Spring Break 2009 in Pictures

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Spring Break 2009

Spring Break this year, the boys went camping with their Papaw Knight! Jordan's turn was Monday-Wednesday, Justin's turn was Wednesday-Friday. Friday, Brad, my mom, the kids' cousin Katelyn, Jacob, Jordan and I joined Justin and my dad at Lincoln to camp overnight. We had a wonderful time but we could have had better weather. Friday we took the kids fishing and they played from sun up to sun down! Saturday it rained pretty much all day but we made the most of it! We made a fire in the fireplace under a shelter house. My sister and her husband joined us around noon and they brought a portable dvd player and the kids watched movies and we played games. We made smores and roasted hot dogs in the fireplace. The rain cleared for a while and the kids enjoyed themselves on the playground getting muddy! A tornado warning was issued so we packed up and everyone came to my house for chili supper. My dad stayed behind to make sure the camper was alright. Jacob got his turn to spend time with papaw today and will come home tomorrow since he is not in school yet! We had a wonderful time spending Spring Break camping!

Jordan: caught 4 fish with papaw on Monday and Tuesday, got the dirtiest of all three boys all week, fell into the lake while fishing on the dock but caught a bass!

Jacob: loved being out in his element, got pretty dirty and surprised me by not being the dirtiest all week, caught a fish on Friday with papaw, mamaw, mom and dad and got a 3 lb bass today with papaw!

Signs of Spring

All my boys want to do when they're outside is play baseball. This will be our life until winter!

Shopping and Tacos!

After the basketball banquet was over, Mindy, Justin, Jordan and myself went shopping for all three boys some spring/summer clothes. Gap and Old Navy were having sales and we love us some sales!!! Brad and Jacob went with Juan back to his and Mindy's house to hang out and watch some basketball and for Jake to nap!

We shopped for about 2 hours and that is about all the two older ones could stand! We went back to Mindy and Juan's for Taco Night!!! We were going to go out to eat but we decided it would be better to stay in so the kids could play!


My boys love going to Aunt Mindy and Uncle Juan's house! They love hanging out with their cousin Justin and he loves them coming over too!


Justin being silly singing in his microphone!

Two peas in a pod....they love to rough house!

The tent they made but played in maybe 5 minutes!

On to something else...the guys trying to figure out how to play Old Maid! I think they figured it out!!!!

Basketball Banquet for Jordan and Justin

Today was Jordan and Justin's (my nephew) basketball banquet. Jordan received his third basketball trophy and was so excited to see it was a different one from the two he already has!

Brad loves coaching Jordan and Jordan loves it too! Their love for the game of basketball is a shared interest!

Only 4 team members showed up to the banquet. Brendan, Seth, Jordan and Kendra seemed to enjoy Brad being their coach!

This was Justin's first year to play at CAM and he enjoyed every minute of it! Here he is receiving his first ever basketball trophy!

Here is Justin with his asst. coach (left) and his head coach (right)!!

Two happy boys and their trophies!!!

Loge Spring Festival

Last night was Loge Elementary School's Spring Festival. Jordan attends Loge and is in the second grade there. We enjoy going every year since he's been in school and this year, my sister, bro-in-law and nephew came along. The boys had so much fun playing all the cute games. The most exciting one for the two youngest boys was the fishing game! This year, I am Head Room Mom for Jordan's class and I've been on the PTO for two years. There is so much work that goes into making this festival a success. Our room alone was responsible for making a basket (which we had enough items to make two baskets) for the auction, 2 cakes for the cake walk and a dozen sweets for the Sweet Shoppe. I had to get volunteers for the game our class was responsible for working, Piggy Pandemonium. It was a cute game! The group of parents that I have had the privilege of working with this year are awesome!!! Every cake, sweet, game slot was covered and the contributions towards our basket for the auction (Kids Books) was so overwhelming we were able to make a Kids Book basket for a girl and and a boy. Brad and I worked the game from 7-7:30 while Mindy and Juan took the kids around. We had so much fun!

Camryn and Jordan

I would have to say that Jordan's best friend these days is Miss Camryn Brown (and Kaylen). They get along so well and Jordan just "lights" up when he knows she's coming over. Monday I had to babysit Camryn (after school) and her sister Anna. He knew nothing of this, so when I picked him up from school I told him. He said, "yes"! and was so excited! They play so well together and want to share everything. I popped them some popcorn for an after school snack and they pulled their chairs together and asked me to dump it all out and they would share it! Jordan's other friend Kaylen fits right into the mix with the two of them. It is funny that his closest friends are girls but they are the children of our closest friends. Who knows, they might get married one day....DID I JUST SAY THAT ABOUT MY 7 YEAR OLD? NOT ME!!

End of basketball season.....

Today was Jordan and Justin's last game of the year. Justin played for the Kindergarten-1st grade team and Jordan played for the 2-3 grade team. It was so much fun watching them both play. This was Justin's first year to play and Jordan's third. Jake will get to play next year, so it will be even more enjoyable with all three playing! Next week is their basketball banquet and they will receive trophies! Now it's time to focus on baseball!

Jacob and Anna

I taught preschool today and I wanted to write this down so I could remember it in the future:

Jacob and Anna were coloring their spring worksheets. Anna finished first and she started hovering over Jacob's shoulder to see how good he was coloring. He looked at her and said, "Quit, I'm trying to consecrate (concentrate!)." I'm sure most men would say that's just a like a woman!!!! They fight like a old couple married for 50+ years!

Jordan's ballgame

Jordan's game was exciting. The team we played, we have played twice before! They won the first time and we won the other time....this was the tie breaker! Our team lost! Not without trying and trying hard! Jordan was a little upset but he's good about brushing it off and thinking about the next game. There is one more game this Saturday and then Saturday the 14th, is the basketball banquet. I am so sad to see the season end, it goes by way too fast! Baseball is on its way...Jordan has a baseball clinic this weekend at the high school!

Justin's ballgame

Justin's ballgame was so exciting this week! The lead went back and forth between the two teams and Justin's team ended up winning with just a few seconds to go.

2 teeth in 1 week!

Jordan lost his other top, front tooth this week. He lost it at school on Friday and was so excited when he got into the van. He spent the night Friday with my mom and dad and put the tooth under his pillow there. The toothfairy at grandma and grandpa's must have a better job, because she left him $5! I guess next time he loses a tooth, I need to send him back to grandpa and grandma's to the richer toothfairy!