Sweet Summertime

Sarah Kathryn and Henry went to VBS the whole week that Bennett had All-stars.  This was the best thing ever!  It's so hard to watch them and Bennett.  They had a blast and even had perfect attendance!

so cute!

Henry was thrilled!

I won this cake during a Facebook giveaway!  I was thrilled!  Neil thinks I might have been a little too excited because I kept talking about it!  It's not like I won the lottery, but still.  I'm a winner! Feels good to win.

winner!

Our trivia group, Red, White, and Boo-yeah basically killed it!

Bennett got to enjoy Frozen Frog for Drew's birthday.

We celebrated Amy turning 35!

She is so popular!

Bennett keeps sending me notes during our "individual quiet time" each day.  They are paper airplanes with notes in them!

The boys had lego camp and baseball camp so SK and I went to library story-time...just the girls!

Fun-filled 4th!

Aunt Catherine and Green invited everyone over for a fun Independence Day. We were excited to have plans!  I was the most excited about matching with my favorite girl.

This family!!!!  LOVE.

Matching=my favorite

all my boys tubing

Henry!  Sweet thing!  His bathing suit was left in Ruston so he had to wear these shorts.  Neil had to trick him by saying the tag said "bathing suit AND shorts!"  He bought it.

Rebecca is such a Martha Stewart!

boys on the tube with Aunt B and the sweets.

Bennett trying to wipe out

Connor, William, and Bennett

Henry, SK, Olivia, and Gab.  SK and Olivia are 6 weeks apart.

SK loves Daniel!

Bennett had a blast with the "Romans" Candles

I feel you, sis.  This is how we all felt at the end of the day!

Sharks swim team!

Bennett did summer league swim team this year.  He said he wanted to do it and I was glad.  I wanted him to get stronger in the water and we accomplished that!  It was VERY HARD getting him to practice every day in June, finding a place for SK and Henry on swim-meet days, and he really didn't love it.  So maybe we won't be back to swim team for a few years. 

 I tried taking SK and Henry to the first meet.  It turned out to be a day that people are still asking me about.  I am not exaggerating when I say that every eye was on us when we walked out of that first swim meet.  Bennett was in the first medley relay. He had to start with backstroke.  Oh, man.  This was a doozie.  He was really doing great and then water got in his nose so he cried and held on to the rope all the way to the other side of the pool.  The race was still going on and his teammates still had to swim!  There was literally nothing I could do until he got himself to the other side!  I was also holding SK while trying to get him out of the pool.  It came time for his second race and he wasn't having it.  SK had her suit on because Amy said we would be able to let her get in the baby pool.  I didn't know we would only be there for 30 minutes!  I took off her bathing suit and she screaming bloody murder! "I WANT SWIM!"  So, I was ready to get the heck out of there.  I was so glad Heather helped me get my ice chest and pool bag and 2 kids to the car.  Bennett was crying and I just had no more patience.  Thankfully, my dad had picked up Henry for his swim lesson or I probably would have had 3 screaming kids to get to the car.  Needless to say, no more taking Sarah Kathryn and Henry to swim meets.  

Amy was the coach and she was just great.  She is so organized, a great teacher, and all around excellent coach.  She loved it when I called her "coach!" #not

I was so proud of Bennett!  He learned all the strokes and even got pretty good at butterfly!  Go B!

These pictures are just random shots from my phone at different meets.

Sam was there swimming for ERCC.  So sweet!

Cute team photo!

Bennett won his heat twice at the city meet!  go Bennett!

The swim team party was a blast!  Amy planned a fun kid-friendly breakfast buffet.  She even ordered festive favors for the event!  Thanks, Amy!

The 8 and under boys!

The 8 and under kids!

Great job Bennett!  42nd in freestyle, 13th in Butterfly, and 9th in the freestyle relay!

All the cute swimmers!

Shreveport All-Stars

Bennett made Little League All-Stars! YAY!  We had a bit of a misunderstanding at the beginning and had some player/coach switch-a-roos, but its working out!  We ended up with some really sweet, dedicated dads who stepped up to coach our 7 and under boys.  

Bennett is the only kids from our season's team.  Thankfully, he knew Conrad and Wesley from pre-school...they made the team, too.  He is really loving being on this team.  He responds so naturally to different coaches.  My non-athletic self is amazed every time he catches or hits a ball.  I just beam with pride from the bleachers!

Our first game was not so good with a score of 21-1.  Bossier is pretty darn good.  They have been playing together for 2 years and we just met our team 2 weeks before.  The boys didn't seem too worried about the loss.

Game 2 was the next night and this was Bennett's first day of hives.  He asked the doctor if he could play and she said yes!  He was trying so hard to be excited, but he just didn't feel good.  Poor thing.  After he ate a couple fries he was ready to play.  He just didn't look like himself.  He still played, though.  Fell asleep on the way home which he never does.    We won game two 12-1!  Winning 1 game qualifies your team for state!  Alexandria here we come!

The sweetest cheering section!

Our favorite All-Star!

District Champ runner ups!

So cool!