Some great hikes

Its rainy, its dreary, we dont have heat or hot water.....  Lets go for a hike.

It really just feels better to be outside and my husband is the best hike finder around.  This one if pretty much in our back yard.

We probably shouldn't have taken Nora, but its so hard to say no to her excitment.

These are mountain bike trails that Asa builds, you will NEVER catch me riding across that bridge!

 

Some great March things - from Jobs, to Basketball to concerts

Here are some great things...

My mom asked me to take care of this rope plant while she was gone.  Not only did I not KILL it, its actually thriving.  So much so, I had to take a photo.

Jazz band had a concert featuring a guest artist on the clarinet and it was REALLY good.  Can't believe its a last for the Leadbetters.

These guys spent a chilly day all together on the golf course and loved every minute.  Dad still won!

This was the final night of us all being friends - Tennessee had a big game, Michigan and Michigan state had big game too - best part, it wasn't against each other.  Yet....

Best part, Farrah submitted an application for a family counseling position and guess what, 2 interviews later and she is IN!  This world needs her and her talents.  Its not an easy job by any stretch.  I (and this world should be) thankful for people like Farrah with a big heart and love for doing this work.

Not sure if we nailed the Instagram trend, but it was fun trying.

you guessed it - full family room = full heart

Just so we are clear, Bill has 2 T-shirts on.  MSU had the first game.  Gotta LOVE his spirit!

And then it was quite and this one settled into the fun new location for the 2nd TV-

We ran out of gas, yup, it happened.  That device is producing heat, and that little white dog is pretty smart and the photo made me smile.

 

Basketball Banquet

First basketball Banquet under the new Regime - it was quite efficient - check out this impressive class of 2027!  Congrats to Shane on EARNING the Varsity Letter!!  That is HUGE - Speaks to his DRIVE - I love seeing him aggressive on the court.  Watching the 3s go in is pretty cool too.

This is my bitter sweet moment.  Here are the senior boys - Nick's buddies, Chase, Ryan, Tate and David.  

These are their mom's taking their photos.  It is beautifully sad to see them move onto the next step.  I will REALLY miss these moms in the stands.  The only thing constant, is change.

 

Tate's Birthday

What's up Birthday Boy!!  Here's to 19!

Brian rocked the birthday boy weekend Awe throwing and all!

Thank you to Brian for hosting the neighborhood NCAA tournament bracket which brought us all together smack talking and TONIGHT all together for Tate's birthday!  Cake was premade by Farrah who was in CA celebrating her sister's big 5 - 0!

Still really love a full family room - translates into a full heart every time!

 

My Helpers ROCK

1/2 day central and while these guys are DYING to get on the golf course, we committed them to a family chore of locking in the chicken coop!!  They dug in the wire fencing, got rid of the rat tunnels in pretty record time.

 

These are the days when I feel BEYOND fortunate for this crew.

And it makes me giggle at the time when Drew was late to his basketball game because he totally forgot and was knee deep in chicken poop - and coach still gave him a hard time.  Yup, that makes me laugh...

 

Award Night for Nick and Coach Bristol

Board of Ed celebrates big achievements for their community  how pretty darn awesome is it that NIck get recognized for his 100th win at the SAME time that Coach Bristol gets recognized for his coaching 100th win!!

 

FINAL Rhode Island tournament and we FINALLY figured it out - stay with the Charrons!

Friday night we head to Newport to connect with the team at an old timey arcade grab take out at a noodle bar (drive an eat it - genius right?) not if you are the driver....

Saturday 2 games, one of them had a kid that can DUNK.  Needlesss to say, we didn't win that game.

Here is a big win!  All together with the crew.  We even had Nick and Shane drive up.  It was a beautiful afternoon and opted to hit Top Golf and did a little shopping at TJ Max.

Another game.

More fun cousin time!

We sucked in Helium balloons, my sister made limitless crepes, we watched wedding crashers and just chilled together.  Total win, icing on the cake was opting out of the final game (as a team) and watching Drew pal around with the team mates.  What a difference a year and our family makes.