Seahawks Pep Rally

Today was Blue Friday!  And this wasn't just any Blue Friday...it was the Friday before the Superbowl!!  The Seahawks play the New England Patriots on Sunday.  We are headed to back-to-back Superbowls!

At school almost every kid was wearing Seahawk gear.  It was great.  We had an awesome pep rally at the end of the day where the kids did some chants, watched some short videos and sang some Seahawk songs.  Fun times and a great memory for all!  Many parents attended and were just as wild and crazy as the kids!

My crazy class.  (Notice my one Patriots fan...number 12!)  

Again, my wild class ready for the Pep Rally.

Cannon with his buddies.  

The back half of the gym. 

Me with a few of my students. 

Cannon and I....and Cannon's friend. 

What a great way to end our week.  Here's to a good game on Sunday and hopefully a Seahawk win!

Enjoying every moment!

A Few Things To Remember....

Here are some more "things" that I'll be glad I wrote down!

*Colson is slowly growing out of naps.  He still kind of needs them, but is starting to be able to make it through the day without losing it if he doesn't nap!
*Cannon is big enough that he doesn't want kisses from me in front of others any more.  Boo!
*Chris and I are watching two great shows on TV currently.  State of Affairs and The Blacklist.  So good!
*Report card time is totally exhausting.
*We are still looking for the "right" house plan, after finding two others that we were sure were "the ones."  Keep searching.
*Coach K from Duke won his 1,000 game last weekend.
*The Seahawks are going to the Superbowl.  It's this weekend, February 1st in Arizona!
*Colson is the pickiest eater right now.  Terribly frustrating, but he'll eat if he gets hungry enough!
*The boys LOVE their tablets, however they have limits on playing time and they HATE that.
*Chris and I never (almost never) make our bed.  Shhhhhh!
*DC wants to sleep with one of the boys each night.  Too bad we kick him out of their room!
*There are two loads of laundry done and have been waiting to be folded for three days now.
*Colson enjoys school so much even though he says he doesn't want to go.
*Cannon is currently reading a Magic Tree House book in his reading group.


Enjoying every moment!

Gymnastics

It's Colson's turn to sign up for an activity!  We've been talking about getting him into gymnastics and we finally found a class that fit with our schedule!

Colson was very excited and could barely control his excitement.  He was shy at first and didn't want to go out on the floor, but once he did, he was fine.  It's amazing to watch him follow directions and listen to the coach.  (I'm so glad he listens to his teachers and coach, since he doesn't listen very well at home!)

The class stretched--which was so cute!  Then they worked on the small balance beams.  They had to balance walking forward and stepping over foam blocks.  They walked backwards, which was very hard.  Next, they had to side step the length of another beam.   Good challenges for all of them!

The class also got to work on their forward rolls, jump and swing on the bar and practice how to do a cartwheel (hilarious!).

It was so great to watch!  Hooray to Colson! Proud of him!

Enjoying every moment!

A Little Riding

We had a beautiful Sunday.  The sun was shining and the temperature got up to the mid 60's.  It was wonderful!

Chris had planned to take Cannon up to the property to go riding on their motorcycles.  Cannon was very excited, even though he hasn't been riding in months.  I was planning on staying home with Colson, but ended up going at the last minute because Colson wanted to go.  I'm glad we did.

Colson loved riding his bike and big wheel up and down the street there.  Not one car came by.  I enjoyed walking (and running trying to keep up) with him.  He played the entire time.  Cannon struggled some with his motorcycle.  It had been sitting all winter and really needed some TLC before riding.  But he was able to get on and ride up and down the rode a bunch of times.  It was good for him to practice doing something simple, before riding on the rough ground.

Chris rode a few different times around the property and then out under the power lines.  I'm sure he will be sore from using muscles he hasn't used in a long time.

Chris and Cannon came home and worked on Cannon's carburetor, changed the oil and tried to work on making it shift easier.  Chris ended up making another shifter that he welded on.  Now Cannon can not only shift up, but back down.  Cannon rode around the yard and the neighbors yard for quite awhile today.

Enjoying every moment!

A Few Random Shots

Random shots from the last week or so.  That seems to be how things are going....kind of random. Not in a bad way.  But it just is.  The days are sneaking away and they are good days, but I'm finding pictures and blogging are at the bottom of the list.  I'm not sure if that is something I am okay with or not.  At least for now, it's just the way it is.

So...

Cannon and Colson having pillow fights.  This happens more and more.  My poor pillows won't last long.  

The closer DC is to you, the better.  He wants to be sleeping ON you and will stay all night if allowed.   

Our recent sing and read.  Cannon is up front...in gray.  

My class, taking pictures and making a video for their classmate Ava (picture of her on the Smartboard) who is battling cancer.  This was their funny faces!

Our awesome music teacher decorated our hallway to celebrate the Seahawks heading back to the Superbowl.  

Enjoying every moment of this randomness right now.

Husky Basketball

We were again blessed with tickets to the Husky Men's basketball game from the Jet boys at Jet Chevrolet.  When Chris called to ask if we wanted the tickets, the answer was of course, Yes!

We headed to the stadium after the Seahawks unbelievable comeback win.  The boys were excited to go to the game, too.  We were looking forward to spending a night out as a family.  We enjoyed a great walk to the area.  All of us loved looking around the team store.  We followed around Harry, the Husky mascot until the boys could say hi and get a picture.  We had dinner, which was not healthy at all, sitting in our seats, passing back and forth the hotdog, pretzel, and water.  We munched on Kettle Corn the rest of the night.  We cheered on the team to a victory, after being down by 10 points at halftime.  It was a great night for us all.    

Enjoying every moment.

Silly

7:30 pm and we are up in the boys room reading.  Tonight, there were some impromptu photos taken before we started our books.  Too funny!

Love our family!  Love my Ross boys!  The three CR's.
Enjoying every moment!