Kindergarten graduation

Some pictures from Kindergarten graduation. Avery is waiting so patiently for the ceremony to start.

Happy 7th Birthday Luke!!

Honestly, I can't believe that Luke is 7 years old. He has such a fun and outgoing personality. He LOVES all sports, riding his bike and watching Phineas and Ferb, on the Disney Channel. He loves all kinds of racing and hanging out with friends. He likes to read books and watch movies, especially any kind of super hero cartoons. He loves to play baseball and soccer. After winning 1st place in his soccer tourney, he said, "Mom, this is the best day of my life!"

These pictures are of Luke at school on the day of his birthday.
Seven candles
Avery looks like she thinks Luke and Preston are crazy!

Last day of kindergarten

Luke had an awesome year of Kindergarten at Clyde Elementary.  He had a great teacher, Mrs. Berry and he is learning how to read really well.  He made lots of friends and memories.  We are so proud of him and his accomplishments.  Every Wednesday in PE, the kids simply run around the track.  The teachers count how many laps and miles that each child runs.  Luke ran almost 25 miles this year, in just one day a week. 

Luke, Keller, and  Preston - best buddies

Luke and Katie - his "best friend"

Baseball 2010

Luke LOVES sports.  He is a little boy that is constantly in motion, constantly.  Here are the most recent baseball pictures.  He plays coach-pitch baseball at Dixie Little League in Abilene.  He is on the Tennessee Volunteers. 

Here is a comparison of the last three years of baseball (2008, 2009 and 2010).  I wish I had the picture fom 2007 where I could find it.  It is packed up in a box in storage.  I had all three of these pictures in a frame on my desk at work. 

Bluebonnets - I LOVE spring!

I love spring!  I don't like cold weather and I love when it warms up.  Everything blooms and the grass is green.  I have been wanting to stop and take some pictures in the bluebonnets.  We have been so busy with sports, church and moving that it has been hard to find the time.  But this morning after church, we stopped by a beautiful patch.  Here are some of my favorite shots.  Luke lost a tooth last Saturday.  In the last picture, he is showing the gap.  This is his 3rd tooth. 

Sweet Avery

Saturdays have become our days to spend it doing entirely what the kids want to do--and we love it.  Since we don't get to see them as much as we like during the week, we make the very most of our weekends.  Often times it is rushing to games or birthday parties and can seem hectic, but we love it.  They are only kids for a short time.  This weekend, Avery had a soccer game at 10:30 in the morning.  After her game, we ran errands and ate lunch and then it was time to head to Luke's game.  I brought Avery some flip flops so she wouldn't have to wear cleats and shin guards all day long.  In the car on the way to Kohl's, with her seat belt on, she was really struggling to get her shin guards off.  I asked her if I could help, she said sure.  I just reached down and pulled them off really quickly, no thinking much about it.  And sweet Avery says, "WOW, mom, you are really good at this!!"  It just warmed my heart.  Thank you can be said in so many different ways and so far this is my favorite!!  So, in the future, if you are struggling with shin guards, call me...I am really good at it and can help you!

Here are some unrelated pictures of Avery, but too cute not to post.  We took Sadie to the park where Luke practices baseball and Sadie and I ran/walked on the path all the way around the park.  Avery walked part of the way, then we had to take her back to Dad.  But here she is in all her flower-power glory.  For some reason, I personally think it is because she knows it drives Freddie crazy, Avery loves to wear her head band all hippie-like.  For some reason Freddie doesn't dig the look.  But anytime Avery wears a headband to school, she goes in with it on the "correct" way and comes home with it on her way, as indicated in the picture. 

Lets go fly a kite!

Avery's friend, Kambree, got Avery this Barbie kite for her birthday. She has been asking to fly the kite every day since her party, but the wind has been so strong, we were afraid it would tear up the kite. But today, was the perfect day. Avery had so much fun. At one point, she got all tangled up in the string, but instead of getting frustrated, she just said, "Man, I am stringy today!"