Ryan's 3rd grade Atlanta trip!

Tuesday, 3.28.17

3rd grade field trip!  

My dependents for the day - Ryan and his best bud Aaron

this cracked me up.  They drew a checkers board and then moved their "pieces" by erasing and redrawing them

First stop - the capital building!  

Ryan's class is the pale green shirts, he's on the far left.

Governor Deal and Brandon Beach!

Took me awhile to figure out the guy on the left - he's Clark's grandpa, some sort of real estate zoning guy.  And the reason we were able to get the photo op!  Nice to know people :)  Clark's standing with the flag, he was on Ryan's basketball team

With Ryan, Aaron, and Ryan G

Danielle photobombed us!  Love this pic, but what you can't tell is we took it looking up at the awesome ceiling of the capital.  Oh well.

It was a long and crazy and exhausting day, but I really did enjoy hanging out with this guy and his awesome buds

these kids and their photobombs! 

Hi Bailey!

Hopefully it's not disrespectful or rude or anything to dab on the capital stairs :)

Second stop - the Varsity

He did it - the triple stack bacon cheeseburger at the Varsity.  

And Ryan G photobombs.

Next stop - the world of Coke

Ryan's first Coke and unfortunately he liked it!

the 4d movie with Mrs. Dotson

Who thought letting a bunch of third graders loose in the Coke tasting room was a good idea?!  

Final stop - the Aquarium

in between Coke and the aquarium, I officially accepted Bailey as my responsibility.  

I was beginning to realize I couldn't have kept her away even if I wanted to, but luckily she's super sweet.

AJ, Bailey, Aaron, Ryan

these three overachieving AIMers took the scavenger hunt that Mrs Dotson gave them very seriously.

the month of March in the year of 2017

Who doesn't love Dr Seuss and Things 1 and 2?!

this girl loves all animals, but esp of course her Maya.  it was storming pretty hard and Maya was shaking ...

"Maya it is okay. It is just rain and it outside. You don't get wet."

small group GNO to Snug in downtown Canton, so much fun!

Abbys, Lyla, Chloe, Mari

Sat, 3.4. - First baseball game of the spring 2017 season!
Ryan Chase, #2, of the 9/10 Macedonia Braves!

First pitch of his career!!!

He faced four batters in his first inning :
1) Strike out
2) walk
3) ground out to first (runner advanced to second)
4) strike out.

Cooper E, one of Ryan's best buds, is on the same team.  This is not only super fun, it's also super convenient for the parents :)

Like this night, when Cooper's parents had a work party, and we were able to take him to the game and Las Palmas.  Ryan has met his match!!  These two put away some tacos!!

aren't they just the most adorable little things?!?!!

Wednesday, 3.8.17 - Alice, Couper, and Chloe

I just LOVE these sweet little preschool best friends!  We have had a few after-preschool playdates and they're so fun.  I hate that they'll all go different directions next year :(

Pajama Sunday and a very light volunteer day, thankfully we found some adults to sing, but these two were willing :)

we love Kayla and Kinsley!

Grandpa!

Monday morning carline free time :)

"Now can you send that one to Daddy?  I'll get ready for the next one"

And be sure to check out the hand on the hip!

[No, I don't have four pair of sunglasses!  I have one.]

Love my Friday mornings with this girlie!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Three of my favorite ladies - Alyson, Sarah, and Sonia

celebrating Alyson's 40th!

Sunday, 3.19 - our den used our popcorn dollars to purchase items to fill smile bags that we'll deliver to Scottish Rite in April!

it was a dark and stormy night

seriously, it was really bad!  the power went out, and we ended our small group early when babysitters started calling with crying kids :(  I took Abby in late the next morning, and there were so many tardies because of the late night, that the principal didn't count them!

Addie rides to speech and preschool with us on Mondays and Wednesdays.  We jam to "the Elsa song" on repeat Every single time.  I know I'm going to miss this time next year!

the Chase family woodworkers

Ryan's red table for his Cub Scout badge, which inspired us to build this bench for Grandma's birthday

Couper and Chloe

Abby was giving "free" piggy back rides.  Couper's mom said he [the oldest in his family] was probably in Heaven with the big kids, but honestly, both Ryan and Abby seemed to really enjoy having him around too!

 Couper the 4yr old t-ball player ...

"step back everyone, I'll show you how it's done!!" 

Ryan was very patient with Couper, I was very proud of him :)

Headed to Grandma's for her 60th birthday!

 Friday morning bike ride with my kids and my parents, not a bad way to start the day!

Coleson was already in Orlando for work, I picked him up that afternoon

Saturday - Nine riders and two stowaways in my trailer :)

Aunt Lucinda and Uncle John surprised Mom by showing up for brunch on Saturday morning!

Mom's surprise dinner!!

the birthday girl with her grandbabies

Laura catered dinner at her house Saturday night, yumm!  Eleanore and daughter Linda and DIL Tina joined us, the surprises keep coming!

February Break 2017

we made it to Florida!

helping Grandpa with Thursday morning breakfast

Grandpa's new golf cart!

lots of fun at the playground

Ryan loves Henry!

everybody had fun trying out the zip line!

 

this girl is 100% monkey

Thursday also included an afternoon swim and dinner at the Luksiks' house!

Friday::

Grandma took the girls swimming on Friday 

And Grandpa took Ryan to a spring training game

which meant a date walk to McDonald's for ice cream for us!!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

and a sandhill crane selfie, too bad I decapitated him

very very surreal having your nine year old drive you up and down the cul-de-sac, eekk!

Saturday, Gasparilla race

bright and early for my 15k

 I swear there's nothing better then a hot cup of coffee after running!
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for getting our three guys up and ready so Coleson could come down early with me!
After my 15k, the whole Crouse family walked the 5k together - well, Ryan took off at full speed!  He finished in 29 something minutes!  And that includes walking with us initially and then running circles around Daddy before taking off.  I wish he'd actually run with me and train, he's so fast!

love this one with my sissy and Emily

I bought race pictures!  I paid for the digital rights to my 5k bib number

this is the main reason I ordered my pics, I really wanted this one of the whole family :)

the Crouse running ... err, walking ... crew!

Saturday afternoon 

Clearwater Marine Aquarium to see Winter

thanks to Grandma, our favorite Hanger employee, for the free passes!

Sunday morning brunch at the Oxford Exchange in downtown Tampa before our drive home.
A Christmas gift from Aunt Lucinda, thank you!!