The One Where We Wanted Five More Minutes

November 15-18, 2019

We'll call this one Five More Minutes.  That song was on repeat all week in my head (see below).  Last week was Senior night, but this week... THIS WEEK was the real last time.  The last time we would play in this stadium as THIS TEAM.  It was playoff time.  And I might have cried more this week than last week.  So many emotions and memories tied up in this place with these people.  And it got here WAY TOO FAST!  But, it was PLAYOFF time, and our Pioneers were determined to stay undefeated and move on to the Semi-Finals!

Lara - O-Line love

Senior Pics sample

Getting fired up!

MANAGERS: Molly, Lara, Kara, Lindsay, Emma

Halftime Selfie!

Still Undefeated!

NEXT!

A typical weekend followed.  Girls worked at Missy's in Gurhtre on Saturday.  Lara worked until about 1:30, and Emms stayed until 5pm.  Homework and family time rounded out the weekend.  And then Evie tried to help Lara do her homework...

And this song still played all weekend.  The lyrics really get me!

On to the next one...

The One with Football Senior Night

November 8 - 10, 2019

S E N I O R  N I G H T
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pioneer Football

I have been dreading this night for at least a year.  So much preparation.  So much emotion.  And it was all so very worth it.  We spent one afternoon with all the Senior Football parents making decorations and finalizing plans.  And then Booster Club worked to make sure the senior blankets were in place for the football player, managers, cheerleaders, and pom girls.  And the night was here before we knew it!  It was a cool night, but not too cold.  The Pioneers were undefeated and working to cap off a perfect season by beating Del City.  And Lars's Senior year of football was almost over.  Last regular-season home game.  We knew there was a home playoff game coming, but this was different...

The posters were hung in the stadium.  As well as a large banner matching the home picture on this post.  The lights were bright, and the seats were PACKED.  It was time.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

Lara's BFF rolled out for support!

Lined up for the senior announcements

A sweet friend captures this from the scoreboard

We're NEXT!

Coach Barnard and Lara

hugs

Family on the Field

Halftime Selfie with NANA!

Final!  UNDEFEATED!

Manager Girls!

Team Picture at the end of the game

Lara's ATC replied to my post about the night on Facebook

At the end of the night, all of the Seniors from the school gathered on the field to celebrate one last time together.  They played favorite songs, hang up, cried, and soaked it all in.  The fall semester is coming to a close!

In the meantime, Emma was off being a sporty spice as well!  She had a game in Agra where she got to play a lot of the game and score 8 points (I think?) and then did her cheerleader thing.  Here are some pictures she sent me with her cheer squad!

M-O Cheerleaders 2019-20

CHEERS!

The rest of the weekend was pretty tame.  The girls both worked at the donut shop on Saturday (Lara worked Friday morning as well), and then we worked on homework and being a family!  Thank You, NEXT!

The One After Halloween

November 1 -3, 2019

Thursday night Halloween means a late night for the younger 2, and therefore a late night for the older ones as well.  I know Emma dressed up as something, someone showed me a picture (she still has no phone), and Lara was a basic teenaged babysitter.  She went around our neighborhood with Finn (SpiderMan) and his friend Hud.  She picked up all the "street candy" - things the kids dropped out of their buckets as they ran house to house), and she got away with a pretty good haul!  But, the next morning was a little rough on all of us!

Best Babysitter in the neighborhood

Friday night lights were back to Putman City!  PCOriginal, this time.  Not quite as cold, and definitely drier.  But still, the hottest thing happening was the scoring!  The sidelines we so laid back at this game; it was fun to watch them just have a good time and play a fun game.

Managers!

Halftime Selfie

Emma showed up at halftime!

FINAL

Saturday, the girls both worked all day at the Donut shop in Guthrie.  When Lara got home, she changed clothes, and headed right back out the door to Molly'd 18th birthday party.  I don't feel like I ever see that girl anymore!

Sunday we got up and went to church, then we HAD TO FINISH Lara's senior board.  We had finally gotten the missing "R" letter, but we had to finalize the design and glue everything down.  Here's how that looked:

Everyone worked on homework until the early afternoon.  Then it was time to head up to the high school to decorate the football locker room for Senior Week!  The senior moms (and a couple dads) worked on making then each a personalized locker sign as well as putting finishing touches on all the big boards.  We ended the time by hanging the personalized board in the locker room; the other signs will go up on Thursday for Friday night!  Here is a sneak peek:

So here we are at Senior Week for Pioneer Football.  We are conference champs.  If we win Friday night we are District Champs as well.  The road to state begins here...