Ross and Pam's Wedding (Part II)

 Here are the rest of the pics from Ross and Pam's wedding...these are a little less formal. ENJOY!!!

Sisterly Love...

Pop and Ten being silly at cracker barrel

Apparently this is Miles new face for the camera. O'm is happy to be with her grandbabies and Syd looks like she is ready for the food.

Brotherly Love

Friendly Love...D & Jage. She has been like a sister to D, Ross, and Ang since they all moved to CO, almost 9yrs ago. We love ya Jage...you are one of a kind!

"O'ma...you're not supposed to let Syd eat the rose peddles"

Jage & Pam lookin all beautiful and ready for a weddin!

One loves to dress up...The other one doesn't! I'll let you guess which one is which.

I found Miles running around this sand trap like it was a race track...crazy kid!

This is how Goose spent most of his evening...chasing Syd. She loved it...him, not so much!

There she goes again...Goose quick, she's getting away.

Since the kids were all dressed up I tried to get a good pic. Notice I said TRIED...

and I tried again...

and again...

...this was the best of the bunch.

Ten got the honor of being one of Ra & Pam's flower girls. To say she was excited would be a major understatement.

I think I should start a scrapbook for Ten and her many hairdos.

I  love fixing her hair...I only wish that SHE loved when I fix it. Instead she screams THE WHOLE TIME.

Pretty little Princess. She loved being dressed up...she was practically dancing around.

I love when my guys dress up...they look so good, and they ABSOLUTELY hate it! They are so much alike in a way I feel like I'm getting to see what Goose was like as a kid.

I love my boys so so much!

If I had not been there I wouldn't have believed this. We looked over and Miles had found a friend. That's right my kid that was too shy to open his birthday gifts because his family was watching. Apparently he just walked right over and started talking to her.  This is so out of character for him. When I got over there she was explaining to him how to make the perfect put.

If you have ever been to a wedding then you know that you will do anything to entertain yourselves until the Happy couple get done with all there pictures.

This time we played with Jage's shades...

Not so shy with his cool shades on...

"Aunt Nic, I think these are too big.

yeah...try as I might, I don't think the shades are doing it for me.

I think Mom was the winner of the shades competition...

They were so happy to be leaving AZ and be heading back for TX...can't you tell

That's all folks!

Is it just me...

Or is this one of the prettiest little girls you've ever seen?

Spring Soccer 2011

Only in Texas....

Last Tuesday the kids had a soccer game, and it was so cold that I literally put the kids in layers. I put their gym pants on over their jeans and their soccer jerseys over their jackets. 

Sydney...just being as cute as she can. She didn't go, we asked Grandnanna to keep her at their house so she wouldn't be out in the cold. Syd thought she needed a jacket because Miles and Ten were putting theirs on.

Miles wasn't at all happy about the layers...in truth I think he wanted to stay with Grandnanna too. According to Goose he stayed on the sidelines throughout the whole game so I guess we could have left him with Grandnanna.

He cheered up a little when I told him he could take a pic with Syd and Ten.

When it's this cold, do you blame them for getting a little distracted?

I get cold just looking at this picture.

Then this week...
The sun was out and shining...so bright and pretty. It was a little windy, but lets face it...this is west Texas...when isn't it windy?

We have been having a little bit of trouble with Miles not wanting to play. I think it is a shy thing. Cause at home he loves it. He kicks the ball around and dribbles back and forth. But when it comes to actual practice he gets distracted. And playing in a game is just out of the question.
I gave Miles some "magic" bubblegum that was going to him play. It was looking promising, he got out there and was warming up with the team.

Warming up, before the game...and loving it!

Stretching...we don't want to pull anything

Miles surprised us all by getting right in there and playing with the best of them. He actually almost scored a goal. I told Tenley not to be shy or wait for the ball to come to her, but to get in there and take it. She did really well too.

The Wildcats #1 fan!!

Syd gets bored quickly at these soccer games...she wants to get down and run onto the field. So...

I distracted her with kisses. She moves out and then back in for a open mouth slobbery kiss. I easily got 30 kisses during this game.

Not really sure what she was doing here, but I thought it was a cute picture.

"Mom, stop taking my pic...I'm trying to listen to Coach Grey"

This is what I like to see...team work! 

Miles did have a melt down in the 3rd quarter. I'm still not sure exactly what happened, but he was done. I think he tried to kick the ball and another kid kicked it first so it upset him. He went out and played so this game was still a victory and I look forward to the rest of there games.

In the 3-5yrs we aren't supposed to keep score, but being the competitive person I am, I keep score. This game was a tie, so a win in my book.

To celebrate we went to Pizza Inn

Don't they all look happy:)

I don't know what she was telling Granddad...but she was very serious about it.

If you want to come to a game...let me know. Most of their games are on Tuesdays, but they play on a couple of Saturdays towards the end of April.

Rodeo

This is probably not a surprise to most of you but Miles LOVES horses, cows, dogs, deer(reindeers, as he calls them), pretty much all animals. For this reason I was so excited to take him to the rodeo this year. He loved it last year, so I knew this one would be even better. Goose doesn't do rodeos so he stayed home with Syd while Me, Ten, and Miles went.

So excited...let's get this party started!

We even ran into a friendly face. Billie was there with friends and they just so happened to have 3 extra seats so we sat by them. Aunt Billie was a big help...Ten had to go to the bathroom at least a half dozen times(yes I know she's my daughter, she wants to be up and around so she can see everyone) so Billie would let Miles stay with her...Thank you Billie!

This was Ten's buddy(Emery) throughout the rodeo. They are the same age, they had a blast. Emery is the younger sister to one of my former students.

He would go to a rodeo everyday if he could

 This is pretty much how Miles stayed throughout the whole rodeo. After every event he would turn an look at me so sad and ask if it was over. I would tell him no and to keep watching.

 We stayed for a little bit after the show and watched. The kids thought it was so cool seeing the cowboys put more steers in the pen. They were mesmerized.

The steers were so close the kids could almost reach out and touch them. Miles tried to once, but I quickly told him if he tried that again we would leave and go home. 

We had a great time. I love the rodeo too. Since Goose doesn't I guess this will just be something that I get to do with the kids. Although, to be honest, Goose does come sometimes...just cause he knows I like for him to.