2014-2015 School Year and life so far

WOW!  I am WAY behind on blogging that's for sure.  My last blog is from August 2013 when Juliana was starting 9th grade and Bella was starting 3rd grade.  A lot has changed since then for sure.

First of all it it now October 2014 and Juliana is in 10th grade, finishing up CLHS Falcon Marching Band season #2 and Bella is in 4th grade and in choir and has joined the Chess club at school.  Walt is the executive on loan to the Houston Technology Center and just excelling at his job like crazy.  I am still working my same job and leading 2 girl scout troops, mentoring a new Daisy troop and just trying to keep up with my family's schedule.  

I need to get better at this blogging thing and maybe blog about an interest i have outside of the girls and Walt.  I wish i had more time to make my cards and scrapbooks, but spare time is far and few.  When i have spare time, I'm exhausted, LOL!

Anyhow below are pictures of the girls on their first days of 10th and 3rd grades this year.

First day of 9th and 3rd Grades

I just thought I'd start the ball rolling with the first day of school pictures and updates. 

Juliana started 9th grade at Clear Lake High School and was a bit nervous this morning.  I'm sure once she walks through her schedule and gets back and forth from the 9th grade building to the main building, she'll feel better about things.  She has 3 classes in the main building; Medical Terminology, band and Spanish.  She's LOVING marching band and the first high school game is this Friday night in Deer Park. 

The complete football schedule is as follows (all games start at 7 PM).  The games at CCISD stadium are home games:
Friday 8/30/13 - at deer park
Thursday 9/5/13 - at Pasadena memorial
Thursday 9/12/13 - at CCISD stadium - Baytown Sterling
Friday 9/20/13 - At Conroe
Friday 9/27/13 - At CCISD stadium - Clear Creek
Friday 10/4/13 - at CCISD stadium - Clear Brook
Friday 10/11/13 - At Brazoswood
Friday 10/18/13 - at CCISD Stadium - Clear Springs (homecoming game)
Friday 10/31/13 - at CCISD stadium - Clear Falls
Thursday 11/7/13 - at CCISD stadium - Dickinson (senior night)


Bella started 3rd grade is was a tad nervous this morning so she asked me to walk her in to her class.  She held my hand the whole way and was a little reluctant for me to leave, but when she walked into the classroom her friend Olivia (who she has known since preschool) greeted her and hugged her.  She will be starting softball soon (next week I think) so as soon as we hear her schedule, I'll pass it on to everyone, the Fall season ends before Thanksgiving, that much we know.

Anyhow that's the update and pictures from our house, I hope kindergarten drop off went well for Wade and Lauren and I hope we get to see some pictures, they are gonna ROCK kindergarten I'm sure!

Life's Rules

Just thought I'd share as a quick reminder for life:

Don’t work so hard that you miss your kids and families life: Simplify your life 

Choose happiness, silliness and laughter 

Stay in touch with friends 

Express feelings so as to not settle for something you don’t want 

Have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect of you

Uvalde or Ugalde?

So while on vacation this summer, Walt wanted to take our family picture under the Uvalde sign.  Uvalde was actually named after a man with the last name Ugalde, however, along the way the name was changed to Uvalde due to either a misspelling or a misunderstanding with this Ugalde fellow.  Here is the history of the name and town as written by http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txuvalde/ :

Created from Bexar County in 1850; re-created and reorganized in 1856. Named for the 1778 Governor of Coahuila and noted Indian fighter, Juan de Ugalde, with the name Anglicized. Uvalde County's most famous son was John Nance Garner, Vice-President of the United States under Franklin Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941. His nickname of "Cactus Jack" was earned through forthright comments such as the office of vice-president "isn't worth a bucket of warm spit." Uvalde County is located on the southwest side of the Texas Hill Country between Del Rio and San Antonio and the lands include parts of the Edwards Plateau and the Nueces River. The county seat is Uvalde, a small town at the crossroads of two of our nation's longest highways, US 90 and US 83, both of which extend from border to border. A host of historic, interesting and recreational sites make Uvalde a wonderful place to visit. For a more detailed History of Uvalde County check out The Handbook of Texas Online.

So there you have it, the history of Uvalde County and the town of Uvalde, Texas.  Below is the picture of our family under the Uvalde sign, taken while on vacation at the Frio River July 2013.