More report card news

We got a copy of Ryann's report card today:

She is still doing good!! So happy to see that B in math come up those few points!!! And as you can see the rest are A's! We did notice that some of her grades dropped a little from last six weeks, we're pretty sure that was due to the fact that most of this past 6 weeks was used for preparing for the TAKS test. We feel confident they'll come back up by the end of this grading period! - Ryann our smart little princess!!!!

We also got Aiden's GT report card. I don't have a picture to show you, it's at home- but all of his marks went up! If you remember, he can receive 1,2,3,4, or 5 on his GT report. 3 basically means they have had continuous growth and 5 would mean they are above the teachers expectations. Aiden earned mostly 5s, with the exception of a few 4+'s. He only had one area where he stayed the same, still earning a 4+. I'll try to remember to scan in his report cards, so you'll better understand. Anyways, we are just so proud of both our little smarties!!!!!!

Strange Encounters with my cold hand…….

Last night Aiden had soccer practice. It was a chilly 65* and windy. If you know me at ALL you know I can not handle the cold. I despise winter, I'd much rather have 90* weather any day of the week. I was chilly even under my ski coat and blanket... but even I was a bit concerned when I started to lose feeling in my pointer finger on my right hand. I looked down and saw this:

I tried rubbing my hands together, sitting on them, I even tried putting it in my mouth to warm it up but nothing worked.
(please excuse my nails, I'm in need of a manicure)
Practice ended and I high tailed it to the car to get my hand in front of the heater. It took about 5 minutes and I finally noticed a change.

5 more minutes and it was just about back to normal.

It took at total of about 15 minutes and my hand was back to normal color. It still felt a little "funny". So, all of that to say I'm making an appointment to see my doctor. I've always had cold hands and feet, and feel certain this has something to do with poor blood circulation and maybe even be Raynauds, but we'll let the doctor make that diagnosis. Really just wanted to share because it was so strange. LOL!!

Geez!

I logged onto to update this thing, and saw that my post from February 18th never actually posted for you all to read....... I did it from my phone, so maybe that has something to do with it - I'm not real sure. But, I just released it and you can read it below.

Thankfully that crazy winter weather has not returned, and we've all managed to stay healthy- so things are starting to look up in 2011.

In my last post I said Ryann was heading to the orthodontist for a broken bracket and wire. Total she has had to have 2 brackets fixed, the wire, and we had a permanent retainer put in - she accidentally threw the first one away at school. She has also had 2 dentist appointments. The first appointment was her normal 6 mo check-up. The dentist didn't find any cavities which was good, but she did find that Ryann's teeth, especially the bottom ones were stained, so she got a good cleaning, (and a good talking to about brushing her teeth every morning and night EVREY day) the dentist also noticed her gums were very red and swollen, so she prescribed an antibiotic mouth wash. Ryann used it for two weeks, and went back yesterday. The mouth wash worked, so we are VERY HOPEFUL that the dentist/orthodontist appointments will not be so frequent - it seemed like she was at one or the other every Monday and Friday. We loved it because that meant a lot of extra time with her, but it also meant a lot of missed school for her and missed work for Adam.

Mr. Aiden turned SIX years old on February 21st. I still can not believe my baby is so big! We celebrated the Friday before his birthday with a dinner at Rainforest with Gamma and Papa. Then had his soccer birthday party the Saturday following. Both were a lot of fun. I'll work on getting pictures from all the birthday celebrations posted.... maybe this week.

We've decided to keep Aiden with Odyssey, the soccer team mentioned in my last post. The coach is AMAZING! Aiden already knows several of the boys on the team, and the parents are great -so we feel it's going to be a good fit for Aiden. The team is just practicing right now, but they'll start playing sometime next month. I'll share the schedule when it comes out.

Oh, I almost forgot. DI comp.... it went really well. The first part of the challenge is called "instant challenge" the parent's are not allowed to watch this section, and the kids are not allowed to tell us what they did - the use the same challenge nation wide, and don't want anyone to get the unfair advantage of knowing what they will be asked to do. The other section was good. The kids were given 5 key elements from the areas they studied that they had to work into a play - the whole thing is impromptu, they don't learn the 5 elements until 5 minutes before they have to perform. I felt like they did a good job, but you could tell Aiden was nervous. After the play the judges get to fire questions at the contestants about the countries and mythological creatures they had to learn about in preparation. This was the area Aiden really shined. He was always the first one with a correct answer, and he was the one his teamed turned to when they were unsure. <-- Which is saying a lot considering he was competing with kids in 2,3 and 4th grade. Adam and I were really proud of him!

Report cards came home Friday. Aiden had another awesome 6 weeks! He did earn an "S" in social studies this go around. His teacher told me that it was because during his evaluation he couldn't name Abe Lincoln. Apparently the M they use for mastery really means just that. If the kids miss even 1 question during evaluation they are dropped a letter grade.... I hate that his grade dropped over one missed question, BUT at the same time I'm amazed that until this point he has received all M's!! We requested a copy of Ryann's report card from her Mom, but that was just yesterday, and we haven't heard back from her yet. I'm sure she did good. I know a lot of this past 6 weeks she was busy preparing for the TAKS test, so I'm sure she is happy all of that is over.

I'm sure this post reads like a crazy person wrote it - I'm kind of all over the place... sorry!

I'll TRY and do better at updating this thing.
Until next time.....

Our crazy month so far...

We have been a busy little family the last month, and boy am I ready for a break! The weather turned wacky shortly after my last post… First, Aiden was diagnosed with strep on Monday, January 31st. Of course he missed school that day, and was scheduled to be out most, if not all of the week due to his strep. However, a big ice storm hit Monday night and school was closed the remainder of the week. So, luckily he only missed one day of school! It didn’t take him long to start feeling better, and by Friday, after the ice was covered by about 7” of snow he and Adam, (I was at work) were able to get out and play – even SKI in the snow.(check out our photo album to see the video).
 
During the crazy weather, and being stuck at home with strep, Aiden lost tooth #2. He was really excited!!
 
By Saturday, (the day after Adam was able to ski down our driveway) there was no trace of snow left in Keller, (crazy!). Adam and Ryann got all dolled up and headed to the Daddy Daughter Dance. They had a wonderful time. I’m so happy that this is something special they get to do each year. And, oh my word; you have to go check out the pictures to see how grown up she is!!!!
 
The following week we had another crazy sleet storm that closed the school mid week. We are so very blessed that if need be Adam has the option to work from home – otherwise we would have used up a huge chunk of our PTO/vacation time on all these silly ice/snow days. But, everyone was back to school/work the next day. Then on Friday Aiden’s class went on a field trip to the Fort Worth science museum. I took the day off and tagged along. It was a lot of fun! That afternoon I helped get the school ready for the family Valentines Dance. Adam, Aiden and I attended, Ryann was with her mom; we all had a really great time. Aiden REALLY wants to learn how to break dance, (Lord help us!). And boy is Mr. Popularity! We couldn’t take 5 steps with out some little boy/girl running up to tell him “hi”. It amazes me that so many of the older kids know who he is. I’m really glad he able to make friends so easily.
 
Aiden's class had been “interviewed” for a special in the paper for Valentine’s Day. He is too sweet! - I'll post that later. Wednesday he was at school for a few hours before the nurse called to let me know he was complaining of being nauseous and was clammy, and running a low grade fever. Kay picked him up and he spent the day laying on her couch. By that evening he seemed to be feeling fine, but since he did have a low grade fever we opted to keep him home again Thursday. By the time I got home he seemed to be back to his old self, and we headed out to “test drive” a new soccer team/coach. We all really liked this coach, and a lot of the parents, so I think we may stick with them, unless Aiden decides he wants to take a break – Lord knows I’d love one….. but, if not we’ll be looking at 2 practices a week, and 1 game…. We’re all back at school and work for this fine Friday. I am SO ready for the weekend! It’s been a tough couple of weeks.
 
Adam is picking up Ryann today, and she’ll head to the orthodontist office. It’s time for her braces to be tightened, but she’ll also be getting a bracket replaced, that was broken off while eating a raw carrot. She’ll also have to get the wire fixed that she popped off and get fitted for a new retainer- she lost hers at school.
 
Tonight we’re headed to the Rainforest Café to celebrate Aiden’s birthday with Gamma and Papa, his birthday is Monday, and his party is next Saturday but Gamma and Papa will be on a cruise ship soaking up the sun, so we’re going to have fun with them tonight!
 
Tomorrow Aiden will participate at the local DI competition. He has really enjoyed working with his team, and has had a lot of fun preparing. I’m hopeful the team will do well at tomorrows tournament!
 
Monday is Aiden’s SIXTH birthday!!! I’m a little heartbroken. I just can’t believe how fast these six years have gone.
 
Check back for pictures of our little princess, and birthday boy soon.
 
We hope you all have the most amazing weekend!

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I haven’t updated this thing in a while….. We really don’t have much new going on. We got both the kids report cards this week. Ryann had A’s and 1 B. The B being in her math class, again. Adam has already contacted her teacher to see what we can do to help pull that grade up. We’re confident with a little bit of hard work she can pull all A’s. Aiden got all M’s again, so he is still mastering all his subjects still. He also had a report card sent home from his GT teacher. The kids in GT can receive 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. 3 basically means they have had continuous growth and 5 would mean they are above the teachers expectations. Aiden had all 4’s and 4+. He still has perfect attendance too!
 
Ryann has had a few orthodontist appointments, and things seem to progressing in that area. She now has a removable retainer on bottom, which makes eating MUCH easier. And I don’t know if it’s just wishful thinking on our part, but I swear her teeth have already started to move! She has another orthodontist appointment next month, followed by a visit to the dentist. Poor child has to spend a lot of time letting people dig in her mouth. She is still taking tumbling, and having a lot of fun with it. I really hope it’s something she decides she wants to stick with; she seems to be picking up on things at a remarkable pace. Last Friday Adam, Aiden and I drove to the high school in her town to watch her TOT (Teams of Tomorrow) performance. She did a wonderful job, and looked like she had a lot of fun! Next time we get her it’ll be time for the Daddy daughter dance, she is so very excited!!!
 
Aiden has had a lot less excitement. He has a dentist appointment Monday. He is excited to show the dentist he lost that first tooth, and now has a new loose onet! He has been busy with soccer, one practice and one game each week. Aiden has also been busy preparing for the Destination Imagination competition coming up in February. His school didn’t have enough kids interested to form two teams, (one team made up of K&1st grade students, and another of 2nd, 3rd and 4th) like in the past so this year they combined the two teams and created one team of 7 kids. Which means Aiden will be competing in the older kids division. I haven’t been to a meeting yet, Adam has been taking him, but from what I can tell it’s a LOT of work for the kids, since the parents are not allowed to help. So other than that, and looking forward to his SIXTH, (boo!) birthday he has been spending a lot of time playing.
 
Adam and I haven’t been too busy, just working mostly. Adam has been spending a lot of his extra time at the gym with a personal trainer, (using up one of his Christmas gifts) trying to get his core muscles stronger, which will help is back too.
 
Like I said, not too much going on with us, but it had been a while since my last update. We hope you are all doing great!
I’m getting busy adding new pictures to our photo site, so check back there later.
 

First snowfall of the year....

Granted it wasn't the 13" + we got last year, but it was plenty for us to play in!

Bye bye 2010!!

Happy New Year!

We’ve been incredibly busy since my last post. I doubt I can recall everything, so we’ll just hit the high points.

The Tooth Fairy visited Aiden the night of my last post.

He was so excited, I was sure he wouldn’t get a wink of sleep. He finally nodded off and the Tooth Fairy left him $5.00, floss, toothpaste and a note. He was SO excited when he woke up the following morning to find all of his goodies.

He can not wait to lose another tooth, he checks them daily. His permanent tooth just started peaking through his gums last week, he is so eager to see how big it will be!

The visit from the Tooth Fairy rounded out November for us. The month of December was such a whirl wind, which I’m sure is true for everyone. We started the month off with the Fuson Christmas.

Adam and I hosted again this year; we had 19 people show up! I LOVE hosting the Fuson get together! We always have such a great time. It’s always so nice to see everyone. This year Aunt Brenda and Uncle Frank were able to come, and it just made the day that much more special! The kids love getting to spend time with their cousins, aunts and uncles. I wish it was something we could do more often. Kim and her brood really need to move back to the metroplex – we miss them!

The PTA hosted breakfast with Santa. I had to “work” the event, but Adam brought Aiden, and they had a really great time. This is the first year Aiden has ever shown any apprehension about visiting with the big guy. So, he learned that this was not really Santa, but one of his very special helpers. For whatever reason, that eased his fears.

He was very excited to learn that this Santa was an Aggie. Whoop!

December 17th was the kids last day of school for 2010. Both had class parties. Unfortunately we didn’t get to attend Ryann’s, but she said she had a really great time. Here are a few pictures from Aiden's party.

I'll work on getting you a few pictures from Ryann's party.

The 17th was also Ryann’s cheer party, again it was an event Adam and I had to miss – but here is a picture of Ryann and her sister, Kamri at the party.

We picked up Ryann the morning of the 18th, and she was with us until Christmas afternoon. Adam was off the kids’ entire Christmas break, and they spent the week leading up to Christmas spending time together, and doing lots of playing. In the evenings after I got off work we squeezed in our Christmas traditions, starting with a trip to the Gaylord Texan to visit ICE! Although this is something we’ve been doing for the past several years, it was Ryann’s first time to go. We all had a wonderful time walking through Charlie Brown’s Christmas. It was a chilly 9* in there, but we were very well prepared, and were able to take our time, and really enjoy it!

New this year were the snow hills. We bought the kids unlimited tickets and they spent about an hour going down the slides. It was so much fun watching them have such a wonderful time. I really hope they bring these slides back next year!

We went with Gamma and Papa out to Prairie Lights, and drove through the beautiful Christmas lights display. They have over 4 million lights, and we enjoyed seeing every one of them!

We also had to make Santa’s cookies. This is probably one of my favorite things to do with the kids. They always have so much fun. This year rather than just using white icing and sprinkles, we used royal icing. I think we all enjoyed this much more. I’ll tell you what, Adam and Aiden both shocked me with their icing skills!! I defiantly think we’ll be doing our cookies this way in the future. Each of us picked our favorite cookie, that we had iced, and that is what we left out for Santa.

Every year Keller holds a Christmas decorating contest, so after we made our cookies, and picked out the ones Santa would get we packed up the rest, headed to Starbucks to grab some hot chocolate then drove around and looked at the winning subdivisions, streets and houses. It’s always so much fun, and this year Jax joined in the fun!!

That brings us to Christmas Eve.

We had a wonderful lunch with Kay. Then headed to her house to exchange gifts, (we were all spoiled as usual). We spent some time visiting with her, then rushed home and got ready for church. I always love our church’s candle light service! After church we headed to Kobeya, for our traditional hibachi Christmas Eve dinner, (I think next to the gifts this is the kids favorite Christmas Eve tradition!). After dinner we headed home and the kids got the last gift out of the advent calendar. They also each opened one gift – new Christmas PJ’s. We watched Polar Express, read Twas the Night Before Christmas, tracked Santa, put out milk, cookies and carrots and crawled into bed. Both kids were beside themselves with excitement. I think Ryann probably only got an hour of sleep the whole night. Santa had to be EXTREAMLY sneaky, but he finally got all the gifts under the tree, and stockings stuffed…….

Ryann was the fist one up; she came in and woke up Adam and I. It took a good 15 minutes to coax Aiden out of his nice warm bed, but I think he was glad he got up when he walked into the living room and saw all those gifts. We spent about 2 hours opening gifts, and then another few playing with them. Ryann used her new sewing machine and made a pillow.. and then we were off to Gamma and Papa’s house.

Gamma prepared a wonderful Christmas lunch, we visited, and opened gifts, and watched movies, and visited some more. Then Adam took Ryann to her mom, while Aiden and I stayed behind and played some more. It was a late night, but we really did have the most terrific Christmas! I just love getting to spend all that time with family – just enjoying each others company!

On the 29th Ryann got her braces.

I had to work, and couldn’t be there for her appointment, but Adam took my camera and got some pictures. From what I understand she did really good, cried a few times, ended up with a split lip (OUCH!), but in the end it all turned out just fine. She has braces on the top, and an apparatus of some sort behind her bottom teeth to correct her under-bite. For now, her back teeth don’t touch – which is making eating, and cooking for her a bit of a chore- but in the end it’s all going to work out, and be worth the inconveniences she is experiencing for now.

Adam, Aiden and I spent ringing in the New Year at Jennifer and John’s family friendly New Years Eve party. We had a wonderful time! Adam and I were both shocked Aiden was able to stay up till midnight! We’re ready for another amazing year! I hope to do a much better job keeping this blog, and our photo albums up to date! I spent a good chunk of the last several days adding pictures to our photo site, so check them out when you have a chance, - (Click the box)They go back as far as November!

We’re back to work and school today. We were all dreading it, but so far it’s been a wonderful day!!

We hope you have a wonderful Year!!

Merry Christmas!!

We have been busy busy since my last post. I'll update again soon, but until then- Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!

God bless,
Adam, Courtney, Ryann, Aiden and Jax

The most Wonderful time of the year!!

We had the most wonderful Thanksgiving break! NONE of us were ready to get up and go to school/work today, blah! But, we really enjoyed our time off. Thanksgiving was wonderful, great food and company, and awesome football (Whoop!), what more could we ask for?
 
We’ve started getting the house ready for Christmas. Both trees are up and decorated. I’m still working on getting the rest of the house done, and once Adam’s back is feeling a bit better we’ll get busy on the outside. Presents are wrapped and under the tree….. so we’re getting there. We’ve already gotten to listen to Aiden sing “Mary did you know” a few times, so it’s officially the most wonderful time of the year!
 
I had just got to work this morning, when I got a text from Adam, Aiden lost his first tooth. I’m so bummed I missed it. I just can’t believe we’re already here. He’s not a baby anymore. Boo!

I'll post pictures soon!!
 
Also, the winter soccer schedule was released today. Aiden will be playing on an U7 team. Although, this team is not a club team, they play in the club division. Aiden will have more competition than ever before. I’m really excited for this season to start! If you care to come watch a game, below is his schedule. He’ll be playing at Stampede in Southlake.
 
December 5 Blue Devils VS Quest Fire, 2:45
December 15 Solar White VS Blue Devils 6:10
December 29 Blue Devils VS Odyssey White 6:05
January 11 Crickets VS Blue Devils 6:05
January 23 Blue Devils VS Phoenix 2:15
January 30 Quest Fire VS Blue Devils 4:30
February 4 Blue Devils VS Solar White 6:10
February 12 Odyssey White VS Blue Devils 7:25

Happy Thanksgiving

 
Just a quick little update. The kids started their Thanksgiving break on Friday. Adam, Aiden and I started the break off with a trip down to College Station. We visited old friends and some of our favorite spots in BCS and watched the Ag’s beat the hell out of Nebraska! It was a great trip!
 
The kids got their report cards on Friday. Aiden got all M’s again, meaning he is still mastering all his subjects, and he still has perfect attendance! Ryann made 1 B in math, and the rest were A’s, (actually other than the math grade all her grades were higher this 6 weeks than last), we’re very proud of both our little smarties!
 
Ryann went in for an orthodontic consultation yesterday. Her dentist originally thought her under bite was a jaw problem, but the orthodontist confirmed that it is a tooth problem, and braces should take care of it, so no need for the chin strap we were all worried about her needing to have. Instead the orthodontist is suggesting top braces and a bottom plate to help with her bite now, (for about 1 year), and then braces again after all her permanent teeth grow in. Basically breaking it up this way is better because the first set will prepare her mouth to make room for the permanent teeth that will come later. There is even a slight, (very slight) chance that she may not need the second set of braces. If we wait, it will be much more complicated, and she would need the braces for a much longer period of time, and probably need teeth pulled. We have to discuss all of this with Ryann’s mom, but it looks like she could have braces as early as December.
 
My Thanksgiving break starts today when I get off work, and I CAN NOT wait! We are all so excited to get the next few days for family time! The kids are so excited about taking down all the fall decorations, and putting up the Christmas ones. We took them to pick out their new ornaments, which is always an adventure. It took Aiden about 10 minutes to pick his ornament, he decided on a snowflake. His selection almost always shocks me. I just knew he was going to pick as soccer ball, but he is very happy with is ornament, and that is all that counts. Ryann, my dear dear Ryann, whew…. That child is so much like her father that it hurts sometimes. She took over 45 minutes to pick her ornament. I’m not kidding Adam and I finally just sat down on the floor of the store and let her have at it. FINALLY she decided on a little ballerina girl. This is surprising, because she picked a ballerina last year or the year before. But, the important thing is she is happy with her decision, and it’ll look stunning on their tree. This yearly tradition is always so much fun, and a great way to see each child’s personality, it’s like a glimpse into the future.
 
We’re headed to see Tangle this afternoon, and then preparing for a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow! Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving too!

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We haven't posted pictures on here in so long, so I decided to add lots of pictures this time! 
Here are our pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch and Aiden's school fall festival.
                                                                                                    
Aiden and his friend Coleman trick or treating
                                                    
Ryann's Thanksgiving program at school. Sorry the pictures aren't better, she was on the back row and the girl infront of her was taller... But she is an awesome model and would stick her head out and smile directly
at the camera! She is standing under the cornucopia.
                                                                                                        
Aiden's Thanksgiving feast! First the kids sang a few Thanksgiving songs and then we moved onto the feast. It is so much fun watching him interacting with his friends! He is getting to big!
                                                                                                      

That pretty much gets you caught up on pictures since my last post. Last night Aiden started a new indoor soccer team for the winter season. He is sooooo excited. This team is in the U7 division, so he'll be playing with older kids. I think it'll be a better fit for his skills. Adam is not coaching this team, and while we believe it's good for him to have a few different coaches, I can tell you it is going to be hard in Adam.

At dinner last night Aiden realized he has his first loose tooth! He is excited to get some money from the tooth fairy. I however am not looking forward to that tooth coming out- it's like the end of the baby days.... I'm so sad ;(

Both kids are still doing good in school. Ryann has been busy preparing for the UIL ready writing competition. Aiden's teacher pulled ne aside yesterday to let me know she has been very impressed with Aiden's writing too. Not only is his handwriting improving, but his use of punctuation and his ability to get a clear, complete thought down on paper has been incredible! We are so proud of both of our amazing kiddos! Report cards come home today, and I just know we'll see more great marks from these two!! Thanksgiving break also starts today. Adam, Aiden and I are going down to College Station fir the weekend. I'm so excited!!
Ryann will be home Tuesday, and the first order of business will be taking her to the orthodontist for a consultation.... More on that later.

We hope you are all doing great! 
Until next time. Oh, please excuse any typos you came across in this post, I did the whole thing on my phone....

Proud Mom and Dad!

It’s almost time for Halloween! The kids are getting so excited!! Aiden is going to be a red ninja this year. He watched the movie “Little Ninjas”, and LOVED it. So it was a no brainer for him when it came time to pick his costume. Ryann won’t be with us this year for trick or treating, last I talked to her she didn’t know what she was going to be. She requested to be a werewolf princess, (I wouldn’t even know how you would pull that off) but her mom told her no scary costumes, so she was still thinking. 

Both kids are doing WONDERFUL in school. Report cards came home three weeks ago, and both kids got awesome marks. Ryann is finally to the point of receiving a number grade, and she made all A’s! We are super proud of her!! Aiden received all M’s, which means he has mastered everything they have covered so far! (We’re also extremely proud of him!) Both kids also received good marks in conduct. During the first six weeks Aiden also took the TPRI (Texas Primary Reading Inventory), it’s a test given to Kindergarten students at the beginning, middle and end of the year to first assess where they are in there reading and reading comprehension skills, and then to make sure they are learning what they need to know to proceed to the first grade. Generally students will take the first test, and the teacher can then see what they need to work on to get them where they need to be. However, Aiden mastered the entire test, didn’t get even one question wrong! In addition to his regular class work Aiden has also been participating in Maverick Math, a 12 week program, sponsored by the PTA that builds math skills aligned with the curriculum at his school and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). So far he has done extremely well, and gotten every question right. If he continues to participate he can receive awards in the Spring. This is right up his alley, he LOVES to work on math, and has really enjoyed seeing his name on the Maverick Math wall each week. Aiden’s GT teacher is encouraging him to join the Destination Imagination team, (an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended Challenges and present their solutions at Tournaments. Teams are tested to think on their feet, work together and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of the Challenges), so we’re looking into that.  Ryann received some great news too. Please excuse me for not knowing all the details…. Adam was the one who got this information from her mom, but he didn’t ask/ remember the details….. Ryann was chosen by her teacher to compete for her school at UIL, in the writing portion of the competition.  She is really excited! She was also chosen, to be on some type of float during a parade, (this is where details would be nice- which I plan to learn; and share). So as you can tell school is going great for the kids so far this year! We get progress reports today, and I’m sure they’ll have more good news!

Aiden is still playing soccer. Adam is coaching his team. They’ve had a tough couple of games the past few weeks. But, Adam has done a great job with his team. The boys actually work AS a TEAM.  I think they are the only team in this division/age group that does. We’ve got two games left of the season, then I think we’ll all be ready to take some time off for a while. Maybe even try a new sport for the fall/winter months…….. 

Ryann is still enrolled in tumble/cheer. She is still currently going one day a week, but Adam and I have been in contact with her mom to get her going another day. She is really enjoying going, and can NOT wait to start learning some cheers! 

Last Friday was the PTA Fall Festival at Aiden’s school. It was a busy day for us PTA mom’s, and a blast for all the families that attended! I’ve added a few photos and videos to our site. I’ll upload more, hopefully tonight! Aiden really enjoyed the festival. And Adam and I loved watching him have a good time, and we really take pleasure in watching him interact with all of his friends. That boy is such a social butterfly!! 

Adam and I have been busy with work, running our house, the soccer team and doing PTA stuff. Tonight Adam and Aiden will go to the Just for Boys book club meeting at the school, and I plan to work on the schools yearbook- I know, I live a dangerous life! LOL!

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I guess we’re do for an update on here. No matter how hard I try to make this thing a priority, it always gets pushed to the back burner. 

Adam and I celebrated our six year wedding anniversary on September 25. It’s hard to believe it’s really been SIX years. We had a wonderful stay at the Gaylord Texan. It’s so nice to get away and spend some quiet quality time, just the two of us.

Aiden has been a busy little dude! He is still doing amazing in school; he LOVES his regular teacher, and his GT teacher, (I think he loves being in class with the 1st grade students more than anything.) We’ve had a meeting with his teacher, and she had only great things to say about Aiden. The first six weeks just wrapped up, and report cards will be sent home Friday. We’re certain he’ll have only good marks. Aiden is also involved in the schools, “Just for boys book club”, they meet once a month after school and read books and play games. This is something he and Adam attend together; Aiden has really enjoyed this club a great deal, and is looking forward to the next meeting. He is still playing soccer. It amazes me just how much he still enjoys practicing and playing, and being on a team!

Ryann was home with us the last two weekends. Gosh, it was nice to have her here again! She is still enjoying school, mostly for the social side of it, but academically she is still doing well. After a LONG wait Ryann finally got to start cheer/tumbling last week. Right now she is just going once a week, but she is supposed to start going two days a week soon. After her first class she was surprised how much work it is going to take to be good at it, I guess she figured she would just be able to go out and be a pro off the bat. Adam and I have encouraged her to stay with it, and it will get easier.

I guess that’s about it for now. I’ll update our photo site tonight, you’ll be able to see pictures from our trip to the skating rink and the pumpkin patch, among others. 

Until next time!

GT Results!!!

Just a quick little update…. We got the results from Aiden’s GT(Gifted and Talented) test yesterday, and he did score high enough to be placed in the GT class. He’ll go to GT a few hours a week, during that time he’ll be in class with the first grade GT students, since the school does not normally have the kindergarteners tested/placed. We are so very proud of our little guy, and even better is how proud he is of himself. It was so fun getting to tell him, and watch/listen to his reaction. Aiden is very excited to get started!

Keller Galaxy had another game, and won, the score was 16 to 8. This time Aiden scored 7 of our goals. He is having a great time playing;  and Adam and I are having a blast watching him play. 

So I guess that’s it for now, more updates to come. Also, I’m planning on getting our photo site updated tonight, I’ve dropped the ball on that – sorry!

School/soccer update

The latest run down. 

Ryann was suppose to come home this weekend, but ended up catching an awful little bug. We thought it best for her to stay where she was, and rest. She went to church yesterday, so hopefully that means the bug is behind her, and she is back to her old self again! So far school is going really well for her. She has the same teacher she had last year, and a lot of the same classmates. Adam met with Mrs. Priest, Ryann’s teacher, and she just ADORES Ryann- and only had positive things to say about her academically too. I think this will probably be a pattern for Ryann’s school career; she just has that type personality. We CAN NOT wait to get her next weekend, it’s been TOO long!!

Aiden is doing great in school too. He cracks me up, everyday when I pick him up I ask him about his day, and everyday I hear, “… and we learned.” “What did you learn Aiden.” “Mommy, it’s a really long day, I can’t remember it all.” I know he is retaining the information, because it comes up in random conversations, but it’s so easy to see those “male traits” coming out, the details are just not that important to him, (which is TOTALLY opposite from his big sister). We have our first meeting of the year with his teacher next Monday. We’ll meet one on one with her each quarter to hear how he is doing. We also have a meeting with the GT teacher coming up, either this week or next. Typically they don’t test the kindergarten students this early in the year, but Aiden’s teacher really pushed for it, so he could possible be placed in GT after our meeting. The GT teacher already told us he did remarkably well on the test, so more news on that later. 

Friday morning Aiden’s school hosted a breakfast honoring Grandparent’s. Papa was such a sweet guy and rearranged his morning to drive all the way out to Aiden’s school and have breakfast with him. Aiden was so excited! He really enjoyed that special one on one time he got with one of his favorite guys!

Saturday Adam and Aiden had their fist game of the season. We had the minimum number of kids show up to the game, (we’ve got one kid that’s been out of the country and another who is recovering from surgery), so the boys that did show up to had to play the entire game. Turns out that was all we needed the since Galaxy won the game, 19 to 3! (Aiden scored 14 of those goals!!) We’re looking forward to another great season. The boys have another game coming up this Tuesday, and again on Saturday.

Adam and I are getting ready to celebrate or six year wedding anniversary! We’re celebrating a week early by going this weekend. It hardly feels like six years. Let’s hope that feeling continues.

I’ll update pictures tonight.

Until next time!

Fall soccer schedule

Please see below for Adam/Aiden’s fall soccer schedule. We’d love to have you come out and cheer on Keller Galaxy at any of the games!

 

9/7/10 VS Knights, 6:00 pm

9/11/10 VS Matadors, 11:00 am

9/18/10 VS Screaming Fleas, 11:00 am

9/25/10 VS Transformers, 11:00 am

10/2/10 VS Defeaters, 12:00 pm

10/9/10 VS Hot Wheels 10:00 am

10/16/10 VS Sidewinders, 12:00 pm

10/23/10 VS Earthquake, 9:00 am

10/30/10 VS Knights, 10:00 am

11/6/10 VS Matadors, 9:00 am

* Games are held at the North Park fields, same as the Spring season*
 
Aiden is loving school! He really likes his teacher, he has said several times that she is very sweet. He also likes the kids in his class!

My little Kindergartener

Today our baby started kindergarten! I still can't beleive we have already reached this milestone. This morning went great. Aiden slept like a champ, and even though he got to sleep in about 30 min. later than normal he wasn't quite ready to get up this morning, (you can watch the video by going to our photo site) he is just not a morning person. Once he was up and out of bed, the morning went very smooth. Aiden is SO excited to be going to his "big school"! He has a teacher I think we're all going to like very much, she seems really sweet.
He ended up with two kids in his class that he knows. Remember the little girl that named her cat AidenNabors? Well she is in his class, LOL. After getting him all settled in his class Adam and I went to the boo hoo breakfast. We got to meet a few other parents, and also meet the PTA ladies I'll be spending a great deal of this school year with. I joined PTA, and am on the board as the yearbook chair. So, if you ever feel the need to help, just let me know- I'm sure I can put you to work!!!
I think this year is going to be a wonderful one for Aiden! I can't wait until 3:00 to go pick him up!!!

Pictures

I FINALLY got around to uploading the HUNDREDS of pictures I had sitting on my cameras. They range for snapshots around the house to birthday picutres, to meet the teacher night. I hope to keep up better with our photo site in the months that follow.

Take a look and check out how much the kids have changed in the last few months.

Bye bye Summer

We’ve got just a few days of summer left! Ryann and Aiden are both really excited for the new school year. They had a great, fun filled summer, but Ryann is ready to get back and see all her friends, and she is very excited about going into the THIRD grade (gah!) Aiden is super excited to finally go to his “BIG” school. He is also eager to get to show off his new Chelsea backpack. LOL! Meet the teacher is tomorrow night. Both kids can’t wait to see their new teacher, and classmates! I promise to do more updating on the school front over the next few days!

With fall rapidly approaching that means the Nabors’ house is preparing for the upcoming soccer season. Adam has the teams first practice of the season scheduled for tonight. I can’t put into words how ready Aiden is to be back out of the field. We thought it was a good idea to give him the summer off, but I think we may have been wrong. It’s almost been like Aiden has felt like a piece of his identity was missing. He has been asking us pretty regularly when he get involved with a club too. So I guess after this seasons done we’ll start looking at the local soccer clubs!
 
Little has happened since my last post. Ryann and I both had birthdays in July. Ryann turned EIGHT! She decided to forgo our usual party, and instead asked for a family trip to Great Wolf Lodge. This was our second trip there for the summer, both trips where equally FUN!!
 
Adam and I have been up to the usual, work. Last weekend we took a trip down to College Station for a photo shoot. It felt really good to be behind the camera again! However, we’ve been so busy since we got home that I have yet to have a chance to pull the images up and start editing. So I don’t see me filling my weekends with photo shoots anytime soon! 

With school and soccer starting so quickly maybe I’ll have a bit more to post about, and hopefully I wont’ go months with out an update. I guess that’s just proof that our little family is growing up.

Until next time!!

 

The Latest...(I'm trying!)

Last Saturday Ryann participated in a tennis quick start tournament. This type of tournament is specifically for kids who are just getting started playing tennis. She did a really great job!! She played 4 matches, two against girls who are on a tennis team, and have been more exposed to the game. She ended up winning one of the matches, beating the only boy she played! It was a long, HOT morning, but Ryann did a really great job despite the heat and how tired she was. (I’ll have the pictures up ASAP)
 
Sunday the kids were very excited to celebrate Father’s day w/ Adam! Before Adam woke up they were busy bees creating cards of all shapes and sizes, crowns – just about anything you can think of made of paper; they probably made it. Then they snuck all his gifts and cards in and let him open them in bed. We spent the day doing what Daddy wanted – it was a great day! (I totally dropped the ball and didn’t get ONE picture of Adam with the kids, OOPS!!)
 
This week we’re just doing our normal routine, with as much bike riding, swimming and playing as we can fit in! The kids are working on reading, and writing in their journals everyday as well as doing math worksheets. We are trying to keep them actively working on those school essentials, but making it as fun as we can. Aiden has completed 7 books and Ryann 2 so far! Adam and I extremely proud of the two of them! Not to mention the pride they feel themselves. I wish you could have heard Ryann when she completed her first book. She can not wait to tell her Mom! Once they reach a reading goal they get a reward, which has REALLY help to motivate Ryann. She has been a little reading machine since she met first goal! Aiden enjoys reading, but he seems to be more interested in math. He ask for more math worksheets almost every day.
 
Ryann is on another field trip today. She has really enjoyed getting to go so many places this summer w/ the day care.  We’ve had a few playdates with Aiden’s friends, and both kids have had fun doing that. It’s so fun to watch them interact with their little friends! It’s also been a HOOT to listen to Ryann talk about all her little girl friends….. girls are just too funny at this age. She hasn’t had any problems with the girls being catty, but BOY are they different from the boys. Boys have it so easy! The girls seem to think to be friends they have to play together all day everyday, and if you don’t then your friendship is over, (well, at least for a few minutes). Boys are so much more laid back! But regardless, Ryann has made several friends that she talks about daily, and looks forward to seeing everyday. It’s so nice to see her reaching out and really trying to make friends. She has always been so shy in that area, so it’s great to see this side of her growing!
 
Well, that’s it for us right now. We hope you’re having a wonderful summer!!