A-maizing fun

A couple of weeks ago we met some friends out at the South Texas Corn Maze (also called the Corn Maize...don't exactly know the reason for the different spellings b/c it's NOT maize....it's corn) We went on homeschool day and it was so much fun. Here's the boys at the entrance. Jeremy's standing on the right, Jonathan is the cow, Jeffrey is the horse and Josiah is the goat.

The maze was fun and they even had places where you could text if you got lost. Talk about up to date! We didn't get lost, though. Thankfullly!

In addition to the maze, there were bales of hay to play on...

And a HUGE air pillow called "The corn popper"...this was the highlight of the trip I think.

See those pumpkins on the ground, they had them for sale since it was close to the end of the season, I got three big ones from a different spot on the ground for $1 each! More about what I did with that in a later post.

Fun fun fun!!

And now...it's off to basketball!

With barely a time for a breath, we move on from football to basketball. Our season officially started Nov 6-7 with the Patriots playing in a tournament in, of all places, College Station! What fun! I mean it was more convenient for us to play in Bryan/College Station than it would have been even to play a tournament at FEAST. Mom and Dad's house was just about 10 min away from where the boys played. Which, BTW was ON CAMPUS at Texas A&M! Ok, it wasn't Reed Arena, but it sure was nice and fun! One great thing was that Michael's dad was able to drive up and see the game and Lacy (Michael's sister) was able to see all the games! AND Lacy took pictures...good ones! She should do it for a living! Wait...she does! To top the fun all off, Jonathan and Jeremy's team (they're on JV this year!) played in the Championship game and just lost by a few points to the team that won state last year! Way to go Patriots!!

In the pictures....Jonathan is #25, Jeremy is #12

Just had to stick in this super cute one of Grandpa and Josiah

Broken ankle??? What broken ankle???

Isn't that a great one?!?!

Basketball is fast and furious at this point, mostly with scrimmages, but will start "for real" tonight. Stay tuned for reports from Jeffrey's team soon. He's old enough to play this year and he's PUMPED!!

The end of an era

The middle school football era. What a fun year it was! Michael did a FABULOUS job coaching, Jonathan did a wonderful job at quarterback and Jeremy did a great job all around...we were so thankful he even got to play! The Patriots made it to the championship game for their league. They were the first FEAST middle school team to make it to the championship game EVER! Unfortunately, the game didn't turn out in the Patriots' favor. :-( The final score was 40-13, but it was a great game and a fun time! I tried to find some more pictures of the boys playing football, but I couldn't get the CD to open that a mom made, so you just get one picture of Jonathan playing. But we have video! Just ask....I'm sure the boys would LOVE to show you one! In the team picture, you can see Michael, Jeffrey, Josiah, Jeremy #24, on the back row and Jonathan #12, on the back row all the way to the right. Too bad there's no cheerleaders or twirlers or flag corp, then I could have been in the picture! :-)