Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day!!  We celebrated the day by going to church, out to eat with our Life Group (& of course we had to have dessert at Rita's Ice), then home to relax.  The relaxation only lasted for a little while as I had to clean the house for a showing on Monday.



I tried to get a self portrait of me and the kids ~ these are the best I could do!

 Greg offered to take a few pictures outside for me

 it was a little far away, so I cropped it!

 Cooper wanted to take some pictures too

 he did a really good job!

 now, it was Reagan's turn to be the photographer

It was a wonderful Mother's Day and I am so blessed to be the mom of Reagan and Cooper.  My heart (and my hands) are full!

Mother's Day Tea-Ball

Today was an exciting day for both Reagan and Cooper.  The first grade at Reagan's school hosted a Mother's Day Tea for all of the moms.  We were treated to breakfast and a sweet program from the kids.  Cooper had a ballgame this afternoon and had an awesome game ~ he had 2 great hits and fielded all but 4 of the balls from the other team.



Cooper took a few pictures of Reagan and I this morning...

 this one is better!

 Cooper wanted to have his picture made too.  Notice we're all in orange ~ Reagan coordinated all of our outfits!

 my date for the morning

Each child wrote a poem about their mom and read it aloud in front of their classmates & guests.

Needless to say, there weren't a lot of dry eyes in the room when all of the kids had finished reading about their moms!

MY MOM:

My mom is nice because she does a lot of things. She cooks me food; she tucks me into bed; she is the best mom I could ever have. She is nice to me.

 our breakfast:  biscuits & jelly and apple bites ~ compliments of the cafeteria

 a hand print flower

 Ms R's 1st grade class 2012

 I wasn't able to get a lot of really good pictures at the ballgame tonight because they played on a different field where my camera angle was obstructed by the fence

 on deck

 ready to bat

 on 1st base

He hit this ball all the way to the grass!

Season's End

Tonight was the end of Reagan's 2012 soccer season.  A local restaurant provided a BBQ for all of the families as a celebration of the season.  Reagan had a great year playing soccer and she was sad to see it end.

Reagan wore a headband to school today and Cooper wanted to be "just like Reagan"!

 Reagan's new "trick" is picking Cooper up and carrying him across the room

 Cooper enjoyed his hot dog at the BBQ

 Reagan was not into pictures tonight

 Go Blaze!

 in the mix of things

 Go Reagan

 It was a good game, but the Blaze was handed their 3rd loss of the year 3-2 ~ our coach's daughter scored one for the other team:(

 after the game, Coach Matt handed out awards and trophies

 Reagan received the "Most Spirited Player" award.  Her coach said she was always in a good mood and was always cheering on and encouraging her team.

 checking out her certificate

 just precious

 Reagan gave her coach a card ~ she wrote on the inside that he was "the best coach a girl could ever have".

 Most Spirited ~ Reagan

 I think her cheeks hurt from smiling about her awards!

Playing in the Rain

Back on the field for another soccer game tonight!

Reagan played the best she's played this season

 ...and then came the rain

 and more rain

 but that didn't stop them from playing

 or winning ~ the Blaze won 2-1

 still smiling even though she's soaking wet