This & That

Danielle attended a softball clinic this past weekend at the college/university Ron and I graduated from. It was weird to walk around campus with our daughter. It had been a long time since we'd been there. There were a lot of girls at the clinic. This is an NAIA school, and we expected there to be a smaller turnout, but there were probably more girls there than at the D1 camps she's attended.  They divided the girls into 7-9 and 10-12 grades. She was definitely the best outfielder in her age group, but we didn't watch them hit or watch the older girls. It seems so early to be talking about colleges with Danielle, but that's how it works with athletic scholarships. Tyler still has another year before he needs to start worrying about it.

I saw this in the parking lot and thought it was hilarious.

There are several rows of girls. Some of the current college players are standing in the back.

Speaking of Tyler and college, we had him take the ACT test a few weeks ago. When I was in high school, you took the ACT test once. That was the score you got and you hoped it was good enough. I don't think it was as competitive to get into colleges then, though. Now, most kids take the test multiple times. Everyone in our state has to take it their Jr year. Danielle will have to take it her freshman year to get a baseline score for college recruiters. Thankfully they don't expect a 9th grader's score to be very high. We wanted Tyler to try taking the test once just to see how he'd do - so he could get the experience under his belt. We didn't have him do any prep classes or study. We registered him and he showed up with pencils and a calculator on the day of his test. We got his score today, and he scored a point higher than I did. It's a great score, especially for midway in his sophomore year, and it's certainly good enough to get into a lot of schools already. We are excited to see what he can do when he actually studies for it. I think he surprised himself, too. The great thing is that he still has at least another year to work on improving his score. Every point that score goes up means more opportunities and more academic scholarship options.

I thought they looked nice the other day so I took their picture before school. Danielle doesn't like it because she thinks her face doesn't look like it's awake yet.

Danielle got her hair cut today. She got 4" cut off. It was a pretty big decision for her. Lol.

And here are some random pictures just because.

She won a typing contest in her computer class. Tyler always won those, too. He is by far the fastest typist I know. I'm fast, but he has me beat hands down.

She joined me for a walk in the rainy fog the other day. Daughters are such a blessing.

Just because. :)