Wow! 9 years...boy has it flown. If this isn't the cutest little face, I don't know what is. And if you can't tell he's ALL BOY from this picture then you may not have boys. We had a 2 week hiatus from baseball while his head coach focused on All Stars but for the last 10 days and for the next 6, we will once again be consumed with it! So squeezing in a party may be difficult. We are going to do some fun things today with one of his buddies, eat dinner with the fam sans Calli, Christina, Scott and Hudson, celebrate with his team tomorrow night in Lake Charles and someday when our barn in Huntsville is done, he wants to have a few friends spend them night up there to really celebrate. We will be dragging this birthday out like we do most birthdays (except Wes' :) )
This kid brings us a lot of laughter and joy! He absolutely completes our family and I love, love, love his tenderheart and very loving spirit! I can't wait to see how God shapes and molds him! I promise he'll be a catch someday and be successful at whatever God has planned for him.
Stop growing up! Happy, happy, happy birthday kiddo! YOU are LOVED!
My kids have the absolute best man they can call Dad. Wes supplies for them in the areas I am deficient. He has taught Colson everything he knows in baseball and he's a superstar! He's also taught him how to shoot a gun, a bow, ride a 4 wheeler, ride a horse and spends so much time just hanging out with him. Sometimes it's doing all the things just mentioned and other times it's sitting on the couch watching a good Western or National Geographic special. He is Calli's biggest cheerleader and her rock. So attentive to her emotional needs. Love it!
And my dad is one of a kind too! I had a great childhood growing up as he coached any sport I was in, provided for our every physical need, helped me with Math and called me out (lovingly) when I was a brat. He's still out of town on work right now so I just gave him a ring on the phone to say Happy Father's Day.
We celebrated Father's Day by doing the ole divide and conquer. We did have a Father's Day lunch after church with all of us in one place.
Then Calli and I headed off to Pine Cove with the Cecils and Wes, Colson and Grandpa Schubert headed up to our land in Huntsville to play and check on the status of the barn we are building on it. Wes admitted it was a PERFECT day! He was so sincere when he said he had the best day ever with his dad and Colson. THAT makes me happy!
While they were having fun, I was dropping Calli off with her BFF Carson for a week at Pine Cove. 7 days...we pick them up Saturday. Her and Carson were so excited! I can't wait to hear about all the fun they had and more importantly how they were affected Spiritually.
Recently the Rebels played 2 tournaments two weekends in a row. The first one was Memorial Day weekend. Because of the 3 day holiday weekend, for this tournament, we played 2 games on Saturday AND 2 games on Sunday and Monday was the championship series. So we won both games Saturday and won both games Sunday which put us in a great position for Monday. We just had to play 2 games to make it to the championship game and lucky for us we managed that. And for the first time in Rebel history we came out champions. I am not gonna lie....it was HOT! TEXAS HOT! And by the third game (the other team was on their third game too) every boy and coach out there was worn out. It was a lesson in endurance and luckily our boys came out on top.
There were 20 teams in the tournament. We played 7 games, we WON 7 games and we drastically outscored our opponents. Within those 7 games our boys socred a total of 104 runs and we only allowed the teams we were playing to score 38 total. That means our bats were on fire and our defense was unstoppable.
Colson made some fabulous defensive plays.....as you can see from his dirty pants above. And we just so happen to have a photographer dad who takes about 1000 pictures per tournanment and managed to capture this one beautifully.
Colson dove for the ball to make a stop.
Pitched it to Jaylen who was covering 2nd.
And I love how they are both looking at the umpires (each at different ones) to see "Did we do it?". If you look closely enough you can see a small smirk on Colson's face that shows he was OUT!
This one could have turned out to be a pouting session but since it turned out to our favor, I think it's cute. Here's a little baseball lesson. If the ball is hit to the right of 2nd base, Jaylen, our shortstop, covers 2nd. If the ball is hit to the left of 2nd base, Colson covers 2nd base. It gets tricky if the ball is hit straight up the middle. Their instinct is to both cover the base. So in this case the ball is hit straight up the middle, Hutton (on the pitchers mound) fields the ball and goes to make the play at second. Colson and Jaylen are both there. I think it's funny that they both know that one of them caught the ball, but they weren't sure which one had it.
The very next weekend we played a much smaller tournament in Huntsville. Only 8 teams but we still came out on top. Again, it was super HOT! We played two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday...and again we won all 4. For the most part, all of our boys hit good all the time. Of course some days are better than others in the box but even on a bad day, our boys hit well. We have 4 boys on the team that are capable to knock it out of the park and have. Coach has 3 of them batting back to back. Matthew, Cole and Colson...and then Jaylen bats later in the line up. Jaylen and Matthew haven't hit it over this season but they've come close andI know have done it before. So on the first game on Saturday Cole gets up to bat, swings and it's gone! Clears the bases (I think there may have been 2 on base) only for Colson to get up and do the exact same thing....even hit it in the same spot. You know the other team was going "Uh oh!" I usually only record Colson's at bats when Wes isn't there but I happened to record it so I could send it to my Dad since he was missing the game.
And then in all the excitement I stopped recording until I remembered that I should get the whole thing.
We finished the game and won. And had a couple hour break. After the game he told me he wasn't feeling well but I just blew it off as overheated. And then he sat like this at Chicken Express.
By the end of the second game he was not feeling well at all and actually sat out the last inning. We went home and he layed in our bed and fell asleep for 2 hours...he had 100.8 temperature. Not sure what it was because he was ready the next day!
If there is an early Sunday game, Wes always misses because he plays Bass guitar at church. Well this particular Sunday I had a baby shower I was giving for Robyn at my house so I was hesitant to even go to the first game. I managed to have everything ready and figured, I'll go to the first game, Wes and I can probably pass each other on the freeway on his way to the second game (should we play) and on my way back to our house for the shower. I had it all timed and planned out perfectly. I've told you how Colson is about us leaving him places. He wanted one of us at his first game. And I'm so glad I did to witness this....
Yes...two days in a row, he hit one over the fence. And in the championship game that I missed, Cole hit one over the fence with the bases loaded... a grand slam! Another Rebel victory! Another great weekend of baseball!
I could not be more proud of Calli and the closing of her first year in Middle School. She not only finished with straight A's for the entire year but she did it with ease. She studied diligently, turned in all her work on time, completed all her projects in plenty of time and was an overall outstanding student. She was loved by her teachers (of course) and received recognition at the awards ceremony the last week of school. Each teacher picked 3 students from all of their classes that they teach and Calli received an award from her Technology/Computers teacher, Mrs. Curry and her Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Blackwelder.
In Middle School things aren't quite as laid back as they are in elementary. They actually do work, have tests and have to be present. Her last day of school was her only real free day. They did a talent show starting at 7:30 in the morning. As part of the cheerkats, the team did a dance and cheer as part of the talent show. They did great! I videoed it but somehow it didn't record. Go figure. That's what I get for trying to video and take still shots at the same time...all while trying to watch too. And then as you can see from below the still shots didn't turn out either...a little blurry. But I love the smile that she always has on her face when she's performing.
This is Calli and her big sister, Darian. So sweet!
So we closed out 6th grade with very few mishaps, a great outlook on school. The transition was seamless.
So the last month of school is always a whirlwind. There are awards banquets, school parties, an effort to remain focused on school work when really you just want to throw it all in a pile and burn it....and that's coming from the parent, so you can imagine what the kids really want to do.
Sometime in early May we had a field day. It's not really a day anymore...the kids didn't even have 2 hours to play outside...but there was plenty to do. They rotate all the grades so they had to cut the time short.
And I was not complaining about a FIELD PERIOD instead of a FIELD DAY...it was hot!
Colson finished up a great year in 2nd grade. While we tried really hard to get at least one 6 weeks with all A's, it just wasn't meant to be. But the effort was there and I know he understands the concepts, I just don't think he could make it all click, all day, with so much work to remain focused on. Mrs. Martin expected alot out of her students...which is good. Hopefully he'll be super prepared for 3rd grade. He did manage to get all A's in the semester column for both semesters except in one subject, the second semester..he got an 89. Ugh! The semester average is what goes on your transcript and follows you throughout your school career, so having almost all A's there is a good thing.
What I loved about Mrs. Martin was that she was very nurturing and had a great disposition. Sure she could get mad sometimes but I'm sure with 20 8 year olds, from all walks of life, crammed in a room for 8 hours a day, we'd all have our patience tried. She was funny with them, she laughed a lot, she thought most things they did was so cute and I could tell she genuinely loved this group of kids.
Colson had a closing awards ceremony where he received
*A/B Honor Role
*Citizenship award
*Good conduct award
*Rodeo Art certificate
*National Physical Fitness Award (Coslon doesn't like this award because President Obando-what he used to call him when he was little-signe it)
The last day of school is really just a day of chaos and bringing your teacher a gift. The kids had a little lunch picnic in their room and went outside to play, eat cookie cake, watermelon and popsicles. It's always sad to close a year out but we are very proud of the great year Colson had!
Mother of 2....3 if you count my charming husband. Running the race each day that God has put before me. Sometimes fun, sometimes challenging, sometimes sad, sometimes frustrating but earnestly striving to do everything for His glory. As the hours turn into days, days into months and months into years all within a blink of an eye, this blog is an effort to record those moments in our lives that someday can be reflected on, shared and laughed over.
