Basketball and Snow Day!!!

Nathan had his first basketball game on Saturday and had a great time. He was not sure which way to go part of the time but figured it out before long and did really well for his first game. His team is the Lakers and they won. 
Sunday night into Monday we had our first snow of 2011. Snow is not very common in the south so it was a big deal. The kids had a great time making snow angels, sledding and having snowball fights.
It looks like they are going to miss two days of school since it has snowed most of the day today.

A little Christmas and New Years!

 Nathan was very excited about coming down stairs and seeing what Santa brought him!

I love his express seeing that Santa decided to give him one more chance with a DSi.

He had fun putting all the bows on his shirt and declared himself "BOW GUY"

Shayla was a little calmer coming down stairs but still very excited.

Shayla loved her pillow pet "Uni" and her cape from Nana. Uni also has on a cape.

Nathan has been into Ghost Busters and these are a few of his favorite presents. He wanted to  be sure this picture made the blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!!!

The kids have been having a sword gun battle for a while. Longer than normal since usually someone gets hurt and the game has to be called.

I know we are WAY behind posting. Tonight we still have an Uno game to play and celebrating to finish. Both the kids plan on making it to midnight. I wanted to Wish my family and friends a Happy New Year!

HAPPY Halloween!!!

This was the best Halloween EVER!!!! Was the response from both my kids tonight. I was very glad to hear that. Since we moved to our new house the kids compare everything to the old house. I was really worried that Halloween might be a let down but I was wrong.

We've had at least two parties for both kids before we reached the holiday this year. It's been a fun season and tonight was the best part.



This year we had a Ghost Buster and Pink Super Women



We sprayed her hair pink! (Her favorite color!!!)

He wanted to be a Ghost Buster to get rid of all the scary ghosts and goblins.

Having fun before trick or treat time!

The haul!! They had fun trading and getting just what they wanted.

I hope everyone had a safe, happy Halloween. Enjoy the pictures.

Aw Shucks Pumpkin Patch



We spent Saturday night at a local pumpkin patch. It was such a beautiful night and the kids had a great time. Nathan picked his pumpkin, had fun feeding the goats, was so excited that his best buddy came at the same time but his favorite was the tree house and the corn maze. This year the corn maze was in a shape to honor Scouting. He ended up getting to do the maze twice once while it was still light and then when it was dark.





Shayla also picked a cute pumpkin, enjoyed her hayride, the corn maze and feeding the animals. I think she said that was her favorite part. She and I had fun getting through the maze together.

 



These are some of the animals. Nathan loves turkeys and will not eat turkey because of it. So he was very excited to see a number of them. He calls them "Agent T" from his favorite show on TV. He loved feeding the goats.

 



After a couple of tries I finally caught Shayla working on her toe touch in the hay. The kids loved jumping and climbing on the bails.



 It was a great time! I love FALL!!!

Summer Recap - Shayla

Over the summer I didn't take much time to post pictures. We had a quite laid back summer with a few fun camps here and there. The kids had fun with their friends and we stayed up late and enjoyed time as a family. I thought it would be nice for my family to see a couple of things that we didn't get to from the summer time.

Shayla loved LOVED drama camp. The theme for their camp was the "Wizard of Oz." I was so impressed with how much they learned in a half day one week camp. Her part in the play was one of the munchkins. She learned her line the first day and loved singing the songs.

Another high light for Shayla's summer was losing her first tooth. She use to cry and cry when Nathan would lose a tooth. In her mind her teeth could not fall out fast enough. Finally she feels like a big kid.

Labor Day Weekend 2010

We had a wonderful weekend pack with all kinds of activities. On Friday we started off the weekend with Nathan's first flag football game. I was very impressed with how he played. More than anything I enjoyed seeing him have success at something he doesn't think he's very good at. Each time he had a great play his coaches were right there to give him a high five and the look on his face was priceless. He had two games this weekend and they didn't win either one but you would not have known from the reaction of the coaches or the kids on the team. That's what I want most of all winning would just be icing on the cake.

Saturday Shayla's Daisy troop was invited to ride on a float for the Labor Day parade. Only three of the girls could make it but it didn't really matter the one's that came had a great time. Thankfully it was beautiful here on Saturday.

Nathan took pictures during the parade and did a great job. He took over 800 pictures. From what I could tell he really enjoyed the cars and getting a picture of what was on the side of each one. Flags were a big hit. He enjoyed telling me about all the different things he saw and I think he found something else he really enjoys.

We ended the weekend with some time with friends at our local town festival and swimming at a local park.

We only have two days of school this week so we have another fun weekend ahead. Can't wait!!!

Shayla's First Day

Today was the first day of School for Nathan and Shayla. They were both very excited and ready for school to start back. I still have pictures to post from the end of July and all of August. I get back to those in the next couple of weeks. Our day started out early. Shayla is going to ride the bus this year and thankfully the stop picks up at 7:15 instead of 6:05. She was worried about waking up early but we got in bed at a great time and the morning went very smoothly. She is such a riot most of the time today was no exception. I hoped to get to her bus stop early and I should have known that the bus would be late. So we had a great time just talking and taking pictures. She was excited about the bus and went right on when it came. It only ended up being 15 minutes late which is not bad for the first day of school.

I didn't get much detail about her first day. She said she had a great time. Each first grader got a treat cone from the German students. That was her favorite part. She really didn't have any complaints so I guess it was a great day.

Nathan's First Day of School

It is hard to imagine that Nathan is entering third grade. He is getting so big. He gets to sleep in a little longer than Shayla since his school is closer to the house and starts later. We had a great open house. This year it seems that everyone is ready for him. He was so excited to see his 1st grade teacher and resource teacher. His teacher for this year is very nice and gave him a big hug. Nathan is a hugger and loves it when he gets to see all the teachers. His eyes just light up. It makes me tear up every time. I hope that innocence and joy are around a couple more years.

From what I could tell his teacher went over all her expectations today. He even mentioned to me that I wasn't to load his back pack that his teacher said they were big kids now and that was their job. His goals for the year are to be more organized and work more independently. He had a great time at recess where he got to see some of his closest friends. Lunch must have not been very good because he didn't eat any of it and after school some how managed to lose his lunch box. After care must have been fun. He was excited to go back so it must have been a good day.

After the Wedding

After the all the beauty of the bride, flowers, church and guests it was hard to imagine an even more glorious site but the reception did not dissapoint. Held at a historical plantation right next to the water it was a perfect continuation of a wonderful wedding.