Flip Flopping Duo and Mud Brother!

Not too sure if she wants to participate or not...
....once she started she was in heaven and that was all she wrote!

Baby B started tumbling and trampoline class this week and did a GREAT job. Last summer we tried a parent tot class and were drop outs after the first night. She hit few kids and was not in the mood to share the equipment. So we decided to wait a little bit to try again. When Little B's team opened up a class for little ones we decided to try. So glad we did she did great and the coaches were so good with them. She is all ready for next week!!!!!!!!!

She LOVED being in the big gym like brother.

WOW look at the patience Little B has waiting for her turn!!!!!!!! (that was a first to use patience and Baby B in the same sentence)

First time on the double mini. If you don't know what this is........you can only jump three times on the double mini. Once in the first white square where the green circle is and then jump over the red onto the next white square where the orange and red circles are. The older kids do tricks each jump the younger ones are just trying to jump from one circle to the next!

TA DA!!!!!!!! She had the ta da part down!!!
She was so happy to be on the trampoline that was the thing she wanted to do most and it was the last thing they did! She tried to sneak on a few times!

Baby B's fan club. The bigger kids practice after the tots. The boy beside Little B has a brother in Baby B's class.

Baby B and the fabulous Coach K. Coach K will be leaving us in June to go and begin her "real" job. She is going to be working with the visually and hearing impaired. She has a such a wonderful heart, she will be missed!

Barani Pike

Straddle

3/4 front

1st Place Sub-Advanced Trampoline
Little B had a T&T meet yesterday. This is only the second one this year since he has been busy with all the other sports. He did great 1st in Trampoline and 3rd in Double Mini. Nationals are close to home this year so he is really trying do well so he can compete in all 3 or 4 events!! He has the opportunity to do syncro trampoline with another boy from our gym he is not sure if he wants to yet. I hope he does it would be really cool!!!

Tumbling is not Big B's thing so he prefers basketball games and mudding with the 4 wheelers! We had box seats for the MVC tournament thanks to my sister in law!!

Big B and his friend A had a great time on the 4 wheelers one day when it was muddy! At least this time they did not need the tractor to pull themselves out!

Thank goodness for washing machines!!!!!!

Curlers Gone Bad

Our own little blond Annie!!

This is when we had put detangler spray on and used the hair dryer to relax them. Below was after we all but combed them out. Then she was happy because she thought she looked like NaNa....my friend that has long curly hair that she loves to play with.
Who knew that curls could be so traumatic. I always remember when my mom put sponge curlers in my hair when I was little. So I thought I would try with Baby B. She was really a good sport when I was putting them in last night while we were watching the olympics. When she woke up this morning I was so excited they were still in!! Then I took them out and that is when the drama began. The curls were so tight I couldn't get a pic through them. She wanted to see them so we held her up to see them in the mirror! Oh my goodness she did NOT LIKE them!!!!! She screamed in horror for us to "take them out" she kept begging us to take them away. She wouldn't even let me take a picture of them that is why all the pictures are bad. So I don't think we will be sleeping in curlers anytime again soon!!

BELIEVE What a Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

The Best Youth in the World
This was the series of pictures by the artist. What an awesome picture!!

The comedians, that were hilarious!!!

One of our fearless leaders and also my BFF!! This picture was taken after our small group discussion. The kids were so good....did I mention that yet!!

K getting T with a snowball!!! She got it right back about 10 seconds later. B and T started a snowball fight with the kids that lasted all day long anytime we were outside. Nothing like driving to the convention center and your husband hanging out of your sunroof getting snow off the top of the van for snowballs. Our van was armed and ready when we got there!!!

The band was great and the music was LOUD!

B and Big B goofing around!!!!

Skateboarding.

Some of our gang!!

BFF's :o) Don't you love hotel hair!!

Big B with some of his friends.

Hanging with friends was one of the best parts!!

This my friend is what happens to your husbands fingernails when you have 13 junior high girls along on a trip!!! T bet the boys if they got theirs painted he would do his. Well guess what almost all the boys nails looked this way before we left. T hid his nails most of the day until he saw another leader with his hair dyed fire engine red. He walked up to him and asked him if he lost a bet the guy smiled and said yes.....Tim slowly pulled his beautiful nails out and the guys cracked up!!

T and I are Jr High sponsors at our church and we had a convention this weekend. We are so fortunate to have best friends as sponsors/leaders with us. To say I was nervous about taking 28 kids to Chicago for the weekend is an understatement. I wanted this to be an awesome experience for them and for them to grow in their relationship with God or start one! Can I just say it was better than I could have EVER hoped for!!!! Why did I ever worry God was in control the whole time and nothing is ever half way with him!! We have the most awesome group of kids in our youth group. What I loved most was how we were able to stay up until 3am talking and getting to know one another better and paint the boys fingernails!!! I think it is safe to say we had the BEST group there.........well maybe I am a little bias!!! My heart just loved seeing these kids listen with there entire body to the message about the MESSIAH. The band was awesome, the skateboarders .....awesome, the comedians....hilarious, and the artist....I would have to say one of our groups FAVORITE!! Music would start low and he would begin scribbling, I mean just scribbling, it would look like something Baby B would do and then the music would change and it was moving, dramatic, intense. At the same time his body would be the same way his motion became intense, dramatic, and moving. Before you knew it he would step back and we would be in awe of what he just made. He was so TALENTED! The final piece of art started with him drawing a crown of thorns then the lights went red and he paused and on the screens they spoke of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. WOW it was a total WOW moment. Then he began working on the same piece again and before you knew it was a golden crown for a KING. My friends it was awesome words can not do it justice. I had tears in my eyes then and I do now it was just a total GOD moment. Before you knew it he put all the pieces together he had made all weekend and it formed an artist impression of our Father. The place went a little crazy!!!!!!!! I was so proud because Big B wanted to purchase those pictures before we knew what they made. When I went into his room at 2am(long story why I was in his room at 2am) what do you think was on his wall displayed the same way......his pictures minus the one he is putting in his locker at school. Thank you God for planting this seed this weekend that was all I prayed for because I know it is not the only one that was planted. WOW what an awesome experience!!!!!!! What an awesome God we serve, we are so blessed!!!!!!!!!

Prairieland Titans 2nd Place!!!

Well you can see his legs and hands but the rest of him is all covered up!! Little B is in the front row right in the center. Little B's team was in a tournament this weekend and they got 2nd Place!!!! It was a LONG day (4 games) but worth it once they got the trophy!