Cub Scouts

My little boy is not so little anymore. He is a Cub Scout and loves it! He has already gotten his bobcat badge, fishing and kickball belt loops. He has a ton of fun being in Scouts and he can't wait for the day they get to learn how to build fires and he can bring his pocket knife. He is such a boy!



His first time being introduced to all the other scouts. I love it that his hands are on his belt buckle :)

Ellie's Spring Recital 2011

Ellie and couple of other little girls in her group got moved up to the 7-9 year old class for the spring semester. I was really worried about her being able to keep up because she was only 5 but she did so good! She held her own for sure and was able to do everything the big girls were doing. She got to perform at the Cotton Days festival before her recital.

Dancing at Cotton Days

These are the pictures of her Spring Recital. She loved that she got to wear a tiara and that her dances were to songs from Snow White and also Princess and the Frog. She did so good and I was so proud of her.



Ellie with some girls from her group.

My sweet and beautiful girl!


And of course we had to get a picture with Ellie and her friend Makayla.

Spring Soccer 2011

Cole and Ellie both played soccer this year. It was a struggle the first couple of times to get Cole to go but once he got used to it he loved it! He was always excited for soccer practice and the games were always great because his team 'Storm' won every single game. They got first place and each of them got a plaque with their names on it.

My soccer star Cole!

This was after their last game and they are showing that they are #1!


My soccer cuties :)

Ellie was so excited to play soccer until she figured out what it was going to be like. She hated running around and trying to kick the ball. She went to every practice and played every game without complaining but she couldn't wait for soccer to be over. Her team 'Eclipse' did pretty good. They lost 3 games and got 2nd place!

Ellie on her last day of soccer. She was so happy it was over!

Ellie's favorite position was defense because she could just stand there and watch the game from a distance. There was a little girl on Ellie's team who was so good and scored most of the goals and she always had the ball down the field by their net.

My cute Ellie and some of the girls on her team.

Easter 2011

Easter was fun for the kids this year. We started off the weekend with an Easter egg hunt put on by Grandma Carlene at Uncle Sam and Aunt B's house. All the eggs were filled with money and then there were candy bars hidden in trees and bushes. The kids made a haul and loved every minute of it!


Hunting for the eggs


Cole's loot. He found a golden egg which had $10 dollars in it! He felt pretty lucky.

Ellie is so excited

Silly Ayzie showing me her dollar.

Then it was time to color Easter eggs with their cousins.

Easter Morning

Cole with all of his Easter basket goodies.

Ellie with her Easter basket

Ayzie with her basket

I didn't take any pictures of the Easter egg hunt Easter morning but the Easter Bunny hid 3 dozen hard boiled eggs in the back yard (which is fully fenced in) and he supposedly hid them fairly easy. Well after the kids searched a while and then Carson and I searched for another hour we only found a dozen and a half. We are not sure what creature came into the the backyard and had a hay day with the eggs, but the kids were not happy. Beside the egg mishap the kids had a blast finding their hidden baskets and playing with their new things.

Ellie's first lost tooth

Ellie lost her first tooth at dance practice. She was so excited because she had been working on it for a while, but it bled really bad so she was really freaked out and wouldn't talk or swallow for the rest of the night. She is my major drama queen for sure!






The funny thing about Ellie losing her bottom teeth is that the hole from where her tooth used to be now lines up with her gap. She looks so cute!

Cole's 8th birthday

My big boy Cole turned 8 on March 26! He had just started soccer so he had to have a soccer party. The only thing he wanted on his soccer cake was for it to say 'Happy Birthday Soccer Star Cole Honey!' I was able to get all of it to fit except the Honey part. I searched the internet for soccer cakes and finally came up with this one after a few hours of baking and decorating. Cole loved his cake! He had so much fun at his party and you can see it all over his face in the pictures that he was having the time of his life. I love my sweet boy who now almost wears the same size of shoe as me:)

Cole with his soccer cake

Opening presents


He finally got Heelys


And then the final present, Carson got him a Bear Grylls knife. Cole was so excited! I was a little worried.

So far behind!

Okay, I really want to get caught up with all my posts. I don't want to skip half the year because this is kind of like a journal for me. So bear with me when you see all these posts from last year and winter time. I am determined to get caught up soon!