boys will be boys

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Catch A Rainbow

When Shannon found out that Catch A Rainbow was Saturday, all of our plans quickly changed. They were asking me if I wanted to go and Walker, "Come on Mom, we might catch a rainbow." At that point I had to explain that they were rainbow trout, not rainbows. They had SO much fun and came home with all kinds of prizes. Someone said there was around 1300 children there.

Modeling their new t-shirts.

Look at that trout!

Alexa with her tackle box that she got and Walker showing off his medal for catching his fish.

Walker showing off his new Spiderman Fishing Pole that he got.

Will with his 5 fish.

Batman face painting

Walker with Smokey the Bear.

Walker with Ronald and his Bunny friend. Walker says,"That's really just a man dressed up, right Mom?

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Happy Birthday Papa!

Yesterday we surprised Dad with a little birthday lunch when he came home for lunch from work.

Yellow cake with caramel icing from Pie Kitchen in Louisville

An attempt to get a picture of all the kiddos - not so successful.

Waiting for Papa to come home

Ready to eat

Cake time! All the kiddos helped blow out the candles. (Ignore the shadow on this picture - I think it came from the mirror on the table)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

School's Out for Summer:)

First Day of 1st Grade

Our last day of school was May 9th (unbelievable). This is the first year I can ever remember not missing ONE SINGLE DAY for snow or illness. We are loving the fact that we get a long summer.

Will on his last day of school as a 1st grader.

Will's 9-week award ceremony was also the last day. He was recognized for making 25+ AR points for the 9-weeks, Brilliant Behavior Award, Fantastic First Grader (All S's) and the PE award. We are so proud of Will. He had a great year and is all ready for 2nd grade.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Let's Play Ball!

T-ball and Coach Pitch has started and it seems like we are at the ballfield every night. Little League was recognized at the high school baseball game. Above is Walker and Noah pausing for a picture.

Mason and Will cheering on their little brothers who are on opposite teams.

SeaDogs are officially 2-3 for the season. We started off with two tough losses (5-6), followed by a big loss, but the boys are working their way back to the top.

Walker in action

Friday, May 11, 2012

Spring Break

For Spring Break this year we joined Uncle Seth, Aunt Jenn, Alexa, and Owen in Daytona for a week of fun and sun!

View from our room

Will loved going down the big slide.

while Walker loved the little slide.

Most mornings started at the kiddie area.

Walker and Alexa striking a pose.

Owen enjoying his first trip to the beach

We also went to our first dog races.

Will got the hang of boogie-boarding

The Lazy River- Mine and Walker's favorite place. He'd say lets just be lazy!

The boys got a visit from the Easter Bunny while we were there

Walker loved making sand angels

And no post about spring break would be complete without this picture. While we were there, I think it was on the Thursday before we left on Saturday, Shannon had went back to the van to get my sunglasses I had left there the night before. Then as Shannon says he should have just stayed in bed that day. He got locked out of the parking structure and had to wait to be let in the lobby. He met us out on the beach, but again, didn't have a key so he got locked out of the swimming area. Once he finally got there he went swimming with Will in the pool and then they went to the beach. At this point Shannon realized that he had left the van key in his pockets. Needless to say it did not work at all. After exploring several options the only one (and the most expensive) was to have a locksmith make another key for the van. I want to thank Seth for getting the pictures with the locksmith for me. That was his job as he had tons of fun out of Shannon's little mistake - that I still get blamed for because I left my sunglasses in the van.

The most expensive souvenoir we've ever bought.