Friday Night Lights

What a busy week! We had a fun labor day cooking and buying Taylor some new clothes for teaching. He has to wear a shirt and tie to school and Jos. A. Bank had a really big sale so we took advantage of it! It was fun matching the shirts and ties haha! I made a baked chicken penne for dinner that night which was delicious. This week I also made some BBQ homemade pizzas yum!

This week was the second week of school for Taylor and he loves his job at Sunset! He is now the strength and conditioning coach for all of the boys offseason sports, so he gets to workout at the new athletic facility with the boys soccer and baseball teams every day for the last 90 minutes of school! He lost his planning period, so he has to do a lot at home, but he loves teaching and coaching!

On Thursday we went to our first Sunset pep rally/parade at the Bishop Arts District. It was a fun night supporting the Bison as they prepared to take on their rivals the next night, the Adamson Leopards. We saw a few of Taylor's students and one of my young women, who was a baton twirler. It was a short and sweet parade and was a fun way to support the community. After it all finished up, we ate at Oddfellows, a modern soul food restaurant right by the parade. We have found that the Bishop Arts, which is 1.5 miles from our apartment, has the best food in Dallas!

Friday night was our first real Friday Night Lights experience! It was Sunset v. Adamson and it was in a 15,000-seat high school stadium. We felt like we were at a college game! Crazy! There was a big crowd there to support the Bison. We sat in the upper deck (yes, there is an upper deck in a high school stadium!!) for the second half and stayed until the end, but Sunset ended up losing 33-5.

The halftime show was one of the best parts of the night. The Sunset band and dance team are among the best in the state, and a bunch of Taylor's students (and my twirler!) were a part of it. It seems like a lot of people just come to the games to see the halftime show and its totally worth it!

Taylor ended the week with a pretty incredible experience. President George W. Bush hosted the Dallas Teach For America corps at his house for a BBQ on Saturday night. Taylor got to meet with and talk to President Bush, and even got an invite to the Bush ranch to go hunting! (although he was probably just being nice ;) President Bush spoke at the end of the night and showed great support for the mission of Teach for America. It's nice to know that we have the support of such great people!