Dennis was on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dennis hit his first home run during this tourney!!!! It was so exciting! Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it as I was with Billy at his t-ball game. But I'm sure this was just the first of many more to come. Dennis has become such a great baseball player. It has been such joy to watch him blossom. Go Cougars! We play in another tourney this weekend.....

President's Day Tourney

The Cougars in action.......

Valentine Day Party!

Ms. Debbbie's T/TH 3's class

Last week on my co-op day at the preschool I made tie dyed shirts with the kids to wear to the Valentine's day party at school. A week later and here they are standing proud with their creations. Billy is in the middle with black pants on......

Week One Blog Challenge

25 random things about me

1. My right shoulder is double jointed
2. I miss my bassett hound Georgia
3. My shoes size is now an 8 thanks to the pregnancies
4. In high school I used to dunk chocolate chip cookies in melted cheese....yummy!
5. I don't like tomatoes
6. This years makes 12 years of marriage
7. I used to carry a gun for work
8. I know waaay too much about domestic violence, drugs, criminal behavior
9. I was on the cover of a shrinky dink box as a child
10. I am an Alpha Phi
11. I once tried to be an art major in college. lol!
12. Sister Lily did NOT like me in high school
13. I went on a trip to Hawaii for high school graduation
14. I have one sibling, a sister named Buffy
15. I do not like baby's breath in my flowers
16. The first boy I ever kissed was a red headed boy named Rodney
17. I am horrible at math
18. I knew I would marry my husband after our first date (and told my mother!)
19. We eloped to Vegas 3 1/2 months later
20. My recent passion is photography
22. I love cookie dough ice cream
23. I'm afraid of the fish in the ocean/ lake
24. I have an Aunt Jemima collection
25. I want to go to law school and become a prosecutor when I grow up


I had fun with this assignment. Please play along and link me your blog in the comment section.

Spartans T-ball

Billy is really loving baseball these days. I'm so glad we decided to keep him in for another season. It's helps that his friend Matisse from preschool is also on our team. We have three more games and then a little break before spring ball begins.

Friday Play date

On Friday afternoon Brady and I took the kids to the park for a picnic lunch. They rode bikes, played soccer and enjoyed the spring weather. I think Ben enjoys having his picture taken. :)

Ants!

For Christmas Dennis received an ant farm and Billy a butterfly farm. Thank you Papa and Andrea!! We've had a lot of fun with these nature gifts. The ants arrived (in the mail) first. Watching me put a vial of live, biting, BIG, ants into the ant farm is another story entirely. I will tell you it involved oven mitts. The ants started tunneling right away and it's been very entertaining to watch them work.

And Caterpillars.....

The caterpillars arrived about one week later. They came in a cup that had enough food for them to eat until they reached maturity (about ten days.) Once they become a chrysalis you transfer them to the "garden" where you watch them for another week or so. Any day we should have butterflies. The boys are so excited and I'll post pic's of our babies as soon as they emerge.

Honor Roll

Dennis made honor roll for the second quarter. Although he had all A's and a high B in honors math he was a bit disappointed. He hopes to bring his math grade back up to an A for the third quarter. He also received a separate award for "Attitude is Everything." His father and I are so proud of him. We attended the honors award assembly where he was recognized before he got a pizza lunch with the principal. Way to go Dennis!!!