Happy 8th Birthday SILAS!!!! June 13th, 2010

We just can't believe our firstborn is 8 already! Oh my, the time does fly! We love you Silas!

First Day of Summer for Us!!

It's been a busy 1st day out of school for us! We had some sand delivered for the boys' play area, got that spread out, then the boys wanted to blow up their pool that they got from the Downs family--thanks JuJu!. They are having a blast already, I have a feeling it is going to be a busy summer! Scott's going to have fun keeping them entertained while I am at work!

Last Day of School for Silas!

He had an okay year academically, but I think he had a great year with his friends. He rarely complained about getting up early, he and his dad had their morning routine down pat. I was either in the bed from closing the night before (not getting home until 11:30pm), or if I had the early shift, 5am or 6am, I was already gone when they got up, so that took me out of the mix. His teacher gave him the "Science Award", she said "his eyes would just light up" when she mentioned the phrase "Science Experiment". Maybe that is the ticket to getting him to read more, for us to find some interesting science books he can read. Anyway, he's doing 2nd grade again next year so hopefully that will help him not start out on the bottom like he has the last 3 years. Hello summer, here we come!

A little bit of love...but it doesn't last long!

Memorial Day visit with Nikole and her family

Our Memorial Day was about remembering our children's birth families. Silas spent the weekend with Rebekah's grandparents O'Neill & Mamie, and Aunt Denise along with his bio cousin Joel. I don't have any pictures of that trip, but Nikole's family came over on Monday for a cookout that turned into a cook-in, it was a constant downpour all day. Her, her mom Barbara, her dad Steve, as well as her grandparents Jim and Willie, who were in from Savannah GA.
A good time was had by all!!

Upward Soccer

Scott got wrangled into coaching Silas' soccer team because the teenager that had agreed to do it dropped out at the last minute. Knowing nothing about soccer, he jumped right into it and we are proud of him for stepping in to help!! He has basically performed "crowd control" and made sure the kids are playing where they need to be and rotating the kids in and out so that they all get to play. Silas is not quite team minded, he doesn't really like the game or have a competitive spirit, but rather he likes the idea of the game. He doesn't like to run. So, we're thinking this will be our last team sport until it's Stephen's turn to try. We'll have to figure out another outlet for Silas, maybe guitar or piano lessons, he seems to really like music. If that doesn't work, we may shoot for karate for the self discipline training. We'll just have to see, I don't really like the busyness that comes with carting the kids off here and there, it just makes us all feel tired and rushed!