First Day of School 2014!

The boys went back to school today after a fun-filled summer! They were not exactly excited about it, and truthfully neither was I. We had a great summer break filled with friends, swimming, sleeping late, baseball, & just relaxing, and none of us were ready for it to end.

Here are my 3 handsome guys this morning:

Owen, 5th grade, Mrs. Warner's class.

 

Cole & Jacob, 2nd grade, Mrs. Barnes' class.

First Day of School!

The boys all moved to new schools this year, and yesterday was their first day back. The day went smoothly for the most part, but it's going to take us a while to get back into a good routine with early wake-ups, breakfast, getting dressed, lunch boxes, and homework.

Owen, 4th grade, Mrs. Adkins' class:

Cole, 1st grade, Mrs. Carter's class:

Jacob, 1st grade, Mrs. Carter's class:

Jacob was obviously less than thrilled about having to go back to school.

Disney 2013

We survived our first trip to Disney! I left my "real" camera behind so I could enjoy the fun without having to worry about losing or breaking it and without having to carry it around the parks. iPhone pics will have to do. :-)

Truthfully, the idea of planning for this trip was pretty overwhelming. It seemed that everyone who found out we were going to Disney had tons of advice (which we definitely appreciated!) and Pinterest is filled with links full of tips for Disney vacations. It was tough trying to keep it all straight and figure out the best options for our family. We knew we wouldn't need to schedule any character meals or plan around the times to meet the characters in the parks..that's just not something our boys have ever been interested in. Our only real priority was making sure the boys got signed up for Jedi Training at Hollywood Studios. Other than that, we agreed to go have fun doing whatever we decided to do at each park and not to worry about what we might miss. 

Owen fighting Darth Vader:

Cole fighting Darth Vader:

Jacob's turn:

The boys were troopers and did better with the late nights & miles of walking than we ever expected. They wanted to ride the rides non-stop, and we had to force them to take breaks to watch the occasional stunt show, fireworks display, and even to eat dinner a few times. They quickly found their favorite rides in each park (usually the "scariest" ones), and we used the Fast Pass system to let them ride as many times as possible. Star Tours was the one we rode the most - I think we counted 14 times!

After 7 days at Disneyworld we were all exhausted, so we decided to stop at the beach before returning to reality. 

All-Stars 2013

The last 5 weeks have been a blur of weeknight practices and weekend tournaments. We are finally starting to get back to normal, just in time for Owen to start baseball camp at LSU this weekend. This boy is all about baseball right now!

Hitting a triple.

Playing 3rd base.

Happy after a win.

In the dugout.

Scoring a run.

Concentrating before hitting a double.

Champions of the Cajun Classic!

Home run!! (I think this was his 7th of the season.)

Drinking "home run juice" like Mason Katz.

Lately