Baseball

Well, this morning we had another great game!

GO RANGERS!

Riley's His Kids Graduations

Well, this just proves that he is growing up on me. Last night we attended Riley's graduation ceremony. All the kids participated in a play and then the children that will be leaving to start Kindergarten next year received their certificate. Hayden sudden feel ill with a stomach virus about noon yesterday, so I planned on him staying at home with Sissy. Well, he refused, he demanded that he go to Riley's graduation. So he won, he sleep thru 90% of it!

Riley's getting his certificate!

Showing it to Daddy!
Riley with Mrs. Sharran and Miss Twiliah


Here is a slideshow of the kids performance!

Soccer Party!

We had our end of the year party at the Midtown Bowling Alley. The kids and adults had a blast! Craig and I both enjoyed our soccer team this year and can't wait to do it again in the Fall!

Craig and the Team...minus Joey!

Danielle, Nathan, Craig, Skylar and Riley

Here is a slideshow of all the pictures that I captured!

Our dirty lil kiddo's

As most of you know, Craig and I have a co-ed softball team and play every week in Knoxville. Anytime you come to our games, you will find a dugout full of kids. It's almost like a daycare in there! Well last night, like all other softball nights, our kids got dirty from head to toe! They all have so much fun and we enjoy watching them as much as we do playing.

Hailey and Lynkin decided they were going to look at the stars.


Riley being his normal self!

Dad's Lil Helper

The boys have always wanted to be like Daddy, but Hayden is really going to extremes lately. This morning Craig was unloading some mulch before he went to work. As soon as Hayden realized that Dad was outside working, he wanted to go, so I dressed him and sent him out the door. Hayden immediately came back in and told me that he wanted his red shirt and tennis shoes on. I really didn't think much about the statement because lately he has been really picky about what he wears. So I went to his closets and found him a red shirt that he immediately approved. So we changed his shirt and shoes and was walking through the kitchen when he told me that he wanted his coffee. So I got one of Craig's coffee cups and put some orange juice in it. As soon as I opened the door, it hit me like a ton of brick. Hayden wanted his red shirt and tennis shoes on cause Daddy was wearing a red shirt and tennis shoes.

Happy Mother's Day!

I want to take the time to wish all you Mom's a Happy Mother's Day. Especially the two special women in our lives, my Mom and Craig's Mom. We love you both very much and appreciate all that you do for us! Clara, we wish that we lived closer to you guys, that way we could spend lots more quality time with you. Mom, on the other hand has to deal with us on a daily basis, whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, that is your decision Mom...LOL!



I had another wonderful Mother's Day. Craig and the boys treat me so well all the other days of the years, it's really hard for them to top it. But Craig never fails and make every holiday a memorable one! I am truly a blessed woman! I love my 3 guys SO much! How did I every manage to be so lucky?

Baseball

This morning we played our first game in the rain. Well actually, we missed the rain, it was really just drizzling. The coaches decided that the infield was too muddy to play so we made our own infield in the outfield. We used parents/coaches as the bases. The kids had fun and still got to play ball.

Bubble fun

Thursday after I picked Riley up from "His Kids" we went to Cracker Barrel for a late lunch. He had already had lunch at school but I hadn't ate yet. So he choice to go for some pancakes. Of course, we can't leave without a toy! Riley picked up a bubble gun for him and Hayden.

ACTUALLY.....

is Hayden new favorite word. He starts EVERY sentence with Actually... It is the funniest thing and most of the time he is pointing his finger at you. He also LOVES cupcake and the his favorite color is green. So what's better than a green cupcake......

Soccer

Well, I have to say that tonight's game was the hottest of the year! We have played in all four weather season the past few weeks. Our kids all played really well tonight. YAY for Coach Craig that made it thru the whole game solo.

Thomas the Train

We headed to Chattanooga yesterday to see Thomas the Train. This is the second year that we have taken the boys, and they loved it even more this year. Especially Hayden, maybe because he is older. I was scared that it was going to rain on us, but luckily the rain held off until the actually train ride and was over by the time we got off.

Hayden just wanted to take a ride.

They got their tickets ready for the Ticket Man.

Waiting to unload!

Watching the real train fly by!
Hayden's tattoo of Percy.

Riley got Harvey.

They make "super big awesome bubbles"

and jumped on the "big jump-o-line"

Once we finished up all our Thomas activities we headed to Knoxville to meet up with the boys favorite guy, Baby Landon. They love Landon to death....they ask about him daily and if too much time goes by before we see Landon they demand to go see him.


"We're innocent we swear!"

Landon showing us some of his tricks

Yeah, I tried to get them all 3 to look at the camera at the same time.

I see you!!!

Kindergarten here we come...

So today I tool Riley for his Kindergarten physical and to pre-register for Kindergarten. First off, I can't believe that he is old enough to even think about school. So we started the morning off at the Children's Clinic for our check-up. Which went very well, until the nurse mentioned "shots". Then it was all down hill from there. Riley is terrified of shot, needles, blood or anything related to that. Immediately he started freakin' out...I mean crying, yelling, shaking, breathing heavily and the Nurse hadn't even made it back to the room with the shots. He just wanted me to hold him, and keep on say...."LET'S GET OUTTA HERE" and the funniest things was when he looked at me and told me that this was the worse day of his life! I just started laughing, which just made it worse. Finally the nurse came in with her tray, and it got a thousand times worse. But we made it through all 4 vaccines and believe it or not, he lived through them, with a really sore arm.

After we collected all our documentation and stickers we headed to Knoxville. Riley got to go buy him a new toy and got to choose where to eat lunch. Plus, Momma had to do a little bit of shopping.

Riley was really excited about going to school, especially now the Dr's visit was over. We went in and Riley did amazingly well on his assessment test. The teacher was bragging on how much he knew compared to the other children, when Riley looked up at me and said "Momma, did they think I was dumb". I explained to him what she was talking about.

I actually handled things really well today, which I tried to prepare myself for. The real test is how I will handle his actual first day....we'll find out in August!