Guess Who . . .

. . . Made the Lubbock Swim Club team?

We are all so excited!

 Tryouts were Saturday morning and she did AWESOME!

They have to swim 25 yards freestyle without stopping then show they can do the backstroke and breaststroke. 

They take very few five year olds we were told so we were surprised when the coach came up to us right after Madison's tryout to say she definitely made it!  He said he could tell that deep water didn't scare her which was good. 

She starts Monday evening!

Made It Through Week #2!

 Having Monday off for Labor Day was really nice.  Matt played in a golf tournament and Madi and I did some shopping and met friends for lunch.

Tuesday

 Wednesday

 Thursday

 Mrs. Olivarez said Madison and Maisen were so excited Thursday afternoon because we had a fun after school frozen yogurt date planned! 

 Finally Friday!

Ready for a relaxing weekend!

Friends

 Friday night at the Foley's house . . .

 These girls play so well together! 

Madi has been practicing her piano everyday so far.

Let's hope it continues!

Piano Lessons

Thursday morning all ready for school!  

 Thursday after school we headed to Madi's first piano lesson with Ms. Amy. 

 She has four books and "homework" each night that she needs to practice. 

 She loved showing us what she has already learned.  :)

 Friday

 Just had to take a picture to remember how spoiled Madison really is compared to us as kids. ;)

 Watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates while take a jet bath.

Sounds pretty fun to me!

First Day of School!

 Madison on the first day of Kindergarten at Cooper Central!

 She wasn't too happy about wearing tennis shoes but since they have PE everyday and recess I didn't want her to have to change shoes the first day.

 Packing her lunch, snack and backpack was definitely a hit with Madi.

 Momma & Madi

 Madi & Daddy

 Then a picture of us by Madison.  :)

 Walking into the building . . . She is so excited to use her nap mat.

 We saw where she can sit in the cafeteria and watch a movie if I need to drop her off early.

 A sweet friend texted me this picture of Madi at lunch on the first day.  

Our friends' son Jake is in Madi's class and has a severe allergy so she went and checked on him at lunch.

 Grandma came with me to see how "pick up" was done since on Tuesday she picked up Madi for me while I had a meeting.

So we had to celebrate the first day by taking Grandma to Red Mango.  Then we met Uncle Rod, Aunt Shelle, and all the cousins at Red Lobster for dinner.  Perfect way to end a great first day!

 Tuesday

 Wednesday

She just had to wear her Toms today since Coach Sierra said that they could wear Toms in PE.  :)

This has been such a good first week of school!

Meet Mrs. Olivarez!

 Meet the Teacher night was last Thursday evening.

Madi picked her cubbie and seat and then looked through her supplies.

The school raised enough money last year to buy ALL the supplies.  

That was a nice touch!

 This is Madi's second hug with Mrs. Olivarez.

 We talked through her schedule and she seemed very excited about recess the most.  :)

 Sunday night (the night before school) we headed up to her playground at school so she could play and see it again before the first day.

 The playground is pretty fun!

 I think this really helped!

She went right to bed ready for the BIG day!

Almost Time for School!

 As summer is winding down, we are trying to enjoy the last few days before school starts! 

We tried Red Mango for a change in hopes they had more flavors that Matt would like.

Success!

 Madison asked for me to take her picture one morning.  I guess in preparation for a daily picture once school starts!

 Last Friday night, we had a barbeque at the Dean's house.

They had bubbles for the kids to play with!

 Madi and Margaret play so well together.

Thank goodness they have each other as Stephanie and I are working a bunch together.

 Saturday night, we went to the Foley's for a cook out with all the families of Matt's bible study group.  They meet every Friday morning at 6:30am at Market St. 

So we thought it would be good for all of us to hang out once and a while.

 There were 10 adults and 12 kids!

Perfect for a dance party!

All we need now is for school to start!