Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Some of our other besties were staying in another lake house down the road so we met up with them on Sunday night for dinner and more smores! These crazy boys might have decided to skinny dip in the freezing lake!!
Crazy but cute!
The girls took up the freezing lake water challenge as well but smartly decided to wear their bathing suits…
Afterward they rinsed off in the shower with their “shower caps” on! Silly girls!
It was a really fun weekend with a really fun crew!
We stayed at the lake with some friends over President’s Day weekend and had so much fun – robotics competition included! We started off a little rough with Samantha and some mud….
but things only went up from there! The kids all played so well together and the weather could not have been more perfect!
These two especially had fun! Peas in a pod!
Look what Maxwell found on our hike!
I mean…doesn’t get much prettier than this!
Fun times with good friends!
As I mentioned in November, Maxwell and his robotics team earned a bid to the state competition at Auburn. It was over President’s Day weekend and turned out to be a really cool experience! We made a full weekend out of it and stayed at Lake Martin with friends whose son was also competing at the competition.
The boys got up and headed to Auburn bright and early Saturday morning.
Thomas, Maxwell, Ms. Beidleman, Walker, Jack, and Ms. Mapes!
The girls and Spencer came a bit later. We watched the matches but also managed to get out for some lunch and sunshine. It was a beautiful day!
What a crew!
It was a long day for the boys inside the coliseum. It was a full day of matches with lots of sound effects, jokes from the announcers, and plenty of sitting around. But, the event was extremely well run and efficient! No surprise there.
The spectators did managed to get outside and enjoy the sunshine between matches.
All that sitting and watching was definitely made better by cotton candy!
The merch was pretty funny too…
And some of my favorites of the announcer jokes…
“What was the robot’s favorite dance? The roomba!” hahaha!
“You’d think french fries came from France, but no. They came from grease!” hahaha!
Maxwell and his team didn’t make it to the finals but they had a great day. They learned a lot, had some really good matches driving their robot, and took in the full experience. I’m so proud of them!
The school was pretty proud of them too!
Maxwell is excited to do it again next year and try to qualify for worlds!
Wednesday was Grandfriends day up at school and the kids had the very best around to visit them! They all had to wear their school shirts…look at my cute twinkies!
They had both Lulu and Granddaddy as well as Susan visit their classrooms! Awesome!! I was volunteering and didn’t get any pics but Susan snapped two selfies…
and Spencer’s teacher got a cute picture!
I think everyone had fun seeing the classrooms, meeting friends and teachers, and getting a glimpse into the kids’ day. That’s more than they’ve even let the parents do this year!
I also had to pick the kids up a little early that day and caught this of the Bobbseys walking down the hall. Doesn’t get much cuter!
Love my cuties and thankful for all the “grandfriends” that love them so well!
We’re back from a really fun long weekend. So much to catch up on – including basketball! Samantha played for the first time and really enjoyed it. Her team wanted to name themselves the Shooting Stars but their coach decided to call them the Spartans. Boring! I’m sticking with the Shooting Stars!
First grade plays 3 on 3 half court. It’s…interesting to watch! ha! There’s not a lot of dribbling but they manage to get the ball in the basket every now and then!
Samantha, as always, hustled hear heart out on that court. She had some setbacks this season including a pretty bad sprained ankle but she made the best of it and gave it her all when she was out there. She got the Toughness Award and I can’t think of anything more fitting!
So proud of my tough girl! Looking forward to lots more basketball with her in the future!
Go Shooting Stars! ⭐️