Keeping with Traditon and Making History

In April we were flown by the school district to Lubbock, Texas for the regional tennis tournament. Yes, you read it right, we FLEW!!! I was excited about this, seeing that all of my year of high school and college tennis I was trapped inside a 15 passanger van or bus! It was nice hop on a plane and then be at our destination an hour later!!

Prior to leaving for Lubbock, we continued our "Kiss the Bronco" tradition at Boyd for sending players to the playoffs. My 4 players and both of us coaches gathered with other athletic teams and the principal for our farewell sendoff.

After checking into our hotel, The Embassy Suites (our district pulled out all the red carpets this year!!!), I went off to the seeding meeeting. Unfortunately my boys singles player drew the #2 seed and eventual tournamet champion. My mixed doubles team drew the #1 seed and eventual tournament champion. My girls singles player was a bit luckier. She was the #2 seed. She flew through her first match. The 2nd match (quater finals) proved to be a bit tougher than expected. After dropping the first set, down 4-1 in the 2nd, a few tears, and an ugly lob fest, she did what she had to do and won the match which led her to the semis which she won. The finals proved to be a re-match of the district finals and Mackenna was victorious again. This time, she made school history as the first Bronco Regional Champion and we are headed to State in Austin, Texas.

We had time to kill after the finals, so the most exciting tourist attraction in Lubbock is the Buddy Holly muesum. It was interesting to the kids for the first 5 minutes and interesting to me for the first 10 minutes. After 45 minutes we were dragging Coach D out the door!

Hayllee on Neiman's Website

About a month ago, Hayllee went in for a photo shoot for Neiman Marcus's website. She took several different poses and they used one! She get's paid a little, which Jeremy puts into her savings account, but unfortunately she doesn't get to keep the clothes. I am not sure who actually buys their kid $99 jeans!!! She has another photo shoot on Monday. We are all so proud of her!
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Jeremy did not have Hayllee this year for Easter, but that did not stop the Easter Bunny from coming to her daddy's house. I made it to the house before Hayllee did on Monday, because Jeremy picked her up and took her to Karate. Of course when I got there, I called and told her what a mess the Eater Bunny had made...he had left candy EVERYWHERE and decorated a new basket for her! When I told her what a mess he had made she litteraly squealed with excitement and told Jeremy to drive fast because the Easter Bunny had come. Since she had been at her mom's house, and it had been so rainy and wet, the Easter Bunny didn't make it for long and didn't leave a lot. By the time he got to her dad's house, he had a lot more time and was able to take his time since she wasn't there; not to mention it was sunny, so he could make a good hunt outside too! When she got home from Karate, she grabbed her basket and began to gather the candy from the trails throughout the house and from the hiding places in the backyard. She was very excited to know that the Easter Bunny had not forgotten her!

Come Early, Stay Late: Bronco Tennis

This spring has a been a successful one for the Bronco tennis team, but we never seem to do it the fast way...we take our time! As we were sitting watching the playback match that would decide if our mixed doubles team or Plano Sr. High's mixed team would advance onto regionals, we realized that we were once again the LAST team at the tournament; other than our oppenent of course! Every tournament that we have played in this spring, we have been the last on court! At Marcus it was us and Coppell. At McKinney it was us and North. At Allen it was us and Allen. And at the district tournament, it was us and Plano! Whoever comes to watch Boyd tennis get's their money worth out of it! Apparently since we were able to spend so much time on the courts, it also gave us the opportunity to play in all weather conditions. This spring we played in sunny conditions, waited through rain and snow showers, and played in 30-40 mph winds! In the end it has all paid off. Mackenna, my #1 girls singles player is our first female district champ, Travis, my #1 boys singles player is our first male district champ, and Molly and Evan are the first team in our entire district to make it to regionals as an unseeded team and having to play every seeded team to get there! To top it all off, the entire team took 2nd place in district for the girls team and boys team! Go BRONCOS!!!!

Roughrider Egg-Stravaganza

The local tripple A baseball team, the Frisco Roughriders, held an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Luckily for us, not many people showed up! It was a beautiful day at Dr. Pepper stadium and they had lots of fun activites. Hayllee practiced batting, they had Duec, their mascot, and the Easter Bunny there. We ate ice cream, hot dogs (we were a little backwards in the order of food!) and of course candy from the eggs Hay found!

Spring Break 2009

Breckenridge, Colorado

Keystone, ColoradoIt was off to Colorado this year for Spring break and Jeremy's 32 birthday. On Monday, Jeremy, and our friend Jace, and I flew to Denver where we met up with Jeremy's cousin Johnney. That night we ate a very good dinner at Jace's friend Jeremy's house who he knew from high school. This is the same friend that was giving us theif family condo, in Frisco Colorado, to stay in for the week. Tuesday, which was St. Patricks Day and Jeremy's birthday, we spent skiing down the slopes at Keystone. On Wednesday, we were a little sore from the first day of skiing, so the boys humored us and we went to the town of Breckenridge for some shopping. Mountain towns are very similar to beach towns! We had a relaxing and fun time wandering through the tourist shops. On Thursday it was time to hit the slopes again at Keystone for some day and night skiing. We managed to make it through the day without too many wipeouts and tumbles down the hills! Friday was our last day, and we decided to give another set of slopes a try so we went to Breckenridge. It was a new experience to take the gondola up to the slopes from the parking lot The entire trip was a blast and we have memories that will last a lifetime.

Pools Ranch

This past weekend was the March 4 Wheel ride at Pools Ranch. This time, we had our own place to sleep, eat, and clean off - the Fun Runner Toy Hauler that Jeremy bought last month! We loaded all 3 of our 4-wheelers into the trailer along with everything else we might have needed for the weekend and headed to Athens. Saturday afternoon we were very thankful for the shower! Our campsite was just on the edge of the woods and just behind it was a small stream and a couple of mudholes just small enough for Hayllee's little 4 wheeler, but just big enough for her to get plenty muddy! For about an hour she plowed through one mud hole and onto the other and then made a loop around to do it again. The entire time, Lexi was right there next to her! When Hay would plow into the first mud hole, Lexi would pounce in the stream. She would then run out and chase Hayllee to the 2nd mud hole. While Haylllee plowed through the 2nd, Lexi went around the outside and met Hayllee to run alongside back around to the first hole. They followed the same path and routine for about 50 laps! By the time they were done, they were both covered from head to toe with mud and had to wash off in the stream just to be able to set foot in the trailer!