Crazy Hair Night at Lake Pointe

The girls had a good time with crazy hair night at Awanas.
















Back of Triniti's hair

Name This Movie

After having a shot at winning and reaching the goal a rookie athlete has been striving for on the circuit, he falls just short due to a costly mistake at the last second. He has a fight with his right-hand man saying he does not need him anymore. After this devastating failure he takes out across the country and after crashing through a fence he unexpectedly gets stranded in a little “hic” town just off a road rarely traveled anymore. He feels defeated.

While in the town he meets a older citizen who automatically notices the rookie’s driving skill. In a surprising twist, the older citizen was once an athlete in the same sport as the rookie. The retired citizen agrees to help him in his attempt to reach greatness in the sport they both love. The citizen tells the rookie that he needs to stay in town and gain some perspective before continuing the pursuit of his dream. The older citizen teaches the rookie, with unusual methods, how to become even better in his sport as well as teaching him some life lessons on how to become a better person.

While in the town, the rookie also meets a particularly beautiful girl who doesn’t quite fit in with the stetting of the old, abandoned, dusty town. He is instantly attracted to her, and is determined to spend time with her before leaving. They end up going for a ride together and looking over a cliff that shows the beautiful landscape of the town from a new perspective. The rookie and girl end up falling in love.

Spending 7 days in a small forgotten town with its sincere and simple citizens has changed him forever. The athlete has become better at his sport and, more significantly, now realizes the importance of his relationships with others.

Can you name this movie?

It's the famous Disney-Pixar movie Cars right?

Well yes and no. The narative actually describes the new movie Seven Days in Utopia.

Watch the trailer and see what you think. Amazing!

Brittany is Nominated for Homecoming Princess

Each year students at Rockwall Heath High School nominate 3 girls in each class for Homecoming Princess. This year Brittany was one of the 3 girls nominated for the Sophomore class. Her boyfriend Reese was nominated for Prince.



Vote for Brittany & Reese!

Triniti Wins All Around and Scores a 9.9 on Beam!

Triniti won first in the All Around competition out of 67 girls in Level 4 with a combined score of 38.90 at the District Qualifier gymnastics meet.  Triniti also scored an incredible 9.9 on her beam exercise!

She got first on beam (9.9), first on vault (9.8), tied for first on floor (9.65) and got second on bars (9.55).

Champion!

Announcing Triniti winner in All Around.

Her beam routine.

Her beam score - 9.9!

Her floor routine.

Her vault.

Her scores!

Team photo.  United Elite got second place in large team.

Triniti tied with a girl named Haley Phillips for first on floor. Haley finished second in all around.  I hear from Triniti's coach that Haley is going to be Triniti's competition all year.

RHHS Homecoming 2011

Reese just asked Brittany to Homecoming with a combination of glowsticks, clothes hangers and duct tape outside her window.

This is a picture outside.

This is a picture of the apparatus hanging up in Brittany's room.

By the way - she said yes.

OMG - No Texting Language

Have you ever received a text from someone and could not figure out what they were saying? Abbreviations every third word. Abbreviations for no reason. "k" for "ok". Saving one letter? Really. Even "ok" is an abbreviation for "okay."

In our family everyone uses full words when they text another person. This started out as an education initiative. Misty thought it would be good if the kids could get practice on their spelling while texting. However, this has turned into something that all of our kids have adopted as a matter of principle. Brittany made the point early on (when she got her phone years ago) that using "texting language" sends the message to the person that you are texting that you don't have time or don't care to make the time to text real words. It is like saying - "I want to make this easy on me and hard on you because my time is more important than your time." It is just a matter of respect.

Below is a text between Brittany and I recently:

I know this view may seem a little over the top, but I think there is something to it.

Shawn's Comments on Outsourcing Disputes

Part of my concentration is on outsourcing law. I was recently asked to comment on disputes with outsourcing providers. Some of my thoughts appear in this recent article at CIO.com.

http://www.cio.com/article/688640/Should_You_Sue_Your_Offshore_Outsourcing_Provider_?taxonomyId=3195