Last day of preschool

Callan had his last day of preschool on Monday.  He was so excited for the fun field day, while I was secretly so sad for it to be over.  I went up to the school for the last hour to take a few pictures of his field day and see him one last time.  We have absolutely *loved* our preschool.  The teachers and directors are so great and we love that it is a small school.  I vividly remember walking in there 6 years prior a week or two from my due date with Callan, carrying Camden on my hip and Carter in hand. I had no idea how I was going to get them all out the door twice a week.  Fast forward 6 years and here I am, walking out of that church for the last time. I never thought I would see that day.  I thought I would be stuck in the preschool days forever.  Who would have thought I would have been so sad to see these precious days be over.  I am so glad we choose that school and had the teachers we did.  Our family is blessed for sure! Callan enjoyed his last day of games and fun.  We even headed over to Eileen's cookies for our traditional last day of school treat.

Callan with Mrs. Brown

the 3 amigos

callan and anna

enjoying the obstacle course

scooter races

balloon fun

who can keep theirs in the air

ready for the award ceremony

getting his metal

wearing the metal

looking at their yearbooks made by mrs. brown

they are all done

our last steps out of the school with Kim the director and Jan the assistant director

posing with their cookies

enjoying his cookie

here is a video of him during the scooter race

another video of him keeping his balloon up

A GOAL!!

On Mother's day Callan had a soccer game so we all went to watch. It was a nice day and I brought my good camera to take some action shots. I got quite a few.  Callan has really loved playing and he has done a good job.  He has scored several goals this season and I caught one on my camera this week!

a little practice before the game

making a goal in practice

dribbling back into line

going for a fast break and a shot

run callan!

trying to get the ball on the other side of the field

trying to score

getting agressive

rehydrating

this is his goal - he is getting ready to shoot it in now. he is the farthest red player

this is a picture of the ball in the goal. you can see him cheering with his arms in the air

a little more play time

he really does a good job at going after the ball

shaking hands with the other team. they won 4-2

a quick team pep talk after the game

Mother's Day

I was a little lazy this year with taking pictures on Mother's Day.  I think it is the time of the year.  We have so much going on that I just can't keep up with everything.  I did have a wonderful day and got little gifts from the kids the days leading up.  Each boy bought me one of my favorite things with their own money and made me a card.  It was super sweet.  The night before Mother's Day chad and I went out for his birthday with friends and that was a nice get away.  I did get a bluetooth head set for my cell phone, from Chad, which I have loved so far.  We had a fairly busy day but I got to do a few things I wanted.  We went to a few parade homes in the afternoon and also got to watch Callan play a soccer game.  We went over to my parents house for an easy dinner of pizza and cheese cake all done by the men, including clean up.

camden bought my favorite caramels from trader joes

carter got my favorite ice cream from ben and jerry's

callan got me a cookie from the cookie company

me and my boys

camden's gift from school

callan's gift from school

Lunch with Callan

Last week I took Callan out to lunch after preschool one day.  Since he only has a little more time with just mom home with him I thought we would go eat.  He chose to go to the gateway mall to eat Chinese food.  We had a nice lunch and he bought me a cookie from the cookie company for my Mother's day gift.  It was a beautiful day so we spent the rest of the day outside.

he chose panda express

he wanted to make the heart

a quick selfie before we got cookies

Mother's Day/Chad's Birthday

We had a celebration with Chad's family for his birthday and Mother's day last night.  We ate at Texas Roadhouse and then went to Goodrich for dessert. It was a nice little get together and we had time to chat and catch up.

Carter "eating" the peanuts at TRH. He did take his peanut dose while we were there

one side of the table

the other side of the table

Chad's 38th Birthday

Chad turned 38 on Monday!  We enjoyed celebrating him and have continued several celebrations. On monday he woke up to donuts, cards, presents and balloons!  The boys showered him with love and homemade cards. For lunch he brought home some sandwiches and we laughed at all the funny birthday messages he was getting. Like this one Shawn made him.

Then after swimming lessons we hopped in the car and drove across town to eat at king kong. Chad's choice.  Then we came home for dessert which was an Eileen's frosted chocolate chip cookie!  Then he chose to watch a documentary called Atari:game over.  It was pretty good.  We hope he had a wonderful day filled all the love from his family who couldn't do it without him.  We love him so much!

presents, donuts, and balloons

cards from the kids

dinner at king kong

gyro

he eats his peanuts while we are out without problems

yep, they are in the pajamas.  we came straight from swim lessons so it only makes sense right?

time for dessert

superman cookie

bed time massage from the kids