James, the Hunter

Jamie took Jacob and James hunting for a long weekend. They were hunting for squirrels. The first day James saw some but couldn't get clear shots and didn't try to take shots he knew he couldn't get. Pretty awesome for a 10 year old kid that likes to shoot.

The second day of hunting, James got his first kill ~ a fox squirrel. He shot it twice, body shots, so it was pretty messy but he was quite proud nonetheless. He can't wait to go hunting again and hopes to get to go deer hunting at Thanksgiving.



And Bubba being a little more adventurous holding the squirrel (I'm not so sure about how he's holding it though) ~ Listening to his iPod

My monkey girl

Nicki let us borrow Alex's monkey costume for Jay. How freaking cute is she? Ugh. I could eat her.

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Bubba's last game

Bubba has his last game on Saturday. He did amazing. I so wish I would have had a video camera for the last play of the game.

Let me set it up for you....

Diamondbacks are batting. Bases loaded. Last batter. Two outs. Jacob is at short stop. Pop up towards Jacob. Jacob goes running and catches it in air! The Giants win the Championship! The Giants win the Championship!

OK so maybe it didn't happen quite like that. It is T-ball but it was the last play of the game. The bases were loaded (but the bases are always loaded with the last batter in T-ball). The kid did pop it up in the air and Jacob did catch the ball. The crowd went wild. Everyone, including the other team, were cheering wildly for my boy. It was awesome. He had a smile on his face the rest of the day. Go Jacob! Go #5!

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The Zoo

Monday was a holiday ~ Columbus Day ~ but the kiddos still had school. We took Jenna for her first day and once we picked her up, the rest of the gang played hookie and we were off to the zoo. It was a beautiful day and it wasn't too busy. Here's some neat pictures Jamie captured.



We had a great day. Sometimes you just have to take a day to spend the day together. Our lives have been so crazy busy with football, baseball and cheerleading that we just needed that. It was great.

Preschool

It's official. Jenna is a preschooler at Seneca Valley High School in the child development program. She had a mini day today. Only 25 minutes. Monday is the real deal. Monday through Thursday half a day. She did great. We are so proud of her. Go Jenna!

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Flutes

Jasmine decided to play the flute this year in school. She got it today. The darn thing is almost bigger than her. She is just practicing putting it together and trying to get a sound out of it. Pray for us. ;-) Jaylynn actually does a good job of getting a decent sound out of it! We'll keep you posted on her progress. Hopefully we'll be able to post a few videos of her playing a few songs. Maybe her and Opa can form a band and go on the road.

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The Half-Time Show

I got this video of Jazzi and a few on her squad doing some cheers during half-time. They are amazingly loud and do a great job. I'm so proud of Jasmine for getting out there like that. I know how hard it is to get in front of a crowd, especially for someone so shy like Jasmine. I'm so glad she did cheering. It's really helped her come out of her shell. :-)

Baby jump roping

Jaylynn can jump rope now. It's amazing. Bubba taught her. He's an amazing little jumpropper by the way. And FYI ~ I don't just let my 1 year old play in the road like that. We were at the football game and they had this part of the road blocked off from vehicle traffic.

And yes the crowd really cheered for her that loud. ;-) Oh wait, maybe that was for the football game.

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Away vs Reisterstown

We were supposed to be home for this weeks' game but the weather the past week made our fields a bit too wet. We went to to Reisterstown (Baltimore) to play instead on their really nice artificial turf field.

We won again ~ 25-6! Our record is now 4-1. :-)

Way to go Panthers!

Just a cool shot of the boys warming up...

James is dead center.

The American Cancer Society - 2011 Relay For Life of Manassas, VA:

The American Cancer Society - 2011 Relay For Life of Manassas, VA:

Jenna and Spinny (Harlem Globetrotter)

Chester's uncle is none other than Spinny Johnson. Harlem Globetrotter and by far one of the nicest and most genuine people I have ever met in my entire life. He puts on shows for schools and at various other locations. He put on a show the other night at Jamie's work and Jenna couldn't wait to get out there with him.

Here she is spinning a ball on a Sharpie marker.



How cool is that?!?!

Home vs Ellicott City

James' football team won again today! 19-0!! They played awesome. It was a great game.

Go #74!