My new car

2024 Tesla Model Y (Long Range All-Wheel Drive)

Baseball and birthday

Astros game with the family sans Jacob (who's currently in Asia).

Father's Day weekend

Father's Day at Topgolf.

Another teen driver

We now have another teenage driver in the family... and a crazy high insurance premium. 😅

Kalahari Resort (Round Rock, TX)

Our second trip to Kalahari in as many years.

Jacob graduates high school

Family picture at graduation night.

I'm back...

Back at where I started.

Mother's Day weekend

Saturday brunch at Whiskey Cafe for Mother's Day .

Soccer banquet

End of the year soccer banquet.

Quick getaway (Austin, TX)

Another quick getaway/day trip/date without the kids.

Tyson plays soccer

Tyson made it on the 7th grade boys soccer team. It wasn't a gimmie since he doesn't regularly play soccer. In fact, the last time he played on a team was over six years ago when he played for a recreational team in the Fall of 2018.

He was determined to earn his spot. There were many days leading up to the start of the season, that he would go out to practice with his friends.

Tyson played hard. Being a smaller kid on the field, he was not afraid to get in the mix with other boys who were a whole head taller than him.

They ended the season tied for 3rd in the district.

Student of the Month(s)

Tyson is Student of the Month... again.

Solar eclipse

My view of the eclipse from home.

Cherry blossoms, museums, and monuments (Washington, D.C.)

After five years, I made the trip back to DC. This time, there would be no government shutdown. This time, the cherry blossoms would be in bloom. This time, I would bring the family. But not the whole family. 

The boys HS soccer team made it into the playoffs and advanced. Unfortunately, the second round game would be on Thursday night (the day we leave for our trip). And if they were to win and advance to the third round, they would play on Monday (and we would still be in DC).

I had let the big boys decide if they still wanted to go to DC or stay home and play with their team. Jacob decided to continue on with the trip as planned and Andrew decided to stay home and play in what he said was possibly "a once in a lifetime" opportunity. So with that, we took a family trip (five nights) without Andrew.

Playoff bound

The boys soccer team (Shadow Creek) are headed to the playoffs. It's been three years since the school's last playoff appearance. This year is a bit special since both boys are playing together for the last time since Jacob is now a senior (and Andrew is a sophomore). 

For the first round of the playoffs, they faced Clear Springs. Their current coach was the former Shadow Creek coach, which made this matchup that more special.

That game was probably the best high school soccer game I've watched so far. Was it because of the outcome? Probably. The boys crushed them with the final score of 5-2.

It was satisfying to witness them destroy their former coach.