September 12x12

1 ted is on a soccer team and tonight was his first game. he has begged to play for the last year. every time we would drive past a park with a soccer game he would say "there is my soccer game. we need to hurry." we finally took pity on him and enrolled him for the fall season. his most favorite part- the soccer uniform. 2 homework. need i say more. 3 i swear mother nature has some kind of sense of humor. we finally dipped below 100 for a few blissful days, but now we are right back into the thick of it. i'm all for warm temperatures, but this is ridiculous. 4 this is one of the ads for children's medical center. i giggle every time i see it. i can't say why, but if you knew, you would giggle too. 5 i seem to forget to include me in most of my 12x12. i thought i'd get myself in at least one shot. i was dressed quite patriotically too. 6 hands down the best song by U2. my girlfriend can hear 2 notes and immediately identify this song. i usually play it rather loudly in the car. 7 ted started a new school. he likes it. it has been an adjustment for both of us. it's a hassle to get him out the door in the morning, which means i've been getting to work late. must improve! 8 lulu's school did an event this morning with the entire elementary on the front lawn saying the pledge of allegiance. it was a celebration of our freedom and country. it was sweet to see all the kids dressed in red, white, and blue and they had a few boys come in their scouting uniforms. the schools around here have the kids say both the pledge of allegiance and the pledge of allegiance to the texas flag each morning. this morning they finished saying the pledge and then were suppose to say the texas pledge, but they forgot and just repeated the pledge of allegiance again. it made me giggle. i get that texans love their flag, but c'mon! i snapped this photo as lulu was heading back to class. 9 stop at 7-11 for refreshments. ted and i are developing quite a routine in the morning. (are you giggling that i'm late for work in the morning, but i still must stop for a refreshment.. shh don't tell my boss). 10 adam is co-coaching ted's soccer team. i thought this photo was sweet. ted is carrying such a gigantic cooler of water, because it was 103 when we got out of the car to head to his game. 11 texans are crazy about a couple of things: texas and their patriotism! there were flags all over the city this weekend. i am bizarrely patriotic, so i loved seeing every last flag and i was happy to see a few people still had them up. we hung our flag this weekend too. we don't have a flag pole, so i had to be creative. i was able to hang it on some hooks by our front door. our flag was given to us as a wedding gift. it was one of the flags flown over the capitol on the day we were married. i need to hang it more often! 12 i have to go to seattle for work, so i'm taking the kids with me. my mom and dad are excited to spend the week wrestling them and i'm just glad i don't have to arrange childcare.