Let's go Surfing!

What a beautiful day out at Ft. Desoto today! I absolutely love the beach and thank God for allowing us to live near so many. I needed the relaxation today in a BAD way and God provided it. Even with 5 kids running around I could actually relax and talk with my sister-in-law, Kelli. What a rarity and blessing!
Thank you Grammie for keeping the kids occupied.
They LOVE playing with their Grammie! Surf's Up!

The Surfer Crew!
Aaron, Caleb, Bekah, Andrew and Brennan

Little studs!

These boys are a mess!
They think they are just adorable! (Little Studs!)
I don't know where they get such ideas! - HA!
And yes, I tell them that all time! I will pay when they hit the teen years! : )

A fun time was had by all on Easter Sunday. The boys loved the pool. Thank goodness they could swim because I wasn't going in with them! : ) BURRR!

We had some serious Easter Egg Hunters! They were all on a mission.

Aaron was a bit upset when he found out that their was not any candy in the eggs he was hunting. Just the weekend before the eggs were filled with candy! "My eggs don't have any candy!", Aaron informed us.

All in all we had a fabulous time with family and more importantly enjoyed worshiping together as a family for Jesus is Alive! Happy Easter everyone!

It's Spring Ball Time!

Go Braves!
Brennan had his first baseball game today!

Brennan was second to last to bat and he did great!

He was very attentive in the outfield. More than I expected. : )

On the way home Brennan says, "I loved playing baseball! I want to play every year!" It is just the beginning! Many more years of ball (all kinds of ball, I may add) are in our future. Especially with two boys!

Take me out the ball game!

It's Baseball time! This is Brennan's first year playing baseball --- he is in 1st grade.
He was a little apprehensive to sign up and play. After all -- he plays soccer. : ) He loves soccer and counts down the months to play when soccer season ends. After he found out that Daddy played baseball too it was all O.K. He has been counting the days for baseball ever since sign up!

Brennan loved practice and he made contact with the ball more than once! He has another practice before his game so we will post more about the big game in a couple of weeks!
Go Braves!

100 Days of School!

We have completed 100 Days of School!
(Really we have had 130, but we haven't had time to celebrate yet)
Last year we made a chain with 100 paper chains. It seems to be a tradition. Brennan was so excited when he saw the paper and stapler. This year Aaron got to help too!
Brennan loves reading and being read to. We are really getting into lap books too! His CC memory work is another favorite and something fun to do with his brother. I am constantly amazed at what he has learned this year. From learning about Columbus in 1492 to What is NATO in 1949...and we are not done yet!

Aaron loves doing school and will really get into it this fall. His favorite thing is anything Brennan and I are doing AND singing his History songs from CC. It is the cutest thing to hear a three year old sing about World War II and the Industrial Revolution. : )

Good work boys! Today we did our school work and then celebrated with making our paper chain, counting to 100 and doing 100 Jumping Jacks! The video is the end of our jumping jack routine!

Fun at Field Day

CC Field Day at Ft. Desoto

This is our second year with CC (Classical Conversations). We absolutely love it! We have done Field Day both years out at Ft. Desoto Beach and it is a great time! Above is Brennan, Aaron, David and Josh! They had a great time competting with one another and against one another. : )

Here is Dad with the Standing Long Jump! Great jump Dad!

Aaron and his buddy , Luke, facing off with the water relay. : )

Here is some of the children lining up for the 30 yard dash. We also did the 3 legged race, tug of war, soccer shoot out and a crab walk relay. Fun Stuff! The kids had a great time. After we finished our games we heading out to the beach and enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL weather!