Sister, Sister!

I haven't posted in a while!  It's partly because the beginning of last week we were in birthday recovery mode, but the second half of the week was super busy for a lot of fun/great reasons! 
First of all, on Thursday, Lyla and I were playing in her room upstairs when we heard someone at the door. I assumed it was another girl scout,  so we didn't even check to see who it was...we just let Dustin answer it.  I heard him coming up the stairs a short time later with a beautiful bouquet of flowers in his hand! Then he went through the awkwardness of saying, "uhmm...someone sent you flowers, and it wasn't me....?"
We were both surprised!  Both of us were excited (or maybe concerned on Dustin's part!) to see who they were from!  We opened the card and read a sweet note from none other than...my sister! It was a thoughtful "Just because!" gift!  We love love loved them!  Thanks for making our day, Kat!

[Dustin said he had a new idea for a stand up routine about the awkwardness of opening the door to find that someone has sent your wife flowers, and then having to go deliver them to her! ;)  ]

Thursday afternoon, it was time for Lyles and I to head to Texas!  For the past three years, my sister has organized a flag football tournament in memory of her brother-in-law, Justin Osinde.  Lyla and I were so excited to go play football with Kat and Juju (I'll be honest...I was more excited to spectate Lyla playing football with Kat and Juju)!  We made our first stop in Henrietta, and stayed there for a couple of days since Dustyboy was working and going to school.  I really am not super comfortable driving in the DFW area, so I was happy we were able to tag along to the tournament with my mom!  We drove to Arlington first thing on Saturday morning!
Each year the tournament has grown and grown!  She is able to raise money and donate all of the proceeds to Suicide Prevention.  She has found a way to celebrate the life of Justin by doing something he loved and to bless others along the way.  This was the first year Lyles and I were able to attend, and it was so fun!  The weather was perfect, Lyla got to play football (sort of!), and Kat and Juju's team won for the third year in a row!  (No, it's not rigged...they're just that good!)   I'm so proud of my little sister for honoring Justin in such a great way.  
When the tournament was over, we drove right back to Henrietta.  Then Lyles and I went back to OKC Sunday morning.  I've got to say, for a kid who used to make car rides...how should I put this...Hell on Earth?  She did wonderfully awesome!  She didn't fuss once until the last bit of our drive home on Sunday.  I was super proud and relieved that she seems to be riding like a champ nowadays! We had a great weekend!  Here are some pictures from the event!  I have a football super star on my hands!