T-Ball Season Ends

Sorry folks, I am a little bit behind on my posts. We have been doing weekend trips around the state of New Mexico this summer and really having a great time. It is nice not to have any schedule for a while. Here is the last day of the T-ball season . They played their last game then the coaches had a after party for them where they had hot dogs, cupcakes and received their trophies.

Last end of game cheer. Go Marlins!!!!!

Here is Evan with is Trophy. He was so proud and what a cute little trophy it was. All the kids names where added to the trophy

The Team getting their hot dogs. Evan was number 8 this season.

The coaches mom just so happened to be a cake baker so she made these awesome cupcakes for the kids.

Evan and his teammates.

Evan, Brody and Gehrig.

All the parents got together and had these mugs made for the coaches with Cracker Jacks and Big League gum. Each mug had a team picture and the coaches name. Thanks to Jennifer for getting this together.

So cute, they really loved them

Overall it was a great season. Hopefully next year the Attention span will be better. We shall see.
We were happy that Nana SHerry got to come and see play his last T-Ball game.

Amarillo by Morning !!!!

It has been a busy summer. Each weekend we have been trying to get out town and take advantage of seeing different places around New Mexico. On memorial day we decided to take a trip to Amarillo. We arrived on Friday night and the first stop was TGIF which was right in our Hotel and the pool. The water was freezing so Evan spent most of his time in the Whirlpool. Here are a few of our memories from our trip.

Evan enjoying the whirlpool.

On Saturday we headed to Chucky Cheese fro the afternoon. We had never been to one before so we took our time and played every game in the place. Evan had a blast

Evan and Chucky.

Having a game of air hockey with some friends he just met.

Evan and Daddy enjoying the games arcade.

Saturday evening we headed to the Don Harrington discovery center.

Evan playing with in the bubble station.

Saturday night for supper we headed to The Big Texan restaurant. This is the Home of the free 72 oz steak if you can eat it in 1 hr. Somebody actually completed the challenge while we were there. It was the best steak that I ever had. They have lots of fun things for the kids do do while waiting to be seated. Evan enjoyed playing the slot machines and shooting the targets with his gun




Evan in the Big Texan rocking chair.

I had to convince Daddy to have his picture taken in the Big Chair.

Evan cute little face.

Outside the Big Texan

This was the place they had set up and Evan spent most of his time here shooting at the targets.

My little Shooter. He was actually pretty good.

Daddy and Evan trying to shoot the targets.

Getting ready to eat our big steak

After dinner, we are all stuffed. They give each kid a free cowboy hat with the kids meal.

My little cowboy!!!!!

On Sunday we decide to do a jeep tour through the Palo Duro canyon. It was a awesome experience that I recommend to everyone. The jeeps were so cute, they were all decorated in cow seat covers . I took pictures that you can see on my camera but for some reason they will not come out when I download them, but here are a few that came out.

The cowboy riding in the back.

Palo Duro Canyon, so pretty this picture does not do it justice.

The Longhorns came right up to the jeep and Evan got to feed them. He was so excited.

A little to close for Momma!!!!

Feeding the longhorns.

The Elkins ranch tour took about 2 hrs, you can do longer if you want. It was great experience and we got to learn about the ranch history. The also have a a cowboy cookout that looked real neat.. We will try that next time.
Of course no trip would be complete without trips to Target, Michael's; and Starbucks. We even got to eat real ice cream. We shall return.

Done with 43 onto 44

On June 2nd we celebrated Daddy's Birthday. It was a great day. Nana arrived that day just in time. Even though Daddy worked all day, we decorated the whole house for when he awoke. He was really surprised with all we had done. At 44 you still got it Honey!!!

Daddy requested the first cake I had every made him. Evan helped do the whole thing.

We wanted to make this Birthday extra special because last year Josh celebrated his Birthday in Afghanistan.


Flower's for Daddy

Daddy's Birthday Party!!!

I made cute little napkin holders that said, "survived 43 now onto 44" !!!!

We also made a Birthday Banner for Daddy.

HE was really surprised with all his decorations and very thankful. We got Daddy some Cowboy boots for his Birthday. It was his first pair of boots after all those years growing up in Texas.

Bedtime Stories

The base hosted a night of bedtime stories at the library. Evan and his friends got to wear their pajamas and bring their favorite stuffed toy. Evan picked his How to train a dragon pajamas and his monkey!!! They listened to 3 nighttime stories and made a teddy bear craft. Then the library kicked off the summer reading program , a Voyage to Book Island. It was a fun night. The base provides so many nice things for the kids.

Evan ,Gehrig, Nicholas and Colin

Doing sing songs

Enjoying the book!!!

Done with Pre-K onto Kindergarten

Well, it is hard to believe that another year has gone by. It seems like only yesterday that Evan was born. Now we are off on another new adventure, Kindergarten. We had a great pre-k year. We started off in Mrs Robyn's class at the Santa Rosa Beach community Church and we end the year here in Clovis New Mexico at the Clovis Christian School. We have been blessed with fabulous pre-k teachers. The last week off school was a fun one. They got to have a "Fun in the Sun Day" on Tuesday and a Pancake breakfast for the last day of school. Here are some pictures of our fun week!!!!

I always like to pack notes with Evan's lunch. Here is a little note I put in his lunch to celebrate the last day of school. I got this idea from tip junkie, love this sight. Here is the link

end of school year traditions

As part of Fun in the Sun Day, each class got to go to a station that the school had set up. I volunteered to do the Balloon Pop. The kids had a blast!!!!

This station was the inflatable slip and slide.

Another on of the stations was the water gun station, one of the favorites of Evan. This is Evan and his buddy Gehrig.




They also got to ride the train. The school really put alot of hard work into this day




Enjoying a break with a Freezy!!!!




They even had a hair painting station.

The END Result!!!

As an appreciation of all the great jobs our teachers do, we made end of the year gifts for all Evan's teachers. The main teachers got a recycle bag with all the kids hand prints and names. I thought they turned out really cute. Thank you Mrs Delk for all your help in keeping it a secret.

The front

The Back!!

During the year Evan is paired with a 4th grader to help them with chapel and lunch. So we bought this bag at the hobby lobby and monogrammed her initial on it as an appreciation of watching out for Evan all year.

For all Evan's other teachers, the librarian, music teacher, art and the principal we made these jars and covered them with scrapbook paper and filled them with tea and biscotti

We made little tags with love Evan on them

The Finished product.

Our present to our 4th grader!!

I downloaded a free printable tag from the http://www.tipjunkie.com/

: Printable teacher card/tag
Printable teacher thank you card & tag
by Janna Wilson on May 11, 2010

Evan was so excited to give out all the gifts!!!

Last day of school picture with his teachers Ms Cato and Mrs Holt

After school we headed home and I painted a sign for Evan to see as we pulled up the drive way!! Of course we had to move it inside due to high winds here in Clovis.

I got this simple idea from Tip Junkie: here is the link:
welcome to summer banner.

Inside there was a present filled with summer fun water supplies

I had to have Josh race home for work to put the sigh out on the garage because it was so windy it would have blown away.

Here is my little man all done with Pre-k and ready for some summer fun. No more early wake- ups and schedules.

We look forward to another year at the Clovis Christian school with Mrs Curry!!!!


Let the summer Fun begin!!!