Monday August 23, 2010

GO KNIGHTS!
introducing....
NIGHTro!!

(Mason & Avery at the Pep Rally!)

Last week was a whirl wind!
Piano students...
Avery came down with a yucky virus. He had to check out
on Wednesday and he missed Thursday too!
He had ulcers in his mouth!
pitiful for sure!
He is better today.

Friday was the big day!
CCS 1st home varsity football game!
PEP RALLY BABY!

With...(drum roll please...........:D )
our first PEP BAND!

YOU ROCK MR. ED DAVIS!!!!

Colton on Trumpet!

Hayden on the clarinet! :D

Mal on the French HORN!!!

Karyn cheering the team on!

GO BIG BLUE!

The first game was at the Banks Rd. field.
We WON! 41-0.
The game had to be called in the 3rd quarter due to lighting and rain!
IT was a wet mess out there.
It was SO crowded!
IT was beyond FUN!!!!!!
I can't wait until this program builds and grows.
We will pack the stands and have so much fun!
Thank you Lord for blessing our school in SO many ways!

more details to come.
~angie

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

TOOT YOUR HORN!!!

Get ready! 4th grade band has begun!

Thanks to Craigslist- we found a steal of a deal!

Here Maestro is showing the young one how to toot!
well- toot his horn anyway... (lol)

Here the young one is trying to get the Sr. Beagle dog to play...
Forget resting on these dog days of summer.
get up mr!!

It seems Snoopy might be laughing...
Actually he is hacking up a hair ball...
ewww!

Get ready to rumble!
It starts off like this...
Dunkin' nipping and chewing on Snoopy's ear...
Which I believe Snoopy enjoys!
Then---

It moves into this...

They are too stink'n cute...!

Dunkin' is happy...
He has his battle...
Snoopy is happy too...
He can now nap!

Tuesday 4, 2010 part2

Love the shaggy look there Teyler!

Wow! Hayden is that a bush on your head?

Uhhh? Avery? Is that you?
We certainly allowed the hair to grow this summer. I don't think
anybody had a haircut since the end of April...
and that cut was VERY conservative...
Anyway-
We got the hair-do's under control...
and then before you knew it!
We had to go back to class.

The first day is always hard to swallow...
So I always bribe ya'll with breakfast out.
Wish we could have gone inside for a sit down meal-
but we were slammed and not ready to hit the road on time.
(uhhhg!)

We stopped by Mickey D's for food in the car.
And yes...
Here we come Jonesboro Rd...
we are back!

I had to convince ya'll to stand by the van for a group shot.
Then- Teyler had to remind me that all of these school years-
it has been ALL 3 of them standing for this shot. ( torture!)
Next year!
It will just be Hayden and Avery.
Because he is a SENIOR this year.
I quickly informed him that I will be following him to
college taking snapshot all along the way.
He can't get rid of me that easy!
:D :D :D
He did think it was funny too!
( i am not kidding... !)

I sent everyone on their way-
we ran into the Mason-man
in the hall.
Ohh- well...
it is tough going back...
but at least having your cousins there helps a little!

As I drove home- wiping tears and sipping my Caramel Macchiato I am
overwhelmed by how quiet it is going to be at home.
Well... they did sleep until noon... so I might not notice the silence until
lunch time... eh?
but - it does make me sad to send them off to class.

I adore my boys.
I love being their momma.

I wish I could be a better Momma.
I sometimes feel like I have failed them in
every way possible.
But-
I know that is Satan...
He tries to steal my joy from every angle.

So-
I will go home.
Call my Momma.
and try not to cry.
I will talk to her and know that she loves me
just as intently as I love my boys.
Knowing that I am loved that way will make it all better.

And-
I have Dunkin' and Snoopy to play with...
(plus 80 loads of laundry to do, potato soup to cook,
piano lessons to schedule, and blog entries to post...)
so...
in the end I will be ok!

Summer was nice.
We are in the next chapter though.
:D
Hello School Year!
2010-2011
~angie

Tuesday August 4, 2010

Well--- This is where we started May 26th- the LAST DAY of school 2010!
ohh... we had so much anticipation for the weeks ahead.
swimming... SLEEPING!
staying up late and sleeping in!!
vacation...
and did I mention SLEEPING?
Ohh- yes!
The excitement of school being out for summer!

That last day we met Grandmomma for lunch at our traditional spot-
Steak n Shake!
The JOY and RELIEF! That yet another year of school was done.
Why does it get so hectic and exhausting!?

All I wanted to do was find some sand and a few
crashing waves... and sit! :D

Even Tre' was dancing a jig that school was out!
(only because we had all been moaning and groaning
for weeks about getting out!!!)

The days of summer...
PCB-- cousins..
and Go Karts!
That is one heck of a combination!
FUN!!
And yes...
We had it!
The days when by way too fast.
There wasn't enough cash flow to do many activities...
but..
such is life!

We made the best of it-
and enjoyed what we could do.

My next post will have more highlights of lov'n summer...
and summer fun!
now...

it is off to school people!