Baseball 2013

This year Karson decided to play Little League with Tahoka.  He was one of the best players on the team.  He was one of the few consistent hitters.  He wanted to hit it out of the park so badly, but didn't get it done this year.  Maybe next. :)

Karson was definitely the best player defensively.  He can catch and he can throw.  In the field he played 1st and 3rd and also pitched. 

They didn't win too many games, but he enjoyed playing anyways. That boy LOVES baseball!  

Now on to All-stars!

Softball 2013

Softball was alot of fun again this year.  Reagyn played on the same team with our church friends as she did last year.  We moved up to machine pitch, so we actually had a few more South Plains girls on the team as well.  Here are Reagyn and Callie.

Brantley, Reagyn, Callie & Averie

 She mostly played 1st base.  This was her best position.  She was like a little vacuum scooping up the balls. She also got to play short stop, 3rd base, pitcher and some outfield.

 

 This pic was taken as she was catching a fly ball.  It was hit between home and 1st.  She had to run to get there, but she made the play!

 She turned out to be a good hitter as well.  At first she had trouble adjusting to the machine pitching the ball rather than the coach, but once she got the hang of it she did great.  

 One game she even had a in the park home run.  She was running fast around those bases!

So proud of my Boo.  Is there anything this girl can't do??? :)

School is OUT!

We survived 5th and 2nd grades.  I even survived my 1st year teaching 1st grade. :)  Here are the 1st day of school vs the last day of school pics.

They've both grown and matured so much over the school year.  

We are ready for a break from school and plan to have lots of fun!!  

Elementary Awards

The Elementary Awards was on the next to last day of school.  Reagyn and I dressed alike...and not on purpose!  Both Karson and Reagyn received several awards.  

 Reagyn received a ribbon for UIL, 1st place ribbon in the 200 meter dash at PlayDay, A Honor Roll certificate and her AR certificate with 106.6 points.

 Karson was presented with 4 medals for UIL, a 1st place ribbon for Shot Put at PlayDay, A-B Honor Roll and his AR certificate with 137.8 points.

I am so proud of these two!!

Little Dribblers

The kids played basketball with their friends in New Home.  They had fun and learned alot.  

Camping with Friends

We took the Gray kiddos with us to Roaring Springs.  The boys went down right after school on Friday.  The girls and I left after tumbling.  Here they are ready to go!

 I had trouble getting very many pics of the boys...they made faces at me.

Or looked away...

 The girls posed every time :)

 The whole crew

The boys finally posed...only I was too far away to see if they are smiling or not!!  

We had a great time with J'Den and Elexa.  They are such good kids.  We are so thankful they go to school at New Home and we can call them friends. :)

Spring Break in Houston

We spent a whole week in Houston at the Stock Show.  Our hotel was a short walk from the barn.  It was perfect.

 When the kids had their duties done, we walked back to the hotel and tried to swim.  The water was too cold and the temperature wasn't very warm either.  So we improvised...

 Now THAT's a full bath tub!

Reagyn bought herself a new hat. :) 

 Later in the week it was warm enough for the kids to try swimming again.

 On show day, I had Reagyn use my phone to take pics...here's what I got.

 That silly girl!  Good thing I used Nikki's camera to take the REAL show shots.  

 Karson and Whitey placed 7th and made the sale...he's SMILING and pointing to the brand.

 I love this picture!  Notice the blue shirt this time.  We decided the pink one he wore to the last 2 shows was cursed.  ;)

One evening we went to the Galleria to go ice skating.  Karson was having NONE of that.  He didn't even try.  He found himself a frozen drink and was perfectly happy.

 Reagyn and Brook had a blast!

The next day we drove to see the San Jacinto Monument.  Wow!  That elevator ride was fun.  It went so fast and up so high!

 Then we toured the Battleship Texas.

 The kids got to sit in the seat of the guns and pretend to shoot.  We saw where the sailors slept, ate, cooked, etc.  Plus it was located in the Houston ship channel where we saw barges and tug boats.  It was all neat to see.

We also went to the rodeo and ended up seeing Blake Shelton in concert.  We had a great time.

Besides all the things we did, I managed to read 3 books and relax some too.  It was a great family trip!