Super Bowl

This is my first and most likely last super bowl post. I'm only talking about it because the Panthers played, and it's the first time we've lived in a city while they've gone to the super bowl. It was kind of fun being around all the hype leading up to it.

 

Tanner was being his goofy self as usual. He grabbed a cookie right away and sat down to watch.

 

 

He climbed up on the couch behind us with even more funny faces, always with a cookie in his hand.

Let Me Run

Jayden participated in a running program called Let Me Run. The boys trained for 7 weeks for a 5k. The day was perfect for the race. Josh did it with him, and Jayden did awesome. During practice he always took breaks from running to walk, but at the 5k he didn't stop running once! And his coach said it was the hardest 5k he's ever done. So I'm more than impressed! So awesome to see him work really hard for something.

 

Pre-race fun. 

 

 

Sidney cheering them on as we saw them nearing the finish line. 

 

After the race! Jayden was so happy to have earned a medal. He kept saying it was cool to do something to earn it, instead of like when he did soccer when he was little and everyone got one just because.

Knight's Game & Talent Show

Jayden's baseball team won the league's competition of selling the most tickets to the Knight's game.  Their reward was getting to go out on the field during the national anthem and stand with the player who shares their position.  That was a pretty cool experience for the boys.  The night it was scheduled for got rained out, so we had to make it up.  They started with a parade on the field with all the other teams.

 

He's in the very back.

It also happened to be Pink Night, which thrilled Sidney.

 

Earlier that day we had the annual ward primary talent show.  Jayden didn't want to participate, but Sidney wanted to do baseball.  So Josh threw her a ball, then she threw it back to him.



T-Ball

The kids are both in baseball this year.  Sidney had her first game on Saturday.  She loves it!  She said she wants to play until she's a grown-up.



White Belt

Jayden started taking karate last month.  He was so excited to get started, and it has been really fun to see him learning so much.  He had his first belt test this past week.  I left the camera sitting on the table though.  I am losing my mind, I keep forgetting it everywhere important.  He loved karate at first, but they have to spar every week, and he doesn't like it at all.  He looks to me like he's holding his own pretty well, especially since he is one of the smallest kids and the newest student, but he gets so tired and ends up sore afterward.  It will take time, but we're not letting him quit for awhile until he knows for sure he doesn't want to continue.  Other than the sparring he really loves it.  Throughout class he looks over at me when he's having the most fun with a big grin on his face.  I figured once he earned his first belt he would be more encouraged and excited about it, and the look on his face when he got to put it on was priceless.  He was so excited, and I think it has given him a little more confidence. 

 

Right before his test.

Doing his form. 

Bowing after getting done. 

Putting on his belt. 

 

Showing off at home.  He reminds me so much of my brother, who has a black belt.  I think that's why I have always envisioned Jayden doing well in karate.  He was so excited he earned his belt that he slept in his uniform, belt and all that night.

 



Mud Run

Josh participated in his first mud run yesterday.  It was 5.2 miles and had about 36 obstacles.  Each team had four people in it and they had to help each other through everything.  It was a really tough course, but Josh loved it.  The kids and I went down to cheer them on, but we didn't get to see much.  I didn't realize until they were almost done that we could have watched more than we did, so all we saw was right at the very end where they had to carry each other. A few boys from church invited him along.  They named their team the Sexy Beasts.  They had a lot of fun and were definitely muddy at the end.  His face was way more disgusting, but he washed it off right right at the end before I got a picture.

 

You can see Josh in all black starting out with his arm in the air.  They finished in 1:31.  So much fun, just fulfilling his dreams!



May

I've been a huge slacker with taking pictures, but here's a short rundown from May.  Jayden finished up another t-ball season.  Josh coached his team, and Jayden loved that!  He had a fun season.

He also finished Kindergarten in May!  I can't believe it, the year went by so fast.  During the last week of school his class had a writing celebration where we went and read through his journals from the year.  Reading it was so much fun, he wrote about some really cute stuff and it was fun to read about some of the things from the past year from his point of view.  He has done great in school.  He loves going.  This kid really loves learning.  He has a talent for retaining knowledge really well.  He says his favorite class was P.E., but he also loves learning about animals, outer space, the earth, just anything.  He started out the year reading at a 2nd grade level and finished it at a 3rd grade level.  We couldn't be more happy with the sweet and fun boy that he is.  So glad to have him home for the summer!

Sidney loves visiting his classroom any chance we get.

They also sang some fun songs. 

The kids also participated in the primary talent show this year but I don't know where the pictures are.  Sidney kept changing her mind of what she wanted to do.  She was going to tell a story, then do a dance, then settled on doing a big twirl dressed in her fluffiest dress and a crown she decorated.  Jayden made a volcano and set it off.  That about sums up May.



Soccer

I have a lot of catching up to do.  So for now, here's a little of soccer.  I think it will be Jayden's last year of it.  He's not a huge fan, but he was a great sport about it anyway.  They put him in the goal a lot, where he did a great job.

NFL Panthers

Josh and Jayden had an opportunity to go with Josh's boss to watch the Panthers practice.  They had VIP access to a dinner beforehand and then got some autographs from a lot of the players.  They had a good time and Jayden thought it was so awesome that he didn't get home until 11:00 at night. 

At dinner.

Josh let Jayden and his boss's son take pictures with my camera. 

This is Josh's boss's son.  Would you believe me if I told you he's only 7 months older than Jayden?  No lie. 

Having fun. 

Jayden now says his favorite team is the Panthers.  Before this he hasn't been into sports teams too much, but he gets all excited when he sees bumper stickers or flags around town and wants to watch all the games with Josh now. 

Getting autographs. 

Sidney likes wearing the t-shirt they brought home.