MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING 2009'

WOW WOW WOW IS ALL I CAN SAY!! THE QUOTE THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER SINCE BEFORE WE MOVED HERE IS "EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS" WELL, WE FOUND OUT THAT HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING SURE IS AND ALL THE TRADITIONS THAT GO WITH IT:) SO OK! THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN.."" PHILLIP SAYS I WANT TO ASK ANGELA TO HOMECOMING? OK GO FOR IT THAT WILL BE FUN.... SO A FEW WEEKS LATER SHE WAS OVER AT OUR HOUSE SWIMMING AND HE COMES IN WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE SAID SHE SAID YES!! YEAH!! SO OK... BACK IN OUR DAY... YOU WENT TO THE HOMECOMING GAME WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND OR JUST YOUR FRIENDS ESPECIALLY IF YOUR BOYFRIEND PLAYED FOOTBALL OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND CHEERED...AND THEN THE DANCE WAS AFTER THE GAME.. WELL, NOT HERE ITS A ALL WEEKEND AFFAIR. I DON'T THINK ANY OF MY DATES EVEN BOUGHT ME A COURSAGE FOR HOMECOMING IT WAS JUST COME DRESSED CUTE IN CASUAL CLOTHES AND GO TO THE DANCE AFTER THE GAME AND THEN GO TO MCDONALDS...HERE IT IS FORMAL.SO YOU HAVE TO BUY FORMAL CLOTHES AND THE GIRL BUYS A FORMAL DRESS AND SHOES AND JEWELS AND GETS THE NAILS AND TOES DONE:) OK SO IT WAS A BLAST.. THE WEEKEND BEFORE THEY ALL CAME IN FROM SCHOOL AND SAID THEY HAD TO MAKE HOMECOMING TSHIRTS AND WEAR THEM ON THE DAY OF THE GAME... OK SO OFF WE ALLLLLL GO TO WALMART BUY SHIRTS AND PAINTS AND IRON ON LETTERS AND OF COURSE BLING FOR THE GIRLS.. SORRY BUT MY MOTTO IS EVERY GIRL HAS TO HAVE SOME BLING!:) SO FRIDAY NIGHT WAS TSHIRT NIGHT THAT ENDED UP INTO A PIZZA PARTY AND ROCKIN TIL MIDNIGHT, IT WAS FUN FUN!!SO ON SATURDAY I TOOK PHILLIP OUT SHOPPING FOR HIS OUTFIT:) FUN.. HE COULD HAVE CARED LESS.. AND THEN ON SUNDAY ANGELA ASKED ME TO GO DRESS SHOPPING WITH HER AND HER SISTER AND HER MOM WHICH WAS A FUN TIME, I AM NOT USE TO DOING THESE THINGS SINCE I HAVE BOYS IT WAS QUITE A EXPERIENCE BUT OH SO MUCH FUN AND THEY BOTH PICKED OUT CUTE CUTE DRESSES AND SHOES...SO THE NEXT FRIDAY MORNING WAS THE DAY OF HOMECOMING AND IT ALL STARTED AT 6:45 A.M. THERE IS A BIG TRADITION HERE THAT FOR HOMECOMING IF YOU HAVE A DATE YOU BUY THEM A HOMECOMING MUM FOR THE GIRL AND A GARTER FOR THE GUY..I HAVE NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE SEEN THIS...IT IS CRAZY.. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PICS TO EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! I CAN NOT EVEN DESCRIBE IT.. YOU PUT ALL THEIR HOBBIES AND INTEREST ON IT..MY GOODNESS! AND THE BIGGER THE BETTER!!WE DID SO GOOD BECAUSE ANGELA WON BEST MUM IN THE FRESHMAN CLASS AND HER SISTER WON IN THE JUNIOR CLASS.. WOOT WOOT.. WE DID GREAT!! SO OK THEY EXCHANGED THESE AND WORE THEM ALL DAY AT SCHOOL.. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE WEARING THESE AND TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON SCHOOL WORK AND CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE BEING A TEACHER... OH MY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO THINK:) SO THEY GO TO SCHOOL COME HOME, HANG OUT HERE AT OUR HOUSE AND GO TO TO THE GAME WHICH WE WON 21-14 IT WAS A GREAT GAME.. TONS OF FUN!! AND SO THEN ON SATURDAY WAS THE BIG DANCE,THEY HOOKED UP WITH SOME FRIENDS FOR DINNER AND THEN ALL WENT TO THE THE DANCE TOGETHER, THEY HAD A BLAST!! AFTER THE DANCE THEY ALL CAME HERE AND HUNG OUT AND TALKED ABOUT WHO WAS WITH WHO AND WHO WAS WEARING WHAT AND ON AND ON AND ON.. OH MY IT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES:) TO BE IN HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN.. i HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS.. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN IN THOSE YEARS WITH NO RESPONSIBILITIES BUT YET THE HEARTACHES OF GROWING UP AND DEALING WITH BOYFRIENDS AND MEAN GIRLS:) I PRAY MY KIDS HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES AND LOTS OF BLESSINGS IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.. NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCED TEXAS HOMECOMING PEOPLE SO WE NOW KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO!!:) WE ALL HAD A TON OF FUN AND LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!!!

A New School Year !!!

So sorry I have not posted in forever but we have been super busy as always!! Well, as you know Summer is Over and a New School Year has started and it could not be better.. Both of the boys started new schools this year and absolutely love them. Both of the campuses are alot bigger than they are use to but they have adjusted just fine and we have not heard one complaint from either one of them!Fall Baseball has started too and we are gearing up for the season to start, opening day is this Saturday so we are anxiously awaiting that! Chuck was asked to coach a team so of course he did not hesitate to say YES:) I think he loves it more than either one of the boys do,, now hear me if you know The Ray Boys that's all they love to do both of them, they eat sleep and dream baseball its their life and they get it honestly from their Dad! anyway he decided to Coach and he was so excited because this is the only time in both of the boys lives that they are able to play on a team together so we were more than excited YES! practice at the same time, games at the same time, get to watch one game instead of running back and forth to the other field..woo hoo... Will not have to be at the field 6 days out of 7 YES YES YES.. went to NO NO NO real quick.. Phillip says he would rather play on a team with his friends for the Coach he has played for since we have lived here.. Cant make it easy for us so we gave in and said ok that's fine have fun that's what its about right have fun and in the mean time we are both grumbling and Peyton is just thinking wow you would rather play with your friends instead of me and Dad hmmm.. so guess what its RIVAL TIME now oh my gosh I do not know if I will be able to stand it..... and can you imagine when they play each other OMG!!!! help!! Can you all come for that game so I do not have to go it alone?? Anyway it will be fun!!So school has started and Fall Ball is on the way so Life in the Ray house is getting back to normal!Stay Tuned for the first Texas Homecoming Game and Dance post.. It is more than you can even imagine..... Thanks for making us a part of your day!!