{This Past Week's Activities}

I have a lot of pictures to share, so here we go...

First, We are so proud of Gavin. He is such a HARD worker. He was one of the TOP THREE kids in his class to reach the TOP READER goal. And because he was a TOP READER, he gets to have a spaghetti lunch on Tuesday with his principal and the other TWO top readers in his class. They have a dress code at school, but he is allowed to wear this shirt every Friday. They determine TOP READERS by sending specific books home with the kids, sent by the teacher. Gavin reads the book to me at home. Then he goes to school and he reads the book to his teacher and then takes a quiz on his comprehension of the book. And he passed each quiz and reached the TOP READER goal. So exciting! There is nothing more exciting as a parent than to see your child learn something new or to see them excel, or work hard at something. It's exciting for me to watch. I am pretty sure shane took this picture of the boys while i was gone for my Weekend getaway last weekend. He probably came out of his room from studying and found them sitting on our Papasan chair that my dad bought for us. They love to sit on this chair, but i usually have to watch closely b/c when Jaydon or Tanner tries to get out they usually flip the chair over and they are always stuck underneath. They don't really hurt themselves, and it is funny to watch.

When Tanner and Jaydon take a bath, this is what they do every single time. Jaydon started it. Surprisingly. Tanner and Gavin have always been very cautious in the tub or pool. They never really liked their ears under the water. Jaydon is very different. He gets sooooooo excited about the bath. He splashes constantly and completely SOAKS the floor. AND he gets on his back b/c he likes his ears under the water. He doesn't get nervous that the water is nearly covering his nose and mouth. Usually the water will splash into his mouth and nose and so he drinks probably a cup of bath water everytime he bathes. Gross. He is a little thrill seeker and loves taking on anything. But he keeps going back for more! He is our little swimmer. Thank goodness for his little webbed feet. :)

Tanner and I went outside to take some silly pictures. I don't get much practice with the camera like i used to, so i wanted to get outside with him and just snap away. And that i did.

I told him to keep his eyes opened when he smiles...but it was kind of hard on this day b/c the sun was glaring so bad. So, this picture shows what he did to keep his eyes open....haha

I really love this picture. It wasn't a pose, it was just him. The wind was blowing hard that day and the fence door started banging open and close and when it banged SHUT it scared both of us. Well, i captured the look on his face when it shut....he instantly looked over at the fence with concern.

Tanner and Gavin ran into the grocery store with Shane. I stayed in the car with Jaydon and he wasn't happy about staying. My husband's friend from church calls Jaydon "grumpy". Not b/c he thinks he is grumpy but b/c he is the opposite. Jaydon really is a smiley boy. And whenever i bring him to young women on wed. nights he loves it. And this guy loves to play with jaydon. He asks me "Does he ever cry or get grumpy?" Here is your answer.

We went out and washed our cars yesterday. The kids had fun letting shane spray them with the hose.Here's Gavin RUNNING like crazy from the water that is quickly catching up to him. :)

Jaydon joined in the fun by running with the boys until he got sprayed. He DID NOT like it. He loves the bath, but doesn't like being sprayed i guess. haha! So, here he is not wanting to come back b/c he knows he will get sprayed. The whole rest of the hour he found a spot in the garage by the door and stayed there while the hose was on, just watching. It was so funny.

Gavin trying to dry off after getting soaked...

Tanner is playing on the puddle of water at the end of our driveway....

Tanner drying off....

And Gavin. He likes me to take pictures of him doing silly things with his arms and hands. :)

Here they are being silly again....

Tanner and Gavin ran in a 1/2 mile race at Sheppard Air Force Base last night. It was free and they got t-shirts and medals. They did AWESOME! This was their first race. In this picture you can see they have on their registration tags.

Before the race they had a nice warm-up.

And then they ran the race! I still need to check Tanner's time, BUT Gavin did it in 4 1/2 minutes! We were so proud. I think Tanner did it in about 5 1/2 to 6 minutes, which is great! He really likes to run. He has been asking me everyday, recently, if we can go running. He has little legs, but he is very determined and he is the type that will practice and practice until he is as good as the rest. :) They are both such hard workers. In this picture you can see they are wearing their new shirts and their medals.