Upward Bound Academic Bowl 2009

Obviously I had to yell at the umpire!
Giving words of Advice to Tayler

I got the ice water bucket treatment after the victory!

Team Photo (including Clyde the Coyote)

This past weekend my students and I participated in Academic Bowl 2009 on the campus of University of Texas at Arlington. Weatherford College Upward Bound participated in volleyball, basketball, and softball on the athletic side and in many academic competitions.

Last year was the first year for Weatherford College to participate in this event. We are also the smallest in numbers group that participates also. But this year, we had a goal in mind and we accomplished our goal of coming away with at least one 1st place trophy. The softball team won the championship and broke the 8 year streak of Tarleton State winning the event. I was the head coach for this team and was very proud of these kids for persevering and taking on the challenge of playing as a team. So I just wanted to brag a bit about them and all of the other kids. On the academic side, we did have two teams place and one second place individual. So we are making progress and will plan to do a better job next year.

Air Hogs Game!

Reggie and Val's Wedding

Two weekends ago, Dawn and I attended the wedding reception of one of my best friends from Tarleton. Reggie and Valerie were officially wed in Las Vegas on June 6, 2009. We of course, could not make the wedding due to it being Upward Bound season for me. But luckily, they had a reception in Stephenville on the evening of June 13, 2009.

Reggie and Valerie are the parents of Brinley. They made their marriage official now and we had a grand ol time of a party at the reception. Reggie was a Purple Poo with me and we even officially sang Valerie into the Purple Poo family.

Reggie is one of a good group of corp guys that all hung out together while in college and now out of college also..Lto R: Chris (Lubbock), Chad (Mansfield), Casey (Stephenville), Reggie (the Groom), Myself, Jamie aka The Hammer (Stephenville).

We all had a great time and reminisced a bit before calling it a night. That was our weekend June 13, 2009

Update

We have been rather busy lately. Upward Bound has started again for myself and that makes me very busy.

Last weekend, we attended a birthday party for Laura in Mineral Wells. Laura is the wife of Bob (one of my old roommates).

We dined on fajitas and Hudson ran all over their place. But the first thing he saw was their horse. He was enthralled with feeding the horse and petting it. Hudson enjoyed playing with it and also with the dogs.

Hudson began swimming lessons this week also. He really enjoys jumping and splashing and everything else associated with the water. He is pretty much a fish.

Quinn is not old enough for lessons yet but she growing up fast. She has a few teeth now and you can see by the pictures that she is chewing on things now. She is crawling along the floor and definitely figured out how to get our attention with her grunting and other noises.

This weekend we will be heading down to Stephenville for a wedding reception for my friend Reggie and Valerie. The kids are hanging back with Granny. My Mom has been up here all week as our day care lady has been on a vacation for the week. So it worked out well. I know that Granny has enjoyed playing with them.

Hopefully I can make a faster post next time.

Its Been A Busy One

Its been a couple weeks since I have posted anything. Well I know you are not surprised that we have been busy but its that time of year for me.

Summer Upward Bound begins in 2 weeks as the seniors move in to begin their college careers. At this point, I am still searching for teachers to hire. So if you know a good foreign language teacher and a good technology teacher, please put them in contact with me.

We had our Summer Showcase on Saturday and had a great turnout for it. I am really looking forward to a new and exciting summer with many new staff members. But I also know that this will put me up at campus a lot more than being at home with Dawn and the kids.

As for this weekend, Dawn headed west to Big Spring, TX for a wedding that she was in. It was for the sister of a good friend of Dawn's. So Dawn loaded up the kids to stay in Midland with her sister Kathy and they headed west on Friday. As for me, I had the showcase on Saturday and that evening I ventured to Fort Worth to celebrate at a bachelor party for my good friend Reggie.

Reggie was in our wedding and now he is getting married in June in Vegas. I can't make it to Vegas but luckily he had a bachelor party and there will be a reception in Stephenville in a few weeks for the happy couple. So there were about 10 of us that hung out and had a great time with Reggie. That will be all the details that I dole out on this one.

So lets hope for some new teachers and make these weeks of planning go well. And yes its going to stay busy for a while.

Zoo Trip 2009

Crawfish and Friends

Crawfish-Pre-Purged
Owen-Tending to the crawfish

Hudson playing in the Bounce House

Quinn, Owen, & I

Dawn, Quinn, Carrie, & Owen

This weekend marked the 8th Annual Sadler Crawfish Boil in Golden, TX. A good college friend of mine (Owen) and the rest of his family put on a huge crawfish boil for about 250 of their closest friends every year. This was the third year that I have been able to attend. It started out as a reason to have a birthday party for Owen's Dad but now its a big annual event and its still a birthday celebration.

Owen and his wife, Carrie live just outside of Nashville, TN and so we always try to make this event since they live quite a distance away from here. This crawfish boil seems to get bigger and better every year. This year included about 370 lbs of crawfish and also fish, sausage, chicken, and other items. Its good all around. Plus they also added a bounce house this year. Hudson enjoyed that part the most.

We plan on making the trip again next year. Once again, it was a great day to see friends and enjoy some crawfish.