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Last Few Weeks

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It’s been a busy few weeks around here. We got right back into school after fall break, but have been playing some too. The first weekend after we went back was opening of deer season and each of the girls got time in the stand with Matt. Lillian got her first deer of the season too! The next day was our annual pumpkin patch pictures with Yaya and Hailey. I love having these to look back on through the years.  Kathleen got to go see Josh and Hailey’s new house that’s almost done that afternoon, but Lillian and I had to stay in Bossier so she could work. She’s loving her job and her riding is really improving too!  The next day, GranJan came in town for 2 nights. She wanted to see Lillian ride and watch Kathleen cheer at the last football game of the season too. I got a Sub and Lillian skipped Tuesday to hang out with her and get a pedicure and brunch. (Kathleen couldn’t because she had missed the week before being sick and she wouldn’t have been allowed to cheer) The next weekend was m
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Fall Break

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When the kids would tell me they didn’t want to go back to school after a week off, I got it, but I didn’t GET it until now. Now that I’m a teacher and know how much a school day takes out of you, it makes the week go by even faster! But it’s a good thing we have them, otherwise I don’t think anyone would do it. Right as you’re about to go crazy, they give you time off to recoup and do it again 😉 I am so thankful we didn’t have any plans over this break too because that’s what I needed. Lillian started her job at Vivette’s and officially has a horse she can ride anytime she wants.  She still does twice a week lessons, but she has been up there everyday feeding, riding, grooming and just hanging out and getting to know him. But since she can’t drive, that’s also meant I have been up and going each morning too. But a 6:30-7:00 alarm is WAY better than my 4:45 school day one so I’m not complaining.  Of course a break from school means time with Koy But we also had a big girls night on We
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HOCO Week

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It’s been a busy week in Benton with all the homecoming festivities. There were dress up days every day at school but this is the only pic I got It’s a homecoming tradition to roll friends houses and we got rolled (pretty terribly though, lol) and Lilli went a couple of times too.  We went to the game Friday night and then the main event was the dance last night. Cara came to help with hair and makeup and she looked beautiful. This was her and Koy’s 3rd dance together and it was a great night.  There was a group of 35 kids that met at one house for pics at 3:30, we had dinner at Kobe’s at 5:00, the dance was at 7:00, and then about 15 of them came back here after to hang out in the pool and around a fire pit.  On top of the high school festivities, Kathleen had another home game where she cheered with pep squad and Yaya came to cheer her on.  And Cozy had a birthday and is now officially 1! Lillian made her a cake and had me out at 8:00 at Petsmart the night before because she had forg
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Lots of Football and Almost Fall Break!

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There’s only 5 more school days before we have a full week off for fall break, and I’m ready! Last week was busy with school and lots of football, and it’s tiring to have something 5 evenings a week. School may be tiring, but it’s such a blessing to be there with Kathleen. She comes to eat lunch with me in my room occasionally, and every other week we have “team time” (during school hours clubs) and she comes to do yoga with me Dad came last Monday to watch Lillian at her riding lesson, and stayed through Wednesday so that he could watch Kathleen cheer Tuesday night too. She’s loving it and he really enjoyed the football 🏈 part too  And Friday was another Benton High game, but I had to skip that one because I was showing a house and then writing an offer. Lillian had a great time though! And Saturday was a quick trip to Baron Rouge for the LSU football game. We’ve had it planned for over a month, and had 21 friends and family at the tailgate and 17 of us went into the game. Jennifer a
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Lately…

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We’ve been busy around here lately. Teal season started last weekend and the girls have spent both with Matt at the camp. I’ve had quite a bit of work to do to catch up on things for school and have stayed home. The second picture is Kathleen being mad at me for being at school early, yet again. I was naïve to think I’d be able to get most of my stuff done during planning, and with the girls having stuff five nights a week, the extra work has been falling on early mornings and weekends. I’m exhausted! But at least I love the kids. Lillian’s still loving horseback riding, even though this horse that she loves bucked her off the other day. Thankfully, she didn’t even bruise, but it was enough to scare me for a second. Not nearly as much as practicing driving is going to though!  Kathleen did get a fun day at school Friday when she had an obstacle course for the money she raised for her fundraiser and Yaya checked her out to go to lunch  And Lillian has been busy with homecoming planning.
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