Rehearsal

Best Man: Rich

Coop Family: Edward, Debbie, Julie, Jeff

Hat Trick, part deaux!

Callie got a hat trick in the rain this morning. They called the game about 20 minutes into it due to lightning. Score: Paper Plates 3, Red Team 0!

Big Night

Bieber Fever

Texlake

Took Madden's Girls Scout Troop to Camp Texlake over the weekend. My Girl Scout leader, my mom, came with us to help chaperone! We actually had a good, exhausting time. I listened to more Justin Bieber than I ever thought possible. The girls spent most free time making up dances, building a fort and playing board games. We also made dog toys to donate to the Austin Humane Society, had some fun at the archery field (all of the girls had tried archery at least once before at the 5th grade campout, so there were a fair amount of bullseyes!), learned how to build and put out a fire, and of course, there were hot dogs and s'mores!!! Pretty good old-fashioned fun. Mom and I sat on the front porch of the cabin and read our books a bit which was relaxing. I was out there Saturday night when a raccoon started walking up the steps. Not sure who was freaked out more when we saw each other!! Let's just say, I am NOT a natural at the outdoors thing, but I think I faked it pretty well.

Love and Marriage

Celebrated Melanie's upcoming wedding with a Honeymoon themed Bridal shower. So much fun to prepare for it - the food was themed around their destinations of Austria, Germany and Italy. Big thanks to the Hahn family for helping me pull it off with authenticity. They made homemade pretzels and wiener schnitzel as appetizers. The BEST! The Sachertorte is from the La Madeleine bakery, but I am proud to report that the Linzer cookies were handmade by Madden and I. (Yes, that's Mrs. Hahn on the trampoline with the kiddos.)

She's Got It!

Callie had a great day at gymnastics today! She was chosen the Star of the Week, and she "got" her flip flop by herself. Yay, Callie! I am so proud of your hard work!

Father/Daughter Dance

The Doss Father/Daughter dance was last night. Porter and the girls had a dinner date at Cover 3 with Bob & Danielle and Wynnie & Scott. It was Madden's last one. Can't believe they've been to 6 of them together. Everyone was feeling a twinge of nostalgia, Madden included, who tells us frequently she doesn't want to grow up. Take a look at the photos - too late!

My Momma Got Me a New Toy!

Nook Book

Madden spent all of her saved up fortune and gift cards to buy herself a Nook Color at Barnes & Noble last week. (Thanks Uncle Mike and Uncle Bud, etc!) The kids are allowed to use them in school for reading time, and Madden informs me that about 1/2 her class has a Kindle or Nook. This might be a slight exaggeration on her part, but she named off about 6-7 kids that have them. Aunt Wendy found another great NY Times article regarding the topic. I am just so darn glad she spent her money on an electronic that has (in my humble opinion) some true value, rather than that darn iTouch she has been wanting!!! The biggest potential problem is that she now has access to my B&N account with my credit card # attached. I'll have to stay alert when checking my CC bill - but really how do you get mad at someone for buying too many books?