Mother's Day

My two blessings!
Of course Will is being silly in our picture.

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Walker made this picture frame for me at Mrs. Karens

Will made this adorable flower pot, using his fingerprints to make the animals, at school. 

 They filled out several Mother pages, but his one caught my eye...check out "h"...her favorite kid is me

 

What's been happening...

With the school year coming to a close (only 4 more days) it has been crazy busy.  So here is a quick catch-up of what's been happening...

 

Will & Walker got bunnies for Easter from their Granny and Pa.  Thankfully they're both girls.

 

 

Signed my baby up for Kindergarten.  He did great on his little test...only missed two colors...which is awesome considering he's color-blind.

 

 

 

Baseball has started up.  We've had several scrimmages and games.  The Bats won their last game 16-8 YAY!  Which was great because they lost the previous 3 games.

Walker and Carson often entertain themselves at the ballgames by playing catch, or playing in the dirt, and occasionally cheering for their big bros.

 

Walker got his first black eye.  He and Will were playing dodgeball and Will hit him in the face (an illegal move), Walker turned and hit the treadmill.  Of course the cuts were bleeding and he cried a little until I said, "Boy that's gonna be black tomorrow."  He said, "Who cares?  It's just a black eye!" 

Waiting to take the field

Walker finally got to play his first game Thursday night.  They've only got to practice once and had to cancel their opening day, and first game all due to rain.

Go Mighty Mets!  I had to miss Walker's first game to chaperone the 8th grade dance, but a good friend text me this adorable picture!

Boys of Summer!

Super Math Bowl

Will qualified for the annual JES Super Math Bowl in January.  Yay!  We are so proud of him!

The Super Math Bowl was Thursday the 28th.

 2nd Grade Participants anxiously waiting.  I'm so proud of all of them.  They get in front of a gym full of people to participate.  That takes a lot of courage.

 Students are grouped in pairs of 2 or 3 and given a random addition or subtraction problem for 1st/2nd grade.  The student who correctly answers first advances to the next phase until there is a winner.

 We are so proud of you for qualifying, Will !

Easter

Saturday, the Stephens had an Easter egg hunt.  I got a few pics of the boys.

 Easter morning pictures

  Walker's Sunday School class.

Will's Sunday School class (all boys that day)

Counting their eggs, looking for prizes

Walker with his little buddy, Henrietta 

Pinterest-inspired

Here are a few of my pinterest-inspired projects.  I've linked to a tutorial or inspiration for each of these, but in general I usually end up reading several pins to create the project.

 

4th of July wreath

Tutorial found here

 Christmas wreath I made for Granny Irvin

Inspiration found here

 

 Tents for the playroom

Shannon was my original inspiration for these fun play tents.  She also connects to some great tutorials.

 Balloon Birthday Wreath for Granny Irvin

How Does She Tutorial found here.  I ended up adding a bow to the "E" but didn't take an updated picture.

 Burlap wreath

Tutorial found here

Happy Birthday to ME!!

What a great way to start my birthday...I got the call at 5:05 this morning...

courtesy of lakercountry.com
 

 

Then I got to have my favorite breakfast...

chocolate biscuit and gravy.  It wasn't Granny Irvin good, but it was a close 2nd.

picture courtesy of http://recipenewz.com/recipe/Biscuits-and-Chocol
ate-Gravy-201210140726/

I actually started celebrating last night when Mom & Dad took us out to eat - it was yummy!  Now I get to spend the rest of the day with my two cutie-pies.  Too bad Shannon had to work today. 

Cheering on the Lakers

Yesterday we traveled to BG to help cheer on the Lakers during the Regional Finals at Diddle.  Our Lakers ended up a losing but we had a great time visiting with family.

 

Maggie, Walker, Alexa, Will, Mollie & Macy waiting for the game to start.

Macy & Will

Walker & Alexa

Uncle Nick, Maggie, Marty & Papa

And look who finally got his glasses.  This is our third pair.  We originally picked out a pair of glasses and both times they were fitting him the ladies broke them (thankfully it wasn't us!).  So Friday we ended up choosing another pair and they were ready this afternoon.