Take Me Out To The Ball Game

The boys had opening day at the baseball field on April 2nd.

Jeffrey is a New York Yankee.

Bradley is a Kansas City Royal.

They both played hard and had fun.

The SUPER Bowl Rings have arived!!!!!!

How exciting for these boys to have a

HUGE and HEAVY

reminder of all of their hard work

and accomplishments.

WOW !!!

The rings display the boys

names, numbers, and year

inside is inscribed

"LIGHTS OUT"

This was the theme for the

2010 CHAMPIONSHIP run.

One of the coaches told the boys

during the first playoff game

to go and turn the lights out

in the other teams building.

Birthday Trip Day

Bradley 6 and Elizabeth 4 were waiting to go to Build a Car.

My parents take the kids on Birthday trips. Since B and E

are so close in age they got to go together. Bradley constructed

a black and orange hot rod while Elizabeth decided to build a

hot pink monster truck. What a fun day. Thank you Nana and Grandad :O)

Elizabeth and the Football Trophy

I don't know who likes the trophy more Elizabeth or Keith.

She is so proud of Keith for bringing home the

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

for the first time in Thunderbird's history.

Ever time we go to the school she wants to see the trophy.

Field Trip for Pizza

Bradley and his Kindergarten class went on a walking field trip to the mail box and pizza. The kids were learning about our US mail system and how it works. So for Valentines Day the kids addressed and envelope put a stamp on it and made a special Valentine for their families. Each kid placed his or her special Valentine in the mail box and waited for it to be delivered. What a great activity thanks Ms. Baird you are a great teacher. After their long walk and letter delivering the kids were treated to a pizza making show with all of the tossing and twirling of the dough. I don't know if the kids liked the show or eating the pizza better. On full bellies the class headed back to school. What a great day! In the photos are Mrs. Baird, Claudia, Drake, and Bradley.

Boys and Boats

Something that my boys like to do is rummage through the recycle bin

and make things out of the empty boxes.

Well on this particular day they made a boat that floats.

I love to see my boys enjoying each others company and working so well together.

It just warms a mamas heart.

Soccer 2011

One of the best things in life is having children.

I love being a mom and I love seeing my kids be successful.

Keith Just came off a dream year for football.

He went straight into soccer that had started four weeks earlier.

He missed two games along with three other starters due to football.

The team had a good year and were able to make it into the playoffs as the 11th seed.

We traveled down to Tuscon and watched the first and final game of their playoff ride.

The temperature was about 26 degrees when they started play and even colder with the wind.

Keith was very happy to be the goalie that day,

because he was able to wear pants and a long sleeve shirt.

On the other hand being goalie is a tough job.

Keith was kicked while he was down literally.

In the Tuscon paper Keith is on the ground with a mouth full of foot.

http://azstarnet.com/sports/soccer/high-school-and-prep/articale_ec190bc2-27c5-5122-b973-66d4f5e62082.html

Thank you Keith for all of the great memories of H.S. soccer.

Excitement at Dinner

Last night we went out to dinner to plan our goals for FHE. On our way out the kids found a breast cancer fundraiser. They wanted a quarter to try and get it on a little platform at the bottom of a glass container fulled with water. So I thought it is for a good cause and handed them each a quarter. Much to my surprise not one of my boys but two of my boys were able to land the quarter on the little pedestal one on top of the other. They were thrilled! Jeffrey came running up to me as I was paying the bill and said Mom we just won a vacation to Disney World in Florida. Yes it is true upon further investigation if you made your quarter on the pedestal you would win a trip. So we did not only win one trip we won two trips. All I know is that as a Mom it was the perfect end to a perfect dinner.

Gingerbread House Construction

Family home evening

is always fun an exciting when

cookies,

candies,

family,

and lots of frosting

are involved.

These house

were fun to build

and

even more fun to eat.

Kindergarten Construction

Bradley is my 5 year old who is currently in Kindergarten. He has a fabulous teacher Ms. Baird. Before Christmas they made gingerbread houses in her class. Bradley and Claudia are happy to share their creations with the world. Enjoy!

We are the CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!

My oldest sons name is Keith he is the starting wide receiver for the Thunderbird Chief's football team.

This year is the first year since 1990 that Thunderbird has gone to the the playoffs and the first time ever in the history of the schools 38 years the team has ever made it to the Championship playoff game.

The team this year was ranked number 14 and expected to be bumped of in the first round. Thinking about it we were picked to loose every game in the playoffs. Along with most of the games during the season also.

Well to the surprise of everyone (except for me) we made it to the BIG game. The boys were able to play at the ASU football stadium. How exciting for everyone involved. Keith wanted to make sure he got his picture taken when it was up on the jumbo tron.

The game was very exciting Thunderbird lead from the first minuets of the game until the fourth quarter when the other team was able to sneak up an take the lead. We tied the game to take it into overtime. The other team had the ball first and fumbled it on the two yard line. Thunderbird recovered kicked a field goal and WON the game.

What an exciting ride and the perfect way to end a high school football career.

Congratulations to all the players, coaches, parents, and fans who knew the boys would win. :O)

First of Many

I would like to say thank you to all of my girlfriends with great blogs. They have inspired me to start documenting my family and friends.

One of my friends Mandy at the beginning of the year decided to do a collage of pictures every week for a year. At the end of one year she will print it out and have a scrapbook of her family in 2011. I like this idea so much that I am going to barrow it from her. I hope she does not mind. :O)

Since I am starting in February I will back track a little to get myself current.