Camp Creek ... June 13th-14th

On June 13-14th , Scotty and Cheryl (grandparents) took Payton, Aubrie and Jasmine to Camp Creek up by College Station. They stayed in a little cabin on the lake and crammed in a ton of fishing. They fished on the dock at night with a light in the water and fished all the next day in the boat.

They all had a blast !!

Payton, Aubrie and Jasmine in their very own boat that they had to use teamwork to get it to go anywhere !!

Payton, Aubrie and Jass

They caught a TON of perch..

Fishing on Sunday

I got to go with Tommy, Scotty, and Cheryl this past Sunday and go fishing. We went out of Freeport this time.. we caught about 100 fish between all of us, but only 6 were keepers !! All snappers !! We had alot of fun. Here is a picture of the sunrise on Sunday morning.. God is good and His creations are amazing

the sunrise from where we launch the boat

the sunrise from out on the open water

Scotty (Skippers dad)

Cheryl (Skippers step-mom)

along the way , there was a dolphin that was following us around.. he would get really close to the boat and just kinda hang out and watch us.. it was really neat... he never got too close.. but he was very interested in our fishing. we were catching snapper and most of them were 15 inches, well they had to be at least 16 to keep.. so of course we would have to throw them back.. this dolphin would wait for us to throw a snapper back and would take off after it and eat it.. free lunch I guess... super cool !! he got so used to us releasing the snapper that when Scotty was cutting up more bait for us he threw out the head of the bait fish (thats what we always do) the dolphin looked at the bait fish and actually shook his head "no" .. we thought it was hilarious !! and when Scotty threw out the tail of the bait fish the dolphin looked at it again and shook his head "no" !!! too funny... he only wanted our throw back snapper !!! smart guy !! here are some pics of our little friend for the day.

Just a Friday.....

today while at Payton's baseball practice... I decided to walk around and take some pictures.. here are a few..

~~sunset~~

while we were there some storms were all around Katy.. there was the biggest rainbow .. you could see the entire thing..
~~rainbow~~


there are acutally 2 rainbows in this pic.. with the storms building in the back ground.. it was beautiful

full rainbow

finally got back to the practice to get some pictures of Payton practicing his pitching.. he is improving each practice.. its really cool to watch !!

he was SO worn out after a 2 hr practice that only 2 kids showed up to.. he laid down to wait for us to get to the car... too cute !!

a little back track...

I just realized I forgot to post the kiddos grades for this past year !!
the first grade is the last 6 wks grade and the second is the total grade for the entire year....

Payton - 3rd grade completed
L/A Composite 80 84 for the year
Reading 73 78
Language 91 92
Spelling 90 95
Handwriting s s
Math 73 84
Science 85 90
Social Studies 87 89
Music/Art s s
Theater Arts s s
P.E. s s


Aubrie- 1st grade completed
L/A Compostie 95 92
Reading 93 91
Language 98 93
Spelling 97 94
Handwriting s n (oops)
Math 92 92
Science/Health s s
Social Studies s s
Music/Art s s
Theater Arts s s
P.E. s s

both kiddos did really well this year..

Summer Time...

well it sure is HOT outside... so far this summer the kids are swimming everyday, we have Jasmine at the house each day.. (Aubrie is loving that), Payton has baseball practice every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He is getting better and better each week.. its pretty cool to watch the work and effort he puts into his baseball.. we are really proud of him. He also works on his pitching every night with Skipper, he has to get his arm stronger to be able to throw the faster pitches that the 10-11yr olds throw.

Next week we have a tournament in Shiner, TX on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.. this will be the second one he will be in.. so we all are excited !!

Both of the kids are still in gymnastics every Tuesday.

Skipper is in his 1st week of his new career with Cintas.. he is excited for the opportunity and we are happy as a family for him !! I am excited to see where this company will take us in the future.. he is already doing so well, just in his first week . He is such a good salesman !!

So, needless to say we have been quite busy this summer and it just got started. Payton's birthday is coming up soon the BIG TEN !! wow... where did the past 10 yrs go ? You always hear your parents say.. "they grow up so fast" .. I now know what that feels like.. just think in 8 more years college !!!! OH MY GOODNESS !!

till the next time........

Payton's first tournament

Payton tried out for and made a 10U select baseball team called Katy Sliders ...... this weekend was his first tournament, they played friday night, saturday and sunday.. although they didnt win the tournament, the team played great and lots of teamwork !! here are some pics from the weekend.

~~ fielding~~

~~ fielding~~

~~batter up ~~

A new pool...

Skipper decided that the kids will need something else to do this summer besides bugging mom all day.. so he took us to Academy and bought us this pool for the back yard.. yay for dad !!

if its a "family" pool, we need "family" help in putting it together. Payton was a great help, Aubrie was too busy being worried a wasp might land on her.. even if they weren't even any where near her !!

filling up..

Aubrie, Payton , and Jasmine

having some fun in the sun !!

final product.

I highly recomend purchasing one of these pools.. super easy to set up and the price was great too !!