Winning Weekend

Wow!  What a weekend.  

We kicked it off with attending the GHS homecoming pep rally on Friday afternoon.  So fun!

Megan, Taylor, Carole, Jenny and I all cheered together at Garland, and Mandy cheered two years ahead of us.  The Owls have such great traditions, and we all really wanted for our kids to see it in person.

So what do you do when the pep rally starts at 1:30?  Take the kids out of school early!  The Varsity cheerleaders thought they were all so precious, and of course, our kids thought it was pretty cool to meet the big girls.

We got to sit on the floor with all of other GHS exes.

From the moment the band started playing, this girl was up and dancing in her seat.  She loved it!

Get it girl!

Before long, they were kicking things off with a bang.  Hey Gang!

Little did we know that Daddy was going to surprise us there.  Such a fun surprise!  He said that he just couldn't miss seeing me cheer at the pep rally:)

We loved walking the halls of our old high school...

and finding our old bricks was pretty fun, too.  Love these girls, and I'm so thankful that we're all still really good friends.

Fast forward a few hours, and we were at our tailgate.  Since Jackson is so outnumbered by the girls in this group, he invited Ben to come with us.  We ate some BBQ...

hung out with friends, including precious Baby JP...

and his big brother Dylan...who just might have a crush on Lila!

We visited with old friends, like Jerry Clark...

and let the kids run around and enjoy the warm weather.  Dylan had quite the entourage!

JP and Jenny were loving the night...

as were Presley, Maddie and Teagan.

Then it was time for some football.  We scored a touchdown pretty early in the game.
Gig 'em Owls!

I was so happy that another Garland alum was there with us, too.

Jeremy's son, Chase, thought hanging out with Jackson and Ben was pretty cool.

This little girl was all about the pom poms that we brought from home.
She'd holler, "Go Owls!  Woo hoo!!!"

It was a fantastic night for the girls...

the boys...

parents and grandparents.  We love us some GHS.
The Owls won, too, which always makes it more fun.

By noon the next day, Jackson was at another tailgate.  This time, it was for the Texas Tech/TCU game in Fort Worth, with Tucker and his family.

The twins each brought a friend.  When their mom sent me this photo, I immediately thought that it looked like they were on a double date.  Oh my!  Jackson and Brentley are pretty cute together, but I'm SO not ready for any of that!  The Red Raiders won in double overtime--such a nail-biter!

While Jackson was cheering for Tech, we were in Murphy cheering for the Bumblebees.  Lila got the first goal and then got one more before the game was over.  The Bees won big--10 to 0!
That called for a three-way chest bump.

On Sunday, we still had two more games to play.  Jackson's team won the first game and then he pitched the last two innings of their second game.  He ended it by striking out the last two batters. The Fury won 6-2!

Madison's soccer team had won earlier that day, too, and then the Cowboys even won in overtime that night.  I'm pretty sure this may go down as one of our most successful sports weekends in years.  We love some competition, but it's always more enjoyable when you win!