April 2019

 April was a long, jam packed month!

It's finally hot in Nashville and that means lost of outside time - on the soccer field, the baseball field and playing in the neighborhood!

The twins are still doing great!  They are growing up so fast.  

Conner loves all things boy - throwing the ball, shooting the basketball, digging in the dirt, working in the yard and of course his dog!  He is starting to talk a little more each day and still loves food, food and more food!

Tinsley is still the boss baby!  She loves school and playing with the big kids.  She LOVES all animals and being outside.  She talks A LOT and is really funny these days.  And shockingly, she may love food more than Conner!

They are starting to do more and more "twin" things and recently started giving each other kisses - which is hilarious!  As much as they pick at each other, they also take care of each other!  Conner loves to bring Tins her paci when she gets upset! 

April also meant we got to Celebrate Easter!  We started the season with an Egg hunt in the neighborhood and several egg hunts at school.  And we ended Easter with a great day at Church and some egg dying!

Most of our weekends have been spent on the soccer and baseball fields!

Hudson is doing really well and enjoying herself so much.  She has improved so much since the fall and is having so much fun with her sweet teammates.  Last weekend, she and I spent the weekend in Louisville for a tournament and they battled all weekend.  After coming in 2nd in their bracket, they breezed through the Semi-Finals and met up with the team they tied the day before and were able to hold on for a 3-2 Championship win!  It was so fun to see them all fight for that medal!

Sullivan is playing well also.  Unfortunately, due to a change in the rules, she is currently not allowed to play with her regular team due to her Birth Year, so she has been playing in the YMCA league with some other TSC players.  But she took it in stride and has been doing really well.  We are hoping the rule gets changed back so she can rejoin her teammates for the last few weekends of the season!

Thomas is LOVING baseball.  He has really come into his own on the field.  He usually gets a hit almost every time he gets up to bat!  Which is pretty impressive for a 3 year old playing coach pitch only.  We are still working on the fielding aspect....b/c he would much rather build dirt piles and pull the grass out of the ground...but he'll get there!  haha.

Here is video of one of his big hits...and equally big smile after making it to first base!

That is about all for now! We are looking forward to wrapping up school, soccer and baseball in May and of course our first trip to the lake for Memorial Day!

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March 2019

It's officially Spring and I wish I could say it felt like it....but with the temps around 29 this morning, I'm still waiting for the big warm-up!

Nevertheless, March means that we are in full sports swing!

We started off the month with a once in a lifetime day for the girls.  With a big Thanks to wonderful friends (who are kind of big deals in the soccer world - Cori and Robert!!) - Hudson, Sullivan and their teammates got to be the player escorts for not one but TWO games in the SheBelieves Cup.  They both got to walk out on the field with players from Brazil and USA! It was an amazing day and something I'm sure they won't forget!

Hudson got a lot of camera time during the National Anthem!

March also meant SPRING BREAK!

We had a stay-cation this year and enjoyed some Nashville sights.  We played outside, baked Cake Pops, went to the Frist, the Zoo and the Library!

The Twins are doing well!  Despite a couple weeks of the stomach bug and then the flu, they are really growing up so fast!

Conner is still huge. He is 27 lbs, 1 oz (85%) and 35 Inches tall (>98%)!  He still loves to play ball - football and soccer but mostly basketball! He loves to eat any and everything but really loves bananas!  He is starting to talk a little more but is doing really well with his signing also!

Tinsley is still our munchkin!  She is 22 lbs, 15 oz (55%) and 31 3/4 Inches (55%).  Hard to believe she is older and was bigger at birth!  He is so much bigger than her now!  She is our most girly child also. She loves to have her hair brushed and her nails clipped and giggles every time she puts on a dress for church.  She also loves to eat any and everything!  She talks up a storm and even says several real words.  She also still signs but would much rather "talk" to us!

The girls are off to a great start in soccer.  Despite getting rained out the first few weekends, we are off and running now.  Sullivan's team missed making the finals in their first tournament by 1 goal but she is playing well!  Hudson's team has their first tournament this coming weekend but has been competing really well against older teams!  She is really starting to improve and her foot skills have really taken off!

March also meant Thomas' first baseball game!!  He has been so excited about this for weeks now.  The Royals played a really good team and didn't get the win, but he loved every minute!  He even made contact and foul tipped 2 pitches!  He was so happy and has asked every day when his next game is!  Thank goodness he has a game every Tuesday and Saturday!!

That is about all for March.  We can't wait for it to warm-up and stay warm!  April brings us even more soccer and baseball!!

Here are some pics from the rest of our March:

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February 2019

February was full of basketball, baseball, indoor soccer and Rain...lots of rain!  In fact, we finally got to use one of our snow days...for flooding b/c of the rain!  We are so ready for warm weather and spring time!

Tinsley LOVES Thomas!

The twins are doing great.  Loving school, loving food, learning to play and fight with each other and talking more and more every day.  Tinsley is definitely the boss and also the mama.  She wipes Conner's nose for him and brings me wipes and a diaper when he is poopy.  Conner is still sweet and happy as can be.  They are both starting to say real words and Tinsley even learned how to yell at Sobe by name!  It is pretty funny!

Thomas has been taking a class called Lil Sluggers the past 8 weeks.  They worked on different skills including soccer and baseball.  This week they are focusing on Football and he is so excited.  He is still loving school and all his friends.  He is all signed up and ready to play real baseball this spring - he will be the youngest one out there so we will see how that goes!  

Also, on one of our rare warm and NOT rainy days, Thomas took off on his big boy bike.  He has tried a few times already and while he could do it, he wasn't quite tall enough to get a foot down to stop without falling over...BUT....yesterday he decided he had grown and was big enough... and off he went!

The girls wrapped up Indoor soccer and basketball.

Hudson's indoor team won the league after a very rough first weekend.  They played well and Hudson really started to get the hang of it!  She even scored a goal in the final.  The league that her club does is a combination of 2 age groups so she was a little intimidated playing with and against the older girls, but eventually realized she could hang with them just fine!

 

Sullivan's team was 2nd going into the final weekend and without a tournament in her age group, I'm not sure where they ended up.  She had to miss her last games b/c they conflicted with our Basketball play-offs anyway!

Basketball ended awesome as well.  We joined a new team this season which meant I didn't have to coach and they got to play with great teammates and for amazing coaches who taught them so much.  This little group of all 1st and 2nd graders finished 3rd in the THIRD grade league.  Only losing in the semi-finals by 2 points!

Their 2nd grade team, made up of mostly 1st graders with a few 2nd graders, had a pretty dominating season and brought home the Championship!

It was a great season and they both learned so much!

Hudson also wrapped up Volleyball and REALLY liked it.  We are trying to find her another league to play in b/c she immediately said she wanted to keep playing!

The last week in February also meant the return to soccer outdoors!  If we can keep the rain away, we even have our first games outside this weekend!  Fingers crossed we don't get soaking wet and freeze to death!

That is about it for February.  Looking forward to quick warm-up with the arrival of March.

Here are the rest of the pictures from February:

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January 2019

It seems like January lasts forever but we finally made it to the end.

January has been a month full of cold weather (with no good snow), basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer and a BIG birthday for me!

The girls had one extra bonus day of Winter Break and the 3 littles had to go back, so we snuck off with the neighbors to a fun new Indoor Trampoline place.  The kids played for 3 HOURS straight!  It was so much fun and I think they would have stayed longer if we didn't have to leave to pick up the littles!

Hudson did everything they had to offer which included all sorts of trampolines, ninja courses, climbing walls, and a sky coaster.

Here she is taking the "leap of faith" to catch the trapeze!  It amazes me that this kind of stuff doesn't scare her!  Sullivan on the other hand, much preferred the trampolines! 

Most of January was spent playing sports.  Both girls are playing indoor soccer with TSC and doing really well.  Hudson's team got off to a rough start but has turned it around and had a great weekend last week.  She even scored a goal which was very exciting.

Both girls are playing Basketball as well.  They play on a team that plays in the 2nd grade league and a 3rd grade league.  They have learned so much and Sullivan is really enjoying it.  Hudson is still trying to decide if she likes it or not, but she goes out every weekend and plays hard anyway.

Hudson started volleyball this month also. It is just once a week to learn the basics but she seems to be taking to it and really loves it.  They don't play matches or anything yet but I think she is ready to sign up for the next session already!

Thomas also started his sports class this month too.  He takes a class called Lil' Sluggers and they spend 9 weeks learning about  several different sports.  They started with soccer for the first 3 weeks, which he was bored with b/c he thinks he is a pro soccer player of course!  But this past week they did baseball and he was in heaven!  They will spend a few more weeks on baseball and then do football and indoor hockey!

January also marked a big birthday for me!  The BIG 4-0!  Which basically just means I am as old as my knees already feel!  But I had a great birthday weekend with a visit from SueSue and BooBoo, lots of soccer and basketball games and a surprise dinner out with our fun neighbors.  I even came home to a fully decorated house, with streamers, 40 balloons and a banner that said "You're Old".  Haha.  It was a fun weekend!

The girls also celebrated the 100th day of school this past week. Here are our two little grannies! (They have silver hair, you just can't see it very well)

And not to be forgotten.....the babies are doing great!  They get dragged along to all the soccer games and celebrations but they just roll with it. Thank goodness for teenage neighbors, b/c they do get to stay home with the babysitters during basketball so at least they get a small break!

Tinsley is still the runt of the 2 but also still the BOSS.  She is crabby and grumpy but also hilarious!  She is always "talking" and understands everything you tell her.  She loves dogs and dancing and food.  She can sign several words and got 2 more teeth recently.

Conner is still as sweet as can be.  He is happy and laid back and pretty chill most of the time.  He loves to eat and dance and any and all balls.  It is his favorite word to say and he always has to be kicking or throwing something - ball or not.  He is still huge (wearing a 2T now) and is a solid head taller than Tinsley.  He is finally starting to sign some words but is really happy to give just a big cheesey grin and typically that gets him what he wants.  He also loves Makers and gives her several hugs a day.

That is about all for now.  We have another weekend full of sports and February will bring the end of basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer...but also the beginning of outdoor soccer...so I guess it never ends!

Here are the rest of our pictures from January:

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December 2018

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  I can't believe its 2019 already!

We had a great Christmas this year...well once we got rid of the stomach bug!  Luckily this year it hit on Christmas Eve Eve...instead of Christmas day like it did 2 years ago!  5 out of the 7 of us went down but thankfully it only lasted 24 hours and we were well by Christmas Eve!

Unfortunately, because we were sick, we had to cram all of our Christmas activities into one day. So that meant a day full of Gingerbread Men decorating, Santa cookie making and reindeer food spreading...but we fit it all in just in time to get to bed early for Santa!

Here are a few highlights from our Christmas celebrations!

Seeing the Big Guy...lucky to get one picture without tears

Decorating our tree...Conner was very "helpful"

Thomas was full of Christmas Spirit all Month

Our very own Elf on the Shelf

Sobe got some new wheels for Christmas

So did Thomas

Matching Hats for the Boys!

Loving her new comfy chair

After our Christmas at home, we loaded up a few days later and headed to Atlanta and Columbus to celebrate with the Halters!

We stopped in Atlanta to celebrate with MamMam first which is always crazy and fun!

Conner really needs some shooting headgear

"Christmas" Dinner with the Cousins...a few days late.

After a day full of opening presents and eating a great meal, we continued on to Columbus for a few days.  That of course means tons of cousin time.  I don't get too many pictures b/c they are all too busy playing but I did a get a few.

We spent some time at the trampoline park, the big boys got to shoot skeet and the big kids got to ice skate for the first time!

Wishing he was one of the big boys like PJ

Everyone loved Reed's Hover board

First time on Ice Skates for the Frericks

Of course the Zamboni was Thomas' favorite part

 While in Columbus, we also celebrated my parents 50th Anniversary at an amazing restaurant in Columbus!  Hard to believe they have been married for so long and who would have thought 50 years ago they would have EIGHT grandkids now!!!

January and 2019 will bring us more basketball and some indoor soccer games.

Thomas starts Lil' Sluggers where he will learn all sorts of skills for baseball, football, basketball and hockey and Hudson starts Volleyball next week also!  She has been dying to try it so we will see how it goes!

We hope everyone else had a great Holiday and your 2019 is off to an amazing start!

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November 2018

 We had another great month fly right by!  I feel like I blink and 30 days have passed!

November meant the wrap up of the Fall TSC season and the beginning of basketball season.

Sullivan played a few friendly games in Hendersonville and did really well.  They played 2 teams older than them and won one and lost one. But she played well!  She is looking forward to getting back at it at indoor training!

Hudson's team went to their first ever out of town tournament in Memphis.  We made it a special big girls only trip and carpooled with our friends.  They had a big time but I think they liked being in a hotel with teammates more than any of the actual soccer.  

Her team played really well all weekend and breezed through their first two games!  They advanced to the Semi-Finals and Hudson played her best game ever.  She scored 3 goals, but more importantly, she battled hard and also had a few assists.  It was very exciting.

They won their semi-final game easily and went into the finals against a very strong team. After a long battle, we ended in a tie and had to go to PKs.  Our girls did great. All 5 of our shooters scored and our GK saved their last shot....it was so fun to watch them go crazy after it ended!

TSC 2010 Premier White - GIT 2018 Champions

Showing off her Hardware

After we got home from Memphis, we had a few days before we loaded up for Columbus to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Halters.  

We had a great time.  I wish I had taken more pictures, but the kids were so busy playing with cousins, I rarely saw them!

MamMam made the trip down for the day from Atlanta and it was so great to see her. She loves seeing the Great-Grand-kids so I think she had a good day too.

Grandkids

Great-Grands

Eileen and I did the cooking - well MOSTLY Eileen did the cooking and it was all delicious!  Pace Air-fried a turkey and it was amazing.  I think the dessert was the best part.....at least according to this smile from Thomas!

Sweet Thomas

Kids Table/Counter

Thanksgiving night, we skipped the Black Friday sales and headed to Calloway Gardens to see their drive-through light show. It was really cool and the kids loved it.

We wrapped up our visit with S'Mores - always a favorite!

We got home just in time for our Second Annual Turkey Trot with the neighbors!  We lost a few friends who moved, but gained a few new neighbors!  The weather was great and everyone had a great time!  Nothing like walking with 10 adults, 14 Kids and 4 dogs!

That is about for November!  This weekend we are putting up all the Christmas Decorations and getting our Tree also!  Of course we have to squeeze that in after our first 2 basketball games but it should be a great weekend!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to Christmas as much as our crew is!

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