A Sporty Week

The kids have had a busy week of basketball.  Max is taking a class one day a week for most of the summer.  The girls are taking a basketball camp at the local High School.  It is put on by the head coach of the girls varsity team and some of the varsity team members.  The are learning a lot and having a ball!  During the camp they break the girls into teams and scrimmage...the varsity girls are their coaches.  Emily's coach is 6'2"!

 

It's hard to tell, but that is Wayne in the background playing shortstop. He is playing on his company softball team again this summer. Last night they beat the number one team 12-11.

82 and Blue Skies

Bathroom Art

I made this for the blank wall in the kids bathroom.

Happy Father's Day

Partying Like a Sixth Grader

The Graduates

Today is the last day of school. I now have a 1st grader and 2 middle schoolers! I have been busily decorating for the after school celebration at our house. Here are my decorations before they get drenched by rain....keeping my fingers crossed.



First thing this morning was an all school assembly. Here are the 5th graders cheering.



Max and his buddies who he will miss a lot.



Morgan and her pals



Emily and her friends

5th Grade Send Off Party

Today has been a very exciting day for Emily, Morgan and the rest of the 5th graders. The morning started off with all the 5th graders marching through the school.
Here is Emily's teacher leading the way.


After the parade they all went to the cafeteria for doughnuts and a surprise. Mr. Pronto was the famous PE teacher that the kids loved and had from Kindergarten through 4th grade. He retired last year but made a surprise appearance today....the kids were over joyed.
They had some fun outdoor games and then loaded the buses for cosmic bowling, pizza, soda, a slide show and signing of t-shirts.


Here is Mr. Pronto at the bowling alley

Softball Season Comes To A Close

Emily's team had their softball party tonight. The coach had some really nice things to say about Emily's fielding, hitting, knowledge of the game....she really improved throughout the season. Wayne and I were most proud of the comment from the coach that Emily was always well behaved and did whatever the coach asked of her without ever complaining or questioning his authority.

A Full Bus Load

I was helping out a couple friends tonight so the girls' friend Lauren rode the bus home with them today and Max's buddies, Dawson & Grant came home with him. The girls were busy making friendship bracelets and the boys had taken over the play structure.

Sunshine Weekend

We finally had a summer-like weekend. We decided it was time to be optimistic and set up the pool. As you can see, Max was ready for action with only a couple of inches of water.




Emily & Keihanna at Field Day




Morgan and her buddy Payton during Field Day activities




Max & Ryker at their first Field Day




Emily's last speech of the year was on the white tailed deer. She dressed up for her speech and did her costume all on her own!

The Countdown

The girls have 5 more days of elementary school and then they are off to middle school. It is hard for me to put my brain around it all....time seems to be flying by. I made this video mostly for myself but wanted to share it.

Surprise!

The girls have been waiting until the end of 5th grade to get their ears pierced. Today we surprised them and told them they could get them done today after church. It has been an exciting weekend.






The group of us all watching was pretty classic too!

The Homerun

This is Madison's home run from tonight caught by Emily's phone. It is a little shaky but it shows the excitement from the fans.

Sun, Sun, Sun and Softball

We had a fun day today at the softball fields. Peyton had the first game and did great. She was really good at fielding the balls and had a hit every time. Then it was Maddie's turn. The highlight of her game was a line drive down the center of the field and it was a HOMERUN! Grandma Sue took everyone to Dairy Queen afterwords to celebrate.

Day Two

Today was another fun filled day. Mom, Max and I ran a few errands this morning and then once we got Max off to school, Mom and I met Jill for lunch. We had a yummy lunch at PF Changs and my fortune cookie said: "An unexpected visitor will bring you good blessings."

Well it was true...we had 5 unexpected visitors, or rather baby chicks!

Max's class has been watching eggs in an incubator for the last 21 days and they have just started to hatch. Mrs. Williams asked us if we could have a slumber party for a few tonight. Max is in his glory to say the least. Actually all of us are pretty taken with them and will be sad when they have to go back to school tomorrow.














The night ended with Emily's softball game in the pouring rain.

Grandma Sue is Here

Mom has been here less than 24 hours and she has already been shopping, had lunch downtown, dinner with the Raleighs, played cards and even baked brownies with Max. Can't understand why she fell asleep so quick tonight :-)