Bonner Field Day

Bonner Field Day was April 16 this year. It was a little earlier than normal....but it was a nice day and not nearly as HOT as it usually is when they hold it in May. Carter wanted me to come so I went and took a few pictures.
Nick Ogan and ......?

John Thompson getting a little wet! The kids all love this game!

John at the scooter race.

Carter getting the water in the cup....

then transporting to the water jug. Looks like he kept a little more water in the cup than John did!

Scooter race....

Some of the girls waiting in line for the scooter race. (Marissa Cribbs, ???, Lexi Stagg and Haylie Pullan)

Nick Randall and Carter! Carter has great classmates this year and he especially has fun with his best buddies....Nick, Nick and John.

Date with Mrs. Haire

Tanner has had an AWESOME year in kindergarten. We were very blessed to get a "zone variance" to attend Staton Elementary so he could be in Mrs. Haire's full-day kindergarten class. We have known Mrs. Haire for many years and she is a great friend. In fact, now we are in the same ward...which is even better! Staton had its big fundraiser a couple of weeks ago. They had a silent auction, raffle and showed the movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Tanner and I went for the evening and it was a fun time seeing him interact with all of his friends. To show our support we bought 10 raffle tickets. We only bid on one item and that was "Lunch with Mrs. Haire." Well, guess what???? Tanner WON! He was soooo thrilled. I am telling you....Mrs. Haire is THE BOMB! Well, last Tuesday, April 20, the Staton PTO put on a special lunch for all the teachers and their "dates." I had to go up to the school to snap a few pictures for the fun of it!
Here is Tanner and Mrs. Haire enjoying lunch together.

Tanner is one LUCKY boy! All the other kids in his class were jealous that he got to have lunch by himself with Mrs. Haire! She is one popular teacher and has quite the following of current and former students.

Tanner's lunch consisted of cheese pizza from Costco, cantaloupe and Cheetos. Everything was orange and matched his shirt!

After lunch and a little recess he got back to work on his afternoon assignments. He is quite the diligent worker! We will be very sad to see this year end. It has been such a fun year. Thanks Mrs. Haire!!! Glad we will still get to see you every week at church!

T-ball -- Pepperdine Waves

It is finally spring in Las Vegas....and that means baseball season. Well, at our house it's T-ball. This in Tanner's second year playing t-ball and he absolutely loves it! Last year we were able to form a team with a bunch of his little buddies and we had such a fun time. The kids are so fun to watch and they really made some progress last year. Well, when it came time to sign up again this year, we got an email from "Coach Jim" asking if we were interested in putting our team back together for another season. We, of course, were thrilled! We lost of few players due to age, but picked up a couple more friends. It has been another fun season so far. The kids are doing great and are really having a fun time. Next year we won't be able to "stack" our team but we are having a great time while it lasts!

Tanner really enjoys playing catcher. I think he does all right as long as he is somewhere in the infield. But, stick him out in outfield and there is mischief that starts brewing! None of these little guys can hit that far.....so we have seen a few WWF matches take place in the outfield along with picking dandelions, group picnics, etc.

Tanner is pretty serious about his hitting...so he has to make sure everything is ready to go!

Cleaning the plate.....

Tapping the plate....not really sure what that is all about....but the older guys do it so it MUST be important!

Eyes on the ball.....working on the stance.

Waiting for the pitch.....

Whew! Finally made it on base. You know....we have "won" every single game....then again, so did the other team! I just LOVE t-ball. GO WAVES!

Pepperdine Waves Fan Club! (Heather Berlien, Danielle Dyer, Dawn Waid, Shauna Earl and Kim Bennett) What a fun group!

Rogich Rough Riders -- Lacrosse

Parker has played many different sports over the years. T-ball, tennis and swim team to name a few. He has played soccer since he was 6. At the end of soccer season this year we were introduced to the Palo Verde Lacrosse Club. Parker had played just a little bit of lacrosse in PE and decided he wanted to try it. So, in January he started playing with the Rough Riders. He has fallen in LOVE with lacrosse. Before the season started they were practicing three times a week for 2 1/2 hours...many times in pouring down rain! The Rough Riders have had a GREAT season so far....with only two losses. We are looking forward to many more seasons of lacrosse!

Good-lookin' boys!

A good friend of mine just took these pictures of my boys this past weekend. I haven't had any professional pictures taken of the boys for awhile so it was fun to have these done and have updated pictures. They have all grown so much....but especially Parker. He has filled out over the last 9 months or so and makes a continual loop from the fridge to the pantry to the other fridge to the other pantry....over and over when he is at home. He just turned twelve and became a deacon so I wanted a "dressy" picture to honor his new calling.


Even though I am his mom and I am partial....I have to say he is quite a handsome young man.

Then there's this little guy! He lost a bottom tooth, then the top teeth and asked if we would start calling him "toothless" from now on. He has gotten so big and is almost finished with kindergarten! That make me sad! Time really flies.

Last....but never least is Carter! Always the life of the party. He will be ten at the end of the summer and is just about finished with 3rd grade. There is never a dull moment with Carter around. We are so blessed to have these sweet (ok...I use that term a little loosely), how about wonderful, boys in our family.

I have more pictures to upload...but my computer was giving me fits....so check back for some color photos too! Also, check out my friends blog at http://www.cindergirlphotography.blogspot.com/