VBS at Gateway

We had a great time at Kids Camp at Gateway!  This was Colleen's first VBS experience, and she loved it!

Corynne helped in my classroom with 1st grade.

Tyler helped in the Kindergarten class with his special student Lyndsey!

Lauren had a great time with her friends!

This was the highlight of Lyndsey's week...getting to sing on stage!!!

Summer City JV Basketball Tournament

Each day after working at Vacation Bible School at our church, I would run Tyler to school to catch the basketball workouts this week.  They were preparing for the practice tournament held each summer at a local private school.  It is really a great opportunity for the boys to work together as a team and scope out the competition for next year.  It would be even more fun if the gym was air conditioned!!!

Tyler is #33

Can we agree that this Catholic boy has some lift to his jump?

One of Tyler's shots.  You just can not see him!!!

It was a HOT afternoon, but it was so much fun to watch him play!!!

Plan A & Plan B

Plan A for this week was Corynne & Lauren at basketball camp at AUM and Lyndsey at soccer camp. Well, as you read in the prior post, basketball camp was cancelled.  In typical Vermillion form, I decided to cut-and-paste!  I pasted Lauren into soccer camp for the week!  These two girls worked hard in the hot sun every morning this week.  Lyndsey was so excited because she thinks soccer is awesome!

 Lauren was not so excited, but she did have a good time!

Basketball Clinic

Corynne and Lauren were scheduled to go to a basketball camp at AUM next week, but we got a phone call on Thursday that the camp did not make.  The coach told us that Corynne was old enough to participate in the weekend clinic/camp for JV/Varsity girls.  We told him she would come without even running it by her because she is at youth camp.  She arrives home at around 2 pm on Friday and is suppose to be at the AUM gym by 430.

After a temporary emotional breakdown that she was not heading home to sleep away the weekend, she was excited to go to the camp.

 The camp ran from 430-1030 Friday night, 745am-11pm Saturday, and 745-noon on Sunday.  Corynne had a great time with fellow Eastwood players, learned some great ball handling skills, improved her competitive game, and was completely EXHAUSTED Sunday afternoon!

 Her team won the 3-on-3 competition!

Let the Games Begin...

While the big kids were gone to youth camp in Tennessee this week, Lauren and Lyndsey went to VBS at Trinity Presbyterian downtown.  The theme for the week was "Let the Games Begin...!"  Of course, I could not miss an opportunity to play with food.  I decided to make it simple, and I surprised them one morning with olympic ring donuts!  They thought it was really cool, but too sweet!!

 They had an awesome week of fun with friends and came home with some great artwork!!

Boys 14 Win!

Boys 14 - 3rd place
Linda Stewart Memorial Classic
Dothan, AL

Heading Out West

On Thursday, May 31st, the girls and I headed out for Texas.  We left Tyler at home with JM because this weekend is the big Alabama Qualifier Tennis tournament.  We drove all the way to Athens, Texas, on Thursday were we met Grammy and Papa.  On Friday, Grammy and I went to Canton Trade Days to shop while Papa stayed at the hotel with the girls.  He is a good PAPA!!!!!!  I had a great time dragging my mom from shop to shop!  I had to make up for the last five year that I had missed!!!!  Rest assured JM will not let me go back on First Monday Trade Days for 5 more years!!!  

On Saturday, we met my family out at my uncles farm in Jacksonville for a visit with some precious family.  Unfortunately, I guess I did not pull my camera out of the car on Saturday and take any pictures.  The girls had fun playing with cousins and I enjoyed getting to catch up with family.  Why oh why do I not have pictures?!?!?

On Sunday, the girls and I headed to Grapevine.  We made an unexpected stop.  OK.  Honestly, I had the stop factored into our day because I needed something!  Corynne even asked for what I wanted after we got there (without her even knowing I wanted to get it).  Meet the newest additions to our family--Kaya, Rebecca, and Marie-Grace.  We had a great time at American Girl, and we got to eat upstairs in the Bistro.  Tons of girl fun!!!

 Next, we met up with JM's sister and kids at Urban Air.  It is an indoor trampoline park.  The kids had a lot of fun jumping, and jumping, and jumping, and jumping some more!

 We made it to Grammy and Papa's house on Sunday night.  I was so happy to stop driving for a little while!  On Monday, I took the 3 older girls to my mother-in-laws house for the day.  She took them to Frontier Texas in Abilene.  After learning a little Texas history, they took in some bowling and arcade games before heading back to her house for the night.  On Tuesday, Colleen and I joined the girls at Mimi's house for some playtime.  Everyone came back to Grammy and Papa's Tuesday evening for some fun on the farm.

We loaded up the car and started back home on Wednesday afternoon.  This was a FAST mini-vacation/visit.  I wish it could be longer but I have a son who has been home by himself for 3 days now while Dad went back to work!!!  And my son plays in a tennis tournament in 2 days in Dothan that I have to take him to because Dad is working.  And my "youth" leave in 4.5 short days to go to TN for youth camp!!!! I must get home, unpack, wash, and repack!!!  Welcome to my summer!  It really never slows down!!!