Pics From the Past...

Here are just some random pics I stumbled across when looking through my pictures. I thought I would share them with you.

A little fun in the kiddie pool during Luke's B-day party! Unless I am mistaken Tenley is about to splash Miles!!!

Miles isn't sure what to think about all the dolphins on the pool. But I think he likes them.
Looks like Tenley is trying to hog the kiddie pool all to herself...
Miles and Tenley were both given a beach ball at another summer birthday party they attended. They both love them...they have Goose and I blow them back up just about every other day.
Tenley was all too excited to show hers off for the camera

What is a nap without your favorite monkey...Monkey

Naps with your favorite baby doll...priceless!!
All dressed up and going to church. She loves to wear my shades when the sun gets in her eyes.

Cousin time...Miles loves his cousin Luke...they are big buddies.

Having lunch at Grandpa & Grandnanna's.
I love this picture...Kate looks so disinterested in what Rachel is doing...but I am sure it was just the way I caught the picture.

Look at those faces...I guess lunch never tasted so good.
Now they are taking care of business...eat first play later.
Even Miller came over to eat with us...good times!!
I can't even being to tell you the fun Tenley was having running through the puddles on our driveway. Oh...to be a carefree kid!!!
She was showing me how she can fit into Miles' car. I think you can tell she was pretty proud of herself!!!
Miles had just found Tenley's balloon ball.
The details are a little fuzzy, but Tenley ended up with the car and the balloon ball...something is a little sketchy!!!

Oh...the Treasures you find...

Every so often I look through my pictures just to refresh my memory on all the pictures I have taken. Most of the pictures I take with the intent of blogging about them. I want to keep y'all up to date with the goings on of our family. Then before I know it I get too busy, or forget and move on to another blog posts. Well I thought these deserved some mention...even if it is late!!!

These pictures are from our last trip to Colorado. We made a quick run up to Co the beginning of June...in between my job change.

Little Miles taking a morning nap with his Pop. We usually drive up there at night so the kids can sleep. This seems to make the trip go faster. Plus this also puts us there really early, so we don't feel like we are giving up a day to travel.

By the time we arrived Miles was still fast asleep, so I just slid him into bed with his Pop. Neither one seemed to mind!!!
Mom and Dad have some really good friends in Co. Among them are Kelly and Kay. Whenever we come in we usually have a supper where we get to seem them and their family. This is one of their grand daughters...playing with Miles and Tenley in the bed of Kelly's truck.
Who knew a truck could be so much fun!
My Mom is proving you are never too old to be a "skater"...Although she wouldn't let go of Ross' hands the whole time she was on the board. I guess it still counts!
She is getting all the pointers she can before she put both feet on the board!!!
There is a park just down the road from Mom and Dad's place. The last few times we have gone to visit, Dad usually takes time to take the kids to play.

Miles' loved the swing...I think his Pop pushed him for about 30 mins.
Tenley thought they were a lot of fun too. She wanted to swing in a baby swing so she could be next to Miles.
Time for a break!! I don't know why I love this picture. I know you can't see his face, but he was having so much fun and then he just ran over to the bench and sat to have a drink...priceless!!!
Posing for the camera. Such a sweet face...don't let her fool you!!!
A big slide for a big girl! It took a little coaxing, but she finally came down the slide.
Miles decided to stick with smaller slides...no big deal he will graduate to the bigger slides soon enough!!

We love going to visit our family in Colorado. We always have such a great time and the weather is always beautiful!!! We just wish that Snyder and Denver were closer than 10hrs apart. That way we could do it more often. I guess until God "moves mountains" we will just have to settle for the short visits we get every so often. It does make us cherish the times together all the more!!!

The Cutest Snyder Tiger Fans!!!

See what I mean...these are the 5 cutest little Tiger fans around!!! I can't believe they actually posed so well.

Grandnanna decided it was time for new Tiger shirts so all the kids one. Now before you say anything, we are missing Ian. Hopefully we will get the full picture when he comes for a visit in a couple of weeks.

Would you get a load of all those bare feet...I love it!!!

Soccer

Soccer is underway for the Stansell family. Tenley has had 3 games so far. I can honestly say in just those 3 games we have hit both ends of the scale.

The first game she was awesome. I don't mean that she is a natural soccer star, but she played. She followed the ball. She kicked it a couple of times. Bare in mind she is three and this is her first game. She did great and had fun!!!

By the second game, which was a week later with no practice in between, it was like soccer was foreign to her. The first quarter she stood in the same spot, chewing on her finger. Then she did a couple of twirls and sat out. She Started whining through the second half because she wanted to play, but I wouldn't go out there with her.

The third game...well we were somewhere in the middle. She played a little, stood a little, sat a little, chewed her finger a little, and ran a little. We are going to keep practicing with her and hope it gets better.

In spite of all this the little Tigers have won all three games...

Here are a few snap shots from her first 2 games.

Game 1

Yay...go Tenley!!!

Tenley personal cheer section! I think it took all 3 of them to keep little Miles happy. Grandpa was a trooper and "shouldered" most of it, so I could film the game.
Team pow-wow!!

Miles was keeping himself entertained for a while, so poor Grandpa didn't have to chase him.

Game 2

Standing in the same spot...

...Still standing in the same spot!! Chewing on her finger.

Getting ready to twirl...

Apparently twirling was a whole lot more fun than soccer that day!!!

Sitting and watching...with her finger in her mouth.

I keep telling myself...She is only 3!!! As long as she has fun that is ALL that matters.

Pool time...

We made a couple of trips to the city poll this summer. Tenley is a little fish! She would just bob up and down in the water. Swimming all over the pool...there was NO stopping her...she was fearless. She even took off her floaties and tired to get her Daddy to let her swim by herself. She would say, "Let me go Daddy...I can do it by myself...let me go!!"

I predict a lot of pool time in her future!

I ask you...Is that a girl on a mission or what?!?!
Miles on the other hand didn't care as much for the pool. He preferred to be in the shade drinking everybody else's drinks. Maybe next year he will discover the true thrill of the pool...we can only hope.

Soccer Camp!!!

I have been so excited for Tenley to play sports. The problem is most of the kids' sports in Snyder you have to be 4 yrs old to play. The WTC's soccer coach loves the game and loves teaching the game. He and his wife head up all the youth soccer programs in Snyder. They get their soccer players to help out with the coaching and drills. It is really very cool.

In June a friend told me they were going to have a soccer camp and they were going to let 3yr olds come. I was pumped!! Yay...Tenley gets to play sports...we get to see if she will even like sports(you never know)!

She did great! She isn't a pro by any means, but she loved it and we loved watching her. That is all the matters.

I told her I was going to take her picture, so she kept looking over at me and smiling! What a stinker!!! When I want her to smile she doesn't and when I want to get action shots she turns and smiles...

She was such a big girl...she would listen to their instructions and then do exactly what they said. She didn't want any help from me or Goose. She wanted to do it all by herself!!!

She really liked when they did the stretching!

We took Miles with us the first day of camp and it didn't go so well. He just didn't understand why he couldn't go play with Tenley. So Grandnanna graciously offered to watch him the other days.

The last day he got a treat and Grandnanna brought him up to watch towards the end of camp. He was so excited!!!

It didn't take him long to find the things he wasn't supposed to play with...typical boy!

"What do you mean I don't need to move this boundary line?"

Everyday at camp the kids got to have a Popsicle break. This was by far one of Tenley's favorite parts of camp. On the first day she ran up to me after camp was over and said, "Mommy, we got water and a POPSICLE!!!"

Miles even got to have a Popsicle when he stopped by.

The last day of camp the kids scrimmaged. I was a little nervous. This was the WTC soccer student that "coached" her team for the scrimmages.

She even got in a few kicks!

She even managed time during camp to have a boyfriend(Blayne Bankhead). You can't tell from the photo, but she was making him hold her hand!

Tenley and her little buddy's: Blayne Bankhead, Tenley, Walker Wilson, & Shelby Powell

Daddy's coming back from chasing run away little boys(Blake & Bryan B. Miles & Daddy)

It was a great week of soccer camp. She did so well, we decided to let her play Fall soccer. Her first game is Sept 14th.

A Quick Tenley Moment...

We were on our way to Mark and Esther's and out of no where...

Tenley: Daddy if you tee tee your panties I am going to give you a spankin!(I don't know where this came from...we don't spank her for potty accidents, but I went along with it)

Mommy: That's right Daddy...you will get a spankin!

Tenley: Mommy! You be nice! You don't talk to Daddy like that. I will talk to him!(Now, I do say this to her. Except it is in reference to her and Miles)

The things that must go through her mind!! I love when she shares a few of them with us. It makes for some great moments!!!