First Game for the Braves

The Braves played their first game of the regular season tonight against the Astros.  It was a big game because the Astros beat them twice in the preseason tournament.  The Braves played tough & came away tonight with a big win & guess who got another game ball after two homeruns??   Way to go #4!!

Hunger Games

As with the Twilight series, most of my besties & I enjoyed the Hunger Games series & have anxiously awaited the movie. Carrie Anne, who can throw an awesome party, decided to rent a theater for the premier and that she did. It grew to be quite the event! There were freebies and prizes given for the 'best dressed'. I was a looser who didn't dress up and didn't take a single pic all night, but here are just 2 of the many 'characters' I got to watch the movie with.......Carrie Anne as Katniss & Ashley as Effie. It was a blast!

Morning Cartoons

Love seeing these two snuggled up in my bed watching cartoons in the mornings!

Spring Break Adventures 2012

We had a fantastic spring break that included a trip to the zoo & the carnival. And thanks to beautiful weather, we spent lots of time playing outside!! I can hardly wait for summer......except that means my two favorite kids will be promoted in school, so maybe I don't want it to get here quite so fast.

Laura Ann announcing Daniel & Jeb for their basketball game........listen to her 'growl' when she says Daniel's name.........so funny!!

Daniel & Jeb on their 'roller coaster'.  Can't tell you how many times I've had to stop them from doing this on their bikes!

Bunny Session with Stephanie

Pics to come soon!

1st Grade Program

Nanna & Big Daddy joined us tonight for Daniel's first grade program and open house. Daniel did a great job singing & dancing.

He came home last week and announced, "Mom, you are NEVER going to believe what I have to do for my program.....spin a GIRL around!! Gross!! I sure hope she likes armpits, because she is going to smell mine!"

I laughed until a cried.....poor girl! The 'girl' ended up being sweet Halle-Brook (pretty redhead in the pic with him). I literally had to force them together for a pic after the program......they were so embarrassed! Ha! Anyway, after the program, we headed to his classroom to see what he has been working on lately. He was super proud & excited to show us everything. I am SO VERY THANKFUL for his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Johnson, and all the sweet friends he has made this year. I can hardly believe he only has 2 months left in 1st grade!

Game Ball

Daniel's league has a preseason tournament every year to raise money for the park & the tournament started Thursday & ended today. The Braves lost 2 very close games & came in 2nd place! Way to go, Braves!! Daniel got off to a very rough start......struck out all 4 times at bat in the first game of the season. Even though they had only practiced twice before this game, he expected to do much better & was totally & completely heartbroken. He cried for 2 hours after the game & was so "embarrassed". Bless him! It was quite heartbreaking for mama & daddy too. This is the first time something like this has happened where he was heartbroken & we couldn't 'fix' it. He played terrible and nothing we said or did could change it. And believe me, we tried all of the "It's ok, you did your best" talks and Dan told him story after story of time that he had played not so well......didn't matter one bit to Daniel. The big difference now verses last year is that he was aware of how he played and is old enough to feel embarrassed. He has had bad games before, but just didn't know any better or care. This year, instead of goofing off in the dugout, the boys are serious & actually watch the game. It's not just about fun anymore....they want to play well & win. I know this was a good experience for him......learning how to fail, but it definitely was not fun! As my sweet friend Ann always says, 'It is great character building'. I sure hope he built enough character to last awhile! On a better note, he played MUCH better in the next 3 games and even earned the game ball one game!! Yay! I also have to say how thankful we are for his coach, who gave him LOTS of encouragement through all of this, called to check on Daniel after the bad game (he knew how upset he was) & even met Daniel & Dan after school Friday for an extra batting practice with Daniel. Thanks Jason.....MUCH appreciated!!!

Daniel's Painting for Gran

Gran spent the night last night & got Daniel to do a painting for the new beach house too. It will look great with Kate & Laura Ann's.

Wonderful Weather!!

These two are enjoying every minute outside they can! The weather has been fabulous!!!

Merrill's Movie

Merrill did a presentation for her 5th grade class on Westward Expansion & decided to make a movie with her ipad to go along with it. Daniel & Jeb were Louis & Clark. Laura Ann was a Native American. They were thrilled to get to be 'actors' & Merrill made quite a good director!! :-)

Dr. Suess's Birthday

Fun times at school today!

Moulton Visit

Laura Ann & I decided to make a quick trip to Moulton today to visit Mamaw since she has been so sick lately.  The boys had baseball practice.  Sam, Heather & Kate met us there.  We enjoyed lunch at the Steak House & then some playtime at Gran's.   We visited for a little while with Mamaw & Gran said that today was by far her best day in a long time.  Yay!  We are praying for her to feel better soon!
Les & Lydia were also visiting Mamaw, so we got in some good playtime with sweet baby Lydia.
Gran & Papa are almost ready to start decorating the latest beach house & Gran wanted Kate & Laura Ann to paint a beach scene to hang in the bunk room.  Heather & I didn't think this idea was so great, but let Gran go ahead with her plan.   They surprisingly turned out very, very cute!