Kye, the Fabulous Falcon!!

A week or so ago,

Kye was one of the Fabulous Falcons at school

"for being super good." (quote from Kye)

He is always so proud of his purple ribbon,

pencil and prize from the treasure box!

As a teacher and mom,

it always makes me smile that for the

past 2 years, he has been selected within

the first month of school! :o)

Way to go Kye!!!!

In case you missed it last year,

here's the post from Kindergarten!!!

Kru's First Soccer Game!!!

Today, Kru took the soccer field for the first time!

With great enthusiasm, he played hard!

He has a pretty good concept of the game and at least

kicked the ball in the right direction!

Half-time fruit snack! Yum!!!

No, not a headder, but a super good throw-in!

and another!

He enjoyed it and looked so cute in his little cleats,

big shorts, shin guards and socks!!!

The U5 soccer is so much fun to watch!

No stress and cheers for everyone!

Gooooo Orange Tigers!!!!!

2 Years

Seriously?!?!?!

Yep! 2 Years in the house! And crazy, but going on our 4th year here in College Station, TX.

A serious record breaker for the Stephens! FOR SURE!!!

Really haven't made any changes to the house. Repainted a hand-stained wall, planted more bushes and made a don't even know what to call it in the front yard, as you can see from the picture.

We need to repaint the house due to fingers and hands of 3 boys, but maybe this year!??? :O)

Still blows my mind that we have lived somewhere for more than 22 months! But alas, we are still here. So 2nd house happy anniversary to us!!!

3 weeks in....

No pictures to post,

no real news to share.

Just wanted to mention what the boys are up to!

Dakota-

football! He is practicing 5-6 times a week! His ankles are sore, but he is hanging in there with ice, ace bandages, ankle supports and epsom salt! He is enjoying it! His first game is next Monday, not sure what string he is on yet, but of course he hopes he will be starting as a cornerback but I'll let you know! We will attempt to get pictures of him in his uniform on here eventually!

homework! He usually has homework every night!

youth group - this week, Dakota starts youth and I'm sure he will be busy with that as well!

Kye-

This 3rd week of school is a little less fun than last year. I think he is realizing that there is more to do in school than what Kindergarten entailed! :O) But, we press on! Making sure that we stick to bedtime is super important for the sanity of everyone come around 4:00 in the afternoons!

We are anxiously awaiting news of when gymnastic classes will begin! Will add pictures when we have some!

Awana - Kye will be a Spark again this year and will be working on memorizing the books of the Bible right away!

Kru-

Kru is into his 2nd week of school. He loves it! Everyday he comes home with at least 2 paintings all the while telling me he likes his school! :O) Kru-man is tired though! On the way home from picking up Dakota from football around 5:00, Kru falls asleep in the car! But he loves school!

Soccer begins in a couple of weeks for Kru's first time! Darrin is actually coaching his U5 team! That should provide great entertainment! I will post pictures when I have some!

Cubbies - Kru will begin his 2nd year in Cubbies! He enjoys hearing the stories and saying his verse and of course snack!

That's a wrap up of the past 3 weeks!

Kru's First Day of Pre-K!!!

Today, it was Kru's turn to pose in front of the door.

Today, my 4 year old, began school!!!!

In fact, he was so excited that he woke up at 5:45.

Of course, I told him to go back to bed!!!

All smiles!

Finally, after dropping off everyone else, we arrived at

Kru's school! He hopped out of the car and put his backpack on!

As soon as we walked in, he found his hook, no problem!

Thank goodness for short names! ;O)

And then into the classroom!

He went straight for the paint!!! Literally, he didn't

stop at ANYTHING else! Look at his grin!

So happy!!!!

Kru loves to paint!! He came home with

3 masterpieces just today! :O)

Kru with his wonderful teachers:

Mrs. Braden & Mrs. Davis

We love them!!!!

When I picked him up, he was still smiling!

What a great first day!

But man, he was tuckered out!! :O)