The Adventures of Tristan

  I'm not going to lie... these last two months have been brutal.  Frustrating, lonely, eye opening, scary, sad.. all of it. Every possible emotion, I have felt. Tristan has had a terrible 3 months. I don't want to say it's depression, but it's a touch of it and it was terrifying.  When he got sick and missed a couple of days of school...and studying.. a few bad tests and BAM - he was behind the 8-ball. He cried every day, he was scared and felt like he was unable to do anything.  Thankfully we found a tutor and Hannah has been a godsend. She started giving him back his confidence and his grades started moving back up. Then, I realized that Tracy no longer wants to be my friend.  Clearly I'm slow to the party and I while I knew I was no longer her favorite person, I had NO IDEA that I was off "the list".  How naïve.  To say that I am and was heartbroken was an understatement.  I have been coming to terms with all of this.. at the same time as my s...

  7th Grade boys are ready to gooooo (may have to look on website to see this!) #33 is in the huddle.. Learning from the sidelines and making plays! Probably have to go on the website to see these! Way to go Trojans!!

 Friday started off as PORKCHOP FRIDAY!! D and I met up with Titus for some seriously awesome food! And then an awesome jobsite tour!!!! 26001 Victory was a hit and they are killing it!! T was busy with his buddies celebrating Trey's 13th birthday!! AT IFLY!  I'm so jealous!  I'll add more pictures when I get them. SO FUN!! They surprised Trey... he had no idea they were there and he was floored! Ready to gooooooo! Noah, Brandon, Wyatt, Adan, Jackson, Tristan, Hunter, Grayson, Cohen, Trey and Zachary! We met up after the party and it was time for some Friday night football! I sweat my butt off but it sure was fun! The Nunnally's were in the program, so cute!!! Then up bright and early today for our soccer game! We won 3-1!! So proud of them! I grabbed G and Z... ran over to pick up Trent and BOOM - time for Top Golf!!! 3 hours of heat and scorekeeping.. I was DONE! They played along and let me take pics... pretty for these awesome boys! They still like hanging out with ...

 One of Kimberly's good friends, Elise McVeigh teaches a manners class.  She and I had lunch when I first moved here and I honestly just forgot all about it. Then Cotillion hit... and I signed T up with his friends.  Then Covid hit... and it canceled.  I thought more and more about Cotillion and truly Tristan would HATE IT.  Do you know how many buttons are on those scratchy clothes??? So I reached out to Elise.  Three classes for 2 hours.  I found 8 other interested families and we went for it. I'm bummed I didn't take more pictures, yesterday Everett, Witt and Lowell missed so this picture isn't complete. and yes I DID correct my child for his posture! Oh and why is Tristan dressed like this?  He was playing football with Trent and Grayson Sedberry and decided to jump in the pool in his clothes. I forgot to bring him new clothes soooo... he borrowed.  Way. Too. Small. LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD Thank you for everything Mrs. Manners!!!

 This is our new team.  And boy did they fight. We won this tournament last year .. and it is always hot but the humidity. UGH I provided shade for them and hid in the shade A LOT!! T and I have been sick for TWO WEEKS. It's been hot and brutal.  I didn't let him play much in the beginning and his team needed him but I NEEDED his lungs to work. Glen is helping me raise a man and I am SO thankful.   He is helping to raise them all... There is no greater joy than watching him play.  We had a long talk about expectations and I made sure he understood that he was NEVER to play for me. Not soccer, not football, not baseball, not basketball.. none of them.  He could take tuba lessons, draw, take cooking classes, or do whatever HE wanted and I would be right there cheering him on. It's important to me that he knows this. I want him to think for himself, choose for himself and live out the consequences of those choices. I want him to fight for what he wants. I...

 Tristan started with some nasty allergies on Wed and I should have known what was coming.  Last weekend, he was SO sick. He slept for 14 hours straight on Sunday. I kept him out of school for 3 days and OMG we paid for it.   The amount of homework that this school sends is RIDICULOUS. We had all the classwork (or so we thought) and completed everything.  He came back to taking tests (with no teaching) ... GOOD TIMES! Thursday, I emailed his football coach and explained the breathing situation, so he was benched for missing practice and for being sick.  Then he was mad at ME. UGH.  We got killed by ESD 26 - 0, could have been worse I suppose. Just found out how bad we are in football, maybe he won't want to play anymore. LOL #33 (white) got about 5 minutes  of play. He was horrified  and mad but understood after a long chat (and a snow cone). Somehow I scored this (and yes, they were VERY annoyed but played along) He was back at school Thurs ...

 SO the big thing at TCA right now is the big blue curtain.  Can touch it, can't go behind it, can't do a thing! Well, I snuck a few boys back onto our jobsite the see what was happening. They ate cookies and listened and asked some really great questions! They got the first look at the drawings, met the team and walked the site. They weren't supposed to ... but I'm spoiled. Where they will be spending their 8th grade year! Friday night we were back at school for the TCA football game.  Somehow I was talked into sitting in 100 degree heat by myself - but they all sat with me anyway. Had to get a shot I forgot to get earlier! THANK YOU BALFOUR BEATTY (Manuel, Lou and David!!) And then once Brody walked up.. the boys went NUTS It was a LONG week last week, but a great one!