Hogeye Time Again....

Yesterday we went to the local festival here in town. It's the annual Hogeye Festival.... celebrating the pig! For those who don't know, Elgin is the sausage capital of Texas.

This is our second Hogeye Festival since we moved here. Click here to see last years experience.

The festival is downtown. It includes tons of food, games, carnival, craft show, car show etc.... Just a nice day to spend with the family.

We enjoyed a few hours of eating and walking, and of course, celebrating the PIG!He was so excited to find this pig. It was his mission from the time we got off the shuttle bus... find the pig!


Pregnancy is the ONLY excuse I could ever use to justify eating a turkey leg!!!


Fried potato chips. We also had fried Oreos, but they didn't last for picture taking.

Anything to make school fun!

Yesterday at school our PTA hosted a Monster mash dance for the students in the evening. To get the students excited, teachers are allowed to dress up during the school day. So, as teams we get creative.

Check us out below, it was loads of fun!M&Ms.... I was the "peanut" M&M.Chris, is part of the M&M team, but found this great coat, so she was Cruella DeVille.

4th Grade, Where's Waldo

PPCD, 3 pigs and the Big Bad Wolf

2nd grade, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Kinder, Alice In Wonderland

5th Grade, Superheros

1st Grade, 50's

3rd Grade, Tourists
Specials, Rockers

Not Agassi or Sampras, but its a start!

CJ is playing tennis in Belton this year. It is a new adventure to say the least. He is definitely a beginner, but as I saw yesterday, they all are.

I finally was able to attend a tournament closer to us, (Georgetown) and the weather cooperated, sort of. It was H-O-T! But, it wasn't rained out, much to several of the kids dismay.... I thought it was just CJ, but many kids were hoping it'd be canceled.

He played in a doubles match. They lost, but I could completely saw that all the kids are learning the game. It was nice to see him and finally see him play some tennis. We aren't making reservations for Wimbledon yet, but you gotta start somewhere, right?

He's Ready!

He hit this one, IN!!!!

18... already.....

Today is Kendrick's birthday! He is 18!!!!
CRAZY!!!

Great picture, and I must say, Dad was in charge, great cake, but check out that candle. HA! Can you tell he doesn't do this often?

Travis S. Hodges

Trevor and Travis 2005 Travis Shane Hodges
Brother, Uncle, Friend
We love and miss you!
January 22, 1974-August 26, 2009

We lost Travis, Trevor's younger brother this week. We miss him very much. He suffered a short (thankfully) battle with cancer. We are thankful that we were able to see him and speak with him a few weeks ago.

He will be deeply missed. The whole situation seems kind of unreal right now, but I am so thankful for the time we spent with family this weekend. Travis was really loved and it was so clear with all the friends and family that came to honor him.

A Wildcat, A Tiger, & A Munchkin

Today was the first day of school for the boys. Kendrick started his senior year here in Elgin. CJ started 7th grade in Belton, and Hollister returned to day care after a 3 month hiatus.

I think his picture says enough for all 3 boys.

No first day photos here :(

High school starts late, I am long gone for work before Kendrick even stirs...

CJ, well, he got a first day of school text..... thankful for modern technology.

Hollister, returned to Mabry's Munchkins here in Elgin. He DID NOT cry... this is HUGE!!!!! He cried almost everyday last year.... He just kept saying, "I no go day care", but no tears is enough for me.

As the mother of adolescent boys, the first thing from them both was they saw a lot of "hot girls" today. I should insert a video of me rolling my eyes here. But, hey, I guess nice scenery is an added bonus for them.

The afternoon report was good. CJ said he had a "95%" good day. Kendrick said, "It was okay." Then handed me a zillion papers to fill out. Nice, homework for ME on the first day! Hollister did great at day care and one lady said, "He sure has come out of his shell" I hope that is a good thing. He said, "I played with those guys." I am hoping he will go to bed at a decent time and sleep in his own bed all night!!!!



We have a birthdate for our other boy. He is scheduled to arrive November 16th, 12 weeks from today! YEA!!!

Working at the Car Wash

We decided to break the child labor laws and "make"our kids wash our cars. They weren't very good at it, but they had a blast!

Waiting for the car....

CJ is using Hollister as a "guard" from Kendrick spraying him with the hose.

Hollister loved splashing in the dirty water... it was gross, but he loved it!

I think Kendrick was waiting the whole time to do this....

Do not be fooled by the darkness or "rain" cloud look. Even though we watched the cars, we still got NO rain!