Woohooo Upward Wolves!!!

The Upward Wolves... Seth is the #3 jersey in the front row.

Tonight was Seth's last basketball game :) Although we got rained out for baseball in the morning, basketball IS NOT weather dependent! Good thing :).

Seth joined Upward Basketball this season. This is an 8 week season, consisting of only one 1-hour practice and one 1-hour game a week. Much less time intensive than baseball... but not any less fun for my little guy :). This program is Christ centered (Bible verses each week, prayer before each game, devotional during half-time) and non-competitive (no scores kept, everyone rotates in 2 or 3 times per game). Great first exposure to "organized basketball"! I wasn't sure if my very competitive son would enjoy this atmosphere very much, but he had a blast!!! I think he just liked getting to play :).

Opening the game in prayer!

Coach Marty! Introducing his team with style and pizazz :)

Post-game snack huddle

Seth receiving his "Most Christlike" star for the last game!

Isaac and Abby tried their hand on taking some action shots of the game. Good job, guys!!! I thought some of these turned out really cool:

Seth's faithful fans... good job cheering your brother on!!!

Rain Rain Go Away...

Today was supposed to be OPENING DAY for baseball. My boys got up bright and early (Seth was scheduled to report at the field at 8:00 am for a 9 o'clock game), got all geared up, then looked out the window... RAIN :(

No baseball today... at 7:30, I had to break the news to my sweet husband who left at 6:40 to drive down the mountain for the games (Matthew was already half way down the mountain from the High School Retreat at Big Bear). Sorry, Babe, turn around!

The forecast says "rain" again for next weekend. Baseball season is NOT off to a good start :(

My little trooper princess: Rain? Snow? Whatever... I'm ready to go :)

Baseball Baseball Baseball

My handsome guys!!!

Yep... it's that time again! Baseball season is starting!!! Thank You, God, for holding off the rain to allow us to have Picture Day, Opening Ceremonies, and an Exhibition Game!

This year, Isaac is on the AAA Giants and Seth is on the AA Padres. Both boys are very excited about their teams. If you are interested, email me and I will get you a copy of the game schedule :).

Seth & his toothless grin :)

Isaac - looking so professional

AA Padres - Seth is 2nd on the left in the front row

AAA Giants - Isaac is 1st on from the right in the front row

See y'all at the field!!!

100th Day of School

How fun that the 1st graders celebrate the 100th day of school :). I know that the teachers have been preparing the kids for this special day since the beginning of school.

For this special occasion, each child was assigned to make/decorate a hat/crown to wear on their parade. During the parade, the the kids will count by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100. They march around the playground area all around the older students... it's really quite a sight!

Happy 100th Day of School!

Happy Valentine's Day :)

While Matthew and I don't celebrate February 14th Valentine's Day, the kids and I celebrate it :). It is a bit difficult to avoid all the pink and red and candies when there are school parties involved...

Here is a special Valentine going out to our Dominican Republic missions team... all 28 of you (including Matthew), serving in the DR for a little over 5 days :). They will be flying back on the 16th. I'm sorry it's sideways, can't seem to get it rotated :(

Geography Bee?!? Never heard of it!

Isaac tried out for the Geography Bee a few weeks ago and came home and told me that he was chosen to represent his school for this Bee. Up to now, I've never heard of a Geography Bee. As Isaac explained to me, it's a cross between a Spelling Bee, Math Olympics, and the Speech Meet... huh?!?!?

Tyler, Isaac, Noah, and Jaleen (the four 4th graders of FCS)

So today was the big day! Isaac was in a room with 15 other 4th graders in other Christian schools answering a series of 40 questions. These questions can be anything from geography (Biblical, US, World, etc.) to land forms (names of parts of the river or land formations) and other general information like weather or agriculture. The whole competition took about 2 1/2 hours. Isaac did great (much better than how his mother would have scored...)! He was disappointed not to have received a blue ribbon... but hey, I've always liked red better :)

Great job, Isaac! I'm proud of you for knowing so much about this world that God has created for us!!!

Receiving his red ribbon :)