Enjoying the month of May.

Soccer season is over...the Drillers season is over...they had a tough season but came such a long way. They even beat the #1 undefeated team "Cats" their last game. 10-8! Let's see what happens with the Drillers in the fall...
Cyd has finished school for the year. To celebrate, we spent the day at the Botanical Gardens.

Enjoying the Japanese Gardens.

The bridge was a great place for pictures.

Cydney attempting the stepping stones alone. She was a little bit leary of the fish swimming around her.

The Drillers are done for the season but Chandler is now an 'Indian'. They started the season off with a 10-1 win for their first game. Chandler pitched the first two innings of the first game. 3 up, 3 down...two hits that were fielded for outs at first (4 of the Indians came from the Drillers).

"STRIKE THREE"

Soccer season is over, the Frogs did awesome! Three of the Frogs are now "Rangers." Cyd has the 'Ian Kinsler' look going just like big brother. Here is Cyd with 'Coach Daddy."

Cyd takes the field. She is the one in the middle. They are so cute! Cyd plays on a 3 and 4 year old team.

Cyd makes a catch at first! She made two good hits according to 'Coach Daddy." Cyd and Chandler actually played at the same time in two different cities. I was with Chandler, Mike was the Cyd. Thank you Gran for the pictures....

24 Years and Counting....

Monday was our 24th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we all went to East Texas! It was a beautiful weekend. I think this is my favorite part of Texas with the rolling hills, trees and there were alot of ponds this year because of the rain.

Cydney at the Tyler Rose Garden. I had not been to there since I was in high school. It was just as I remember it.

Chandler is looking very handsome in this picture!

The fish pond at the Rose Garden.

Even Chandler enjoyed looking at the flowers.

Cydney is a 'master gardener' in the making.

Chandler in 'Chandler, Texas'

You can never see too many catfish at once.

This was at the freshwater hatchery in Athens,Tx.

Off to fish....

Cydney's first fish!!!!

Chandler snagged one too (although it wasn't his first.)

Chandler's Homerun!

Chandler is well into Spring Baseball 2010. His former team the 'Red Sox' merged with the 'White Sox' to form the "AA Drillers" (as in Oil Drillers). The have had a rocky start to the season but the new AA competition has been a real learning experience for them.

Looking way too cool in a Driller's uniform.

Chandler is next up to bat.

It's a homerun hit!!!!!

Cydney was obviously very happy for her brother!

Luckily the Drillers were able to win the game tonight! Chandler was responsible for 2 of the 8 runs scored tonight!

Easter 2010

Easter turned out to be a beautiful day. The kids enjoyed their afternoon at Papa and Gran's house. It was the annual Easter Egg Hunt in their backyard!

The kids love their Papa!!

Dressed in their 'Easter Finest.' Unfortunately, they did not stay clean for long. Chandler lost the white shirt and Cyd lost the white shoes because they were turning 'green' in the freshly mowed grass.

Gran has a picture of all of her grandkids in this pose by this tree.

Looking for eggs barefooted because Mom didn't want the white shoes to turn green.

Chandler couldn't wait to dig into the 'Peeps.' This generation's Easter sugar high. When I was a kid we ate the sugar easter eggs.

Cydney looking beautiful in her 'Cinderella' dress.

Cyd's Busy Week

Since last Saturday, Cydney has had her first soccer game, wished her great-grandmother "Happy 100th Birthday" and lost her first tooth!

Cydney is a "Horned Frog." She loves her purple jersey and socks and of course the bow to match.

Cydney scored her first goal! Unfortunately it was in the other team's net.
She is going to be a very good soccer player once she figures what it is she is supposed to do!

Chandler and Cydney at Granny's 100th Birthday party.

It was a great party and Granny looked beautiful!

Cydney lost her first tooth last night. Daddy had to pull it. She was very brave.

Her score from the tooth fairy! She really wanted a lollipop. I bought her a Ring Pop later in the day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANDLER!!!!!

Chandler turned 9 on Monday and he celebrated big....again! Mike and I loaded him and 9 friends from school and baseball and drove them to the Texas Motor Speedway! We started the party by driving around the track in vans. All 10 boys, Mike and Cydney were in one van. Poor Cydney, she will never be the same again! They visited Pit Row and Victory Lane. We celebrated with cake, games and presents in one of the suites overlooking the track.

Chandler's 'race track' cake. Of course, Tony Stewart won. He helped decorate his cake this year.

Chandler had his first experience with 'trick' candles. It took several tries but he finally got them out. He did not know until later that we was blowing out trick candles.
(Luckily we did not set off the smoke detectors.)

The boys on Pit Row

Looking out for incoming cars!

Chandler running down Victory Lane.

The whole group enjoying the fun.

Chandler with Griffin and Stratton.

Chandler with his buddies!

FEBRUARY SNOW!

Another beautiful snow fall!! The kids did have school yesterday but enjoyed a snow day today. They went out a couple of times and got soaking wet and cold. Their skin was pink undearneath but they had a ball. The dryer worked over-time today.

Our beautiful front yard before the kids went stomping though it.

One of the beautiful views from our back yard.

Our Winter Wonderland.

WOW!!! Can we go out yet?

Cyd makes a snow angel.

Chandler's giant snow ball.

Chandler finally earning his keep.