bringing it to an end

we've crammed it in these last two weeks of school.  this week started off a with a fun tradition.  for years william's teacher, ms. dickerson, has had a 1st grade sleepover at her house.  i'm thinking she must be partly crazy!  :)  they watched a movie, played games, and ate ice cream.  i think they slept a little bit, too, at some point!  the girls slept upstairs while the boys took over the den floor.  i'm pretty sure that you wouldn't be able to pay me enough money to have all these people sleep over, but the moms that stayed the night said that they were all really sweet!

loud.  but sweet!  :)

wes visited healthworks and wtva.  he was impressed with the tv station.  we may have a meteorologist on our hands!

reed talked me into playing hooky and going to play golf instead in the middle of the week.  it's hard to turn this guy down!  i'm definitely going to be lost next year when he starts "big" school.

and we ended the week with much needed haircuts.  william has been asking for short hair for a while. i've always brushed it off.  well today, i gave in and told him to tell her what he wanted.  he got his wish.  i started the day with william.

i ended the day with chase, jr.

now we are on a 3 day countdown to summer!  whohoo!

more baseball

well i finally was able to take my camera to one of william's games.  and let me just say that once all 3 are playing baseball, somebody may have to come haul me away to the looney bin.  life with just 2 playing is cuh-razy, and i'm not looking forward to the day when i have to get them all to different games.  of course, they are spaced out just enough that they will never be on the same team.  maybe they won't all end up being baseball players.  (pretty please!!!!)

 we killed the team that we played this night.  and i'm not saying that because our team is awesome.  we can all hit the ball very well, but our fielding could use a little work.  i'm saying that because we played the team with the most intense coach.  this is a coach pitch league, and i think this one still believes that he is in high school or college because he was throwing some heat to those 7 year olds.  their team had two or three hits the entire game.  he struck all his players out because he couldn't just toss the ball to them.  he was out to prove a point.  i'm not sure what his point was, but he succeeded in frustrating his team of little kids.  good grief.  what is wrong with people today?!?

anyway, coach justin pitched the ball to our team nice and easy, and we were on our way!

 they move around to different positions every few innings, but william says second base is his favorite.

i think he likes catcher too because all the equipment is cool, but he might better put some meat on his body if wants to stay behind the plate!

and let's not forget the little fans who put up with this crazy baseball schedule!!  reed and noel, you'll each get your turn one day soon!

why did god make the cockroach?

wes' class put on a play this week called "why did god make the cockroach?"  in case you were wondering, the world would be a smelly place to live and an ugly place to look at if the cockroach was not around.  or so i'm told.  i don't really care if he does eat things that no other insect will eat....if he comes near me, he won't be eating much of anything anymore!

even so, all the bugs and flowers and birds were really cute!!  wes rocked the very important part portrayed by the ant!

both grandmothers were there to support the ant.

jackson, wes, and trey

jackson, wes, trey and sam

with the class play in the books, summer is just around the corner!  bring on graduation!

SBW

super bulldog weekend was a hit last weekend with all 4 of my kids!!  :)  i consider the neighbor to be one of mine, and i'm pretty sure that with 3 sisters he is happy to claim us as well!!  we could not have had a more beautiful day to tour the new football facility, watch the football game, and then be a part of the second largest crowd ever at dudy noble as we beat auburn to take the series.

the sun was too bright, so nobody would even look at me except gray!

go dawgs!

baseball is back

well, baseball season is back going strong.  it opened last weekend with an opening day ceremony followed by the first games.  william and wes had games at the same time, so i only have pics of wes so far.  i'll have to update with some of william in a week or two.

while wes enjoys actually hitting the ball and trying to get people out, i'm fairly certain that he plays baseball mostly for the snack provided after the game.  baseball is his gateway to a snack!  nevertheless, he hit two to the fence this game!

and let's not forget the all-star little brother!

and his other fans, too!

so...if you need me over the next two months, i'll be at a baseball field!

we came, we saw, we learned

last week, william and wes had their learning fair at school.  the first grade had to pick a place/landmark and research it.  then they had to choose a bible verse that went along with that place, come up with some facts, gather some pictures, and put it all together on a storyboard.  william chose yellowstone.  so we printed off some of our vacation pictures from last year!  i love easy!!

paul, william, and will

wes had to do a storyboard on something that he has studied this year.  he chose mississippi.  and let me tell you....that little sucker knows some stuff about mississippi!  he told me the state insect, state mammal, state reptile, and i'm not going to lie....i had to google some of it to make sure he was right!  he was!!

wes, jackson, and sam

so if you need to know anything about yellowstone or mississippi, there are two little experts over here that will be glad to help you!

happy easter!