1st tropy

Jake's TBall All-Star team won 2nd place in their tournament and Jake received his very first TROPHY! He has wanted a trophy for a loooong time. In fact, he kept one of Steve's old baseball trophies in his room, and found one of my old science fair trophies. But now he has his very own and he loves it :)

June Stuff

Henry is talking lots and lots. When he says thank you, he says "bink you" - he got a ride on toy for his birthday that he calls his airplane and he loves to scoot around on that outside. In fact, he loves being outside in general, to swing, play in the sand-table, or ride on the lawnmower while Steve cuts grass. The other day the trailer was at the house from the farm and Henry drug his play tractor up on the trailer and left it there for many days - it was very cute :) He also likes to help me water our plants and flowers and the child sure can EAT - he has a big appetite! He loves "mute nacks" from Grandma (fruit snacks)-

Jake got asked to be on the All Star Tball team and we have had 3 games so far. Jake is the 2nd string, so to say, but he got a great hit today and got to second base before the inning was called. We are working with him on running fast to 1st base because he tends to slow down as approaches the base - we told him to just plow through the people if he feared they were in his way :)

We also went to the beach at Nags Head for 2 days, with my Mom, and the boys enjoyed it. Although Henry was NOT fond of the waves, water, or sand, and preferred to sit on the towell or

in the chair :) Jake built sandcastles and dug for sandfiddler crabs. Cousin Luke came with us one day and spent the night with us in the hotel. We also ate dinner with him, Kristen, and Baby Anna at the Black Pelican restaurant :)

Kids can say the cutest things!

This morning, Henry woke up, sat up in bed, and said "I want chip dip - have some downstairs?" - How cute is that? I guess he was hungry for some chips and dip :) In the middle of the night, we said "patchie-boo" which is our nickname for our cat Patch. He must have been dreaming of him. And then when Steve jokingly asked Henry "How is your hair?" (because it is always wild in the morning when he wakes up), Henry replied with "pretty" :)

Jake has been practicing catching "pop flies" with Steve to get ready for Tball All Star practice (he got chosen for the All Star team and got Best Infielder) for the regular season. He was catching them in his glove really well today!

odds and ends

Jake likes to play McDonalds Drive Thru and the other day he ordered a pretend salad. I asked him what type of dressing and he said "Chinese" :)

Henry calls fruit snacks Moot Nacks~

Henry's 2nd 2 year molar is coming in on his bottom right~

Jake's size 7 pants are getting tight on him! He is 60 pounds now~

Poppy and Heaven

On May 18th, 2011 at 10:19 AM, our beloved Poppy was taken to heaven by the angels of the Lord. It was a sudden, unexpected death that has left us all in sorrow and shock. We love him so very much and our hearts are broken. We know that we will see him again in Heaven, but that is such a long time from now. Poppy was not just our father and grandfather, but also our dear friend. We are going to miss him more than words can express. Our hearts will have a void that will never be completely filled. We love you Poppy! Thank you for all of the memories you left with us, and everything you did for us when we still had you on Earth. You are the greatest man that we have ever known -

April Updates

Jake started playing TBall this Spring and he loves it! I can see he has alot of interest in it and he is pretty good for just learning to play! He catches ground balls with ease and is what his coach calls a "power hitter" on the team :) He looks so cute in his Tball uniform! On the field during games, he does alot of twirling around and skipping :) Very cute!

For his 5th birthday party, he invited all of his classmates and buddies and wanted a hunting themed party! The cake was super neat, with a deer, hunter, and tree stand on it :)

Henry is growing so fast and know his colors orange and green very well! He also counts to 12 (skips around a little) and loves to ride with his Daddy on the tractor :)

The boys enjoyed picking the first red berry of the our 12th strawberry season at our farm (College Run Farms) :)

Easter and Croup

Jake and Henry went to see the Easter bunny again this year. We got a great photo with him and Henry loved the bunny and waved at him and willingly sat on his lap. The boys also rode the train and they each sat in their own seat. Henry loved the train (Jake had done it before many times) but this was Henry's first time. He talked about all day! Poppy, Sassy, Becca, and Bizza went with us and we all ate at the Olive Garden for lunch, too!

The week prior, Henry got very sick with Croup. He had to have an oral steroid and do saline breathing treatments. He is much better now. Jake has been well but seems to have grown a few inches and thinned out in his body. He now only weighs 58 instead of the 60 lbs that he was weighing this Winter.

Jake also started TBall and REALLY likes it. I see a bigger interest from him in baseball than in soccer. He is a really good hitter and catches ground balls very well. His first game was supposed to be today but got cancelled due to rain/mud.

Jake has been doing well at school, with his behavior and with his work. He now knows how to write through letter W and is anxious to read and write :) He had a bika-a-thon at school this week and got to ride his bike and wear his helmet. He raised $45 for St. Jude's Cancer Research!

Henry is talking ALOT and says new things every day. He can count to thirteen (but usually skips a few) and loves Caillou and riding on the tractor with Daddy! I entered him into a kids photo contest and he was one of the top popular picks, but he did not win. His hair continues to curl in the back but we did trim his bangs out of eyes one time already~