Last Game

Today was the last game of the spring season of soccer.  Alex was on team Yellow Jackets again with Coach Brad.  He is getting better and better at soccer and always plays with such intensity!  This season he really proved to be great at defense and would love to be goalie (at this age they don't have a designated goalie - everyone kind of just plays all positions).

Alex is looking forward to the fall season and we're looking forward to seeing how much more he will improve his game.

So serious!

Coach Brad says that he thinks Alex has the best ball control of the team!

Playing hard even when he's down!

Afternoon Visitor

While waiting for Hunter's bus to arrive on Friday afternoon, I found this turtle just as he was entering our garage. Of course I had to keep him to show the boys! Hunter thought he was neat but didn't really want to touch him. Alex thought he was so cool and couldn't stop touching him, hanging him upside down, poking him, and otherwise tormenting the turtle (he wasn't trying to be mean, just curious!). Lots of neighborhood kids also came to see "Sammy" and after a while we brought him to a neighbor's house and they were going to look at it for a while and then let it go in the creek.
I love when unexpected things like this happen!

Airplane much?

Do you think he likes making paper airplanes??? Maybe just a little....

Mountains of Misery

Frank came in 2nd place at the Mountains of Misery ride!!!!  It was an INCREDIBLY difficult 100 mile ride, mostly uphill.  We were so proud when we saw him come around the bend only minutes behind the first rider.  Amazing!

Great job, Frank!  Under 6 hours!!!

Dinner with Friends

All the kids.

All the adults.

All the crazy moms who wanted to prove that we can do back-bends just as well as the little girls. Two of us forgot we were wearing skirts though and all the kids got a good laugh out of seeing our underwear.

Little Feet Meet

Hunter's class went on a field trip in April to the Little Feet Meet, sponsored by the Special Olympics. It was a morning full of different sports, including hockey, soccer, t-ball, track, and bowling. What a fun event! Hunter had a great time trying out all of the sports (although he really seemed to love the hockey and bowling the most).
All of the kids got medals at the end and had a chance to stand on the podium. Of course the battery in my camera died, so I don't have pictures of that (boo!).



Hunter and his buddy, Timothy.

Hunter really was smitten with Timothy.

He loved being cheered on by his buddy and the volunteers.

Look at that strong guy!

May the Force Be With Us!

One of my favorites!

Happy Birthday, Hunter!

Happy 4th Birthday to my little guy! I can't believe how big he is getting! He was sweet enough to give US a gift for his birthday too....he started using the potty ALL the time!!! Whoop Whoop! No more daytime diapers for us!
He really is a big boy now!!!


4 Years Old!!!

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (he loves to sing "All the Single Ladies" from this movie. We saw it in the theater at Christmas time.)

This will be a fun game!

No, Saeda. You are too little and this is MY new scooter. Don't even think about it!

Happy Easter

I found one!

The Easter Bunny really stumped Alex this year. It took him a LONG time to find his basket - in the oven!!! Good thing we didn't try to bake a cake at 7:30 in the morning!

Checking out the haul.