Busy, Busy, Busy

Fall always proves to be a very busy time of year for our family. Between golf, school, and McKenna's activities there just never seems to be enough time in the day. The last few weeks have been jammed packed with too many things to even mention so I will just update you on a few. I am having to learn how to deal with being a mother to a child who absolutely loves cheerleading. For those of you who know me, it is taking all of my effort to swallow my pride and allow her to participate in cheerleading activities that have come available. I must admit she is very good at it and is constantly flipping around our house doing cart wheels, back bends, walkovers, etc. So a couple of weeks ago, McKenna participated in a cheerleading clinic at DeKalb High School where she won the jump off contest for having the best jump. She, along with the other 100 girls that went to this clinic, then cheered the following weekend for the Barons at their football game. She loved every minute of it! The cheerleading coach is begging for me to have her come to DeKalb High School so she can cheer for her since she made such an impression on her. OH MY!!! What have I gotten myself into???? Below you will find some pictures from the game. Fortunately for Doug and I, she is really unsure as to what she wants to do. If she is playing basketball, then that is what she loves. If it is softball, that is the love at that time. Soooooo....there is still hope that she will choose "a sport". I am not sure that anyone in my family will be able to go watch a cheerleeader after all the sports watching my family has done the last 30 years. :-)
On another great note, Allison has verbally commited to play her college golf at IPFW. She is very excited as she is the first golfer that has been offered a full ride scholarship. She will be living in the new dorms next year with another girl that she has known through golf. Doug is even happier that she will be playing locally so he will be able to continue to watch her college career. There is a lot of relief and stress taken off the shoulders of her in trying to make this tough decision. This weekend she will make her fourth appearance of her high school career at the state tournament. We are anxiously awaiting for the weekend to see if she can better her 16th place finish from last year.
As for the rest of our family, Doug and I will be celebrating our 4th anniversary on Wednesday. Neither one of us can believe it has been four years...it has gone extremely fast. Dane is still just doing school and driving down to Indianapolis about every other weekend to see Brittany, his girlfriend, who is attending the University of Indianapolis. Hope all continues to find everyone reading this well. Have a great week!

Pre-game smile!!!

Not quite sure about cheering in front of all those people
Warming up for the big game!

Group practice...getting ready for her jump!

Quick shot before the National Anthem

Whole group cheering with support from the Baron cheerleaders

Labor Day Weekend

Well, it has been a little while since I posted, but I am back. What a crazy, busy weekend with lots of traveling! Our weekend started by traveling to Lafayette to watch Doug's nephew play football on Friday evening for Harrison High School. Unfortunately, they lost, but he has a great season ahead of him. Then on Saturday, Allison played in the Hall of Fame tournament at Battleground. She, nor her team, played very well. She was disappointed in her performance so Doug helped her practice her irons today. Her senior season is rapidly coming to a close. She is trying to decided where she will play in college as she has a few really nice schools that are interested in her. I shall keep you posted as to what she decides. My guess is that it will be fairly soon.
On Sunday, Doug and I returned home to pick up dogs and head to the lake to help put everything away for the summer. It is quite depressing in actuality! The weather didn't exactly cooperate...in fact this is the first weekend all summer that we needed sweats and sweatshirts. The water temperature dropped dramatically. McKenna spent the weekend with her dad, but popped down to our house for a little while. She was able to ride the jet ski with my cousin, Casey (whom she just loves)!
Doug and I returned this morning after we completed our task of helping put everything in it "winter place". Last Thursday, Doug's jeep (that is probably truly on its last leg) quit working; therefore, we spent this afternoon getting it looked at. Good news...it is only the battery! Maybe that will mean that we can get another 50, 000 miles out of it. LOL! Doug was truly a hilly billy in that he had to jump start the car on Friday morning to get to work and in the South Side parking lot on Friday afternoon while his students got a glimpse of his lovely car. Instead of helping, they just watched and laughed at him. I can only imagine this site. We are very excited that this is a short week and our looking forward to another very busy weekend. Have a happy week! I have posted some pictures of our fun weekend.

The boy's getting the shore lift out

Doug striking a pose...look at the muscles or better yet the beer :-)
Casey and McKenna on the jet ski

I found a snake in between the logs and it finally made an appearance

Casey and McKenna (love this picture of the two of them)

McKenna in her swimsuit and six pack. BURRRRRR!!!!Grandma Novak and McKenna cuddling