Swim Team Championships 2010

Yes, that Title really does say Swim Team on it! As you may have noticed I'm a little behind. So, back in July Wyatt qualified for Backstroke for the City of Gilbert Championships. He did so awsome for his first year, he got 7th out of 14 other swimmers! Way to go bud !

End of the School Year / Beginning of Summer Fun

Where do I begin?? I have so much to catch you up on, that I might as well just do it in one post! We have already had a super busy Summer with Swim Team , teaching Swim Lessons & just trying to keep three boys busy. I teach swim lessons until Noon Mon-Thurs. , so the weeks have been going by way to fast for me. I'll be glad when they're over so I don't have to wake up at 5:30am & I can spend every waking moment with my boys! :/ No, I'm kidding, but I will be glad when they're over because that means it's that much closer to the Beach, yahoo!!! The Stroups, my Mom & Jason's family are all going this year. It's going to be soo much fun, I can hardly wait. Anyway, I have a lot to catch you up on & it's taken me almost a month to get this out. So here it goes.................................... Student of the Month: May I'll start with the oldest event & that was Zach getting his long awaited Student of the Month Award. You have to understand that Wyatt has received this award for the past two years & he's only been there for two years!! So, Zach has been very eager to get it since the 2nd grade. We are very proud you Zach for being so "Courteous".

End of the Year Awards:

Wyatt received the Academic Award for getting all A's & B's this whole school year! This is a huge milestone on the Spitler side!! I will say though that all of the grandchildren are very smart even in Math, so maybe it skips generations!! he he :)

DVLL Champs Red Sox 2010:

This is Zach's 2nd year in a row to make it to the Championships in Baseball. They didn't win last year but they did this year!! Woohoo!! It was the most exciting game. We played against the Cubs who hardly had any losses this season & they were a great team. It wasn't one of the best games for the Red Sox but we still pulled it off. The best part was Zach got up to bat with the score 0-2 Cubs & Zach blasted a hard grounder & got two of the runners home to tie up the game. It was awesome & yes I got teary eyed!! They ended up winning 5-4 . Gooo Red Sox!

And yes, that was the longest season Ever but I loved every minute of it! :)

Love Papa Ron!!

Swim Team: Perry Piranhas:

My Coop

Here's the trooper who sits(actually runs all around) through all the swim meets & baseball games.

Zach had his Championship for baseball the first week of practice, so we really ran seasons into each other. This is the boys first year in doing swim team. I know, crazy for any of you that knew me & knows that I lived in the pool since I was 4 years old. Zach actually did it when he was 5 for Taylor but we never stuck with it. So, in saying that it's been a little tougher to be 11 1/2 & just starting to learn all the rules & to be in a tough age group. I take him & his friend who also has never swam on a swim team, Meg at 6am for practice in Gilbert. That right there says a lot for a couple of tweens , but I think if they stick it out they could do really well. Wyatt has picked up on it so fast. He's gotten 2nd place in Freestyle, Backstroke & Breaststroke. What's funny about him is he weighs absolutely nothing, so he just cruises through the water. For those of you that know Wyatt you know that he is the slowest kid in the World when it comes to everything else, examples: eating, getting out of the car, homework etc. So in saying that, I really don't know how he pulls it off every time, but he does. Goo Piranhas!

1st Meet Freestyle

2nd Meet Freestyle & Backstroke

3rd Meet Backstroke & Breaststroke What a cute little fish!

Swing, Batter!!

I can't believe Baseball season is here again! Lucky for us though Wyatt & Zach have opposite schedules, unlike last year. They are both doing great, Zach is on the Red Socks team & Wyatt is on the LSU Tigers. Zach's team hasn't lost one game yet & he's loving playing 2nd base. Wyatt has tried every position, even catcher. A few things I love about baseball are: the awesome farmers tan that you get & have to get rid of by summer time, chasing after my two year old, getting take-out on game nights, watching other parents get so worked up, but mostly just seeing my two boys getting better & better, every time they run onto that baseball field!!

Getting down to business.

What a cute 'Catch'!!

St. Johns

We went to St. Johns for Jessie Lee's baby blessing. We ended up staying in Snowflake with Doug & Kristy on Saturday night & then drove to Megan & Larry's house in St. Johns on Sunday. We had a lot of fun as always with this bunch! I got to hold Jessie & get my girl fix for a long time & loved every minute of it. The kids sure love having the open range to play & run wild. Cousins are so much fun!

Larry, Meg, Jayce, Connor, Kendell & Jessie

Almost the whole clan!!

Christmas in April??

I know it's April but I'm a little behind on my blogging. So the Stroup's came down for Christmas. They arrived on Christmas Eve which was perfect. We celebrated over at my Dad's house, had yummy food & Papa Ron read The Night Before Christmas to the grand kids. He got everyone Sun devils gear & even got all of us in a picture to model it. It was a lot of fun! For Christmas we woke up did the presents thing & breakfast. Cooper ate some of the leftover Santa cookies for the 2nd year in a row, pretty funny. Then stopped by Roy & Nonie's house & then off to Nana's. All in all it was a fantastic Christmas. While Nicole & Eric were here we went and saw Avitar, celebrated New Years with them & just hung out. It's been over 3 months ago so I'm a little foggy on the everyday details, but we did have fun I remember that!!

Papa reading the Night Before Christmas

Nic & E, two little love birds!

What cute Devils

Wyatt & Papa

Yummy cookies!! Thanks Nana!

Nonie & Lamar opening our gift to them.

Zach has been begging for a hat! Giddy up, cowboy!!

Farewell Stroups!