Baseball has Begun

Go Pirates!! Baseball has begun with the Jamboree taking place this past Saturday. Samuel is on the Pirates team this season and their colors are black and gold. The fun thing about this is, my highschool was/is the pirates and our colors were also black and gold. Lots of good memories of cheering for the Pirates so this will be a fun season if nothing else for that reason. However, we have high hopes for a really good season for this little team. They looked really good at their first game this weekend and beat what was expected to be the best team 12 - 3. They were so excited! We are all excited actually about this upcoming season and we are looking forward to a great time. I'm taking bets on how long it will take for John Michael to actually flip over the railing down about 5 feet to the ground below. Way too much excitement down in the dugout that he just wants to be a part of! We will keep you posted on that and on how the Pirates are doing!

Snow Much Fun

What a fun day! Sledding, snow ball fights, snowman building, hot coffee, and just a lot of fun! We even made Snow Cream! And it was really good... Thanks Joseph!

SNOW

Now this is the kind of day I love. I just wish the snow would stick around a little longer. We were up and outside playing well before 8:00 this morning and both boys didn't want to go inside. Samuel spent most of the day outside playing as a matter of fact. I don't think he came in until most of the snow had melted away this afternoon. It was fun while it lasted. Our house/yard was the place to be since we are the only ones who actually own sleds AND we live on a hill. It was so much fun.... See for yourself!

Basketball Highlights

Halftime entertainment for John Michael. Don't even think about it!

Samuel takes it out!

I'm not positive but I think this was a "Yes!" after getting a basket.

The lineup!

Basketball is over but, as always, we had a great time. Samuel had a good season and improved his basketball skills as well. My biggest challenge was keeping John Michael off the court during practice and games. It won't be long till he is out there! Baseball begins this week!

Busy Weekend

Birmingham - Race Day!

Giving it his all!!!

This past weekend was a busy one for us, as they all seem to be these days. We started out on Friday with a 2nd grade field trip to Birmingham to the WcWane Center. Hair cut immediately after arriving back in T-town and then over to some friends house to hang out and visit for the evening. At the same time Samuel has basketball practice at 6:00. Up bright and early Saturday morning and head back to Birmingham for the Mercedes Marathon kids run. That was fun! Now we are all starving and ready for lunch and it is Valentine's day so let's do something special. Let me remind you that our family FUN time has been limited lately with my working extra and all of the busyness we have going on. So, we decided to have lunch and go bowling. We had a great time and arrived back home around 5:00 that evening. Thank goodness it was a long weekend with no school on Monday. Samuel decided sometime during the week that he wanted to go fishing with his Dad for Valentine's day. So Sunday afternoon they head out to Zidon and had a blast. Samuel is still talking about the "big one" he caught that his daddy wouldn't let him keep. I stayed home with John Michael and he took an extra long nap, catching up for all of the activities I guess. I actually relaxed and watched a couple of movies while doing laundry in between. I finally got to watch "Nights in Rodanthe" and rewatched "Pearl Harbor". I had forgotten how good "Pearl Harbor" was, and how long, and I also liked "Nights in Rodanthe" actually more than I thought I would. I love to read Nicholas Sparks and always enjoy the movies but why do they always have to end so sad?!? Anyway, I enjoyed it and really enjoyed the down time. A couple weeks ago, John Michael got his first hair cut. Now he looks like a big boy!! I love those chubby cheeks!