Two TUESDAY Teens

It's officially official, we've got THREE Tuesday Teens living under our roof now.  In fact, I changed the name of my blog from Three Tuesday Tots to Three Tuesday Teens.  October (and the fall in general) seems to fly by. The "grind" didn't stop post Fall Break.  Miles's afternoons got even busier as he tried out for the SWMS Boys Basketball Team and made it.  It was one of those scary moments as a parent.  Tryouts were Monday and Tuesday (with Tuesday being "cut" day).  I know that Miles is a good player, but tons of boys try out for basketball and many don't make the team.  He'd been to all the open gyms but still.  Tuesday night was packed (as usual) - Karson had a game in Logan County at 5:30 PM, there was GSP meeting at Knicely at 6 PM, and Miles had tryouts until 6 PM. Matt went to the game, and I hung back to wait for Miles (and hopeful to attend the GSP Meeting).  6 PM came and went as I waited at the middle school gym.  I'd see groups of boys exiting the gym.  Some of them were visibly sad.  Others were giving their parents a thumbs-down as they made their way to the car.  My heart sunk each time a group came out.  Time crept on and around 6:30 PM, Miles emerged with a paper in hand.  He'd made the team and was pretty talkative about it.  It was cracking me up because he said two things very demonstratively - (1) the coach gave them his number but did not want them giving it out and (2) we are not to ever contact the coach about playing time.  I thought it was pretty funny, and then he added AND I've got practice on my birthday.  I knew I'd be almost 45 minutes late for the GSP meeting at that point so I scrapped that plan and took my boy for a celebratory dinner at his favorite place - Taco Bell.
    This new schedule has been an adjustment for him, but he's handling it all well.  His first scrimmage is this Friday.

Miles celebrated #13 last Thursday.  He wanted one thing and one thing only - a new putter.  Our boy is a golfing fool.

He couldn't wait to try it out on his green upstairs and put it to good use last Saturday at Barren River Golf Course.

I surprised him with some Krispy Kreme Birthday donuts - always a hit!

Karson celebrated her 17th birthday yesterday!  Hard to believe she'll be an adult next year (seems like she's been an adult for quite a while).  She'd requested waffles for her birthday breakfast so I surprised her with some Waffle House waffles yesterday.

We met up after school so she could get her unrestricted license at the courthouse.  

We celebrated both of our October babies on Sunday with family.  It was a gorgeous day and always fun getting together.

 Papa John's pizza and Dairy Queen Blizzard cake = tasty birthday treats!

 Miles had so much fun outside playing badminton and throwing football.  That night as we were snuggling up and studying for his Science test, he told me he had so much and it was the best day.

We hit the jackpot with our Tuesday teens and are looking forward to many more years celebrating them!

Fall in Love with Moments...

Karson and the South Warren JV Squad brought home the win (year TWO) at the district tournament at Warren East High School.  She and her friend Annie were both recognized as All-Tournament players.

Our favorite moment of the month was traveling south to our favorite vacation spot (along with the rest of Bowling Green): DESTIN!!!  We've always stayed on Scenic 98 in the Crystal Beach area which is close to everything.  It feels like we're constantly on the go during the school year, so it's nice to relax and spend some quality time together as a family.

We spent Saturday night at the Destin Seafood Festival.  I'm not sure if we've been before, but it didn't seem familiar to me.  It hopping!  Food trucks, live music, vendors, zipline, tons to see/do.

Isaac wanted to become Thanos which wasn't too smart because his face started itching not long after the paint.  He kept it on for most of the night (even while ziplining).

 Karson opted for the Henna tattoo painting and couldn't use her left arm for two hours.  It was a super cool design though and lasted almost two weeks. 

After the Seafood Festival, we headed over to Big Kahuna golf.

Sleep, Eat, Drink, Beach, Repeat....can you ever really be tired of being at the beach?  It's heaven.

My Poppy was able to come to the beach with us this time.  He wasn't able to get back/forth to the beach but enjoyed a change of scenery (from home), worked lots of puzzles, ate some good seafood and enjoyed people watching from the Condo.  We were also able to celebrate 92nd birthday while we were there.

Lots of great memories through the years with our BEACH TRIBE.

Karson hooked up with a super sandy stud muffin while at the beach.  He didn't use much sunscreen, but his abs and muscle definition was fantastic (although he didn't have much of a personality).

Shannon and Paul recently visited New Orleans and enjoyed Emeril's Italian.  They made reservations for a couples date night at Emeril's in Destin.  I wish I could say that we enjoyed it.  It was a fun couples night out, but we weren't a fan of the food.  Mine was almost too spicy to eat, and a few of us ordered it.  Matt's was alright but nothing special.  Time together was fun, but we wouldn't recommend it.  Plus it was very overpriced for what you got.

We opted out of dessert at the restaurant and went to Ben & Jerry's instead.

Dinner at The Back Porch and golf at The Track was a great way to round out our week.

We headed back to BG on Thursday morning.  It's always nice to get back into a routine.  Karson had volleyball Thursday and Friday night.  The team had some fun on their Friday night volleyball costume practice...

On Saturday, we enjoyed the WKU Football game and celebrated with John and Laura on Sunday at a baby shower for Louise Deaton (J & L's second baby due in late October/early November).

October moments have been the best so far.....