Geo-Bee

Guess who showed up for school had no idea what the Geo-bee was and was forced to participate- Shane!  It's a geography bee.  Guess who got third place for the entire school including all 6th 7th and 8th graders! Shane-o  Guess who didn't study or prepare at all.

That's my boy!  

Child Labor

I have said it before, but this girl is up for anything. We got a new toilet yesterday and she wanted to know all about how it worked. She even helped me remove the old one and install the new one. I love her curiosity and interest. 

Crushers

The PV Crushers crushed their Thanksgiving tournament.  The games were so exciting and the girls had so much fun.  Hailey said she wishes she could do a tournament everyday.  I told her, it's called becoming a professional soccer player

 Hailey was so happy, she was beaming from ear to ear.  After the game she ran across the field and gave Jesse a big hug out of nowhere.  She was just so excited and proud, she played her heart out and she knew it 

Thanksgiving revised

Casa D'Alessandro

Lady Bird Botanical Gardens

The Maze Room - We FBI agents, were locked in a room for an hour with the objective of finding the identity of the Russian Spy and to escape

 We solved all the riddles/problems with 4 minutes left and escaped.  A 50% success rate

Crazy Dash Scavenger Hunt in downtown Austin

-Hug a light post and text the photo

 Two cool dudes

Luke was such a trooper, he walked 2 miles of the scavenger hunt and hardly complained

Thanksgiving Selfie

 Pete, the ping pong champ

Cali and Hai

 Thanksgiving Texas Style

 Hailey made our napkin holders 

Look who we saw on the plane......

and whom walked right by us!  Papa and Papu were upgraded to 1st Class and gave us their tickets for our anniversary.  That 3 hour flight went by way too fast.  

Another fun week in Austin, so nice being a guest

Dunk Tank

Hailey's school had their annual carnival.  One of my favorite booths is the dunk tank, especially when Officer Grant gets into it.  We have gotten to know him pretty well and joke around a lot with him.  Hailey really wanted to throw some balls at him but i realize I was out of money.  I found a friend whom i ask, "Could you sponsor Hailey and I in dunking Officer Grant?"  I went first and Bam, hit the target. (yes, i was probably the only parent throwing at the dunk tank)  I missed the second one but now it was Hailey's turn.  She nailed the first one and the second one, no kids did that!  So now every morning when we come to school Officer Grand harasses us, even more than before

Wipeout Run

Jesse and i signed up to do the Wipeout Run.  The kids were so jealous of us, they were dying to join in the fun but it was 18 years and older. Sorry Kids

 Wondering what's to come

 The big balls were so hard, i hit the first one and flew off

 Jesse was amazing on the big balls

 He made it all the way across and the guy working there was so impressed, hardly anyone had completed it.

 Jesse successfully got across the beam too, i fell in the water only 1/3 of the way across

 It was hardly a race, but a lot of fun

 There was lots of entertainment with all the obstacles and costumes.  A fun way to spend a Saturday.  I was so worried that one of us would get injured, we survived!

Emojis

Hailey's contribution to the emoji community.