Birthday season begins!

With our crazy schedule this year,

Birthday parties are happening in no particular order.

Today may be Weston’s 15th birthday,

But it is also Beckett’s 12th birthday party!

We tried out Activate,

This awesome game zone

Where you compete against time in teams

To complete a challenge.

Beckett’s crew

And the lone family members

(Mom is here too)

It was really fun—

A definite return venue!

And check this out:

Team Family set the daily room high score!

All that running worked up some thirst…

QT anyone?

Then it was back to the house

For some glow-in-the-dark frisbee

And some ice cream cake with the boys

Happy 12th bday party, Beck!

A successful MSSL champs

After 4 short weeks,

The middle school swim league champs are here.

Beckett made the A team medley relay team

For the breaststroke

…And they took second!

He also swam in the top 16 for 50 free—

He landed in 16th with a time of 33.19s.

Not a new PR but

Not bad for a 6th grader and one of two 11 year olds in the top 16!

He also swam 50 breaststroke—

He came in 2nd with a time of 40.36s,

A new PR by 0.1s!

Two 2nd place medals as a 6th grader???

AND ETMS won the MSSL cup?

Can’t wait to see what 8th grade will look like!

 

All business for Mom

Mom had her annual APPD conference 

(The meeting for all the pediatric program directors)

In Atlanta this week

So she had to watch a lot of the events from afar.

There was plenty of work done

But she managed to have a beer or two 

With Ross the Boss

And her other program director friends as well.

Always good when you like who you work with!

Tennis, anyone?

Weston joined the high school tennis team

For his spring sport

(One of his goals is to be on the Senior Triple Sport wall

In the commons at LSN).

He’s middle of the C team

Trying to work his way up the ladder

Another new sport

For the fam fans to figure out!

All the March Birthdays

A fish fry and all the desserts

Is the way we celebrate birthdays

With the Woods family.

I chose milkshakes for my dessert

Check out Kurt’s brilliant candle engineering

Amanda chose Costco chocolate cake for hers

Here’s to birthday wishes coming true!

 

Christmas in March

For Christmas this year,

Adam and Michelle got Mom and Dad

Tickets on the Barley Bus—

A brewery and distillery tour around town.

Their first stop was Border Brewery—

It was a nice place to start.

A good selection per Mom and Dad

Then it was off to River Bluff in the River Market.

Not quite as good,

But still worth the trip

The final stop was everyone’s favorite—

Restless Spirits.

They had a gin margarita

(Weird, right?)

That was so good,

Mom bought a bottle of gin.

The day was too early to come home,

So they found a shuffleboard spot

And drank like old people

Waaaaay better than something off Amazon!

I see a new Christmas gift tradition starting…

 

Another round in the pool

Meet 3 of 4 is tonight—

And Beck is in the zone

He made the A relay team with his wicked fast breaststroke—

They took 2nd!

He chose to swim 50 back tonight

It looked good,

But no PR, adding a few seconds to his time.

He took 5th though!

And his favorite,

The 50 breaststroke

Again, no PR, adding 0.38s

But he easily took 1st.

Champs next week!

Can’t wait to see some PRs!

 

A politician in the making

Jackson’s bill from Youth in Government is gaining some steam!

Not only did he get the certificate from the State House,

He was recognized for the LSP7 school board

For Excellence in Advocacy

Now if it could just get heard by the House…

 

Some early birthday fun

This year for birthdays,

We thought we’d have some adventures

Instead of gifts.

Jackson’s trip to K1 racing was so fun,

We thought we’d keep it going.

Weston chose Top Golf

It was a lovely day to go!

It’s been a while since all 6 of us

Got to hang out!

And guess what he chose for his birthday dinner?

No surprise there!

Happy early 15th, Weston!

 

Middle School Swim take 2

Tonight is the second middle school swim meet.

They’ve added a few new events to the mix.

Beckett swam the 100 free tonight for the first time ever.

Getting in his zone…

He came in 20th,

Pretty low in the event.

His time was 1:23.57.

We’re learning he is not a distance swimmer.

It also didn’t help that he jumped out of the pool

From his free relay and immediately got back on the blocks for this event.

He swam his favorite event again too—

The 50 breaststroke. 

Not a PR,

But he did take 1st!

Looking forward to next weekend…

 

Celebrating the wrestling season

We all gathered with BBQ and more desserts

Than even a high school wrestling team can eat

And celebrated a successful building season

For the Broncos.

It was the largest Freshman class they’d ever had

Weston’s biggest fan even stopped by

To celebrate!

He finished the season with 11 wins and 7 losses

And an impressive 7 pins. 

Pretty good for his first season!

Not sure he’ll maintain the 106 weight class

But looking forward to what next year will bring!

 

Greatness paying off

Tonight we gathered for Jackson’s NHS induction—

Meet the class of 2026

A pretty proud moment

A pretty proud family

(Weston is at his wrestling banquet

And Beckett is at football—

They send their love)

You may even be looking at the next

President of NHS

Let the campaign begin!

 

Robotics kick off…and a Dean’s List Finalist

The Broncobots season kicked off this weekend

With Jackson working the media

And Weston as the human player

Something else for brothers to bond over

Jackson and his IMPACT team worked to wow the judges

But the big event was Jackson’s interview for Dean’s List.

He’s one of 2 nominees from the Broncobots

And up against nominees from all the other teams at the competition.

AND HE WON!!!!!

No longs a Dean’s List Semifinalist

But a Finalist!!!

Qualified for World’s!

Dang, Jackson.

We couldn’t be prouder.

The Kings’ finale

Because they won both games last week,

The Kings have fought their way into championship play.

They were determined to win a medal,

Awarded to the top 3 teams.

Tucker had the first point on the board in the first game

But the #1 seed team proved too much for them.

Unfortunately, the 3rd place game didn’t land in their favor either.

Kings took 4th.

But they clearly had a lot of fun

And made another season of memories.

 

Our first Bison Swim Team meet

There wasn’t a middle school swim team when Jackson was there

And Weston wasn’t interested

So Beckett got to be the trail-blazer on this activity.

After a few weeks of practice,

Tonight was the first meet.  

Everyone swam all 4 strokes.

We weren’t sure how Beck would do,

Being the 11 year old in a meet with 11-14 year olds.

Shocker, he held his own

With PRs in all 4 strokes.

He came in 17th in free, taking off 2.74s for a new PR of 32.41s.

He came in 16th in fly, taking off 3.70s for a new PR of 42.69s.

He came in 17th in back, taking off 1.70s for a new PR of 42.30s.

And the definite finale (and his favorite stroke),

He came in 4th taking off 1.31s with a new PR of 40.46s.

He was the shortest by nearly a foot in his heat—

Imagine how fast he’ll be when he’s their height!

 

A politician in the making

Jackson wrote his bill for YIG 

About funding robotics in high schools across Missouri.

It caught the attention of Speaker of the House Jon Patterson

As well as the leadership of the LSR7 district.

It caught so much attention,

It may become an ACTUAL bill!!!

So when a package came from the Missouri government,

We were really curious what arrived…

It was a resolution from the House

calling out Jackson’s efforts

So proud Jackson!!!

And it came just in time to leverage 

In his FIRST Dean’s Award interview…

 

Bittersweet carpool

Mom and Dad can’t decide if it is AWESOME

We all jump in the car with Jackson

Or TERRIFYING that we all jumped in.

What can we say?

It’s kind of a treat to ride in his car!