The Spring is always an incredibly busy time, but this year it seems even extra busy. We went to LTC in Dallas, which was great. Ryan had a couple of band competitions right after that, then we went to San Antonio for State Math and Science competition. Brendan has just started a new season of baseball, with Wes and Shawn coaching. Last night we went to our good friend Jacob's graduation and today th boys and I went to the JR. High camp out and Wes went to Martyn's "Bachelor Party". They went to a ranch near Centerville for some fishing, hunting and riding around on ATVs, good ol' guy time. We have a day and a half left of this school year. Parties on Tuesday, and half day on Wednesday. VBS is coming up in a hurry too. Will try to post pictures soon.

My sister gave Wes and me a great "date night". She gave us tickets to the "Straight No Chaser" concert, which was a blast!

In April, Ryan and I went to San Antonio for him to compete in the State Math and science competition. Before the competition, we all went to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Ryan won 6th place in Science at State again, and his team won 6th place in the team competition.

Ryan spends a lot of time practicing his trumpet. I enjoy listening to him play while I cook dinner. You'd think it would drive me crazy, especially since his favorite place to practice is in the middle of the living room, but I really like it.

I guess it also reminds me of my grandpa, who also played the trumpet.

Looking back at some highlights from 2009

In August, we went to Rogers City, MI on a mission trip. We helped the congregations there, with a VBS. It was a great time of fellowship and serving together. We thank God for this experience.

Ryan has participated in several academic competitions this year and will continue for the next several months. He has won first place in science and spelling in all of them, as well as placing 4th at UIL in math. He enjoys staying active with the church youth group. Here isa shot of him before he went to the youth progressive dinner. Brendan came in 3rd place in the Lakewood spelling bee. He worked hard to prepare and did very well.

Happy 2010!!!

Where has the time gone? I'm terribly sorry I haven't updated this in such a long time. I don't really have any organized thought to share with you at the moment, but I do have some pictures from the past few months.

The Christmas picture is Mom (Christy's mom, Donna), Heather, Martyn, Wes, Christy, Ryan and Brendan, with Buddy. As you can see, we have gotten 2 dogs this year. We got Ziggy in June and Maddie in October.

Brendan's baseball

Brendan played baseball for the first time, this year. There wasn't a coach for our team, so Wes and Shawn coached the team. It was a great experience. They did a really good job. Of course when he's not playing baseball, he's very creative about coming up with other ways to have fun.