And so another school year begins...

Wow! Where did the summer go? We've had some changes here in our casa - now we have even more.

Today was the day that most kids dread & parents are relieved to see coming...yep 1st day of school! However we were fortunate to have two VERY excited kids; so excited that school had started!

This is in their morning meeting - looks like most

kiddos were happy to be there!

Is she really old enough to be there?

Both have wonderful teachers!

What's even better is they were still excited even after I picked them up!

A Cool Opportunity

A few weeks ago Scott was emailed about a football camp being offered to kids of employees where he works by an NFL player and former Sooner standout. It was a "lottery" type situation so it wasn't a guaranteed thing that he'd get picked, but it was Adrian Peterson after all so we said "sign him up!"

Well - it just so happened that he got into the camp. He's never really tossed a football let alone catch one! Oh well...how bad could it be? Besides, I've heard about camps with sports stars and it's not like the kids actually get that much interaction with them. How surprised was I when AD actually kicked off the camp and did the exercises with the camp goers. Then when they put the kids into smaller groups AD went to the different drills and handed off the ball or tossed a pass. 

   

Why yes that is our boy talking with AD

And here he is setting up for a catch

Not that AD cares - but he sure made a positive impression on this mom. He also made a good impression on the boy and now he can't wait for the season to kickoff! What a positive and cool opportunity!

Another one bites the dust

Yes, another summer is biting the dust!

We started playing machine pitch baseball in May. Typically the teams are scheduled 2 maybe 3 games a week...MAYBE, more like 2. Well May in Oklahoma was a VERY stormy month so a lot of our games were postponed...causing a HECTIC June. We played 16 games in 21 days.

Last night the team of Roosevelt 2 aka the Rays played their last game. They made it all the way to the semifinals of the city tournament. The league had 22 teams and the boys finished 3rd. It was great to see our boys of summer improve along the way.

They represented their school well!

Little Ballerina Girl

April & May proved to be performance months for our dancing girl! The first event was a performance before an Oklahoma City RedHawks baseball game. What worked out great was that it was also our elementary schools' night there too so she got to dance in front of people she knew!!! The RedHawks were leading as the rain rolled in so they won. We ended up getting totally soaked on our way to our car...good times!

 Our girl on the jumbo tron!

 May brought her formal recital...

You knew there'd be a video...wait for it...

Now you can enjoy the rest of your day!

Piano Recital

I know everyone has been waiting for this upload since you saw me post there was a recital over the weekend. Since it was in a post about my son please click on the performance below to be mererized with his piano skills! :)

Actually for some reason he got up to the piano so much faster than I anticipated so we join him mid note...keep in mind I don't get paid for this...just do it to embarrass the kiddos.

We'll let ya know how State goes!

With Miss Ursula!

1st Baseball Game

Yay! April is over? Where did that go? Well April has given away to May and our first season of machine pitch baseball has started.

We're working on his stance...it may be a long season! Hey at least he's having fun!!!

Let's go Rays!

Summer is starting

Ahh the joys of early summer...I grew up in a small town & for the early springs from the time I was 7 until I was 13 every May & June was spent playing softball. I enjoyed it. I unfortunately wasn't good enough to play at the next level, but I can remember practicing A LOT.

My son is entering his first season of machine pitch baseball. This is a whole new avenue for us. This past weekend we got him one of these...

I can remember spending many an afternoon trying to perfect my pitching, throwing and catching. I hope we're giving him a similar experience I had.

He may not be drafted any time soon, but I'm glad he's out there trying. 

I just hope he gets the life long friends  like I did!