Dance Mom

(no music but you can hear Trav giving some pitching tips to Jude in the background;)

Monroe loves to dance, I am so excited she decided to do Core Company this year, love that it is something she can do that she doesn't need to get first place, yay for this competitive child of mine. Tryouts consisted of learning this little jig and performing 20 minutes later, a little freak out session and some encouragement from the older seasoned girls and I think they did just fine.

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Kingston had the cutest Preschool graduation at UCC this week, the first of 3 graduations this year for my kiddos.


I actually was trying to have him give me a kiss in this picture and he would' do it, he saw the pic and told me to delete it because it looked like we are getting married (laughing emoji)

Kingston says he wants to be a dog, his friend Gavin, or a cow when he grows up, this kid has got goals:)

his second mom


with the best, Miss Deanell and Miss Missy



the cutest little group of Class of 2029!!!

Moving through the years...

WDS Recital 2016!! Yes we are moving through the years, our little girls are turning into young women and I couldn't be more proud, love them!

My boys first recital, I think they enjoyed it!

The only pics I got were of rehearsal and tech week:(

Crazy King

It is hard to believe this little dude is going to be a preschool graduate soon, he has got some growing up to do! For now, he insists he wants to be a dog when he grows up!!
A 5 year old Xander comparison, wow it is like I re-birthed him 9 years later...

I had to include a sweet Kingston pic too


Strudel makes the dog life look pretty good, no wonder Kingston wants to be a dog!

Go Indians!

Jude's Stix team turned into the Indians this year, and they are off to a great start for 9u kid pitch.

They got to play on  the new turf here in Manhattan for their first tournament, this is so nice! We were 5 minutes from home and the rain we got over the weekend didn't affect their games at all. He loved sliding on it and didn't even dirty up his pants:)

The Championship game we played against the Aggies, who have several of the kiddos friends on their team, the game easily could have gone the other way. I was cringing because Jude came in to pitch the last 3 innings and somehow got the win with his slow-mo pitching, he made his dad proud for sure. 

These kids have some great hitters and are going to be fun to watch and grow this season.

Kindergarten Round-up

A kindergarten teacher doesn't get much cuter than this, Jude still visits her for starbursts, we love Mrs.Sandman!

Art is Kingston's favorite, we are so thankful for Miss Smith!

meeting Mrs.Rumford in gym, I am pretty sure she hasn't changed since I had her 28 years ago!!




My babe will go to Kindergarten this Fall and we couldn't be more excited, kindergarten rocks!

Happy Easter!

the annual porch swing pic, my kids are almost getting too big to fit on

you are never too old to hunt eggs, Xander would throw half his back out for Kingston to find:)

thankful to have these amazing Grandparents in our lives, we love spending Easter at the farm!

Monroe got to celebrate her 12th birthday on Easter this year




counting their money

this baby calf was born the day before and got away from his mama, Xander got to drive to help get them back together:)