Teenage Eagle

Kurtis had his Eagle Court of Honor and turned 13 all on the same day. He shared the evening with his good friend Kimball and they were both presented with their eagle awards from their wonderful scoutmaster Ben Johnson. Kurtis choose Coach Jason Cole, his fantastic baseball coach, to receive his mentor pin. Kudos to Kristen Miner for capturing the evening with beautiful pictures for lasting memories!

 

 

 

 

Thanks to dear friends for sharing the evening with us~

 

Grandma made beautiful eagle's for the boys - thank you!

 

Kurtis’ Eagle Leadership Service Project: built a roof and waiting bench

at the Peachtree City Baseball & Soccer Complex.

Special Thanks to:

Joe Kuebler: little league and city correspondence, and working on project 

PTC Little League: donating money, shingles, and dirt 

Peachtree City: donating building permit and inspections 

Fairburn Ready Mix: donating cement slab, sending truck to site and pouring cement 

Home Depot: donating $100 & James helping find everything 

Matt Denison: creating project plans and working on project 

Duane Clarke: donating roof nails, tar paper and nail gun 

Ben Johnson: donating hammer drill and working on project 

Mike & Ryan Trusty: working on project

70.3

Jeff challenged me to another 1/2 ironman - always an adventure!
Grandma & Grandpa met us in Isle of Palm, SC to watch us race and entertain the boys.  We stayed at a beach house and thanks to the Johnsons, we were hooked up with beach boards that kept the boys glued to the waves.

 

 

Getting ready...

 

The weather was great - overcast and not crazy hot.

 

 

The boys had time for miniature golf & fast food with G & G during our 56mile bike ride.
Thanks Grandma & Grandpa for another wonderful vacation!

 

Celebrating after - what a day!

 

Getting ready to go back to reality.

 

A welcome home surprise of beautiful sidewalk art on our driveway. Thanks to my dear friends (& running cohorts), Liz & Kristen and their families for cheers from home & Liz sharing her bike trailer yet again.  The aero bars from Greg made the bike ride dreamy. Only a dedicated coach would run the last 7 miles with Jeff - Kudos to Kim!

 

We both improved our 2010 time by over 30 minutes!
What's our next adventure baby?!?!

 

Silver Comet

We spent the morning biking on the Silver Comet.

LeAnn & Liz biked 50 miles and Jeff & Boys biked 20 miles.
Beautiful weather and location!

 

A GREAT Visit!

We were blessed to have Jeff's Grandma/the boy's only living Great Grandma & his cute Aunt Pat come stay with us.  Grandma is almost 91 years old and she runs around like someone half her age.  Grandma & Pat watched soccer and baseball games, went to the Cyclorama, Hunger Games/The Lorax, out to eat, golf cart rides, an egg hunt, and much more.  We loved having them here and hope they'll keep coming at least until Grandma is 100:)

 

 

Egg Hunt

Our Neighborhood Egg Hunt gets smaller as the kids get bigger,
but it's still a fun tradition.

 

Recital

 

Double Digits

Justin recently said that he is going to be the only one in the family not in the
double digits.  I told him he'd be 10 before I blinked.  Nick hollered from the other
room, "Mom I blinked 10 times and Justin isn't 10 yet."  That's our Nick:)
Happy Day Sweet Nicholas - We Love You!

Heart to Heart

Brandon won the mile run at N & J's school race.  His time was 6:50.
Justin raced in shortly after.  Nick and Mom ran the 5K.
(Kurt had baseball & Dad was flying).
Love this yearly family tradition!

PNA & Whirligig

Gotta love school projects!

Brandon made a model of DNA and called it Pee-NA.

Kurtis created a Whirligig - he loves baseball!

Derby

Another Pinewood Derby...Nick, Justin and Jeff did great!

Nick created a "yummy" car this year.

Justin's was decorated with designer duck tape.