the great soap battle

 wes and mason pitted their own neighborhoods against each other to collect toiletry donations for the junior auxiliary clothes closet.  they made a graphic and everything!  the ladies at the clothes closet were so excited, and i am pretty sure that they won't have buy bar soap for a very long time!!  we learned that if you want people to participate, you have to appeal their competitive sides!  who knew?!? 

chick-fil-a

 we took advantage of the last morning before school started back to go get our annual chick-fil-a breakfast.  if they ever didn't get a chick-fil-a gift card in their stocking on christmas morning, i think there might be some tears!  

NYE Formal

william and wes brought in the new year with their friends.  in a tux.  with lots of smiles!

william and clay

william and lacey

clay, cate, lacey, and william 

wes and morgan

wes, mason, and hayden

the boys

the whole crew

turner, whit, land, and wes

a handful of the freshman

the music boys found each other on the dance floor, and i stole the picture from ryder's instagram.

ryder, clay, william, and andrew

the afterparty for the freshman

the big ones ended up over here until 2am cooking pancakes, but i didn't take any pictures.  ringing in the new year is hard for people that don't see midnight very often!  happy 2023!