Spring Sports

Dearest Boys,

Sleep.  Eat.  Take kids to soccer and baseball.  Repeat. 

It's fun for us to watch y'all have fun so we don't mind one bit!

The nice thing about the spring was that your teams were the same as those from the fall so there was a lot of growth as you came together again.

 Jax, you moved from 1st base to center field and were rotated in as a pitcher quite often.

Colt, you were an amazing fan for yet another season!

 

Celebrating wins over a meal together is one of my favorite parts of sports!  : )

Soccer ....

I actually enjoy watching these games a lot more than I do baseball -- but I cannot figure out how to photograph the action!?!  Just look through these pictures and know that you're in there and you're rocking it!  : )

There was 1 game this season where some players were late and Colt filled in until they got there!!  To see the two of you playing in the same game at the same time was exciting!

 

I promise you weren't in pain during this fun meal, Jackson!

Our faces when Jax scores 5 goals in one game!!

 Things will look a little different this fall but we enjoyed our spring sports while they lasted!

This MAY be random!

Dearest Colton and Jax,

Wrapping up 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade kept us on our toes all month!  It was full of randomness as I packed my 2nd grade classroom and moved into a new 4th grade room, you two started another season of swim team, one of you ranked up from Tiger scout to Wolf scout, and the other of you kept going strong with both soccer and baseball.

From your teachers' Twitter account to your Grandma's camera, I borrowed pictures from all over the place for this random post!

The month started with a performance by Bridlewood's 1st graders.

The first grade fun continued when I went with y'all as a chaperone to the Dallas Zoo.

 Mid-month, your troop trekked to the Scout Barn and did a night of rocket launching.

Not long after that, you advanced from Tiger to Wolf.  (Here, the 3rd grade den was helping your 1st grade den with your new neckerchiefs.)

The school days ticked away faster than ever!

Swim practices started and that meant we were at the pool from 4:30 - 6:00 every evening.

And then we knew summer was upon us because it was time to host our annual Memorial Day Dip!

We MAY all be excited to get summer break started!!

Spring Campout

Dear Colt,

Pack 1 goes on 2 campouts each year and their spring campout was only a few miles away!  At the time of the campout, you'd only been an active scout for about a month so we didn't think you were ready for the full-blown weekend.  Confession:  another factor of that decision was that the weather was unseasonably cold for late April and a nice, warm bed sounded much better than a thin tent! Instead, we just participated in Saturday's lineup.  

We arrived right after lunch and we were just in time for a game of kickball.  Here, you were pitching.  I loved that it was parents and kids playing together!!

Then some of your pack went to a team building course.  Here y'all are listening to the leader as he challenged you all to stand on the log and put yourselves in height order without anyone falling off the log!

Another obstacle required that you all fit yourselves on this tiny board.  To complete the task, you had to sing "Row, row, row your boat" together without falling off.  That made everyone laugh out loud!

Later, you got to try archery for the first time! 

You truly enjoyed every activity they had y'all do but your favorite part was doing everything with your friends.  And the smiles in this one picture are enough to make me want to stick with scouting for the long haul!

 

Your pack leader lead everyone on a hike through the woods before dinner.

We got together to pray before dinner and then I asked for a quick group picture before y'all ran off to the chow line.

I melted over this cuteness as you headed to that night's campfire.  I love the way the older scouts take the younger boys under their wing -- literally.

Campfire was the time for jokes, stories, and skits performed by each den.

Of course, I thought your den was the cutest ; )

S'mores around the campfire was the final event before lights out so we indulged and then slipped away to our warm houses.

We spent almost 10 hours with your scout troop that day but you were already asking on the drive home if we can stay for the whole weekend at the fall campout!  I just love that you love it!!