Hembree Family

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

WOW

Has it really been since Nov? It seems like the last few months have flown by and I have forgotten all about this blog......Well Thanksgiving in St Louis was hectic but great and Christmas and visits from family made Christmas a blast as well. Ty has started basketball. He scored in his very first game..WOO HOO! I still think he prefers soccer but he is really learning alot and toughening up...which he needs....He really enjoys daddy being his coach and Jay is doing a great job with alot of kids who started the yr with no clue how to play basketball. Jake is doing great...Learning his letters and how to write them....I am so proud he has taken an interest in this....I expected alot more fuss about learning from him but he is loving it! He has been great hanging out here with me and helping out in Ty's class. He is like one of the students up there and all the kids in Ty's class treat him like he is their own brother...trying to carry him, etc :) It finally seems to be settling down around here so I hope to blog more. Jake is sick right now and miserable, which makes me miserable...That combined with no sleep for all of us is making for a crabby house but I hope he is on the end of this virus or whatever he has got. I will add a couple pictures from the last couple months to catch you up :)

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Soccer

We finished up Ty's soccer season this weekend with a tournament and a party! The kids did great and we are so proud of them...They got 2nd place and more than half of the team had never played before. We could not have had a better coach...he was so patient and made practices and games a blast for all the kids. I think we could have won if the kids werent so tired from 3 games in one day! Ty is very excited about his 1st trophy! We hope to keep in touch with Coach Geoff and some of the other players for next year. When we got to the party today it started pouring rain so you will see cold kids and dark skies but we made it work and the kids had a dance party...Lots of fun!

P.S. 5 more days till St Louis!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Mrs. Riley

I have to say at the beginning of the year I wasn't sure about Ty's teacher. She seemed a little cold and not as motherly as the other kindergarten teachers, but honestly she is GREAT!! Ty is so blessed to have her for a teacher. I got to visit class today for the 50th day of school. All the kindergarten had 50's day...they dressed up like 1950's and Mrs. Riley did lots of fun stuff for the kids. We made coke floats, she had a hula hoop contest, a bubble gum blowing contest and even did a twist dance off :) I took a couple pictures of the dancing. You will not see Tyler and his friend Braeden as they were too cool for the twist but everyone else had a blast! So I have learned that God answered my prayers and gave him the perfect teacher to meet his needs and he loves her dearly. He writes I love Mrs. Riley on the back of his papers...HA HA...little kiss-up! He got another blue today...which is above and beyond on his behavior in class. His only complaint about school is that it starts too early :)