Welcome to flamingobear. We're the Martin family. Jenn cooks a lot. Tim eats it. And the trees are awesome.
This is Oakley’s first year playing club soccer. To be quite honest, we weren’t sure how it would go. Going in, we knew she liked soccer, due to Daddy and Aspen’s influence. Now she loves it, due to Coach Brandon’s influence. Our conversation one night on the way home from practice:
Oakley: I want to get a tattoo.
Me: Really?
Oakley: Yeah. Coach Brandon has a tattoo.
Me: Where?
Oakley, pointing to the bottom section of her middle finger: Right here. It’s the Roman numeral 8 (VIII).
Me: What’s it mean?
Oakley: It’s ’cause he has 8 people in his family. I want to get one, too, but can’t decide if I should get the Roman numeral 5 (V) or tally marks for our family of 5!
Thankfully, she plenty of time to decide! And thankfully, she has an awesome coach to push her this year. Oakley needs someone to push her. I’ve learned that it’s best for all of us if that someone isn’t always me. Two years ago we had Miss Megan Drury, and now we have Coach Brandon Moses. It’s gonna be a good year.
Our chicks (the 3 human ones and the 26 poultry ones) before heading out to catch the bus. A few things to note:
Duck, North Carolina holds so many wonderful memories for me. As a little girl, I loved going to the Outer Banks (OBX) for one week each summer with my grandmother, great-aunts, parents, and cousins – lots of cousins. Now my children get to do the same – in the very same beach house. (Ok, so now we’re up to 4 houses but someone always gets the original #8). With all due respect to the Masters, this is really a tradition unlike any other.
It seems that no trip to Bavaria would be complete without a visit to King Ludwig’s famous castles near Fussen. We obliged and spent a morning touring the castles. We opted to spend the afternoon tearing down an alpine luge track.
3rd grade writing prompt on Sept. 7: “Summer is often a time for special adventures. Adventures can be things you do with family members or friends. Before you begin to write, think about a summertime adventure you have had. Now write a story about your special summer adventure.”
