Five Forks Craft Camp

Craft Camp at Five Forks Church was a blast.  The time and energy that these lovely ladies volunteer into this week is unbelievable and so much appreciated.  Our kiddos had so much fun and making crafts while learning about Jesus.  They were excited every day to go.  They made bell/ wind chimes, bracelets, sand art butterflies, stepping stones, and much much more.  The kids had so much to talk about and show me when they brought home all of their fun crafts at the end of the week.  What a true blessing for us and for them!  Ava and Lindsey Eberly really hit it off that week too! :)

 

Random 1st Grade Paper From Ava

Ava had to use her sight words to write sentences.  This is the paper I found.  Makes me smile. I am using her spelling and all. :)

I was aroud peppl.
The people where staran at me.
I went right out.
I was right I said.
Does My brother go to schoo?
Does my brother go to the stor?
The pepple where aroud me.
I'm around the wold.
Does My friend love to be aroud me?
Was my brother aroud here?
I love to be around.
I love to be right.
Peppl love me.
Where is my mom?
I love to be around when I am right.

Okay, so for some reason this just makes me smile.  First of all, we need to work on her spelling, but sadly she may take after her mama after seeing how she spells things. :(  :)  Secondly, I love how her brain works.  Makes me laugh so hard.  She loves people and they love her and she is right and loves to be right.  :)  hahahhahaha

Christian's 1st School Chorus Concert

 

Christian had his first school music concert and Grandma and see  Pappy came to see go him too!  I love how he is standing so proudly ready to in and take on the world.  That's our boy!

 Christian beside his class mate and soccer team mate. . .Mason.  They had fun together.  Then below is a picture of Christian standing getting ready for the concert to begin.  They were supposed to come out and put there heads down and wait till the music started. Christian later told me, "I wanted the music to start and I wanted to sing."  He obeyed so very well and I was impressed when looking at the group around him.  most of the third graders were peaking up trying to find their families but he just kept his little head down. :)  Yayy Christian.  We also had to laugh at how he got put beside the tallest third grader and he was the shortest kindergartner. :)  Made him look even smaller.  Poor guy.  The next picture is a picture of them singing about the mountain.  They also sang a song about a flower, and then they got to use different color streamers as a rainbow!  This was his most favorite part! 

 We wanted to capture a few family pictures with him and some with him and his class but Ava thought she could run and do whatever she wanted.  We spend the rest of the evening looking for her and missed saying goodbye to most of his friends.  :(  Mommy and Daddy were not too happy with sissy to say the least.  However we did manage to get a picture of Christian with his music teacher Mrs. Bowers-Davis.  He loves music and did a great job throughout the concert.  He walked around the house singing the songs for weeks before his concert.  Christian will not surprise me if he is very involved musically someday like his cousin Isaac.  Christian has always loved music! 

 

 

 

Ava Spring Soccer - 2013

So this year Ava decided to play soccer again, for her third season.  The first season daddy was Ava's teams coach.  The second season Ava had Coach Brechbill and Christian also played on her team. This marks her third season and it is amazing the improvement she has made.  Her coach's name is Mike Thompson and he was a great coach too.  She loved her team and there were some really awesome friends and players on the team.  Their were two guys on the team that had older brothers that played soccer and they had obviously been blessed themselves with the ability to play soccer.  They were awesome.  Zimoney and Felix were the two soccer STARS on the team.  Every time they got the ball they scored!  It was so much fun to watch and cheer for them.  Ava really improved this year too.  She actually was able to control the ball when she had it, and to stay with it, turn it and even pass it to her team mates. We happened to have all morning games and the mornings were still often pretty cold and windy. :)  So below is a picture of the kiddos wrapped up before the game and then of some of them playing on the sidelines while the BOYS were out making the scores. ;)

She played so hard this year and she was very interested in the competitive side this year more than any other seasons. :)  She even took a few tumbles and jumped right back up without even a flinch.  Proud of our GIRL.  :)  We really loved our team too. . . .the coaches, the parents and the other kids were all great.  Made this soccer season fun, just like our others. :)  Fun to meet new people  Mason, Hosea and McKenzie were in Christian's class at school so that made things really fun too. :)  hahhah.  Christian would hang out with whomever was not currently out in the game.

One day after a soccer game, while talking to her Nana on the phone, this is what I heard. . . ."well, I have something exciting. . . You know how I never get a goal?  I ALMOST got a goal! I kicked the ball and I was only a inch away. . .A INCH!  But the stupid ball went out of balance."  She was excited it was close.  Little did she know that later on in the season she would in fact get her FIRST SOCCER GOAL EVER!!!!  Mason also go his first soccer goal ever in the same game. :)  It was awesome to watch them get the goals and how they reacted when they finally got them.  Ava was so excited, she threw her hands up in the air and lowered her head like, "finally, I did it!  I accomplished my goal!"  Her grandparents, myself and her daddy were all hoping and praying she would get one and then she did. :)  The video I have of it was priceless.  When she got the goal, she lowered her head and raised her arms in the air like a humble relief.  hahaha.  So funny.  A huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

Would You Mind?

Micah was trying to ask Christian a question and we already knew the answer.  He asked him is he would mind if daddy slept in his bed with him tonight.  Christian shook his head yes, that he would mind because he gets scared in the room by himself at night. . . .so we explained to him that he was answering the question the opposite way of what he was trying to say. We told him he should say, "no daddy, I wouldn't mind at all." then we realized it was a confusing wording of the question so Micah said, "hey Christian, would it be OK if daddy slept in your bed with you tonight?"  Christian sat there in silence and then said in a whispered voice, " what am I supposed to say again?"  hahahah

Eraser Extraction Day

Surgery Day had arrived.  We had milkshakes the night before because we were not allowed to eat Breakfast.  Grandma came up to see us off and to get the girls on the bus.  Baby was with a friend and we were ready. 

The Surgery center was super nice and accommodating.  They brought him his gown and a WARM blanket and he was sold.  They also asked which one of us was dressing to go back as he went under.  Of course, it was me again.  Micah had a hay day with getting my picture in what Christian called my space suit.  The people were all super helpful and informative and did a great job explaining things not only to us but also to Christian in a manner he understood.  He was not the least bit anxious or nervous and was I think enjoying the attention.

 

 

They took us back and he was sleeping within a few seconds.  Ten minutes after he fell into his deep sleep, the doctor met us in the waiting room and showed us what she had retrieved.  Oh, and by the way, the other funny thing, if it hadn't been for the nurse that stopped me and called my attention to this, I would have walked out into the waiting room still in my space suit. hahaha. I was so needing to get out to Micah and let him know that everything went good and I totally forgot what I was wearing.  Half an hour after the whole thing started, we were told to come back and that he was waking up.  When we first got back to him, he was a bit overwhelmed at all the attention, and he felt very groggy.  So the first impression was a bit weepy, but soon turned to Super Cheesy and then to "just kickin' back and chillin'"  He did get the opportunity to eat a Popsicle and when given the option to be "wheeled" to the car, he was ecstatic.  He wasn't sick or soar and got lots of attention.  Hopefully he knows to never do this again. :)

 

 

Eraser Extraction was a Success!!

 

 

 

 

Swimming Lessons 2013

We did it again!!! We signed them up for swimming lessons, even though I told myself I would NEVER do it again because it was so inconvenient!  However, Grandma and Pappy had bought a pool the year before so we needed to make sure that we were READY for a full summer of swimming in water we could not touch in!  So we did the lessons, and while we did it, we had Johnny Boy our little foster guy. This foster guy was our MOST active little buy ever and so much anxiety came as I was taking these three to the YMCA for lessons in the winter time.  However, the kids did so good! I was so very proud and their daddy came along with me numerous times too.  Johnny did pretty well eating snack and drinking his drink while watching in his stroller.  We had to WALK a lot during the 45 minutes of lessons, but he was not as I had expected!  Ava was in the class where she no longer needed a back pack and we were so proud of her!  She worked this time on her different strokes and swimming in laps in a full sized pool.  She enjoyed her lessons, though she said they were much more difficult than the previous lessons she had had two years ago.  Christian was in the younger class and his focus was putting his face in the water.  He avoided it at all cost and it was difficult to get him to do it without holding his nose. I can't blame him, because I still have to hold my nose, but don't ya know, he did it!!! He now swims underwater without holding his nose!!!!  He also loves to float and Ava loves to swim under the water.   They worked a little on diving for the kids too and form with their diving.  They worked on jumping into the pool off the diving board and then swimming to the side.  Christian hit another mile stone when he conquered that challenge!  Oh, and they both want to do lessons again soon!  Christian and Ava were both much more confident in Grandma and Pappy's pool too!