Awards Assembly 2009 and Last Baseball Game

This is actually from the Raptors Baseball Banquet on Tuesday night. This is Trent with Coach Eric.

Trent is on the right with his big red Under Amour bag on his shoulders.

This is the only picture I got of Trent playing. I was busy trying to keep score for the team this year and didn't have a chance. Glad I finally remembered to take my camera for the last game.

Trent got an Excellent Reader Award for having over 150 Accelerated Reader points.

It only took 4 years but Trent finally got Perfect Attendance this year!

Field Day 2009

Just wanted to post pictures of Trent (and me) from Field Day today!

Our annual trip down the inflatable slide...

I believe we have a picture like this from every year, too.

Coming down at the end of the inflatable obstacle course.


The middle of the inflatable obstacle course.

Trent and his best friend Curtis. Unfortunately, this was his class' first stop...snowcones for breakfast at 8:30am are yummy but the day got really hot and it would've worked better after lunch!

Trent's Violin Recital

Ella's "REAL" Birthday

Even though we had Ella's birthday parties last week while Pops, Purson, and Abby were in town we wanted to make Ella's "REAL" birthday (that's what she's called today since this morning) special. So after we went to have her pictures taken we met Grammy and PawPaw at Red Robin for a special birthday lunch. We saved a present for her to open along with the gift Lucia and Mulie Craighead sent to her. Later this evening we went to the Red Sox game for Dixie Youth League Night. Trent had a great time being with friends and watching his favorite sport.

Ella LOVES shoes!! New flip flops from Mommy and Daddy...but where to put them?!?! There's no room left in her closet!

A new puppy from Lucia and Mulie!

Ella loves the doggie carrier!

Parade of Teams onto the field.

The Raptors are walking under the word "Center."

Just a pretty neat picture!

Trent and a few members of his team.

Ella joins the boys.

Luckily, it was Kids Run the Bases night...Trent didn't want to run so Ella and Daddy went out and had fun.

Coming across home plate.

We are growing WATERMELONS!

Discovered 2 watermelon sprouts today while we were watering! We also noticed a 3rd squash spouting today!

So we now have 5 cucumber plants, 3 squash plants, and 2 watermelon plants. We are still waiting to see if we get any peppers or pumpkin plants to grow.

Trent is still thinking we will have a watermelon to eat by July 4th!

Trent Sings in Church

Today Trent sang a cute solo in church as part of a piece that the Children's Choir performed. This video picks up in the middle of the song...Lindsey S. sang the first verse and Trent sang the second verse.

Christmas Parade 2008

This year our church decided to participate in a local Christmas parade. It was absolutely FREEZING but we had a wonderful time and can't wait to do it again next year!

Getting ready at the beginning of the parade route to start!

Ella and her best friend Kayleen from church.

Trent and Ella Enjoy Their Christmas Presents!

For Christmas, both kids got new bikes. Trent was ready to upgrade to an ADULT SMALL bike. Those legs may look just a bit to short for this bike now, but I guarantee that by this spring we will probably need to look at raising the seat. It's unbelievable how big he has gotten!

Ella wanted a "Big Girl" bike. Not a bike with 3 wheels...a bike that has 2 big wheels. I'm wondering how long it will be before she's asking us to take off those training wheels?!?!?

Gingerbread Houses in January

Building Gingerbread Houses has become a yearly event with the Wilson family for us. However, both families are so busy around Christmas that we don't get a chance to do them until sometime after the holidays. Last year we weren't able to get together until MARCH! This year we were able to get together within the first week of January. Here are a few pictures of the process.