{Beaumont Basketball Boys}

Drew and Ian have been involved in playing the city basketball league for the last several years.  It keeps them busy and active through the winter and their basketball skills continue to improve!

Ian begged Kenny to coach his team this year which he did.  It was fun for both of them, but also trying on Kenny's patience!  Ian loved having his dad coach!

 Ian's strength is still his height and his defense.  He had tons of rebounds, several great assists, some baskets, and enjoyed an undefeated season!

He scored on this shot!

"The Clippers"

Kenny did an amazing job coaching these young boys and was pleased with a season full of victories!!!

Coach Dad & Ian

You have some amazing seasons and then some not so great seasons.  Unfortunately, Drew did not have a whole lot of wins this year, but he still had fun making new friends and bettering his basketball skills.

 Drew's greatest strength is his speed!  He is small, but is scrappy!   He also made several shots from the side which always had me cheering!

Drew picked out his basketball shoes and I loved how the blue stood out on the court!  It made him easy to find. 

I loved watching my boys play this year and was sad to see the season end.  However, I was glad to have our nights back.  The boys had practices Mon.-Thur. and games on Friday and Saturday!  It kept us all running!!!

{Church Ball}

Kenny loves basketball and has been a part of the Banning Basketball team, also known as church ball, for many years!  There aren't any tryouts or practices so its just a bunch of "old timers" trying to relive their glory days, as well as complete basketball novices.  And everyone gets to play.  Sometimes it can be quite competitive and comical.  Lets just say there are lots of laughs from the wives and the players during the game!

  The men just played their last game of the year and we decided to surprise our men by coming out ready to cheer them on!

The little girls were excited to have posters and pom poms and yelled for their dads the whole game!

Someone had to show these girls how to cheer,  plus I wanted to see if I still had my moves from cheerleading many moons ago!

 These men came out ready to play and stomped on the opposing team!  Kenny played awesome and made the "Summers Fan Club" very proud!

 Kenny's biggest cheerleaders!

 Kenny doesn't like attention drawn to himself, but he did have a smile on his face as he saw the sign we made for him!  He might have gotten some teasing from his friends, but he is a Super Stud!



Kenny's love for church basketball is being passed down to the younger generation!  On his day off he picked up 13 boys and brought them down to the church to play.

 He was going to referee, but that wasn't as much fun as playing, so he joined in too!

 You would think he would take it easier on the kids, but he is too competitive to do that!

After basketball they played kick ball.  They played for hours and all the boys left tired and stinky!  Kenny is such a great dad and a great leader for the kids.  He made sure everyone had fun and was a great coach!  I sure do love this man!!!  I am his #1 FAN!

{Baby Wyatt}

Mya loves babies and is a little Miss Mom!  Her dolls are all named after my friends babies, who aren't quite babies anymore, but they always will be in Mya's eyes!

 This is Wyatt, but Mya only refers to him as, "Baby Wyatt!"  She was so excited that he came over to our house and she kept saying, "Mom I will take care of him!"

 She wanted to pick him up!  He is about her size, but that doesn't stop her from trying!

 She followed him around everywhere and tried to hold his hand every where he walked, even though he can probably run faster!

She took him up to her room and introduced him to her doll  Baby Wyatt!  Yes it is a girl cabbage patch kid, which was mine when I was a kid, but it is Baby Wyatt to her!

She was in heaven having Baby Wyatt all to herself.  The poor kid will probably not want to come to our house again after being smothered by her, but it was out of love!  Mya will be such a good mommy some day!


***Mya is having a bad hair day!  We were trying something new and it didn't quite turn out!  I am horrible at girl hair***

{Seeing Double}

Yesterday at school was twin day.  Ian and his best friend Max went as twins.  As Ian was leaving for school he said, "Wouldn't it be so awesome if Max and I really were twins?!!!!"

 I love how well these two get along and am so grateful that they have each other.  Even though they aren't twins, they do make a great pair!!!

So this is Mia, Max's sister who is in Owen's class.  She is so adorable and Jessica and I thought it would be fun to have them dress up as twins too!  Of course Ian teased Owen about being a twin with a girl and even made the comment that he was going to have to kiss her!  

  I did ask Owen to put his arm around Mia.  He hid his arm around her back but didn't actually touch her!  It was pretty funny!!!

Ian has decided that Mia and Owen must get married some day so that Max and him really can be related some how.  I wouldn't mind it at all!!!  We will see.....

{Future Profession}

Drew had a big project due this week.  He had to write a report and give an oral presentation over his future profession.  He had to talk about the schooling needed, the skills required, and the characteristic traits that his profession needs.  Drew decided years ago that he wants to be a Fire Fighter and that is still what he says he wants to be today!  We will see.....

 We are so lucky to have a friend who is a Fire Fighter!  I asked our friend Mario Westbrook what schooling he needed and told him about Drew's project and he asked if he could come to our house to talk to Drew!

 Drew was so excited and made a list of questions to ask him.  He wanted to know how to be the captain, so that he can be one some day too!

 He got to dress as a Fire Fighter and realized he has some very big shoes to fill!

 He can't wait to be a Fire Fighter so he can pull the hose all the way out and climb to the top of the ladder.

 His favorite part was getting to sit inside the fire truck.

I think Drew will make a great Fire Fighter!  He was told that the most important thing for him to do now in preparation to be a Fire Fighter is to do well in school, to be healthy, and to be a good team member.  Drew has vowed to work hard in all those areas so that his dream can come true!  I know he can do it!

Of course while Drew was interviewing Mario, my other children were busy "playing!"

I am so grateful for the service men and women who protect our community everyday!  

{We Must Face our FEARS}

Owen's battle wounds have healed nicely from his fall off of "Fish Head Rock."  We decided we must make him face his fear and go back hiking in the same place so that he will again have a love for our beloved rock!  He wasn't too excited to go back, but the dogs sure were!!!

 We love the trails and all the rocks to climb all over.

 Kenny is standing on the ground where Owen landed after running off the edge of the rock.  He is 6'2" and thinks the drop off is around 11 ft high.

 He was lucky not to land on the rocks at the bottom!  Fortunately he landed on the dirt trail.

 I kept reminding the kids to stay away from the edge and to not be silly!  Look how well Owen is listening!!!

 This time Owen can be, "King of the World!"

Everybody was kept safe on this outing to Fish Head Rock.  I think the love for our rock has been restored in Owen!  I am so grateful that Owen has healed from this experience.  I just wish I could get that image of him falling out of my head!

{Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss}

Today we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday!   We honored him on what would have been his 109th birthday by starting the morning off with Green Eggs!!!

 On Saturday we honored him by partying with the community!  We went to the community center where the kids picked out a book, jumped in a jumper, had hot dogs, and went from table to table playing games and making crafts!  I thought we would only be there an hour, but it quickly turned into three hours, and my arms were overflowing!

During March our school holds a read-a-thon and Owen's goal is to read 100 books!  He has read several "Clifford" books and was eager to meet him!

 Mya's favorite game was going fishing for goldfish snacks!

 Drew loved planting flowers and went a couple of times, which led to me carrying several cups of flowers!

Why is it that kids think face painting is so amazing?  We spent half an hour in line just to get some paint on their little cheeks!

 Mya and her "sister" Elliot

 Owen or Bat Boy!

Ian is proud to be in Sundance school and ran straight to the principal to show her his school spirit!

So not only was I balancing books, plants, and bags of goldfish, I also had wet paint murals hanging from my fingers!   Our principal took one look at me and started laughing!  As I was trying to balance everything she said, "That shows you how many kids you have!"

We had a fun day and were glad that we were able to celebrate Dr. Seuss, who is one of our favorite authors!