Ethan's First baseball game!

Today was Ethan's first ever official tee ball game was what you'd expect for 3 year olds...pretty much mass chaos! ha!  I have to say though, this little ball player was ready and on it!  I really wish he could have just played in the 4 year old league because he does much better off of a pitch then hitting off the tee.  He was excited and  ran hard and fielded lots of balls.  Go Ethan!

Country Lake

Each year our church hosts a fun family day at Country Lake for volunteers.  There is SOOOO much to do at this place.  Chris and I actually got to zipline which we had never done before-so fun and slightly scary to let go the first second. eeeek!  The boys swam their hearts out in the lake, used the canoes, kayaks and paddleboats and they fed us. 

You start on a covered wagon from the parking area...so cool! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loving summer break!!!

I am loving our super summer challenge!! Braden is SO motivated to do everything on the poster to earn points. :). By 8:30 this morning, he had already read Ethan a book (which I LOVE), helped Ethan clean both bedrooms, they unloaded the dishwasher together, did a few puzzles and memorized a bible verse!!! This is my favorite chart thing I've ever done!!! Today we also went to the NA library to get signed up for the summer ready program. Love love this time to be home and do whatever we want!! :)

Rough river

We had another great weekend boating at Rough River Lake. Our friends have a lake house there so it's the perfect way to be able to bait, go back for lunch and bait some more. :). The kids played so well all weekend and the adults were able to relax. :). Some new boating firsts for us this weekend...Ethan knee boarded! We had to kind of trick him into just sitting on it then Chris was hanging on the board with him as I went super slow, then eventually Chris let go and I speeded up and he loved it! He was waving at boars that went by! He was sooo proud of himself-super cute!!! Braden and Chris learned to surf together which was pretty cool too! Here are a few pics...I didn't get any great ones of Ethan because I was driving the boat and taking pictures! Ha!!!

First summer campout

Tonight the boys are having a manly campout in the backyard. I appear to be participating but plan to retreat to the comfort of a warm bed and no bugs. :)

Donuts for grades

Today we took Braden's report card to Krispy Kreme and he got a donut for each A...well actually S'a because that's what kindergarteners get. :). His report card was all S'a every 9 weeks all year long! So proud of my big boy!!

First day of summer break!

Today we did a whole lot of nothing...we were SO ready for a hang out in pj kind of day! The boys found a turtle last weekend at Rough River and Braden begged to bring it home...as I've said before, my children are dying for a pet, so they broke me down and we brought him home. Braden named him Franco....no clue where that came from. Ha! We also started this new summer challenge poster I'll have to let ya know how it goes. :)

Last day of kindergarten

Braden ended his last day of kindergarten with his last basketball camp day too. His camp was just 4 days long but he loved it. They got a shirt, certificate and ball and he thought he was big stuff! A few of us took the boys for ice cream after their camp to celebrate the last day. I'm really glad school is out...ready to not rush around each morning and have both boys home. :).

Field Day

I signed up to work at Braden's field day. Stephanie and I for to work the tug of war station together which was a really fun one!