Colten's 8!

Colten turned 8 on Friday! Since we postponed his party until the following weekend, we gave him his gift that morning - a new bb/pellet gun! He was ecstatic and couldn't wait to try it out. He had been using John's old bb gun until now, but had a hard time pumping it. This one's easier for him and shoots pellets to boot. He's been practicing on cans and is a pretty good shot so far :)

Here he is on the morning of his birthday - don't you just love his bed head?

Here he is trying it out

Saturday, Ashlyn had a basketball tournament in Llano, playing Llano and a team from Austin (St. Andrews). Both of these teams are in much bigger districts than Mason, so it wasn't too pretty for them. The scores were both in the range of 18-36 or so. I guess it was good practice, though. Ashlyn's team did win their game last night against Cristoval and she's been getting to play more. She was so excited when she told me that she'd been more aggressive during practice and was now in the 2nd group of players instead of the last and is now playing more than a quarter as point guard. Way to go Ashlyn!

Here's Ashlyn in her basketball get-up during the break between games

While we were in Llano, Mom, Rena, Roseline, Ashlyn and I got to have a nice girl's lunch at Stonewall's (pretty good place). After we ate, Ashlyn & I drove to Fredericksburg to finally get her a hair cut. She was needing one really bad and she wanted something a little different. I think it turned out very nice!