August Wrap Up

Dad came in town to celebrate my birthday!

 

Kids first day of school!

 

Quick shot with the headmaster (aka: Daddy!)

 

 Little E's First day of Kindergarten!

 

 CR moved up to 2nd grade!

 

Hambone and SoFa in 4th grade!

 

MV acting all cool in 6th grade!

The first day of school was also the night that we chose to go to the fair!  Only because it was free if you wore school spirit ware!

 

Wild Willy rode all of his rides all by himself!

 

My two middle boys were on that pirate ship!  I was pretty sure they were going to fall out!

 

Sisters!

 

First day of Moms Day Out with our 2 favorite families!

 

Up early to hopefully complete my first sprint triathalon!

 

So thankful for 2 sweet friends encouraging me to keep going!

 

Time for a yard sale to help fund our adoption! And the Fish Adoption too!  Can't wait to meet their two African cuties and our little Miss whom God has yet to show us!

 

If you don't have a swing in your backyard, just make your own!

 

He's trying to climb like the big kids!

July Wrap Up

Little E turns 6!  He wanted to go to the Lego Store for his birthday and Holiday World!  I can't believe I don't have any pictures at Holiday World!

 

This was on E's birthday as well,  We were leaving a softball tourney and found this headind out of town!

 

Happy Birthday, America!  The kids road their bikes in the city Fourth or July Parade!  We made all of our signs with an Olympic theme to celebrate the USA at the smmer games!

 

Sweet friends at VBS!

 

These big brothers enjoying the day at Nashville Shores!

 

Boys Day out while the sisters were at church camp!

 

 

Rob and celebrated my birthday early by taking a trip to float the Ocoee River!  I can't wait till the kids are old enough to do this with us!

 

Our friends, the Brights, from church and school went with us!

 

Mom and Daughter Weekend!  MV got her ears pierced!

 

Spending the night at the Sheraton for our girls weekend!

 

Cousin Camp at Pin Oak! My two older boys stayed home for football camp :(

 

Macho Men after a hard day at football camp!

 

Receiving their camp tshirts and letters from Coach D!

June Wrap Up

I am trying to catch up on here while I am stuck in bed recovering from knee surgery! Seemed like a good time! Here is what our life in June looked like in pictures!

 

We had 2 sweet friends go on a Missions Trip to Ethiopia with Visiting Orphans, so we decided they their kids needed a little friend  time (or maybe the daddys needed an extra hand!)!

 Girls against boys!!

 

Hambone's team played for the 8U championship and won!!! 

 

The Dallas Family moved to town!

 

Fun with the Woodsides at the Brickell Pool!

 

Sweet Sissy letting Wild Willy sleep with her AND build him a fort!

 

Lake weekend with the Fishes!

 

Hambone made the All Star team!!

Spring Sports 2012

This spring, we had 3 kids playing sports, making for a very busy and fun-filled couple of months!
Little E played soccer for the first time and was dubbed as the "speedy-gonzalez" of the team!  He is 5 and was playing up on the 6-7 year old team to play with a buddy, but he held his own on almost every level!  His only handicap was his asthma that gave him fits when running for too long, but we were so thankful that he was able to run as much as he did!  Especially from the boy who claims to be "allergic to running" as a result of so many asthma attacks when he runs! Though his team never won a game, they played their little hearts out and had fun doing it!

CR played his 3rd season of baseball (though Fall Ball didn't really count since he missed all but the last few games from his bout with Kawasaki Disease).  He ended the season with the second highest batting average on the team and was one of the youngest on the team!  He started out playing 3rd and pitcher and ended the season playing second base, which is his best position, in my opinion!

Hambone played her second season of softball and really started to come alive on the field this year!  She played pitcher and short stop and plays with such intensity that all you can do as a parent is smile!  She ended the season playing in he 8U championship game and made 2 home runs, her first ever! She was proud, we were proud and she came away with the game ball! 

Hambone and her sweet friend, MoMo, enjoying some icecream after a win!

Hambone and her coaches, Coach Trey and Coach Justin, after their championship win!

Hambone's first homerun of the season (Championship game)

Hambone's 2nd homerun of the season (Championship game)