All about Cori

Cori's last basketball game was so much fun to watch. The score was so close with both teams going back and forth. Cori's team ended up getting beat by 2 points. One of their girls accidentally made a basket at the wrong goal and gave the other team 2 points, so technically I think it was a tie. Luckily, the girls will have another basketball season before school is out. Those games are the most fun to watch. Right now though Cori is geared up for track. They have their first meet in about a week and Cori is taking it seriously.

She also had a band concert last week. We love to see these different sides of her. To see her running around a basketball court getting aggressive when someone takes her ball and then to see her so calm, poised and beautiful playing flute is amazing. She is great at everything she does. Really! We are always so proud of her.

Cori took the ACT last week. That's right, the ACT in the 7th grade. It is part of Duke's TIP program and she was specially chosen based on her perfect scores on the Texas standardized exams. She was taking the ACT with high school students which made her so nervous. It was such a privilege for her to be able to take the same test that she will be taking in a few years and get a sneak peek. She says she think she did great on the English and Reading but not as well on Science and Math. Typical for girls unfortunately but she also always does better than she thinks. It will be so interesting to see how she compares with her peers around the nation as well as much older students.

Cori, my mom and I got out Saturday with just us girls. It was so nice! We left Bryson home with Aaron. Cori has done a 180 on us and she loves to shop now! She bought some jewelry this trip to "accessorize" which she has vowed to do more. We had a great day at some of our favorite places: Ikea, Lush, others and of course the Cheesecake Factory! Lush is Cori and I's absolute favorite. We love to smell all the handmade goodies and we went home and each had long baths on Sunday with heavenly smells! We are thankful they finally opened one in Texas!