Drew turns 7!!!!

I smile with tears in my eyes when I look at these pictures.  See, in these pictures he looks like a silly kid - which - sometimes he is.  But, these days, most of the time, he is a young man.  Drew is serious and studious.  He is given challenge words for spelling each week and aces every test without trying. He tries his hardest at everything he does - from math to learning a new sport or a new game.  He LOVES basketball and hockey right now and his coaches LOVE him - because he listens and learns and plays his heart out.  Drew is patient and proud.  His teacher told me today that her favorite thing about Drew is that he leads others in his class by his actions - he comforts others and is the first to make another child feel like he/she has friends.  Drew is mischievous and creative.  He is so empathetic that he knows how to push buttons and get away with murder.  On the other hand, he creates tree houses out of sticks, will study rocks and look for them for hours and his imagination is somehow even bigger than his heart.  My hope for Drew is that one day he will be able to fully see and appreciate all that he is and all that he does - without ever giving up, always being humble and ALWAYS including everyone.  I am so proud to be his mom!

Spring Break - 2017 - Windrock!

We had such an amazing time on Spring Break!  We snuck away for a couple of days to enjoy some much needed sunshine, lack of cell-phones, wifi and electronics and just time to be together!  The weather was beautiful and the trails and the scenery were amazing.  The kids loved packing lunches, eating in the middle of the creek or the middle of the woods, finding coal and petrified wood, walking through old coal mines and finding frogs and poisonous salamanders!  We can't wait to go back!  

Basketball - 2017

It was SO MUCH FUN watching Conner and Drew play basketball his year!  They both did an AWESOME job!  I am so proud of them!