A BIG Thank You...

.....goes to Grandmomma and Granddaddy!!!  They came to visit us a while back and went to cheer on Pierce and his team at one of his early Saturday morning games.  Then, the next weekend the kept Pierce for us while we went on a fun couples beach trip with friends!  Also, thank you to Aunt Mallory for providing some entertainment while he was there.  Pierce loved your ice cream date!! 

Kindergarten Kick-off

We attended Kindergarten kick-off at Pierce's new school about a week and a half ago.  He did great!!  Upon our arrival, he quickly found his name tag on the table and went with the purple apple group.  He did not seem worried about going at all, even though there were few kids that he knew.  He has no big buddies there, other than one friend from his school now.  The new kids were swept off by all the sweet Kindergarten teachers to their classrooms where they did some quick assessments on the kids.  Luckily, I recently talked to a friend that has a child there and her aunt is actually a Kindergarten teacher so she made sure to put Pierce in her group!  I was glad to know someone was looking out for him.  :)  The parents were left to listen to the faculty and staff about all of the new and exciting things they will be doing.  I barely made it through with no tears, especially when the counselor got up and started crying! 

We ended our morning with a full tour of the school, Pierce is still talking about all of the fun things he saw.  You can't tell he's excited, huh?!  I think he's counting down the days to get started!

Last 4K Field Trip

Recently, I got to go on the last 4k field trip of the year back to the Children's Theater with Pierce and his friends. I think we saw Rapunzel and the Rabbit (or something like that). As always, the kids loved it!

I'm always thankful for these short, indoor field trips!  I can't believe there are only 2 weeks left now of 4K.  Time has flown by way too fast!!!

Family Fun Fair

Pierce's new school for next year had their big annual fundraiser about a week or so ago, their Family Fun Fair. Since we just had registration, we decided to attend. I thought I'd take him for fun but had no idea what a big deal it was.  It was no joke, they even bus you in for parking from a different location.  Pierce LOVED it and saw a few familiar faces while we were there. He was excited about all the rides and even won on the cake walk!

He is very excited about starting at his new school!  We get to go back for Kindergarten kickoff this week and visit a classroom, I'll update more after that.  Maybe mommy won't cry!!

A Ballgame Birthday Bash

A few weeks ago, Pierce got to help his best buddy, Carter, celebrate birthday #5! As if Carter's birthday was not exciting enough for him, their friend, Jack, was turning 4 so they had a joint party to celebrate. These boys spend lots of time together both at school and church so most of the kids knew each other. Jack's daddy is the baseball coach at a local high school so we got to go there for the kids to practice and play a game along with lots of help from the actually high school team! It was a perfect afternoon for it and the parents loved that the big boys did all the work!!

I love Pierce in his baseball clothes he picked out, thanks to cousin Chapman for supplying lots of baseball pant hand-me-downs!!  He was dressed and ready SEVERAL hours before the party!

The only picture I've got on birthday boy, Jack!  The kids had lots of fun cheering for the high school boys while they hit for us!

Jones and Pierce

Pierce and Nolan

4K buddies:  Pierce, Cooper, Carter and Chase.  They sure are going to miss each other next year.  They will all be at different schools!

A Supersized Saturday

 We had a super busy day on Saturday!  It started off early helping out with the annual High Country 5K for church.  My assistant helped me at my post, held the sign the whole time, and helped cheer on the runners!  He headed to the finish line to watch some of the racers and then headed to Pierce's first soccer game of the season.

Pierce's team didn't win, but there wasn't much crying during the game which is a plus from last year!  Thankfully Jones' talented step-dad brought his camera and sent me this action shot!

Sweet buddies, Pierce and Jones!

We headed home for a little while after the game to try to save ourselves from our terrible allergies, then headed downtown to Avondale Brewery for the Funky Fish Fry!  It's an annual fundraising event to benefit children with autism in our area.  They had great music, delicious food, beautiful weather, and fun games for kids and families! 

 All in all, and fun but exhausting supersized Saturday!!!

Easter Blessings

We had another great Easter this year, despite more rainy weather! Pierce was excited to wake up and see that the Easter Bunny came for a visit while he was sleeping.  He snacked on his carrots he left out for him and left him some treats in his basket, along with some new pj's!  Can you tell that he picked out the ones he is wearing?!?!

There weren't many pictures made due to the weather and the fact that it was dark in our house which doesn't really set the scene for picture time.  I'm sure my boys were happy with the fact that they didn't have to smile for the camera much!

After church, we headed over to the Baker's house for our annual Easter lunch.  They are one of our friends in town with no family either, so we celebrated togther.  The kids loved it!  We both cooked which made it easy and Jacob and Kathryn always make a fun and yummy bunny cake!

 

 

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ... "  1 Peter 1:3