Kindergarten Pictures

This is Myles & Miss Sova on his first day of school. Doesn't he look so cute?

This is actually what Myles wore today at school. I wanted to get a picture of him dressed like he was on his first day of school and his last day of school. He is so excited to be out for the summer. Summer camp here comes Myles!

Last day of school

First day of school and last day of school!

Today was Myles last day of kindergarten. I don't even know where to start this post. It was such a bittersweet day today. We absolutely love Myles' teacher and are so sad to know that he's moved on to first grade. He learned so much in her class. She was so good with the kids. I am so thankful for all of the time that she allowed me to spend in the classroom and on field trips. We received the sweetest letter from her. She is moving on to a special needs school, which is her specialty. Thankfully the new school will be next door & she's told us that we can visit! Myles received a certificate today for perfect attendance for the school year! Way to go Myles.

Adventure at work!

Yesterday I experienced my very first bomb threat! As a state employee, we have drills to prepare us for threats, but yesterday was the real deal. The call came in around 9:10 a.m. A man called the office that handles welfare assistance (I work in the child support division), which is located on the second floor of the building, and was mad that his wife's case was closed and said that the office had 30 minutes to leave the building because he had placed a bomb outside. Since we interview clients Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we had a room full of clients. Our supervisor is in Europe and the program manager is out of the office so that made it even better! We managed to get all of the clients out of the building as well as all of the employees and we got to sit outside for an hour! I wasn't in my office so I didn't get to grab anything. Too bad I didn't have my wallet because we were standing in the parking lot next to Toys R Us and I could have gone shopping to pass the time! Of course, there was no bomb, but the police and fire departments had to check everything out. It was definitely quite an experience!

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Go Sand Gnats. Add another win in the win column. The boys and girl played well again tonight, and it looks like we'll be making the playoffs! We're not sure if we're the #2 or #3 seed yet, but we'll know after our game Saturday. Myles played well again tonight. He caught a pop up so his dad owes him another ice cream treat! We really need to work on him throwing the ball to first base because he's been trying to run the kids down even when the coach tells him to throw the ball! He threw it a couple of times. He hit the ball very well tonight too and ran the bases well. Kudos to Ted for the home run tonight! Up next will be the Grasshoppers on Saturday (the only team that we haven't beat yet!)

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The Sand Gnats are back! What an awesome game today. It was definately the best defensive played game all year. We made a lot of outs-19 in all! Not bad for a 6 inning game! Myles caught another line drive today. It was great. He didnt' make a double play, but he came very close. He went to first base first intead of second base. He hit the winning run in too. We batted last and only needed 1 run to win and the bases were loaded. He made a great hit to get a run in. Everyone played great. Up next for the Sand Gnats will be the Storm on Tuesday evening.

No Boys Tonight!

Already asleep? That would be a negative!

Connor in his sleeping bag
Being silly!

Ted is staying the night with us tonight, & I've managed to get the house alone with Carleigh. Carleigh and I are hanging out in the house without boys! Kevin popped up the camper this evening and he & the 3 boys are in the backyard camping! I've opened the back door several times only to hear giggles and laughter! I love it. (I'm not sure what the neighbors think, but thankfully one set is out of town!) It's priceless.

Update: We ended up the evening one boy short because Ted called his mom around 9:45 and asked to come home! The last time he stayed the night he stayed the whole night. Maybe next time!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kimmie!

Just wanted to give a quick happy birthday to Aunt Kimmie. Today is my sister's birthday. Connor spent the night with her last night, & I heard that he was wishing her a happy birthday at 4:18 a.m. Connor just loves his Aunt Kimmie!

Tonight was the night of Connor's end of the year program, Little Bo Peep. It was so cute. Connor did great. He was Georgie Porgie boy. He chased Georgie Porgie around the stage, which is right up his alley! I've finally decided that it looks like we're going to have the class clown in Connor. Every afternoon that I pick him up his class is playing on the playground. Once he gets into the van, he HAS to honk the horn & makes all the kids laugh! He loves it. His class also recited things that they have learned throughout the year like Bible verses, counting, & rhymes. Next year will be very hard for us when Connor graduates. We love the preschool that he goes to. Hope that you enjoy the pictures. We're still learning how the new camera works so some of the photos aren't very clear!

The next Cat Osterman???

Our niece, Carleigh, spent the afternoon today playing with the boys. They decided to play baseball, and when I heard this I dashed for the camera. You see this is the very first time I have ever seen her play a sport! She is a girlie girl if you know what I mean. I just had to quit cooking dinner and grab the camera for the Kodak moment!

Kindergarten Graduation

Myles & Miss Sova

Myles & Mrs. Brown

Myles receiving his diploma!

Kevin, Jolene & Myles

Good looking boys (Ted & Myles!)

Today was the big day for Myles. He has officially graduated kindergarten! He still has 7 more days of school left, but he had his ceremony this morning. The kids sang songs, received diplomas, and the parents were treated to a slide show. It was really sweet. It's so hard to believe that he's almost a first grader. It seems like just yesterday that we were taking him to his first day of school! We have been so blessed to have had such an awesome teacher, Miss Sova, this year. And, Miss Sova had the best classroom helper in Mrs. Brown. We could not have asked for better teachers for Myles. He loves them both very dearly!

Art Show.....and P.T.A. board member?????

Ted & Myles at the art show!

Myles' art project!

Tonight Myles and I attended the celebrating arts program at his school and somehow I ended up being Financial Secretary for the P.T.A. More on that in a second. Myles entered into the art show. He did his drawing based on a nursery rhyme he learned in preschool. It had a monkey swinging on a tree & an alligator trying to get the monkey. His classmate, Solly, won the overall K5 award! Great job Solly. Now about the P.T.A board. The school was electing officers and I was telling Christine (Ted's mom) that I wanted to be more involved with the P.T.A so I guess I got what I wanted! I think that it will be fun, and I'm looking forward to serving as best that I can in my position (even though I'm not too sure what all it entails!) Myles sure was excited. Here are a couple pictures from tonight.

Kitchen & Bathroom Remodel

Here are a few pictures of what we've been doing around the house lately! We finally added paint to the stark white kitchen & kind of went with a Cafe/Bistro theme. I still have a couple little things to do, but the majority of painting is finished. We installed new hinges and handles on the cabinets too. As far as the bathroom goes, we changed it from SpongeBob to a safari theme. The boys love it so much. And it goes with the tile much better than SpongeBob ever did! Now if I can just get Kevin to let me buy a new kitchen table I'd be all finished (for right now)!

Happy Mother's Day and Happy Birthday Myles

What a great day we have had. It's hard to believe that 6 years ago today that Myles came into the world on Mother's Day. What a blessing he is to us. Time has really flown by. This morning we gave Myles the rest of his birthday presents, and then they gave me my mother's day gift. I was only expecting handmade crafts and a present that Myles had brought home from school. He was so proud of it, and I LOVED it. Myles has the best teacher in the world, Miss Sova. Then to my surprise the boys had bought me a new digital camera. I was in shock, and I'm still in shock because I was not expecting it! It's a Canon PowerShot SD750. I've been using it alot today and can't wait to use it this week. We have a busy week with both boys having graduation ceremonies at school. Connor isn't graduating from preschool this year, but he is in the program, Little Bo Peep. I'm sure he is to bring tons of laughter to the program!

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The birthday boys!

Getting a hit!

And, he's safe!

Uh oh. We've now lost two games in a row. Our chances on the playoffs are slipping away. We're still in second place, but we have to win the rest of our games to stay in second place. Myles played good today and he hit the ball very well. He made a few outs playing pitcher. After the game, we celebrated Myles, Dylan & Alex's birthday. I picked up some cupcakes that were shaped like a baseball glove and ball. Today was Myles' last game as a 5 year old as he'll be the big 6 tomorrow! Next up for the Sand Gnats will be the Muckdogs next Saturday!

Good Citizenship and Best Speller Award

Yesterday Myles' school had Awards Day. Myles received the citizenship award in his class along with two other classmates. He also received a best speller award. We're so proud of him. It's so hard to believe that he's almost a first grader. He only has 10 days of school left. Where has the year gone?

The most anticipated present of all......Healys!

Here Myles is with his much anticipated present of all...his Healys. He has been asking for them since Christmas, and he finally got them. He was so excited. I don't think that we'll be able to get them off of him for a long time! A big THANK YOU to Moo Moo!

Opening presents

Here Myles is opening his presents. He received a lot of nice things. I tried to take a picture of him with each friend, but unfortunately I missed a couple kids. He will be spending all afternoon tomorrow writing thank you notes!

Myles' birthday party

Today we had Myles' 6th birthday party at the skating rink. Since his actual birthday is on Mother's Day, we decided to have his party a week early. He had a blast. He had friends come from school and his baseball team and of course a few cousins! This was our first birthday party that was not at our house. It was by far the easiest party that I've ever planned and also the most economical one too! Here he is skating and eating with his friends. We had pizza, chips, cake and ice cream!

Alex's birthday party

Saturday after our game, I took Myles, Ted and Noah to Alex's 6th birthday party at Pump it Up. The boys had blast. I don't know where they get all of the energy, but you could not tell that they had baseball game a few hours earlier! I didn't get a good shot of Alex, but here are a few pictures of some Sand Gnats in street clothes!

Playing a prank on Coach Chris

Tonight, Myles is having his best pal Ted over for his first ever sleep over. When their coach heard this, he told them not to toilet paper his house (he lives in our neighborhood). Well we decided to ride to his house this evening and "roll" his mailbox. They had a blast. Myles still thinks that the police are coming after him! It was so cute. Here are the boys in action (they did the posing on their own!)

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What an awesome game today. Although we lost by one run, it was definitely the best game we've played all year long. I think that Myles made the play of the year, if not, one of the best plays in the league this year. We needed to hold the other team to four runs so we could have our last chance to tie and the other team had the bases loaded with one out and their best hitter was at the plate. He hits a line drive to the pitcher's mound, and Myles caught it! He then ran and touched the runner on third who had tried to run home. He made a double play! I'm still in shock. I've never been so proud of him as I was today. He was awesome. And I'm so thankful that his grandparents from Virginia were in town to see him catching his first fly ball! Every practice he asks his coach over and over for fly balls! Way to go Sand Gnats. Next up for the Sand Gnats will be the Hooks next Saturday.

Myles looking at his first crush

PRICELESS!

Here's where we found Myles and Ted after the game last night. He was watching his first crush, Catherine!

Pictures from last night

Here are the photos from last night. It was a really good game. I added a picture of Connor. He usually plays around during the game or hangs out in the dugout! Myles hit the ball very well. One at bat the bases were loaded and with one hit, Myles cleaned them! Andrew hit a grand slam last night! You should have seen him running around 3rd base. He was waving at his family. I wish I would have had my camera ready! The next game will be tomorrow against the Rockhounds, whose only loss was to us!

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We pulled out a win last night against the River Cats. The boys and girl played well. I'll update the post this evening with pictures and more comments. I managed to sneak in a Kodak moment when I caught Myles watching a girls softball game. Ted's mom told me that a girl from school was playing and Myles has a crush on her! She's in 5th grade. Boy does his daddy have some talking to do:)