We crammed in as much as we could in July and finished out our summer strong!
It all started with two weeks at the Lake for lots of Cousin fun!
We did all the things..tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, paddle-boarding, kneeboarding, swimming, top jumping, and even snuck in some zip-lining and horseback riding!
We enjoyed some time at the Rodeo and ran the Ramble Ramble!
We made it home just in time for Overnight soccer camp at Lipscomb.
Played in one more 3v3 Tourney and battled to a tough second place finish in the 2010/2011 bracket!
The big three then headed off for a week at Camp Widjiwagan! They all loved it so much and can't wait to go back next summer!
With all our summer activities finally over, that left us a week or so to get fully back into the swing of soccer season and back to school prep!
Both girls started soccer again and Hudson made the Middle School volleyball team!
August brings us the start of a new school year at a new school, soccer for Hudson, Sullivan, Tinsley and Conner, volleyball for Hudson and baseball for Thomas, Conner and Tinsley!
Never a dull moment!!
Here are the rest of the pictures from our fun filled July:
A little late posting but June flew by and we rolled right into July - which is almost halfway over!!!
June started off with a bang with Sullivan turning TEN years old! Two whole hands! She celebrated with some friends with an Escape Room (which they escaped from...with a little help), swim time and sleepover at the new house!
Thomas got to play in an All-Star double header against some Franklin All-Stars to wrap up his baseball season.
We rolled right into volleyball camp and basketball camp.
Sullivan played and won a 3v3 Tournament against 2010 and 2011 girls.
We enjoyed our first ever NSC game thanks to my very giving boss for letting us use his amazing tickets! We were on the second row, basically sitting on the bench with the opponent!
And then we headed off to the lake for an extended July 4th visit!
May brought us the end of school, the end of baseball, the end of Soccer and the end of an era in our old house and neighborhood!
The twins finished their last day and year at Judson PreK. We are going to miss this school so much! All five kids have gone to school there and it is such a sweet place!
They also finished their first ever baseball season. They improved so much over the season and even won their first game in the end of the season tournament. Only their third win of the whole season! They both hit the ball well and both got an out in the field at least once this season!
Thomas wrapped up 1st grade and his last year at Crieve Hall Elementary as well! He had a great year and made huge strides in his math and reading especially.
He also wrapped up another great baseball season! His improvement this year was huge and all of his coaches did a wonderful job with our team. They were undefeated (only 2 ties) and won the Regular Season Trophy, the Tournament Trophy and Thomas was named "Best Bat" award for the league. He became a very consistent hitter this year and his fielding really improved.
Thomas also celebrated a big birthday! He left our old house as a six year old and woke up in the new house as a BIG SEVEN year old!
Sullivan wrapped up 4th grade and also her final year at Crieve Hall. She had an excellent year and is going to miss all of her sweet friends so much!
She also wrapped up soccer season as well. It was a year of lots of ups and downs, lots of learning and lost of growth but she had fun and really developed a lot this season!
Hudson finished her first (and last) year at Valor. She really loved her time there and it helped her grow so much as a person. Her confidence grew and she made so many new and different friends. I know she will miss it next year but she is excited to officially be in Middle School at our new school. She finished the year with A/B Honor Roll and another Valor award Called "Crew".
In the midst of finishing school and moving to a new house, her soccer team also wrapped up a great season. They qualified for the State Cup and ended up losing 0-2 to a talented team from Memphis in the Semi-Finals. They improved so much this season, learned how to play 11v11 and genuinely had a great time with each other! It was fun to watch!
So now that school and sports are finally done, summer is here and we are enjoying our new house and new neighborhood. The kids have already made a TON of friends and are enjoying the new, bigger, neighborhood pool. Camps start in a week or so and then we are off to the lake for July 4th.
Here are the rest of the pictures from our May adventures:
April was a month full of soccer, baseball, Easter and birthdays!!
The twins and Thomas are fully into baseball season.
Thomas' team is doing great. They are one of the older teams in our division so they seem to be finding a lot of success. But more importantly, he is improving so much every day! He is hitting the ball so hard and has made some real plays in the field (even throwing a few runners out from shortstop to first base!).
Conner and Tinsley are doing great also! Their team is one of the YOUNGEST in the division so they have a lot to learn. But they get better every time they take the field and even managed to squeak out TWO wins in April. Conner has gotten really into it and is starting to understand how to play in the field and where to throw or run to get someone out. Tinsley has discovered that she can hit the ball! She is batting well above .500!
Here is Conner's first hit! He has since learned he actually has to run a lot faster to be safe!!
We enjoyed some down time for Easter with an almost soccer free weekend! We got to dye eggs, do two easter egg hunts, got a visit from the Easter bunny and enjoyed church for the first time in a long time!
We also celebrated a few birthdays in April! Tom turned 41 (he's so young...) and Hasil turned TWO! She celebrated with a trip to Petsmart, lots of treats and way too much attention!
The girls are also almost through another spring soccer season. They are both doing well and improving and learning every day!
Sullivan's team is starting to put all the pieces together to be a really good 9v9 team. They have gotten back to their old ways of beating up on some boys teams! They also went to Indianapolis, played a year up and lost a heart breaker in PKs in the finals! But, they learned a lot and are gearing up for their last two tournaments of the spring in May.
She hates pictures and she REALLY hates pictures when she loses!
Hudson's team is also doing great! They finished 4th in their State league and qualified for the Division 1 State Cup in May. They also went to Indianapolis, played a year up and lost to a tough older team 0-2 in the finals. They had beaten the same team the day before 1-0 but its always hard to beat a team twice in one weekend!
That is about all for April. May is going to be full of soccer and baseball also. It also means the end of the school year and our big move to Thompson Station, TN! So we will be running around like crazy for the next 4 weeks!
Here are the rest of our April adventure pictures:
