blues city blowout

this weekend was the blues city blowout tournament for manuel's team. his team came in 2nd place. the weekend was ablsolutely perfect...gorgeous weather, good friends, and great soccer!

weekend with lovey bear

cooper's class takes turns each weekend caring for lovey bear. this weekend was coop's turn. he was soo excited! lovey went everywhere with us. the pictures below are from a trip to target to get a gift for our friend mckinley. he was having a birthday party at pump it up. lovey enjoyed having cake and icecream with his classmates!

midsouth challenge champs!!

U12 '99 girls midsouth challenge 1st place champs

taegan and callie


t's biggest fans!!

my girl...ready to score a goal!

running to jump in daddy's arms. "oh, and by the way dad...you owe me $20. four goals at $5/goal."

the wizard of oz!!

tonight taegan and manuel performed in the wizard of oz at their school. it was a fabulous play. all the kids in 6th grade had a role and the teachers organized it. wow!!! taegan was a tree. she got to throw apples at her good friend, isabel, (who played dorothy). manuel was an emerald city narrator. during some technical difficulties manuel had to adlib, which made the crowd laugh. who knew he had such quick wit? his whole family showed up to see him. i know they were proud!

the kids had quite a few fans in the crowd. of course my mom and dad and mama kay and pops were there, but also my very best childhhood friend, melissa, and her daughter lucia were in town from las vegas and able to make it. in addition, taegan had two soccer friends, sarah and molly, along with two of manuel's soccer friends, alex and logan. we feel so lucky to have so many people take time out of their busy schedule!

instead of flowers, mama kay and pops brought a box of donuts. how funny...yet practical! my kids LOVE howard's donuts!!

open house for cooper at harding

cooper had open house last tuesday at his school. first there was a program, where each of the classes sang. then we visited his classroom. i always love what harding cordova kindergarten has prepared for open house!

cooper presented miss kristin with flowers on behalf of the kindergarten. she's the music and art teacher. not to mention...cooper has a HUGE crush on her.

miss claire's kindergarteners

landon, cooper's best friend miss claire, cooper's teacher miss debbie, the kindergarten principal mrs. bateman, the school's guidance counselor

christmas 2010

this christmas was a bit strange without meemaw. mom and dad ended up having dinner at their house afterall. in the end everyone got their christmas wish. meemaw's at home with her family in heaven and mom and dad get their life back. they gave up everything for the last 3 years. mom and i have been able to spend a lot of lost time together over the winter break. it's good to see her happy again!

mom and dad had this cute wall plaque made for us.

chris and andy are ready for an arctic freeze! what
goofy guys!

taegan, evy, quentin, and cooper

a new bathrobe

this may be taegan's most prized gift. she asked for nike running shorts. chris was able to find a pair with the u of m tigers!

coop's goodies

taegan's loot!

manuel's birthday

manuel turned 13 on december 20th! happy birthday!

manuel's family invited us over for dinner to celebrate manny's birthday. part of their tradition is smooshing the birthday boy's head in the cake. taegan enjoyed it a little too much.

manuel invited some friends over to spend the night. they first went on a scavenger hunt at the mall and then had dinner at O'Charley's (manuel's favorite place to eat). they stayed up all night playing RockBand and FIFA 2011.

purple eyeshadow and one fingernail painted red

picture with a "mall cop"