Maddie's Awards

Maddie had her first award ceremony in 4th grade on Friday, November 6th. She received the Super Speller Award, the All A & 1 B Honor Roll Award, and she was recognized for making the UIL Creative Writing team. Way to go Maddie girl!!!

Trip to Jerry's World

Corey scored 4 tickets to the Dallas Cowboys vs Seattle Seahawks football game at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, also known as Jerry's World, from his boss. The Crenshaw's went to the game with us. The stadium was absolutely amazing, and watching the Boys play wasn't bad either, especially Jason Witten:)

Another Casonism...

Cason was beat-boxing in the backseat of the car one afternoon. Beat-boxing is not something that anyone in our family does on a regular basis, or ever for that matter. So, I asked him "Where did you learn to do that?" He very confidently replied "No one taught me, I'm an original, word!" All I could do was laugh, and type what he said on my phone so I wouldn't forget!

Game Day

All of the Cowboys' games were at 8:00 on Saturday mornings, so there wasn't much preparation for game day. Usually a quick trip to the Minit Stop for some doughnuts was the pre-game meal, and any mental preparations were made on the 5-minute trip from our house to the field. Even though our game day was unlike most, the Cowboys tied for 1st place in the 5-6 year old flag division. Way to go Cowboys!!!

Here is Cason (#99) doing his job as a lineman!

Jackson's position changed often-sometimes he was quarterback, sometimes a receiver,
& other times a running back.

Cason is a man on a mission!

Halloween Town

On Halloween night we took the kids trick-or-treating in the Thompson Circle neighborhood. The police block off the streets so it's safe for the kids to walk around and we don't have to worry about them getting hit by a car.

Jackson's costume came with an additional mask, so he decided to have an outfit change for trick-or-treating. The 2nd mask was much scarier than the original!

We had a family photo op while trick-or-treating at Gram & Pop's house.

Our trick-or-treaters in action!

Every October, the Sykora and Watson families host a Halloween party. This year the party was on Friday, October 30th at the Sykora's home. As always the kids were super excited about their costumes, the hayride, and all the candy! After many trips to the various Halloween stores in Waco, the costumes were decided. Cason was a Ninja, Maddie a 60s Disco Diva, & Jackson was Jason from Friday the 13th. (I promise Jackson has not seen Friday the 13th; he liked the mask that accompanied the costume!)

At the party, we saw lots of cute kids dressed up as many different characters. There was baby Michael Jackson aka Asa Warner,

Indiana Jones aka Brock Sykora, the Incredible Hulk aka Cade Crenshaw,

Fred Flintstone aka Kyle Coats with Mom aka Sara, and

Barney Rubble aka Kase Coats with Dad aka Jason.

McCray & Jackson pose for a picture while waiting for the hayride to get going.

Cason, Cage (Yankees ball player), Maddie, Grace (Pebbles), &

Mason (Brett Michaels) also wait for the hayride to start.

Maddie and Morgan were Disco Diva twinkies!

Corey and I, along with Tom & Cheryl and Matt & Lora, went to adult Halloween party. We brainstormed many different costume ideas, and our final decision was Geisha girls and Sumo wrestlers. The Sumo wrestler costumes were hilarious! Needless to say, we got many stares & laughs as we made our way to the party. Especially from our new neighbors as we made our way to the car!

Cheryl, me, & Lora as Geisha girls

Sumo Wrestlers aka Matt & Corey

Jackson finally lost a tooth

While Jackson was fighting the swine flu, the tooth fairy decided it was time to pay him a visit. Jackson finally lost his first tooth! Even though he felt horrible, he was excited that he got to join the ranks of those who have lost a tooth, or teeth!

Heeeeyyyyy, Sic Em Bears!

Corey & I were able to get tickets to a Baylor football game pretty cheap, so we decided to take the kids to a game. The weather forecast was not that great for game day, but since we already had the tickets we were going to the game rain or shine.

Cason always has to be different!

We met the Crenshaw's and the Sykora's at Touchdown Alley so the kids could have some fun before the game started. It sprinkled off and on while the kids played, but not enough to stop them from enjoying all the activities! They shot baskets, golfed, threw footballs, & climbed a rockwall.

What a crew!!!

Blake, Cade, Cason, Jackson, Maddie, Addison, & Brock

Jackson & Madison made it to the top!

Cason almost made it to the top, but it really took

much more effort than he wanted to exert!

After the kids finished up their Touchdown Alley fun, we made our way into the stadium. We hadn't eaten dinner, so we decided to grab some food before the game started. Corey was still in line at the concession stand, while I took the kids to find our seats. As soon as we found our seats, the bottom fell out of the sky! This was not a drizzle, a sprinkle, or rain even-it was a downpour!!! We brought panchos, but of course they were not out of the packages yet. We got completely soaked before I could get everyone's pancho on them. All we could do was laugh!


We made it through the 1st quarter and most of the 2nd before we decided that sitting in the rain to watch Baylor play really wasn't worth it!