Awanas Awards Night

Christian's friend Scotty invited him to Awanas back in November and Christian absolutely loved it.  I will never forget how excited he was when he got in the car after that first night.  He talked about Awanas for days, practiced his verses and often said he wished they had Awanas every night!  Christian was hooked on Awanas after that first night and insisted on going every week.  There is nothing like hearing your child recite bible verses they have memorized.  

After months of Christian going to Awanas we finally realized that Carson could go to church on Wednesday nights as well, in the Cubbies program.  One night in probably March we dropped Christian off at church and Carson was upset because he wanted to go to.  As we rounded the building we saw Jennifer with Ben and Henry getting ready to go in.  That night Ben invited Carson to go to Cubbies with him but he had jumped in the car with no shoes and you know how the old saying goes...no shirt, no shoes, no service!  Carson cried all the way home, so I promised I would take him the very next week (the same week one or two of his other friends started going as well).  Carson did a great job catching up to get his Cubby book finished, although Christian did not think it was fair his verses were so much shorter.

Here they are in their cute vests headed to the end of year awards night. 

See Christians green patch above?  I actually sewed that on myself with a needle and thread.  Shocking I know.

Carson and Joshua before heading in to the sanctuary.  

Carson spotted me!  I'd say he is proud.

Christian volunteered to recite one of the bible verses he memorized.  

Getting his book award. 

They are already asking when they can go back!

Q and U got married!

Yesterday morning I got a call from one of the kindergarten teachers asking if Christian would participate in the kindergarten wedding of the Q and U the following morning.  Remembering back to when Christian was in kindergarten I knew just what she was talking about and quickly agreed that he would be able to serve as the U in the upcoming nuptials. When I picked him up from school yesterday he said he saw some email on Mr. P's computer asking to borrow him for a wedding the next day and he wanted to know what that meant.  As soon as I told him the details, he smiled and said he would do it.  (He was kind of already committed).

This morning I laid out his full uniform and put his jersey on his shoulder pads.   He acted cautiously optimistic but he could not hide his smiles. He was excited that he got to get out of class to participate in a special event and was proud of the fact that he was the one boy picked in the whole school.  I'd be lying if I said I was not a pretty proud mama too!

Carson and I went in to school with Christian and listened to the announcements before heading down to the cafeteria for the big event.  The kindergartners looked adorable in their procession down the hall.  The girls all dressed as queens in their finest dresses and paper tiaras and the boys all dressed as quarterbacks wearing jerseys, paper bow ties and boutonnieres.  They were precious.   Time for the ceremony to begin!

Mrs. Covington welcomed the grade to the QU Wedding and read the QU Wedding Story.

The music began and they began the walk down the aisle.

The flower girls tossed q-tips before everyone stood for the Q and the U

Mrs. Covington read each letter their vows and had them say the "QUAH" sound instead of I do.  She then asked if any letters in the audience objected. Since everyone had letters on their tiaras and bow ties. It was really cute!

They even exchanged rings

In front of the wedding cake "donuts"

Carson can't wait to come to kindergarten next year

Oh my goodness.  

Sure enough when I picked him up from school he had not changed his clothes.  He thanked Mrs. Covington and Mrs. Lacy several times for picking him to be the U today!  What a fun 2nd grade memory!

Fishing with the Schrammes

I love, love, love, love, love our family of friends!  They are the best and I so look forward to the lifetime of memories we will make with them.  Saturday after we left Mr. Pasqua's house we went to a ranch in Ponder to go fishing and enjoy the outdoors.  We all hoped Chad would join us but he had too much work on his plate and was not ready to take the day off.  Instead, the boys and I loaded up with Chad, Misti and their three boys and away we went.  We stopped at the Bobcat on the way out of town for drinks (that were spilled in the parking lot) and Chad surprised the boys with beef jerky that came in a snuff shaped can.  Christian loves beef jerky but has never had it like this before, he thought this was pretty cool.

When we got to the ranch house we discovered one of the dogs had five puppies with her.  The five boys each selected and named their dog for the day and spent a great deal of time the rest of the afternoon messing around the yard with them.  Christian provided the biggest shock of all as he fell in love with his dog for the day "Mud Ball".  Christian normally is not a dog lover so to have him begging me to take this dog home and see him like this was a big surprise.  

Brock and Christian

The gang!

I think I hate iphoto.  Does anyone else use that software and have problems when exporting from iphoto to another program? These pictures are great on the camera and on the computer until I export them and now they look blurry and do nothing justice.  I am irritated.

The main house and yard was such a great back drop for pictures.  It was like taking a step back in time and kind of reminded me of the old west.  The boys were having a blast and all I could think of when looking at them all out there together was the Lil' Rascals or something.  Super cute.

Christian loves to fish!  We don't go fishing that often but anytime we do, the boys have a blast. Today was the real thing...their was no worms or bologna in the bait bag.

 By night fall I think Brock and I had caught two fish and Chad, Misti and Christian had each caught three fish.  Christian was bound and determined to catch the most and insisted on staying out there until he caught one more fish and could take a picture for the background of his itouch.  

Misti and I left a little after 8 with the rest of the boys while Brock, Christian and Chad fished a little while longer.  Mission accomplished because when Chad got home he said they each caught one more fish.

We wish our Chad could have joined us but the boys and I had a great afternoon making memories with cherished friends!

Mr. Pasqua's BBQ

Have I told you how much I love Christian's teacher?  He is absolutely wonderful and it is no wonder why all the kids in the school absolutely love him!  Today he and his wife (also a 2nd grade teacher) invited their classes out to their house for a bbq and day of fun!

Here Christian is with several boys from his class

The favorite event of the day...Egg Toss

Christian and his good friend Scotty paired up

How their egg did not break is beyond me

WINNERS!

Round 2, they were in it until the end. 

The egg toss quickly turned into an egg fight.  Here the boys are fighting for the last good egg.  Christian tackled Raff for it and Kaizer is trying to get it away from both of them.

Kickball - always a favorite

The kids had a great time and will never forget the day they got to go play and have fun at their teacher's house.  Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Pasqua!

Superstar Week

What a week for Christian!  Thursday Christian received the Principal's Pride Award at school.  This is his second time to receive this award in his three years at the elementary school and he was really excited.  Chad and I went to the school to have lunch with him today and watch him go up on stage to receive his award!  He asked that I bring Burger Fixins for lunch and insisted that I bring Mr. Pasqua lunch too, otherwise he would not advance to the third grade. As his class walked in the cafeteria, Christian came to our table where I gave him his lunch to give Mr. Pasqua.  He was so happy!  Mr. Pasqua came by several times and thanked us for lunch, joked back and forth with Chad and let us know that Christian had been fast-tracked to 3rd grade!  He is great!!  Anyway, I forgot my camera at Pearl's Easter Sunday so this picture was taken on Chad's iphone.

Thursday night Chad got a call from a neighbor saying Christian had just stopped by his house on his bike and he and his wife were very impressed with his manners and wanted to let us know.  He said that he and his wife were in the front yard and that Christian had stopped on his bike to talk to them.  We were extremely pleased to hear that he used his ma'am and sirs when speaking to adults.  You never get tired of hearing someone compliment your kids!

Friday night Christian had his first baseball game in several weeks as they continue to be rained out.  In the last inning the score was tied 3-3.  Christian was first at bat and hit a triple!  I was a nervous wreck watching him head to third but he made it and was thrilled that Grandma and Ta Ta were there to see it.  The second batter struck out and the third batter hit a single that brought Christian home to win the game.     But thats not all!

Saturday morning the boys had an eight am game.  Once again we were playing another Celina team and it was a close game.  The bottom of the last inning the boys were down by one run.  Christian went up to bat and hit his 1st HOME RUN ever!  Chad was down on first base coaching and said he went from coach mode to dad mode in an instant.  I was in the stands and literally think I squealed like a little girl.  It was such a thrill to watch and once again no camera!  Needless to say when we left the game I immediately drove down to Frisco and got the camera!  In both games the boys reached the seven run limit in the last inning for big wins!  

Proud of you Bones!

Easter 2011

Easter morning we woke up and the boys were very happy to see what the easter bunny had brought them in their baskets.  The day had not even begun and they both declared it the best Easter ever.  Over breakfast I brought out the egg carton with the story of Easter in it and Christian read each day while Carson opened the eggs.  It was a great way to remind the kids why we celebrate Easter.  The boys looked so cute today!  We have been so busy lately that I did not have time to get them special Easter outfits.  Luckily, Carson had an adorable suit with the tags still on it that he got for Christmas and Christian wore khaki pants and a polo shirt still looking quite handsome! Our plan for Easter this year was to go down to Queenie's house for lunch after church where both of our families would have lunch and the boys would have their egg hunt.  Carson was extremely proud of how handsome he looked and was beaming all morning.  He admitted to being the most handsome in the family and was cracking us up in the car with statements like these, "I look handsome, I'm so handsome I'm romantic, people are going to think I'm a ladies man".  SERIOUSLY, where does he come up with this stuff?  He is five!

Carson and Yai Yai

 Carson and Queenie

Going through easter baskets after lunch

Carson and Ta Ta

There were 100+ plastic eggs in the backyard.  On your mark, get set, go

Did we get them all?

Ta Ta and boys

After the egg hunt we all hung around outside taking family pictures.  We were facing the sun and they turned out horrible.  I won't embarrass everyone by posting them.  It was a great thought, not sure after all the comments why we didn't turn around and face the other direction!

We make our way back to Celina around 4 and lounged around the house before going to the Stephens for our annual egg hunt together and dinner.  This year Joel cooked steaks on the grill, YUM, while the kids hunted eggs.  We left a few pink ones on the ground for McKynna but everything else was fair game.  I think Carson was the big winner as Christian and Wyatt went one way out the door and Carson went another!  The boys had a great time trying to find the golden eggs!  Once everything was ready we got the kids situated with their plates and then it was the adults turn.  We made our plates and went in to the dining room to sit down to a prayer and nice dinner when within minutes the electricity went out due to the storm.  We will never forget our candlelight Easter dinner this year!  It was a blessed day!