I'm alive!

Seriously???  Its been over 2 months since my last post?!?!  I was WAY behind then, so you have no idea what you have missed by now!  lol

It would take me forever to catch up, so I will do a quick recap and then start fresh!  I cant tell you how fun and refreshing it is to sign on everyday and read all about your blogs!  I guess I just got carried away and forgot all about mine!

I didn't even realize blogger had made it a little easier to upload pics! (finally!) Maybe it wont be so long until I'm back!  :)

WARNING..serious picture OVERLOAD!

Football season has officially begun!  Landon started his first year of tackle and we both LOVE IT! 

These are our awesome little cheerleaders holding the sign for the boys to run through!

 Go Landon!!

 He is the kicker, line backer and tight end!

 Some of his support team! Skylah and Crystal

Nana :) 

 and of course Bryan and Gavin too!

Landon and his best bud Aidan! 

 These pics are out of order, but we made it over to Lafayette right before school started to see Grandpa, Mammy, Tyler and Tayla (Landons half siblings)

 Of course we got in some fun swim days too :)

 1,2,3 JUMP

 Last week the top dancers of So You Think You Can Dance came to Houston!!

 It is always so awesome to see them live!

Bollywood! 

Thanks to my wonderful friends Nat and Nicole for loving the show as much as I do! 

 Love this girl!!

 Birthday Dance! (as you can tell I am a huge SYTYCD fan!!)

and just to really throw this post all over the place, here is a pic of Landon's NASTY spider bite we got the week before school started!  This was day 2 and believe me, you don't want to see ANY pics from after that day!  lol

I was marking it each night to see how much bigger it was getting!  Yuck! 

 Miss Skylah turned 10 last week!!!

 and what 10 year old doesn't love Justin Bieber?!?!

 Our little family :)

 Nana, Landon and Mimi at his 2nd grade music performance!

 Landon thought they were too cool! (which they are!!!)

Kelly took some awesome pics of Landon and Tayla on picture day for football! 

 Brotherly, Sisterly LOVE!

 This is one of my favorites of the day!  They were cracking each other up!!

 So sweet!!!

 Future Pro player and Miss America!

 So needless to say, after seeing those pics and knowing that I had been in the market for over a year, I decided it was time to get a new camera!!  I decided on the Nikon D3000 and I LOVE IT SO FAR!!!  I have SOOOOO much to learn, but have enjoyed it already!

This weekend we played soccer too!  (we are crazy, I know!)

We will only play about 3 games this season, but we sign up to keep our spot on the team for spring!  lol

Trying out my new camera!!!

 Throw in :)

 Landon running through the sign!

So there you have it..a little catch up (ok, alot more than I planned on!)

I think that might be my most RANDOM post ever!  ha

Hopefully I will be back to blogging more regularly!

Hope you enjoy!  Feel free to give any tips on the camera too!  I know alot of people are very passionate about their Nikons!  :)

1st Day of school!!!

My baby is officially in the first grade!!

Isnt he so handsome?!?!

I love these shoes and was surprised he like them too! Enough to even wear on the first day! ;)
Me and my little man!
Skylah..Miss 3rd Grader!!
Just like last year, he went right in to his class and sat down! (the window is right by his desk and it was super sunny!)
His desk ;)

(and yes, I am that mother that takes a picture of it!)
All in all, he said it was a good day! I couldn't be more pleased with his teacher! She was a kindergarten teacher last year, so Landon and I both already know her! (and we think she is super!) She was actually the teacher that stuck out at kinder orientation last year (but we couldn't have been happier with Ms Jones!!) Now we got them both!

It seems like just a few months ago I wrote this post :(

Its bittersweet, because a much as I want him to stay little, it makes me so proud to see the little man he is becoming!

Hope all the kiddos and teachers had a great day at school today!

My baby is getting too big :(

Last week we had Landon's Kindergarten Awards

It seems like just a few months ago I wrote this post :(

Here is my handsome guy!!They sang some songs, said the pledge, and danced for us!
Miss Jones (the best teacher EVER..more on that in a minute!) giving Landon his awards.
He got the Certificate of Kindergarten...
Junior Achievement Award...
PE, Art and Music Award...
Outstanding Citizenship...
and Merry Music Maker!!
(he always sings and dances, and Miss Jones said that he was always making music!)
Best Buds

Proud Mommy

We will miss her so much next year!

and here are just a FEW of the reasons why...

She sent home a Summer Survival Kit which included,

a self addressed envelope to write her over the summer...

pen and pad to practice writing...

hugs and kisses (Hershey's),

sidewalk chalk in case they get bored,

and a summer reading list!

She also made each child a photo album of pictures throughout the year!

It had over 20 pics!

She even came and saw him at tae kwon do earlier in the year!

and in case that wasn't enough...

She put together a book of things they did throughout the year each month

eating green eggs and ham :)

April showers ;)

This is their snorkeling masks they made...they are under the table (which has blue saran wrap on the bottom to get the ocean effect! lol)

There was a picture from every month, but you get the hint! All the kindergartners also got 3 workbooks to keep their brain working over the summer! 2 math and 1 reading!!!

Today was the last day of school (yes, June 4th...craziness!)

It was bittersweet, because Landon is really looking forward to summer, but he already misses Miss Jones! He has accidentally called me her name twice already!

She really set our standards high for future years! I know I will never forget his kindergarten year!

Once the kids got home, MawMaw let them help her mow the grass!

Check out that "wife-beater!" What a stud! lol

So, here to our busy summer! We have so many fun things planned!

He is going to summer camp where he does after school now. They have 3 to 4 field trips a week! He is going to be SO busy! (luckily he is used to that!)

Hope you all are enjoying your summer!