Famous Alabamian Day

Tuesday, February 12th, was Famous Alabamian Day at school.  Eli dressed up as Bo Jackson and Brady dressed up as Hank Aaron.  They were so cute!

 And we had to get a picture with Major. :-)

Brady: Crown-bearer for Basketball "Coming Home"

Friday, January 31st, Brady was given the honor of being the crown-bearer for ACA's "Coming Home". (Basically, that's Homecoming during basketball season.  At Homecoming, they crown a girl, at Coming Home, they crown a boy.) The high school cheerleaders got together and voted on Brady to bestow the honor on the new king! He was very excited to get to do this.

 Brady Moore and Brady Sutton with the kings' crowns. (One for high school and one for middle school.  My Brady was carrying the high school crown.)

 Brady Moore and Brady Sutton with the high school candidates.

 Brady with all the high school and middle school candidates.

 Brady waiting for half time, patiently holding the crown.

 Here he is at half court waiting for the winner to be announced.

 And the winner is Sam Moody! Sam played football for Bill and came to our house for dinner several times, so Brady was very excited that Sam won.  Great job, Brady!

Snow-pocalypse 2014...3 days of no school! Jan 28-30

Like most southern cities, Montgomery has nothing that could help it in event of snow and ice.  I read that the last time Montgomery had snow was 6 years ago, so it stands to reason that they would have no snow plows and no salt for the ice.  This means that if it does happen, the city shuts down, as it has the past 3 days.  But it was a really great mini-vacation in the middle of a school week where the boys got a lot of outside play time and we had a lot of family time.  Eli and Brady even had their first snowball fight (even though there wasn't much snow at all...I'm not even sure there was an inch). My little born and raised Texans just haven't been able to enjoy any snow!

This first picture is of the boys trying to make snow angels.

 Picture 2: Eli and Brady trying to eat some ice hanging off the branches of the bush.

 Picture 3: Brady and Eli walking to play with friends Tyson and Levi Summers who live just a couple of streets away from us.

 Picture 4: After playing all day, the boys warmed up by the fire.  Pictured are Brady, Eli, Levi, and Tyson Summers

 #5:Ever since we saw the Disney movie, "Frozen", Eli has drawn snowmen everywhere he can.  Here he is drawing a snowman in the snow on daddy's car.

 #6: The first thing the boys did when they got outside...hit each other with snowballs.

 #7: The boys played the Super Bowl in the snow with their friends. In order: Brady, Eli, Tyson, and Levi Summers

 #8: Brady and Eli with snow falling all around them

 #9: More snowball fights

 #10: Eli trying to skate on the ice

 #11: Brady loving the snow

 #12: Brady attempting a snow angel

 #13: Tough guys playing football in the snow

 #14: Major's first glimpse of snow.  He's not sure what to think about it.

 #15: Here Major is telling me that he is a "Happy Snowman"

 #16: The boys jumping on the neighbor's trampoline which was originally covered in snow.  But hours of jumping got rid of all that snow. :-)

 #17: Major says, "bouncy, bouncy, bouncy"

 #18: Brady, Major, and Eli in their first snow holiday.

Upward Basketball: Eli season 3, Brady season 1. January 4, 2014

January means the start of basketball season! We found a good Upward program here in Montgomery, and the boys are excited to get going.  This is Brady's first time to play organized basketball so he is the more excited of the two older boys.

First was Eli's game.  He is the biggest boy out there and has been doing great! He has several points, rebounds, and steals every game.  One game he even had 20 points! Woohoo, Eli!

 Eli with Major...Major is great at cheering on his big brothers.

 Here is my very excited  year old.  Brady is probably the best on the court at dribbling and knowing how to pass the ball.  While the other kids are double dribbling and travelling, Brady is not. He knows better than to do that. :-) He also has several rebounds and points every game and basically has a smile on his face the entire time.  This little dude LOVES him some sports!

 First game of the day: Eli.

 Brady drew a picture of Eli playing basketball while waiting his turn to play.

 Sweet brothers in between games. (Brady and Eli)

It's finally Brady's turn!  The boys really enjoy that their names are called out as they run out onto the court at game time.  Here is Brady running out when his name is called.