May 31, 2012

{It's Game Time Baby!!!}

Tonight we started our first tournament...

we played 2 games and won both...

Good Job Boys!!!!

May 30, 2012

{8U Chelsea Nationals}

Chelsea Hit Men!!!! 

we had a photographer come out and take this picture of the boys to use for our banner and we make tees with the picture on the back too... i love how rough and tough they look! This is just my iphone version... hers will be so much better! :) 

May 29, 2012

{It's All Star Time}

Good Luck to JP "the Gov" and The Chelsea Hit Men!!! 

May 28, 2012

{Memorial Day}

Another day of tubing, boating and swinging... 

Brylee and Katie talked Aunt Lindsey into tubing with them... 

ha... wonder how those arms are feeling today???

We headed back over to the rope swing! 

The kids loved telling us what they were going to do each time they went off!  

Brylee's "toe touch"

 Katie's Cannon Ball...

 Zac's... just let me get to the bottom pose! :) 

 Jackson's "butt buster" 

 the boys tubing...

 zac and katie... 

 our boat captain for the day....

 we found some big waves and these three little dare devils were loving it... 

i love their faces... like they are preparing themselves for what is ahead!!

We had a wonderful weekend with family full of food and fun! These kiddos were tired little ones each night after all the lake fun they had.

Happy Memorial Day!!!!!

May 27, 2012

{Sunday Fun Day}

Lots of lake fun to be had today... my parents and KK came to the lake for the weekend too... we all had a great time boat riding, tubing, skiing, swimming, and of course eating!!!! 

Granddaddy and his bestest buddy!!!!

 We rode out to peanut point and got some boiled peanuts!!!

all the kiddos love those! 

 then we went and found a beach and anchored out and swam and played in the sand...

we all enjoyed just floating around in the water...

 jack jack showing off his skiing skills...

 AND GUESS WHO SKIED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRYLEE-GIRL!!!! 

check out the smile on her face!!!!!!

she has been wanting to learn to ski since Jackson learned so Granddaddy got in the water with her and worked with her and she got up.... she was SO EXCITED!!!!! We are so proud of you baby girl!!!! YOU DID IT!!!!!!!

May 26, 2012

{Lake Time}

Saturday Brylee, Zac, Katie and I did a lot of swimming and playing in the lake until all the others arrived! 

Brylee loved swimming and turning flips in the water. 

 Zac was having a grand ole time splashing the girls in his little boat

 Katie and Brylee were all about swimming with their goggles and mask... 

those things were popular items this weekend! 

 After lunch JP came down with my parents after baseball and then Daddy came a little later in the evening!

We headed out on the boat and our first stop was the rope swing! 

 all four cousins riding the tube... 

I am so proud of my nephew Zac... he has a very reserved personality and is not one to take risk. But this year he has come a long way... he rode the tube, jumped off the rope swing, and is jumping in the lake and swimming all around the lake. I remember a time not too many years ago he would not even get off the boat much less swim, tube or rope swing! Good Job Zac a Roo!!!

May 25, 2012

{Bunk Bed Buddies}

Brylee and I headed to the lake Friday afternoon... she was so excited to see her cousins and get ready for a super fun weekend at the lake. Granny and Pap Pap got Daddy and Uncle Donnie's bunk beds out of storage from when they where little boys, cleaned them up, and set them up for the crazy cousins to sleep on! They all thought they bunk beds were so cool!

May 24, 2012

{First Day of SUMMER!!!}

We kicked off Summer Vacation with a swimming party at our friends the Jackson's pool. 

Fun Times!!!!  

 all the bathing beauties... 

(2 girlies had already left)

JP rocked his role as the only dude at the pool!!! ;)

he can do his time every now and then... 

normally is B and all the boys!

Welcome Summer!!!!

We are ready for some sweet summertime!!! 

May 23, 2012: Last Day of School

{School's Out for SUMMER!!!!!!!}

We could NOT be more excited that it is SUMMER time!!!!!! I am so glad there is no homework and I am very thankful for a much more laid back schedule. We welcome the change with open arms!

Here are our annual 1st and last day of school pictures take in the same place every year! :)

Jackson's 1st and last day of third grade!!!! 

Brylee's 1st and last day of first grade!!!!!

So what do you think??? 

Think they have changed??

And just for total fun... I made a collage of all their first and last day school pictures!!!! I can't believe how much they have changed!!! They look like such babies in the first picture and it was just 4 years ago... sweet babies!!!!! (i can not for the life of me find their last day of pictures for K for JP and K3 for BP on my hard drive... I sure hope I took them :( i hate missing one picture... i know we left for disney the day they finished school that year so maybe I forgot... boo hoo... anyway I used their pictures from their class parties that year... close enough but not in front of the front door!)

Jackson through the years... K through 3rd grade 

and no JP did not wear the same shirt 2 years in a row... one was red and one was orange... I know yall all cared right??? ha! just to clear up any confusion!

Brylee through the years... K3-1st grade 

do you think i have a slight obsession with blue smocked "back to school dresses"??? ha! :) 

My babies are growning up right before my very eyes...

time really does fly by!!! 

How am I old enough to have a 4th grader (and a 2nd grader)????

We are on the downhill slide to middle school?!?!?! I can't stand it!!!

May 22, 2012

{Hello Kitty}

Look who got off the bus this afternoon???

Little Ole Hello Kitty!!!

I literally laughed out loud... I thought she looked so cute! :)

B said there class turned in all their library books before the deadline 

so the librarian painted their faces as their classes prize... how fun is that! :)

May 21, 2012

{After School Snacks}

it was a snow shack kind of day

May 20, 2012

{Just keep swimming...}

Today we had our baseball team swimming party... as you can see the kids loved that!!!!

Brylee loved the slide....

 JP spent more time on the zip line than the pool.. but i missed his ride every time 

 The G family has a rockin' pool and playground... they boys had a BLAST!!!! 

TROPHY TIME!!!!! 

a rowdy bunch a boys...

 JP getting his trophy!!!! 

We had a great time with a great team...

I am going to miss my baseball team buddies!!!

What a fun weekend for JP... a camp out last night, pool party today, and all star practice...

needless to say we did not have to "rock him to sleep" 

he was out in no time... 

bring on summer!!!!!!

*** Finally I am all caught up... Disney and all... scroll on down... 

they are all in date order so you might need to skip around to catch the rest of disney***

May 19, 2012

 {Super Saturday}

Saturday we spent the afternoon at the ball park cheering on our friends teams... 

why would you not go hang out in the blazing hot sun when you don't even have a child playing???

Several of us ask ourselves that very question but none of us left...

we love our baseball mom friends!!

(yes i barely made the picture ha! :)

JP went to a camp out birthday for one of his baseball buddies... 

homicide...yes that is his nickname... lovely right?!?!?

then even slept in a tent in the backyard from 11:30pm to 7:30 am...

i was shocked all those rowdy boys went to sleep and sleep that long... 

needless to say he had a blast!!! 

 Fun Times!!!!

May 18, 2012

{3rd grade celebration}

Today was Jackson's 3rd grade celebration. They were to wear dressy casual clothes and they received a certificate. They also had a cookie and punch reception afterwards too! 

My handsome little "frat boy" all ready for his celebration!!! 

 hate that is it blurry... ugh

Jackson getting his certificate

 enjoying his snack... 

 my handsome little third grade "graduate"!!!

 Jackson and his teacher... 

bless her sweet heart she was crying in every picture...

so sweet.. she said she is going to miss her class! 

JP's days at CPES are winding down... 

look out intermediate school!!!!

May 17, 2012

{Welcome Home}

Why is it that when you come back from vacation... 

you get this as your welcome home present??? sigh...

Disney World!!!!

{Where Dreams Really do come True!!!!}

We're back from family vacation in Disney World! We had a fabulous time but we are TIRED!!!! My dad (Granddaddy) had a conference in Orlando so we tagged along with him and got some good ole lovin' from Mickey, Minnie and the gang! We did not have a ton of planning time for this trip. We found out about it in March and had to make sure Brylee was cleared from all things appendix before we could officially make plans. This was kind of like our Spring Break a few weeks late! :)  

We had originally planned on going to Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios and Sea World but then I got cold feet the night before we left and changed things all up! After talking to lots of people and doing internet research I decided Universal Studios and Sea World could wait and we would do Hollywood Studios and Epcot! And I am so glad we made the change!

I was worried that Brylee was not going to be tall enough for some of the rides at Universal. She would not be OK with Jackson being able to ride and her not. I have some ROLLER COASTER riding fools... they take after their mama!!! I also felt like we needed 2 days to do both parks but we only had one day to give and it was hard to pick which park to go to because there were good rides at both parks. I also felt like Universal was something we could do when they were older and sadly enough you really do "age out" of Disney as a kid. Jackson was really at that border line "age out" stage but I think because Brylee was still into all the characters and the whole "magic of Disney" it made him want to be apart too!

As for Seaworld, i am sorry but it just seems BORING to me! Honestly, I can't get past the name. I have never been and really don't know much about it but we are just not an animal loving family. We don't do aquariums and really could care less about the zoo. Everyone said it is so awesome and they love it and their kids loved it etc etc etc. I really tried to get excited about it but it was just not happening. I could not get excited about dolphin and whale shows... I am sure they are great but it was just not happening for us. Maybe one day we will spend the $300 to go check it out but for now I was not willing to take the gamble so we went with what we knew they would like a Disney Park!

This time we flew and OMG!!!!!!! I will NEVER drive again... I don't care if we have to eat beans and rice for 6 months before we go I will FLY.... PERIOD!!!!!! If I have any advice for anyone going it would be FLY... end of story! I have done both... driven 3 times... once without kids and twice (ages 2 & 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 and 6) with them and flown once (age 9 and 7 1/2) and flying is the ONLY way to GO!!!!  I don't care if you have a 1 year old or a 9 year old... FLY! Even after checking bags, getting to the airport 2 hours early, going through security, getting a rental car, being delayed an hour coming back, and the 1 1/2 flight.... you still get there in less than 10 hours. And for us; we got a bang up deal on some flights and it was cheaper for us to fly!!!!! Hey do ya'll think you should fly when you go to Disney?!?!? Ha! :) You would think Southwest was giving me a kick back or something!

Need less to say we had a great time and after over 600 pictures later I have lots of editing and blogging to do! So stay tuned over the next few days... lots of blogging to catch up on!!!! :)

And there is only 1 week until SUMMER VACATION..... HOLLER!!!!! :)

May 16, 2012 GA/RA Recognition

The night we flew in Jackson and Brylee had an RA/GA recognition banquet at church. We knew it was going to cutting it close to even get there from our original flight time but when we were delayed when knew we were going to miss part of it. However, the kids still wanted to go even if we were late. Well, we missed the GA recognition but made it for the RA recognition. 

Jackson receiving his patches and pin!

Brylee got her certificate, flower, and charm bracelet and charm after the service. 

She was still excited to get it! 

 Brylee and her BFF Mattie

 All my sweet GA girls... I hate I missed their recognition service but nothing you can do about delayed flights... i had fun teaching these silly little girls this year!  

May 16, 2012: Pool Day & Flight Home

Today was out last day... we slept late and huge around the pool for most of the day... the kids enjoyed the lazy river, slide, and swimming pool. 

 Then we packed up, got dressed, ate a late lunch and headed to the airport for our flight home!

We flew home on the Shamu look a like plane... you can see the black part to the right of B's head... the kids thought that was way cool!

It was raining when we left orlando we the airport landing and take off were delayed so we were an hour late before we actually got up in the air... the kids absolutely LOVED flying... neither the take off or landing bothered them at all.

The pilot came on the intercom and told us he was going to take a short cut on the way home; I will say that is the first time I have ever heard of that on a flight... anyway it ended up being basically straight up 280... it was cool to fly over our area... the kids even saw their school... and target ha! :)

We made it home in great time.. still delayed about an hour but the flight was great!

We had a great trip... it was wonderful to not have to take strollers and the kids were big enough to ride ALL the rides but still young enough to love the characters and the magic of Disney!!!