Follow the link below to watch Ethan in a video. This is a video of our children's church choir. Ethan is in the back row.

http://www.lambsland.com/forum/video/021107page.html

Day out with Thomas

Thomas the Train came to Chattanooga last weekend. Tyler and Ethan were so excited to ride the train. We had a great time. Tyler walked around the entire time singing "Thomas and his friends." I was exhausted after spending the weekend in Nashville with my sister, Jessica. I almost fell asleep on the train.

I went to Nashville to help Jessica with a charity event for the McNeilly Center. Jessie is on the board of directors for this school. She did a wonderful job with the event. It was based on the Kentucky Derby, so we got to dress up. I got to meet Dierks Bently!

Baseball Season

Baseball season started about 4 weeks ago. Ethan is playing for the Red Sox. He plays in the position of pitcher and second base. He is doing great! Today he hit two in the park homeruns. The coach gave him the game ball at the end of the game. Ethan also had a force out. We are very proud of Ethan. His name was sent to the state and he is being considered for the all star team for the 5-6 year old league. The only problem is that we have baseball at least 4 times a week!

Tyler is crazy! He loves going to watch Bubba play baseball. He is really into wearing his goggles all the time. Chris let him wear them to the YMCA yesterday. His mother would not let him out in public with them. I guess you pick your battles. Notice the snow hat in the picture. It is only 75 degress outside.

Spring Break in Ohio???
Aunt Virginia had her baby on Wednesday, March 14th. She had a beautiful baby boy and named him Cade Russell. He is perfect! I took the boys up to Ohio for a quick trip to see the new baby.

On the day we arrived, it was 70 degress and very nice. When we left, it was snowing! I do not miss the crazy weather in Ohio! The boys spent some time with Papa in the hot tub. They loved it.









We had the chance to spend some time with some of our old playgroup pals. I got to spend a great afternoon catching up with Beth and Julie while the boys played with their old pals Cole, Avery, Emi, Brooklyn, and Xavier. They had so much fun. Ethan cried when it was time to leave Cole's house. Tyler couldn't stop hitting people. He is in a very bad stage. (At least I hope it is a stage.) We sure do miss our old friends. Please come and visit anytime!

Chillin' in Ohio

We had the chance to visit my parents over President's Day weekend. The weekend went so fast. I wasn't used to the cold and all of the snow. This is the first time I have used a heavy winter coat all winter. The boys loved playing in the snow and sledding. My parents had about 18 inches of snow at the cabin. Chris put the boys on a sled and pulled it with the 4 wheeler. I know, real safe!

We enjoyed visiting Shiloh Chapel on Sunday morning. It was wonderful to see all of our old church friends. Hopefully we can plan a longer trip in the future.

Snow Day!

We had our first snow day in Tennessee. Since I am back to teaching now, I got to stay home with Ethan and Tyler. Both the county and city school systems cancelled school last night with just the threat of snow. We ended up getting about an inch and then it turned to rain by the afternoon.

Ethan and Tyler couldn't get outside fast enough. This is the first time all winter that we had to break out the heavy winter coats. We have yet to use the snow suits.

See Rock City

The weather was so warm here last weekend, so we went to Rock City. It is about 30 minutes from our house. We have always seen the barns and signs on the side of the road advertising it, but we have never been. We loved it so much that we ended up buying a membership. (Thanks Grandpa & Grandma Dick for this Christmas gift.)

There was a Fat Man Squeeze. Chris and I had to lean to the side to get through. You can see that Ethan can reach both sides of the rocks. There was also an underground Mother Goose village. Tyler loved looking at all of the lifesize statues and figures.

The scariest part was the swinging bridge. We were on top of Lookout Mountain and if you did run or jump, the bridge would shake! Tyler was fearless. I can't wait to go back in the Spring when all of the flowers are in bloom. I'm sure it will be beautiful!

Christmas Angel????
Ethan gave Chris and I a calendar for Christmas. It had this picture and poem at the top of it. I thought it was very clever and I wanted to share it. I also thought that Ethan really did look like an angel with his blond curls. He made it in his kindergarten class. I thought his teacher was very creative.

Merry Christmas

We hosted Christmas this year at our house. Amber's parents drove down from Ohio. We were also blessed to have my brother, Aaron, his wife, Virginia, and their children with us as well. We rounded out our crowd with my sister, Jessica, from Nashville. It was a wonderful holiday. The weather was warm and beautiful. (Pictured: My mom, Virginia, My dad, me)

Ethan got a Columbus Bluejacket's Hockey Jersey with his name on it. He loves it! He also got a pair of rollerblades from his grandparents. He got a pitchback to practice catching his baseballs from mom and dad. I think his favorite was the first season of Wonder Woman on DVD.



Tyler got everything Thomas the Train. His papa also got him a punching bag with boxing gloves. (Thanks, Dad!) Chris got me a new Coach purse and I love it!

It was great to have Aunt Jessie here for the holidays. She had a great time playing with all of the kids. (Pictured: Ethan, Ireland, Riley, Tyler, Aiden, Aunt Jessie)

Horsing Around

We went to South Carolina to visit Chris' parents for Thanksgiving. The boys had a great weekend, spending time with their grandparents. Ethan got to ride the big horse. He seems to be a natural. He did a great job steering the horse and did not seem scared at all. Uncle Jamie came out and took Ethan and Cousin Dylan on the four wheeler.

Tyler got the ride the minature horse, Cupcake. He loved the horse and was feerless. While we were there, Papa bought a pony and a wagon for the kids to ride around in. They both seemed to love it. Chris is taking the boys back to visit next weekend and the boys are going to ride in a Christmas parade with the new pony and wagon.

I'm sorry the postings are a little sporadic. I went back to work at the beginning of November. I am teaching math at the local high school. Our schedule is very busy, but it is nice to be back at work. Tyler is attending a local preschool and he loves it! I am really looking forward to Christmas break!