Homecoming 2012

Saturday night was Carter's Homecoming Dance.  Events like that make me happy that I have three boys and only one girl.  He went with a group of friends and thankfully the girls made all of the plans.  They met at the park for pictures, took a limo to dinner and then the dance.  He actually had a soccer game at 12:30 which started an hour late (I hate that the coaches schedule non-conference games on Homecoming...ridiculous!) so we barely made it to the park in time for pictures.  I wasn't super thrilled with Carter's attire choice this year...it was kind of plain but he wore it well :)  Next year I'm choosing!

Carter and Stevie (Cate looovvvesss Stevie)

 

Carter and Abbie...BFF's since preschool!!!

Cate could not wait to get to the park and see all of the dresses! 

Trevor made an appearance at the park!

Stevie, Vic, Carter, and Sam...baseball teammates

Cousin Jon was looking fine!!

Carter, Stevie, Greylin, and Braydan

 

Scott is seriously out of control. 

I snuck in for a picture :)

And then I stole a few from Facebook!

Oh, these two

Student Council parents are asked to work at the dance each year.  Last year I worked the drink table and this year I was promoted to coat check.  Goodbye messy, sticky soda pouring~~hello checking bags full of smelly shoes.  My "co-workers" were awesome though and we totally rocked it.  I would say that Homecoming 2012 was a huge success!

gifted...

Brady asked for an iPod touch for his birthday.  We were hoping that if he had earbuds in and listening to music, he would talk less.  We were wrong.  But he was super excited and loves it.  Of course things with Brady are never easy, and when I heard him "singing" a song that was basically one long cuss word I realized he synced his music library to Carter's.  Let's just say that a 15 and 8 year old should NOT have the same playlist.  Once we got that figured out, he downloaded a texting app. complete with his own phone number.  Just what I need, another way for Brady to communicate.  That night, he and Scott got had a little disagreement and these were the texts that Scott had on his phone when he woke up...

• idiot
 
• you are crabby
 
• why are you so mean
 
• stop yelling at your kids
 
• goodnight dad i love you 

Bahahahahaha!  He's a mess.  He ended up getting lots of iTunes cards at his party and he's been busy searching for new games and music. 

This was from MauMau :)

One more birthday post (from his party) and we are finally finished celebrating Brady's 8th birthday!

brady the great turns eight.

Brady turned the big EIGHT this week.  Woohoo!  Some days Scott and I weren't sure he was actually going to make it this far :)  On Saturday, the weather was way too good to pass up so we decided to celebrate at The Loading Dock for dinner.  Carter even graced us with his presence (mostly because he wanted to drive the River Road).  It was a perfect evening!!

The Birthday Boy!

 

we are family....

 

Scott and I laughed so hard at this picture in my camera view-finder because the boat makes it look like Brady is wearing a tiny hat!

sunset AND a lightening bolt...ahhhmazing

Of course we had to walk up the street to the fudge/ice cream place for dessert.  Delish!

Why. I'm. Crazy.

The live band had Cate dancing the night away :)

 

View from the backseat...driving into a full moon

This was the first time I have been in the car with Scott while Carter is driving.  Let's just say we have very different methods of "teaching" Carter to drive.  I was very surprised to hear Scott talk to him throughout the entire drive, giving him tips on lane usage, speed, etc.  Scott was very calm, soft spoken, and a really great passenger. ** When I ride shotgun while Carter drives me around, I browse through catalogs and play on my phone.  I pay zero attention and I guess I just assume he knows what he's doing.  I think I better leave Scott to the driver's ed!!

So, Mr. Brady is officially 8.  Still a hard worker.  Still full of energy.  Still a punk.  He's so dramatic and when he's fired up, he loves to ridicule his parents.  "I can not believe I'm grounded because I went to church.  I can't believe out of all the parents in the world, I have you two.  People who ground children for going to church.  Un. Be. Leave. Able." (this is a rather funny story, but you get the point.  His dramatics are ridiculous) He still loves his Catie Bug, and running wild through the neighborhood with his bff Jack, and helping my parents at the garden as much as possible.  He is dead set on being a farmer when he grows up and tonight he told me he was going to have to go to college in Texas so he can be a real cowboy. I love watching him on the soccer and baseball fields and he accomplished so much in all of his sports this year. He is still on his straight-A's streak and has already read his 100 books for IRP due in March :)  Scott and I always talk about how thankful we are that he has so many really great traits that make his not-so-great traits easier to deal with ;)  Did I mention he is a punk?!

 Looking forward to another great year for the Bradster..Happy Birthday Boo!!!

Park Fun

It was super windy at the park today!!!

 

But seriously, why can't he ever take a normal picture??

 

T-Rev

Baby Trevor is already 6+ weeks old...time flies when you're having fun!  I get the privilege of watching him a few times each week and he has mentioned on more than one occasion that I'm his very favorite person ever.  Duh. I always take at least five pictures while he's here and thought this was the perfect opportunity to post them (since our lives are kinda lame right now...baseball, soccer, basketball, rinse, repeat).  T-Rev makes some pretty funny faces when he's "talking" :)

My kids still loooovvveee Trevor and Carter texts Annie almost every night to drop by!

Celebrating MauMau's birthday

Look at them long, skinny legs!

 

 

These pictures crack me up. Scott is not a fan of holding other peoples babies and Trevor looks like he's saying "What you talkin' bout Uncle Scott?" Ha!

 

Birthday Party

Yesterday we celebrated our neighbor Megan's 1st birthday with an extravagant party at her house.  Inflatable obstacle courses (2!), horse rides, great food...all that was missing was a military fly-over :) They totally raised the bar on neighborhood kids birthday parties and I'm going to have to start watching MTV's 'My Sweet 16' to get ideas for Cate's next party!! 

Biggest blow-up ever. The boys played on it for 3 hours

Avery and Cate had a great time playing together again. 

:)

Patriots Day

Each year on 9/11, Worthen School celebrates Patriots Day.  This year, a few 5th graders were chosen to write a small speech about the flag they were presenting...Bennett carried flag # something.  7 maybe?  No clue and the program is already tucked away into his 'School Memory' box in the basement.  Anyway, he gave his speech describing the significance of his flag, and then he and a classmate held his flag for the remainder of the ceremony.  Brady's class made patriotic hats to wear and sang several songs throughout the presentation.  Very cool stuff. 

A little bright for Brady :)

Bennett reading his speech.  He spoke slow and clear and remained calm...just like we practiced.



There were 15 flags total

I had never attended a Patriots Day celebration before because I thought it was just the kids standing around the flag pole singing a few songs and that was it.  However, when Ben told me he had a significant part in the presentation...the night before....I knew it was something I didn't want to miss.  I tried calling everyone to join us, but my dad was the only one who made it.  Of course he thought it was "absolutely unbelievable"...his answer to all things mediocre and beyond :)  But it really was a great assembly...the kids were all well behaved and I love hearing children sing patriotic songs.  I could just hear my Grandma Georgia joining them in song at the top of her lungs. 

 God Bless the USA!

We dropped Cate off at preschool and headed back to Worthen.  Hadley loved listening to the kids sing and I brought plenty of snacks to help her get through the speeches :)