On A Roll

Well now, this makes for TWO posts in the same YEAR! Wooooo Watch out, she's on a roll!

Colton and I just got back from a visit with my best friend from high school (not AT, but FROM) Laurene. She and her family live in Enid, so we thought it would be a good short visit right before school starts. And it was.
Laurene had to work most of the time, but Colton and I and her 13 year old daughter did a little running around during the day. I saved the big "surprise" for Colton that we were going to get to go to Leonardo's on Tuesday. I told him it was not a pool, but he would get to get wet. Well, AFTER we've paid to get in, the lady tells us that the water part of the castle had to have new flooring installed and takes 48 hours to dry, so no water. Bummer. It was HOT. So we played inside Leonardo's for the first part of the day, and found some sidewalk fountains outside one of the buildings downtown there (apparently NOT for letting kids run through, but we didn't get asked to leave), and so, Colton got to get wet after all. And we got some great pictures (hey! I'll post some)!

School will start for us on Wednesday, the 15th. I have to go in on the 14th, so Colton will get to spend one last day with Joe. Joe leaves for college (Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ) on Saturday, the 18th. I'll have to make it a point to let you know how that goes. I'm not really sure what I'll do. You know, I have discovered why God makes them teenagers. It's so that when they DO leave for college, you're not quite as heartbroken as you would be had they stayed cute and innocent!! We'll see what happens......

Colton and I are very excited about school though! Wednesday is our short day (our school doesn't have the days out for "teacher's meetings" like most do, but we get out of school every Wednesday at 1:45 for teacher's inservice). And of course, football isn't far behind. I do love high school football - always have. But, this year, I can see myself working alot at the gate for most of the games, paying my dues for NOT helping at ALL last year!

Ok, there's a little post for ya. I'll try to be sure to write sometime in the next week to let you know what the first day of school was like and what it's like to send a kid off to college.