Beautiful Day

Today was the most beautiful day of the year so far. Not only was it sunny and warm but today was the baseball draft! We have our team and this season is going to be awesome! Today was so nice that the baseball gear was unloaded and put to use. Games start next month and hopefully the nice weather holds out and the team can start practicing.
I LOVE Little League baseball!!!

Another year another MVS

Thomas and his swimming brothers, they are the cutest group of boys, I am so glad he has such awesome friends.

We just got back from the annual end of season banquet for high school swimming. Hard to believe he is halfway finished with his high school swimming! Thomas won the MVS ( most valuable swimmer) award again this year which was pretty cool. That means he scored more points than any other boy on the team. He also lettered again which was also pretty cool. Now we just have to get that dang letterman's jacket one of these days! So proud of Thomas and his hard work and dedication to swimming.
ALso the red on his face is not acne, he face planted when he was sledding with the scouts last night.

First Date

Tonight was the Sweethearts dance. IT was also Thomas' big first date. He looked so handsome in his suit. He was super nervous even though the girl is a good swim friend that he has known for years. Her parents ended up coming over to take pictures because this was her first date also. So they felt like movie stars with all the paparazzi taking pictures. I am sure that only made them both more nervous but hey, we parents need our pictures!
Don't they look so cute, even though he never got the haircut it didn't look too bad. At least she is a swimmer too and is used to it!

Super 16!!!

First solo drive!!

Off to practice

We woke up to this on the front lawn on his birthday. We heard honking for 2 days it was so fun. Thanks Jess :)

Maddi surprised us again by coming home for the long weekend. I am trying to convince her to stay home and go to school next year.

Blowing out the candles...Thomas style.

Thumbs up to 16 candles!!!

Adventure time cake, it's one of his favorites.

One of his buddies gave him a Thor helmet...he LOVES it! Why am I worried about him growing up, he still is like a 5 year old sometimes!

It finally just made sense to me why I love Peter Pan so much. It's because I can relate with never growing up. I love each new stage my kids go through but it is hard to watch them grow so darn fast. If I could keep them in Neverland where they would stay kids it would be awesome. But each passing year brings new adventures and this year brings Thomas to the ripe old age of 16. He got his drivers license today and for the first time took the car and drove himself to practice. Now I know many of you are going to say, wait... you have been looking forward to this day when he can drive himself to the pool and back twice a day . It's true, I am happy to cut down on my back and forth trips, but I will miss that time in the car with him, even if it is only for a few minutes. He tells me everything that went on in practice and how he swam and all the details. I am sure I will still get most of it when he gets home but it will be different.
It doesn't seem all that long ago Mitch then Maddi turned 16. It is such a fun time of independence and a little freedom. But it seems as soon as they turned 16 I blinked and they were out of the house.
I am excited for Thomas because he is so excited but it does tug at my heart just a bit that he is so grown up. So if anyone knows the way to Neverland will you please send me the directions, I may want to visit, but not until this summer when all our kids are home so they will all stop growing up...just for a while.

6

O.K are you ready for this??? Holy cow, 6 months. I am so excited to say that in only 6 months we will have Awesome Elder Sheridan back at home. I know he is helping so many people and serving the Lord and loving his time in Peru. But I am over the top excited that it is down to only 6 months! I remember when he had been gone only 6 months and I thought how long it would be to get to this point and now it is here. The countdown begins.....

First Date

Thomas will soon be turing the magic age of 16. Crazy right! It is such a fun age but it really crept up on me way too fast. I still call him and Jake my little boys. When did this happen.
He is super excited to have passed his driving test and as soon as he turns 16 he can go and get his license, oh my.
Also, since he is turning 16 just a few days before the girls choice Sweethearts dance at school, he was just asked on his first date by a good friend of his. He got out of practice to find a bottle of shampoo on his swim bag. There was a note that said " Thomas, will you go to Sweethearts with me? Wash your hair to find out who." Ha ha this is funny because Thomas has yucky hair right!
Any way he answered her with a bottle of conditioner that said, " I would love to go to the dance with you, on one condition...I don't have to wash my hair"
So now we are back to having to order flowers and find a tie to match a dress. Really, when did this happen?????

Spelling Bee

Another year, another Spelling Bee. Jacob won his class Spelling Bee and moved on to the school one. He made it to the the last rounds but ended up misspelling the word RHYTHM. He hadn't practiced that one. He was the last 4th grader left so that was pretty cool. What wasn't cool was that the next few words all the way to the final winning word were ones he had practiced and knew how to spell. I could see it was killing him to hear those 6th graders misspell nobelium, squeegee and mostly vaudeville, he knew that one by heart! He is determined to make it again and go farther next year.
He is an amazing speller. It is pretty sad that I have to ask him how to spell things!