have been there in person. 

The boys played their rival, Tomball Junior High, again however this time they did not come out on top. :( 

Basket made!

Friday evening, we headed to Camden's soccer game, which they were playing against Tomball High School at Tomball ISD Stadium. Playing under the big lights! :)

Camden's cheering section.

Camden had a showcase this weekend, so we were able to enjoy some beautiful weather while watching our favorite soccer player. On Saturday, his team was beating the other team pretty good, so his coach asked him if he wanted to play up. He gladly took the opportunity and ended up scoring a goal!! So fun to see since seldom do defenders normally score!

GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!

After his game on Sunday, we headed back home to celebrate his birthday before Nana and Poppa left. Since he had a high school game scheduled on his birthday as well as a big test the day after, he talked us in to celebrating early. I am sure being able to open presents early had nothing to do with his request. LOL! 

I am so dang proud of Camden - he works hard in school as well as in soccer (both school and club). He has a goal and stays focused while also having fun. He loves playing video games on his self built computer, however is responsible enough to know that work comes before play, which earned him straight A's first semester. I am so grateful to be his mom and look forward to what this next year brings.

Mississippi mud cake for the win!

Of course I had to grab a picture tonight after his game since it is his actual birthday. 

Happy 15th Birthday Camden!!

Snow Day 2025

What was supposed to be a three day weekend has turned into a five day weekend! With the threat of snowy/icy weather, we found out yesterday that school has been cancelled for today and tomorrow in anticipation of snow and freezing temperatures. Sure enough, when we woke up this morning, we found it had snowed. 

Nina wasn't too sure about the snow

The view out of an upstairs window

Our house

Once the boys got up, they were ready to go 'sledding'. We grabbed their body boards and headed to the neighborhood next to ours where there was a hill they could sled down.

Casen pushing Camden 

I tried it too!

Sometimes they ended up very 
close to the water

Casen's snow angel

Snow ball fight

Hopefully the snow was not yellow

After we got home and rested a bit, the boys and Nina went out in the back and threw more snowballs. Apparently, the cold does not bother them . . 

It was nice to have the additional few days off. I was very grateful that, despite the predictions, we did not lose power or have any issues with the freezing temperatures.

Basketball Tournament

Casen is at the age where there is such a wide variety in size amongst the boys. Some have gone through puberty, some are smooth in the middle of it, and others haven't even hit it yet. With him being a June birthday, he generally is one of the youngest (if not the youngest)on his team. Still, he is one of the tallest on his team. As you know, size definitely matters in sports, and I will tell you, some of these teams have boys that must be corn fed! Last week he was matched against a boy at least a head taller than him during the tip off. LOL! Despite having a hard time defending those who are taller, Casen still works hard and plays his heart out.

We had 3 straight days of basketball this past week. On Thursday,  Casen had a home game against Magnolia.

He had extra fans!

Making a free throw

On Friday and Saturday, his team played in a tournament that was held in Klein. The boys won one and lost on Friday night. On Saturday morning, they won their first game against their rival, Tomball Junior High and then lost their second game against their other rival, Grand Lakes. 

The score again Tomball Junior High

With the basketball tournament, Shane, Casen and I were all a bit bummed we couldn't go to the church student weekend retreat again this year. Instead, Camden was able to enjoy himself at the weekend retreat at Camp Cho-Yeh. We dropped him off at the church Friday night before we headed to watch basketball, and then picked him up Sunday afternoon. Despite coming home exhausted, he had a great time! Good thing we all have off tomorrow for MLK day so everyone can catch up on some sleep!

HNW Church Youth