Church Camp

The boys also attended Burnt Cabin this year so I was kidless for the first time in 10 years.  I missed them like crazy but at the same time,  it was kind of nice.  

When picking them up, we heard endless tales about their week of fun. 

Delaney found a friend in Colby.  He even did a little tumbling with her.

Jax said his favorite part of camp was leading worship so Brennan asked him to lead a song the following Sunday morning.   He did an awesome job and showed such courage in getting up in front of the entire congregation.  It was a proud parent moment. For. Sure. 

awe...SUMMER

Our first weekend of summer was spent with friends, swimming and indulging in our favorite summer foods.  

For our first week of summer, we started a family reading and study of Psalms and I packed the kids for church camp.  

We Survived 4th Grade!

The end of the school year is always loaded with activities but this year, the kids had project after project which had to be completed on top of the typical homework load.  Here are a few pics of some but not all.  I was definitely feeling the "triplet effect."

We had to make a water balloon protector. 

Book Reports

Science Projects

And I survived year 10 and another act in the school Talent Show!

Even Delaney is DONE with school.  

We are ready for summer!!!

Lacrosse Champions

We went into the post season tournament undefeated, which far exceeded our expectations for the year.  Having rolled over many of our opponents, especially early in the season I willl admit that I was struggling to develop a zeal for the game. The post season tournament definitely changed that.  

We played Bishop Kelly in the finals.  This was a team that had provided us the most competition throughout the season.  We found ourselves trailing most of the game, a position our boys had not experienced.  We would come within two and then in the final quarter we went down by 3.  I was pretty sure at that moment it was over.  However, the boys didn't give up and boom, boom, boom, we tied the game by the final buzzer.  It was crazy.  In double overtime, we finally scored winning the championship! 

Most importantly, Jax loves the game.  He's finally found something besides football that he really enjoys.

Easter 2014

NO BULLY RUN

The kids did the one mile fun run again this year.  Baylor told Delaney there was NO way she could beat him.  Of course she set out to prove him wrong and she did.  She was actually the first girl to finish, earning a first place medal.

The boys love it when I make them pose for pictures! 

Baylor finished 8th overall, not far behind his sister. 

Cheer Weekend

Our last competition for the season was at Frontier City.  We decided to take a day off from school and head up Friday morning so the girls could really make a weekend of it. We stopped at Pops and spent a little time at the outlets.

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day except for the high winds. As luck would have it, the winds always seemed to pick up every time the girls went up for a stunt, but they didn't let that hold them back.  Their performance wasn't quite as clean as last time, but they did extremely well.  In fact,  they actually earned another first place win beating out four other teams in youth level 2 and even sweeter, they earned  high point grand champions, beating 6 other Junior teams and 2 senior teams. It's been amazing to watch these girls transform into a solid squad and literally go from the bottom to the top. 

In between competing and after awards, the girls had plenty of time to enjoy the park.  Delaney finally rode an upside down roller coaster.  She was so proud of herself and squealing towards the end of the ride, "I did it, mommy.  I did it.  I met my goal!"  I find this humorous because only Delaney would set a goal in an amusement park!  

Over all, it was a fun weekend. I loved the warm weather and riding roller coasters with my girl.  It certainly makes me long for summer even more.  

Even though, I wasn't super excited about being a cheer mom, I've come to really enjoy it.  It helps to be surrounded by so many other great moms and girls.  I am actually going to miss it and can't wait to watch these girls do their thing again next year!