The One Where They Had To ACT Up

February 8-10, 2019

Man!  The weekend count is going down, down, down, and the pre-college activities are going UP, UP, UP!  But, I will get to more on that in a bit.  Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves!

As usual, we will start with Friday night - since that's were all good weekends tend to begin!  Lara has wanted to attend an OSU wrestling match all season, and we finally got the chance Friday night as the Cowboys wrestled the Air Force Falcons.  It was a fun match to go see, plus we finally got to introduce Lara to a "mentor" she doesn't know she needs and she has no idea how lucky she is to know - especially in bout 18 months...  Family had a good time.  Cowboys won.  It was a great Friday night.

Saturday morning started early for both my girls!  Emma was off to the Perry High School, while Lara went across town to the Stillwater High School - it was a National ACT testing date!  Unfortunate, it did not go smoothly - more so for one that the other, but we all learned a lot from this crazy morning!  Emma got to her testing site only to realize she had lost her Driver's License somewhere along the way.  Last time she had seen it was Tuesday of the previous week.  Lara got to the test without a calculator.  So, while she was able to take the test, the math section may not be a bright spot for her come results day!  Nevertheless, the day happened, and everyone lived to tell about it!

Lara leaving for the ACT with all the ice on our front walk

After the test, Lara went to lunch and shopping with her best friend Erika.  They were off to the antique mall in town to search for old vinyl records.  They love old rock music, and they love hearing it on vinyl.  They are old souls, and I LOVE IT!  Consequently, it has rubbed off on Little Brother, Finn.  He not only loves Queen (the band), he also much wear the same types of sweats that Lara does!

Finn sporting his HS Baseball hoodie

While the girls were out shopping, Finn was at a super cool glow in the dark paint our own dragon, dance till you can;t dance, black light birthday party!  I sent pictures back to Lara and Jake - they were envious.  But, they found their own form of entertainment to kill time...

Jake and Lara playing "The Game of Life" from the 1970's that Brian I an used to play...

Sunday morning was a little lazy, but we kicked it in to high gear for 11:30 church!  We got to see Emma there and hug on here and hear her stories.  I always like running in to her somewhat unexpectedly.  Then, it was off to Edmond for 3 games in the 3v3 league Jake is playing in.  Nana and Grandpa met us there for those games, then they brought Lara and Finn back to Stillwater to take care of Evie while Mom and Dad took Jake to another basketball practice.  Sunday night was spent getting ready for another week.

The days and weeks go so fast!  Here's to another one passing us by soon!  So glad I am taking the time to capture the memories.

And a parting shot of  Evie Puppy.  She has grown a TON!  Just look at those paws!

Everest Pearl (@evie.p_puppy)