Sunday, March 29, 2009

Spring Break in San Diego

We spent a few days of Spring Break in San Diego this year. We decided it was time for Michael to see Legoland again (since the last time we went he was 1) as well as a few things we missed the first trip. So, we spent a day at Legoland, a day at the Wild Animal Park, and a day running around where we visited the Midway (aircraft carrier), the Air and Space Museum, and Coronado Island. Here is a slideshow of the pictures from Legoland:



Here is a slideshow of pictures from the wild animal park. It was an amazing place, much larger than we expected. Really worth the trip.



Here is a slideshow of pictures from the rest of the trip. We were surprised to come upon a Coast Guard practice, they were dropping people in the water off the boat while the people in the helicopter were fishing them out. It was pretty amazing. Also, Michael did get COMPLETELY wet in the ocean and that water was, as you would expect, FRIGID!!!! But, he was having fun and we let him. Of course, he ended up stripping down to his underwear on the street while we fished out a souvenir shirt for him to wear.




We had a great time, a much needed break. Hope everyone had a great Spring Break!!



Deb

Monday, March 09, 2009

The Ball Player



As I mentioned, baseball is almost back in full swing. We've been practicing for a couple of weeks now in anticipation of the spring season which starts March 23. Coach Steve set up a scrimmage for the boys to work out some rust and boy was there a lot of rust. In all honesty, they did OK but still need some work. If the past is any indication, they'll be a different team when they "really" start playing. Anyway, since I wasn't official scorekeeper for this game I took the opportunity to snap a few shots.



We also spent some of Sunday watching Brandon play baseball for the Yankees, a hard battle against the Astros. But, the Yankees prevailed. I snapped this shot of Brandon after the game, a good one I thought.

Deb

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Straight A's!!!!!!!

We were resigned to the fact that Michael was going to get a "B" in handwriting. He's our kid - no doubt. Well, we were wrong. This six weeks Michael finally got Straight A's!!!!! We're very proud of him and his hard work. A big shout out to Mrs. Page too - she made it possible, he really loves Mrs. Page!



Deb

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Update - January/February/March

Ok, I'll readily admit it, I'm not so good with keeping up with this stuff sometimes. But, with everything that has been going on there just hasn't been the time. So, tonight I'm rededicating an effort to do a better job starting with a January, February and early March update.

At the end of January we attended the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo with Pawpaw, Uncle Mike, Aunt Judy, Kathy and Chris. This is somewhat significant as it was Chris' first rodeo experience. Lucky for him he sat next to Uncle Mike who gave him a blow-by-blow run down of each event and the points system. I'm not sure, but I think we've got a convert. Here's a couple of pictures of Michael and Chris at the rodeo.




Also, as many of you know Michael played Upward Basketball this winter. It's a good program with a lot of good people involved. Michael did well and learned some about the game. He's already talking about next year (ugghhh).



At every practice the Coach would give the boys a bible lesson. If they learned the lesson after the game they got a green star. There were also other stars for offense, defense, best all-around, and Christ-like. Michael collected a lot of stars which was then, of course, my job to put them on the shirt before practice on Mondays. At the end of the season they had an awards ceremony and big party which Michael just loved. He was really thrilled when he was given the White Star award for the team for the season which meant he was the most Christ-like of the team for the entire season. Very impressive. Here's a picture of him with his award, covering up the subject of a later paragraph.


Okay, I'm so far behind, here is a picture from Michael's Valentine Party at school...




Okay, so last but not least, baseball practice has begun. The team has changed names, but remains the same, we are now The Storm (are you trembling?, you should be). This is our 7th season with this team and we are very happy with our baseball family. Unfortunately the boys are getting more aggressive and with that comes injury... Michael got his first busted lip at practice Monday night. His lips swelled up like a balloon. These pictures do not do them justice, it was almost comical. But, he took it in stride and after the bleeding stopped got right back in there for the rest of practice. Go Storm!!!

Deb