Catching Up With The Curtis Family: 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!!!