7th Grade SMS Cross Country

Today Parker ran in his last cross country race of the season.  He had a great season and consistently finished in the top 20 runners . There were usually about 125-150 boys in his age group so finishing in the top 20 was a huge accomplishment.  His personal best was coming in 5th place at the Covington XC Meet. The Smith MS 7th grade boys team finished in 1st place at every meet except today's district meet where they finished 2nd.  

Parker really enjoyed running and is planning on being on the team again next year.  It was fun to watch him run every week and cheer him and his friends, Kayden and Kaden, on at each race.  I'm so proud of his hard work, dedication (he had to be at school every morning at 6:30am for practice) and improvement throughout the season.

Unfortunately, cross country is not a very wheelchair friendly sport, so Cory was not able to go to watch Parker race.  Thankfully, I was able to make it to every race and cheer him on! 

5th place finisher!

Pumpkin Patch 2019

We made it out to the pumpkin patch today for our annual cousin pictures.  It was surprisingly easier than we had planned, especially now that the triplets are on the move!  They love their cousins and will usually sit still for pictures as long as they are being held by them. 

All the girls!

Our 3 outnumbered boys!

When did they get so big?!?!

Addison and Parker- the "bigs"

Aubrey and Eden- the "middles"

Lily and Ryan- the "littles"

These girls are such good friends! I'm so thankful they have each other!

The Harsheys

Hadley, Wyrn, and Luke

Me and my girls

Fall Band Activities

Band is keeping Parker quite busy this year!  He is loving playing trumpet in the Wind Ensemble and got a chance to play with the high school Golden Pride Band before one of the home football games this month. 

He also got to go to the football stadium one Friday and learn from the high school students how to march on the field.

The band won the Spirit Stick at the pep rally.

The band had their fall concert tonight and it was wonderful!  Mr. Hiller is an amazing band director.  He has taught them so much in a short amount of time.  I'm so thankful Parker has had the chance to be in his band.

Parker was glad that Aunt MerMer was able to sneak away for the evening and come see his concert.

Parker and Kaden H.