The Lions

It was a night of fast and furious running and kicking and laughing at the soccer field. Tonight was Joshua's first soccer practice. He has been sooooo excited about playing soccer, especially since his best buddy, CJ, is on his team!

First on the list of things to accomplish tonight was to name the team. After many, many suggestions, the kids all decided they wanted to be the Lions....roooaaaarrrrrr!

Now on to the field for the footwork....

The new gear

Joshua & his best buddy, CJJoshua's patented kick
Practicing the dribbleHeading for the goal

SCORE!!!

After practice, we headed over to the sporting goods store to outfit the little pro with the proper gear. Now he is ready to take over the field!
All in all it was a great first practice and Joshua only picked the ball up with his hands 10 or 15 times! Yeah, we're still working on that.

Can't wait til our next practice and the first game in a few weeks!

Minnehaha Falls

We had a beautiful day spent with a very special family - Chris, Kathi & James. Chris & Kathi are the experts on waterfalls in the state and today they took us on a short hike to a beautiful waterfall in Tallulah. Joshua was so very, very excited to actually get to see a REAL waterfall!

The hike up

Minnehaha Falls
Joshua gets his first look at a REAL waterfall
Chris, Kathi & James

Me & my boys

Feeling the water rush over his hands and feet

Climbing higher

The happy group We had a relaxing and refreshing day. When we got back to the car this afternoon, Joshua looked at us and said, "I had a great day!" And well, we all had a great day!

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Psalm 145:9

A rainy day....

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A trip to the dentist

A visit to the dentist can be scary for most anyone, but for a little one going for the first time it can be an especially scary event. Fortunately we have a very kind and gentle dentist, Dr. White. It also helps that Dr. White's son, Jared, is one of Joshua's buddies at school. So even though Joshua was a little nervous yesterday, when Dr. White walked into the room, Ronnie asked Joshua, "Who is this?" and Joshua answered with a big smile, "Jared's daddy!"

All done!

Ms. Beverly & Joshua

New boots

Last year, around Joshua's birthday we bought him his first pair of "cowboy boots". Originally we went to the store looking for a new pair of shoes, but when he saw those boots, that was all he wanted. He was so very, very excited about them and wore them home from the store and then wore them everywhere!

October 2008Eventually as the weather warmed up, we convinced him to wear his crocs or tennis shoes, but he continued to wear those boots whenever he could. By early summer, he had really outgrown the boots, but would shove that little foot in and wear them anyways.

Last Friday night we went back to that same store to buy Joshua a new pair of boots. Sure enough the store had them and we bought them. (I know his foot really was shoved into the old pair because he went from an 8 last year to a 10 this year!) Again, he was so excited!

And wore them home from the store again.
And wore them to church on Sunday!

And will probably wear them everywhere.

My little cowboy sweetie - He loves his boots!

Swinging!!!

It's almost too hot to play outside these days, but here are a few fun pictures:

A funny for the week

Because of my work schedule and commute, Ronnie drops Joshua off at school each morning and picks him up in the afternoon. This past week, Ronnie told Joshua he would take him to Dairy Queen after school one day.

On Tuesday, I had to work late, so Ronnie decided to take Joshua that evening on the way home from school. As they pulled into the parking lot, Ronnie asked Joshua, "Do you want to go in or drive through and take it home?" Joshua said he wanted to go in. Ronnie then told him, "Now when we go in you need to behave, ok?" Joshua said, "Ok daddy, I'll behave. That means no running and no picking boogers." That's my boy!