Anna’s music recital

This is her 2nd  year doing the Let’s Play Music 3 year program. It is such an amazing program.

Participating in the puppet show.

Mason turns 9

My sweet sweet boy! Turned 9. He is in 3rd and has been diagnosed with ADD. Which has changed him. The medication subdues him but enables him to excel in school. His grades are amazing now and we can see some major intelligence in him. He is as always so happy and fun-loving and enjoyable to be around.

He had a super fun birthday party at Battlefield Knoxville.

Easter

The weather around here has just been yucky. Rainy and cold for months. The occasional warmth and sunshine makes it all better but this year Easter was dreary.

Hunting eggs inside. Miles decided he was too big to hunt eggs so he helped  hide the eggs and did a great job at that.

Love this shot so much. Look at the happy faces and my funny Mason for his thinker pose.

As you can see Mason was full of himself while taking pictures and we got some great pictures as a result.

March Miscellaneous

March was fun and short it felt like. We had a trip to Charleston, the flu, science fair, Bible Bowl and a day at Children’s Hospital with Mason for some GI issues and baseball season started. Fun Month!

LOVE this picture.

It is safe to say that these two love each other.

A first for this family. Science Fair. Miles and I did science fair. We took ballpark dirt, mustard, ketchup and chocolate sauce and used 4 different types of laundry detergent to see what was the best stain remover. We used homemade laundry detergent, Tide with bleach, All, and Walmart brand.

The results were that the homemade detergent works about as good as the rest. Nothing did well on chocolate. I am using up all the detergent and I cant see any difference with any of them except that I am not a fan of the homemade because it does not have any fragrance.

And of course there is baseball. Miles is really hitting the ball great. I'm sure is is partly due to his determination but also probably because our basement is now a batting cage.

I never would have imagined my basement being this but I love it. Miles hits every day.

Love me some Rowdies!

Spring Break

We had a wonderful Spring Break trip as a family. We went to Charleston, SC in a camper and in spite of the cold weather we had fun.

WE went to the aquarium one day because it was so cold. It was a cool thing to do.

Petting sting rays.

Holding sea Urchins

Climbing trees

The next day we went to tour a plantation. It was so fun but sooooo cold.

Heavy coats in Scout Carolina the last week of March. No fun.

The Plantation we toured had over 100 acres of land that was used for rice farming but is not full of wildlife so we bundled up and went on a little train ride to see the wildlife. We froze. The boys were laughing at me saying I look like Jace from Duck Dynasty with a hat on. After the tour we went to the car to warm up then at lunch in the lawn of the Plantation home. We toured the house which was very interesting then went to the petting zoo.

How cool is this peacock?

Yes it was that cold. Sweatshirt and north face. Mason was taking pictures with his mini.

We ended our trip with a visit to Downtown Charleston. We shopped the market and took a horse buggy tour around downtown. It was warmer that day. We also enjoyed lots of family time playing games and sitting by the camp fire.

Denton Boys

I am so proud of my boys. I know they are hard workers and kind. I ‘m always telling them to stand out be different be the best you can be. Pick up trash, hold open doors, seek moments to help and please be polite. I am so proud of them for doing it. They were both given an award at school for standing out and being the best. Mason got the Admiral Award for always doing what is asked of him and going above the request and always having a happy willing heart.

Look at his face.

I'm so proud of him and so glad he was recognized for his greatness. I love my sweet spirited, smart Mason.

Look at that BIG boy! He is getting so tall and so mature. I am amazed by his work ethic, determination and love to be successful.

Even my big guy who never shows emotions publically is smiling so big.

Miles got the Good Citizenship award. It’s the highest honor the school gives. Its basically just for being good and outstanding. Yup My guy for sure. Can you tell I’m a proud momma.

What a blessing my boys are to me. I’m so thankful for them.

A New Year

I know everyone says it but its so true. Time is flying by. 2012 was a great year for us. Tom & I focused on being deliberate and were successful in lots of areas. WE have not discussed the word were are going to focus on this year yet but will very soon. Here is a monthly look at our year.

January

Miles received the Admiral Spirit award, and both the boys played basketball

February

A Valentine’s day tea and a visit from John Pierce and Becca

March

The boys participated in Bible Bowl and did wonderful and went on a Civil War trip in the camper with Grandpa and Tom. They went to Washington, DC.

April

Mason turned 8, Miles began his competitive baseball career, and Easter

May

May was a big month for Anna. She lost her first tooth, learned to ride her bike without training wheels, graduated from Kindergarten, danced in her ballet recital and got a big hair cut. We also had deep sadness in May with the loss of our beloved old dog Sollie. And MacKenzie was born.

June

June was just fun, All 3 kids did swim team, we went to the beach with mom and my sisters, I picked out a new puppy for us, we took the boys to a Braves vs. Yankees game, Anna turned 6 and we had tons of fun on the boat.

July

July was fun and busy. I did Bible School at our church, our family grew with our puppy coming to live with us, Georgia girl. There was tons of swimming, and Miles did the Call me Maybe for a lip-sync contest at church.

August

Everyone went to full day school in August. Miles in 4th grade, Mason 3rd grade and Anna in Kindergarten (again). Was a huge adjustment for me. Miles turned 10 and had some friends out on the boat to celebrate.

September

Go Vols, Georgia is growing and we love her so, and more baseball.

October

October was a month I will never forget. Miles got baptized. Anna sang “It is Well with my soul” at the family retreat with Tom, we rode the Virginia Creeper with Tom’s parents and enjoyed Halloween and had family pictures taken.

November

I did not take a single picture in November.

December

Oh December was just magical as it should be. Pancakes with santa, Miles played basketball, we enjoyed all the activities Christmas has to offer, enjoyed our time with Becca and Billy and their little ones.

What a blessed year we had. I will try to take more pictures in 2013 and do a better job documenting out crazy fun lives.