April 2024

 Just a few weeks late, but in our world that is on time these days!  April was full of travel, sports, school events and much more!

We kicked off April with a little Mother/Son Nerf War event.  The moms dominated obviously!

We had all the sports going this month.....

The boys are fully into Baseball and doing well!  

Conner's team is the #1 seed going into play offs and he recently got the game ball for his solid fielding, including catching a few pop flies and throwing someone out at second from the outfield!

Thomas' team is also the #1 seed going into the play offs.  They also tried their luck in a Travel Ball tournament and did well!  They won one, lost one big and lost a close one in the knock out round!  It was a great experience for them to see what those teams look like!  They have another tournament in May so they will be ready to go in that one!

(I never order the pictures but thought this one was too funny)

Sullivan's team is still doing well and spent most of April wrapping up Midsouth League Play, finishing in a close 2nd place!  The rest of this month was spent preparing for state cup!  Sullivan's team also got to participate in Premier League Live when it came to Nashville!  They spent a great morning training with some cool people and even getting some TV time!

Hudson's volleyball team is still going strong.  They took a trip to Kansas City for a qualifying event against some tough competition.  They did not place but I am so proud of Hudson for continuing to improve and learn every day!

Hudson's soccer team is doing well and wrapped up their ECNL RL schedule with a trip to Buffalo and Pittsburgh.  They picked up 2 big wins which clinched their spot in the ECNL RL Play Offs!  They are starting to play some good soccer and always battle hard!  We even had time to squeeze in a trip to Niagara Falls!  It was very cool, although a little cold, windy and WET!

Tinsley's soccer is wrapping up next month as well.  They finally get to play in their first real outdoor tourney and they are so excited!  

Hudson and Sullivan took some time away from sports one night to be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society!  Proud of them for keeping their grades up and putting in lots of volunteer hours!

The Twins also had their kindergarten performance and it was adorable!  As you can see they had very different approaches to the evening!

That is about all for now!  May brings us the end of baseball for the boys and soccer for Tinsley.  We also have two more volleyball tournaments and State Cup for the big girls' soccer!  I can't believe the school year will be over next month either!  This year has FLOWN by!

Here are the rest of the pics from our crazy April!

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March 2024

 March flew in and out so fast, I am not sure what even happened.  I guess it was because we were on the go every single weekend in March!

March brought us the official start to baseball season for the boys.  Thomas is playing with his Crieve Hall Crushers team again and doing well!  This is their last season of coach pitch so I am soaking up all the action because I know next year in kid pitch might be rough....haha!

Conner is playing 6U Majors at Franklin Ball Club again.  He is on the Red Sox this season and is playing really well!

Tinsley's soccer season is going strong and she is looking forward to her very first real tournament playing 7v7 in May.  In March, between everything else, Tinsley got to attend her very first Daddy/Daughter dance!  I was out of of town for it but it sounds like she lived her very best life!  Big thanks to big sister Hudson for handling the hair and "make-up" while I was gone!

Thomas is still loving baseball and his team is on a hot streak!  In April they are going to try their hand at a Travel Tournament here in Nashville.  Should be interesting to see if they can hang with the travel teams!

Sullivan was on the go ALL March.  They had league games in Gulfport, MS followed by a Pre-ECNL showcase in St. Louis in back to back weekends!  Her team is playing well and she is loving 11v11.  

Hudson is double busy juggling soccer and volleyball.  Her soccer team is in the hunt to qualify for ECNL RL Play-offs for the second year in a row.  They had some big wins in March and need to finish strong in April.  

Her volleyball team is still looking for a bid to Nationals.  They have come up short in the qualifying events they have attended so far but hopefully they can make it happen in May!  They took a trip to a very tough event in Orlando in March.  They didn't get the results they were hoping for but they got to play against some of the top teams in the country!

Thankfully we did get a little downtime to celebrate Easter.  The bunny found everyone, we had an egg hunt and dyed some eggs with our neighbors!

That is about all for now.

April is just as busy as March with a volleyball tourney in Kansas City and a soccer trip to Buffalo/Pittsburgh we will be back on the road again!

Here are more pictures from our March adventures:

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February 2024

 February has been full of volleyball, more volleyball and a little bit of COLD COLD soccer.

Hudson's Volleyball season kicked off with events in Atlanta, Knoxville and home.  They took home second in AAU Super Regionals which was fun to watch.

We squeezed in a few soccer games and had a few more get cancelled for snow!!!

Sullivan attended her first ever middle school dance and had a blast!

Unfortunately, We also lost my Granny, "Mam-Mam" to my kids.  She was an incredible 104 and half years old!  She was witty and funny and stubborn and lived a long great life.  We made a trip to Eatonton, GA for the funeral which was a quick but good trip.  The kids got to meet some cousins they have never met before and got to see the Halter Cousins which is always a favorite in our house!

That was about it for February.  March brings us LOTS of travel for soccer and volleyball, Spring Break and the beginning of baseball games!  Never a dull moment!

Here are the rest of the pics from our February adventures:

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January 2024

 January, what a long, cold, snowy month we had to start 2024!

After a long Christmas break, the kids went back to school for a week before the big snowstorm of 2024.  We got about 7 inches of snow and a couple inches of ice which resulted in five more days out of school.  

We had a blast playing the snow until the temps dropped to -10 windchill!  But we made the most of it and got several days of sledding fun in!

January also brought us the end of the middle school basketball season.  Super proud of Sullivan for playing hard all year.  She was one of 2 sixth graders to make the Varsity Middle school team and played herself into the starting point guard role.  It was a tough season but they kept battling all year.  We finished 2nd in our district but lost in the first round of Sectionals.

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Conner, Thomas and Tinsley's basketball seasons are still going and they are doing well.  Thomas' team got their first win and Tinsley's team got their second win!  Conner is doing great also and scored 11 points in his team's last win!

Tinsley also made her first ever free throw!

Hudson's volleyball season is also going full steam!  She is on a new team this year and is really enjoying it!

Both Hudson and Sullivan's soccer seasons started back up in January also!  They played a couple of outdoor games in the cold rain a few weeks ago and did well.  It was good to get out and knock the rust off!

February brings us a LOT of volleyball and soccer, the end of basketball and the start of baseball!  Never a dull moment around here!

Here are the rest of our January pictures:

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December 2023

 Better late than never I guess!

December was such a fun month!  Between soccer, basketball and volleyball, team and class parties and trips to both Columbus Georgia and Ohio, we did it all!

We started the month off with the wrap-up of TSC soccer and the start of basketball for the four youngest and Travel volleyball for Hudson.

Tinsley is playing basketball for the first time and having a blast.  She has the stealing part down pat but is still working on the shooting!

Conner is playing basketball for the second year and is really starting to get it.  He is ALL left handed but has a pretty good shot and makes some really great passes!

Thomas is playing basketball with some baseball teammates and some school friends.  They are in a tough league against some very good (basically travel) teams but they are getting better each weekend!

Sullivan is playing for TSMS on both the JV and Varsity.  It has been a rough season BUT they did put together a few wins recently and she has enjoyed playing with the 8th graders! I think it is safe to say she is ready for soccer season to start back!

Hudson's travel volleyball team started training together and she is very excited.  They start games in January, so I am excited to watch them play!  It should be an exciting year!

Either way, all these sports are wearing us all out!

When we went to the mall to see Santa, we surprised Tinsley with an early Christmas present!  She got her ears pierced!  She was very tough and didn't cry.....although it took everything in her to hold those tears back!

Before we headed out of town for Halter Christmas, Tinsley played in her first indoor soccer tournament and her team won 2 games and tied , making them the Champions!

We had a great trip to Columbus to see the Halters.  Complete with the Annual Gingerbread decorating competition, ice skating and cousin time.

We got home just in time to make cookies for Santa and get ready for Christmas Day!

After Christmas, we headed to Columbus, OH to celebrate Grandma Frericks' birthday!  It was a cold and rainy few days but the kids got to meet a lot of cousins they had never met before which is always fun.

That is about it for December.  January brings us a whole lot of sports, back to school and hopefully some snow!!

Here are pictures of the rest of our December adventures:

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November 2023

 How is this year almost over?  It has flown by faster than any other year I can remember!

November brought us the end of baseball and soccer for the boys and Tinsley.

The beginning of basketball and volleyball and a little Staycation for Thanksgiving!

Tinsley has her end of the season 4v4 tournament and played her heart out.  Four 30 minute games with no subs and her team "tied" for first.  After 4 hours of soccer with 6 year olds, including a shoot out where no goals were scored, calling it a tie for first was the only option!

We tried something new this year and surprised the kids with a night away at Opryland Hotel and a day and half at Sound Waves, the new indoor water park!  It was a blast!

Christmas is just around the corner and the kids are so excited!  We are ready for a little break from school and sports and the hectic pace of our everyday life!

Here are rest of our pics from November: 

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