Color Run OFFICIAL Pics

These are the official pics that were taken at the Color Run in Austin. 

They turned out super cute...if I do say so myself :)

 

#happiest5k (Color Run Austin)

Christian has been wanting to run a 5k for a long time now and the older kids have been wanting to do a Color Run so we combined the two.  We thought is would be a fun 5k so we started training, then stopped, then started again, then stopped.  The time got busy and we thought we wouldn't go and then at the last minute we decided to go anyway.  We woke up at 4:00 am and drove to Austin for our first Color Run!!

 

Before the race started

 

 

Along the way

 

 

Rylen did not want to do it but he ended up having fun

 

 

We got our color on!!

 

 

Joshua strategically did a before and after shot.  He and Brogan ran the entire race in less than 30 minutes.  The rest of us walked it in about an hour.

 

 

 

It was a great day at our first color run!  The kids are already talking about doing another one :)

 

1st summer fun

The kids had a great time with friends from our homeschool group today.  The first of many pool days this summer :)

 

Big kids

Getting ready for Sharks & Minnows

Christian's fancy dive

Football

Brogan's flip

Kindergarten Graduation!!!

We celebrated Rylen's Kindergarten Graduation this week!!  He was so excited!!

 

 



 

He did great at school this year.  We finished his Kindergarten curriculum early in the year and started on first grade.  He is flying threw his math and loves to learn.  He is witty, quick at come backs, very intelligent and loves to have fun.  He is full of energy, athletic and wants to have play days with his buddies all of the time.  He definetly keeps us on our toes!

 

 



Life Skills

The boys have been doing a lot of cleaning up and fixing up of the house this week.  It has definetly been a week of learning life skills here at Winston Manor Academy.  They have cleaned up and hauled  off a ton of old wood, scrap metal, paint and oil as well as things that we just needed to get rid of.  They finished painting the house and extended my entryway at the front door for me.  We have started working on the flower beds, which have been neglected for far to long.  Codey started work with a construction company and after a 1/2 day of work, figured out that there are things tougher than what we have him do around here.  The house is looking better and we are slowly getting some projects crossed off of our list! 

 

Mustang baseball 2014

MtB Baseball this year was "More than Baseball" by all sense of the term.  It was a year of ups and downs for the boys, coaches and parents but they pulled through and became a tighter knit team because of it.  Here are just a few pics of my #35...

 

 

 

And a few from the End of Year Ceremony......

 



Florida Vacation & Homeschool World Series

Once again this year we made the trip to Florida for the Homeschool World Series.  We planned a few fun stops along the way so that the littles would have something other than baseball to look forward to while we were there...

 

 

First up was Pensacola Beach on the way to get Daddy from the airport.  The kids loved the beach and the stay over for the night!

 

 

After we got Daddy we made our way to Clearwater Beach and the Clearwater Aquarium.  We were able to see "Winter" the dolphin (Dolphin Tale movie), go on a science trip with a marine biologist and watch her log ocean animals that are in Clearwater Bay.  The kids had a great time seeing some animals that they have never seen or touched before!  They experienced hurricane strength winds, saw Winter and her prothstetic tale, touched sting rays and so much more!

 

 

On our day off from the HWS we went to watch the Lakeland Flying Tigers play the Cubs.  They are both minor league teams and we had a great time at the game.  Yes, more baseball, and it was hot (so the kids say) but we still had fun. 

 

 

The HWS was fun this year and the team played some good games (and some not so good games).  Codey is already having withdraws and it has only been a week. 

AHG Awards- Spring 2014

 

End of year ceremony for American Heritage Girls Troop TX1318 was great last night! The girls completed over 2,224 hours of service as a troop! Double what they did last year!! 

 Brogan bridged over from Explorer to Pioneer, earned her Lewis & Clark Level Award, participated in the Pen Pal Program, earned patches for the Food Drive, Veteran's Activities, and service at the Hospitality House Huntsville. She earned 12 badges this semester and received a gold medal pin for the Presidential Service Award and 22 service stars for her vest for completing 229.5 hours of community service this year. 

 I can't say enough about this program. Christ and God's word is woven into each thing they do. It is a wonderful program!!

Field Day!!!

 

Once again, Field Day was a huge success and a BIG hit with the kids!!

 

Joshua, Codey and Daddy helped with the Team Events while Brogan, Christian & Rylen participated in a variety of fun contests.  They came home with a handful of ribbons each, full bellies, fun stories and a great time.