Good times!

How much fun can we possibly have? A LOT! I tend to be a little too reserved sometimes and take myself too seriously. I always say that I learn many things from my kids--they can teach a lot if we are willing to be taught! I have learned that when I let go, give in to their pleas, and act a little silly, I end up having the most fun of all. I am SO thankful for the fun they bring to my life and that they teach me daily to stop and enjoy the fun little moments of life! :) Here's wishing you all the fun little moments the day has to offer. Please stop to enjoy them!

Let's Hear It For the Boys!!!

Yay!! I was so excited about this week's theme at iHeartFaces! Why? Because my life is engulfed with so many WONDERFUL boys! While I was excited I quickly switched gears to uncertainty; how will I EVER choose what photo to use??? Oh, well. Here's what I came up with. This is pretty recent. For the kids' category I chose this one of the baby. He looks so big and how much more "boy" can you get than a night at the ball park? :)
 

I've never done an adult entry; mainly because my little ones are the subject of my photos. However, I did get this picture of hubby while on vacation. As you can see he has a camera in hand lots of times, too. I couldn't think of a more perfect face for the adult entry than my best friend! (And what a handsome face at that!) :) Head over to iheartfaces to see some pretty amazing photos!

My camera is FIXED!

Since my camera is now working again I decided Friday was a beautiful day--perfect for playing with the camera. Here are a few that I was able to snap. My boys sure love being outside!

My old Kentucky trip

We visited the Inez family over Memorial weekend. We had a great trip. We were so please to see how well Brandon's dad was doing. We got to spend time with the Auxiers (who live in New Mexico) so that was a plus! We attempted a trip out on the lake but when the boat wouldn't start we had to go to plan B. We had a cookout up at Bruce's cabin complete with hotdogs and smores. What a wonderful way to spend the weekend!

How to make a 9+ hour trip bearable

How do we manage a 9+ hour car trip with three wild boys? A big bag of tricks! Luckily, my two biggies are wonderful travelers! Lawson LOVES to draw and kept himself quite busy with that on the way. Jagger watched DVDs and as long as I was sitting next to Rhett he was pretty good as well. I love these pictures of Lawson drawing. He has such a love of it! Guess he gets that from his (extremely) talented daddy!

We are still alive!

Yes, the Young family is still here. We have not gone missing, despite my lack of blogging. We have been BUSY!!! I have had so little time to do anything.

Things seem to always pick up at work at the end of semesters and this year was no exception. I was slammed for about a week but finally things (at work, anyways) seem to be returning to a normal, much more manageable pace. 

With baseball season now in full swing we spend our nights at the ball park (at least when it isn't raining!) We run from point A to point B on such rigid time schedules...I know...I know...you can hear my violins in the back ground, can't you? I'm just saying... :)

Anyway, I thought rather than try to post everything into one big post I'd break it into several posts. Each child will have their own post (because I know that's what most of our readers are interested in anyway) with one post at the end about me and the hubby. So sit back and enjoy catching up with the Young "childrens". :)

My Sugar Bear

Sugar Bear has had a very busy year! We've had lots going on. He started baseball season in April. He says it is much more fun than soccer. Thank goodness! We had to drag him to all the soccer games. I'm still not convinced that organized sports are his niche but at least he is not constantly complaining.

His very first baseball game he got plunked in the mouth during warm-ups. The game had not even started. Not the way we wanted to start the season. But he was tough and stuck with it. I was proud and was thankful that Brandon was there to help us deal with the drama. (It was a hard hit-knocked his two front teeth loose. Someone asked me what it was about my kids knocking their teeth out--to which I had no reply.) Lawson received the game ball that night for his dedication. That made it all better and worthwhile. We let him write his name on it and dated it. He has it sitting in my (uh-hem dusty) curio cabinet next to his soccer trophy.

On May 11 he graduated Pre-school. He was so excited. He wore his tie and wanted to make sure I knew exactly when to snap the picture at graduation. He said it was time to take a picture when the teacher handed him "that yellow thing that sits on papers". Huh? Had to be on my toes to not miss that one. Turns out he was talking about the yellow envelope that held his diploma. Whew! That was a close one and I DID get the picture!

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Graduation was complete with a Star Wars finale. The three girls in the class didn't stand a chance with all 11 boys! He had some great teachers and we're very thankful for what he's learned over the past year.

We also got him registered for Kindergarten. That was interesting. He was very excited and I tried to be. :) It's hard to think about sending him to school by himself all day long. I know he'll do great and will love it. I think he's prepared and ready and I hope the teachers enjoy him as much as I do.