Bill's First Scrimmage as Alabama Christian Academy's Head Football Coach

Finally, football season is here!  Time to take all that hard work and put it on the field!

 Bill and his coaches during the National Anthem

 Bill coaching up his coaches before the game. (He is the oldest coach on staff by 5 years and he's only 36, so he does have to coach the coaches as well.)

 The sign the cheerleaders made for the football team to run through.  So cute.

 Bill standing with offensive coordinator, Nick Folds

 The first scrimmage is in the books and we won! 17-7!  Looking forward to a great football season!

One of the many newspapers articles done on Bill.  He says he is so ready for this to no longer be about him, but about the team.  But it is still pretty cool to have your name and picture in various newspapers and magazines. :-)

 

Dan and Rebekah's Wedding - August 16, 2013

Dan Neiman and my sister, Rebekah, have been dating for a couple of years now.  They have a daughter together named Victoria Elizabeth.  They finally got married on Friday, August 16th, 2013.  The wedding was supposed to be on the beach at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, but it was raining hard, so we moved the wedding to the rental house where Dan's parents were staying.

First, the before wedding photos.

Rebekah and Tori.

 Pam and Don Belcher with Tori, Bekah and Dan

 Haley and Eli waiting for the ceremony.

 Bridesmaids with the bride: Renee Neiman, Bekah, and me

 The Wedding Party: Renee, me, Bekah, Dan, and Dan's groomsmen (whose names I do not know)

 Bekah and Dan

 My brother, James, on Major duty

 Bekah with her wedding presents at the reception.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neiman!

 As with my wedding, my dad did Bekah and Dan's service as well.

 My boys and I at the wedding.

 The Belcher Family: James, DJ, my mom, Bekah, my dad, and me

Going home.  Vacation is always too short.

Rachel with Major, Brady, and Eli



 James, DJ, Holly, Tyler, Katie, and Haley Belcher

 Major, Nana, Katie, Eli, Brady, Haley, Papa, and Tyler

At the Beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina

August 15th, we headed to Hilton Head, South Carolina for my sister, Rebekah and her husband, Dan's wedding.  The boys went with me and got to see their cousins and play at the beach.  It was a nice little vacation.

First, we have Brady building little sandcastles.

 Major and Uncle James (my brother).  Uncle James was great at holding Major in the water.

 Uncle DJ (my other brother) was great at showing Eli and his daughter, Haley, how to ride the waves. :-)

 Rachel and Major

 Major making sure those waves don't get too close.  He made a game of going out in the water, waiting for a wave to come up, then running back to shore yelling, "RUN! RUN!"  It was cracking me up.  Sadly, I couldn't get a good picture of that.

 Eli and Haley played in the water for hours and hours.

 The Belcher side of the family cousins: Haley and Tyler Belcher, Major, Eli, Katie Belcher, and Brady.

 Haley

 Papa enjoying some shade on the beach

 Lunch break!

First Day at Alabama Christian Academy

The night before the first day of school, Brady's kindergarten teacher gave him some homework, to make a miniature Brady.  He chose to be a Texan football player (no surprise here).  He went outside and got some real grass for his football player to stand on.

 August 8th, 2013.  First day of school at Alabama Christian Academy in Montgomery, Alabama.  Brady in kindergarten, Eli in 2nd grade.  Brady's teacher is Mrs. Kachelman, Eli's is Mrs. Hatcher.

 Eli and Brady with their brand new lunchboxes (I didn't get a picture of their new backpacks).  This was a 3 day choosing process.  I let them pick them out on the internet and it took FOREVER!  Poor Brady, it is so hard for him to choose.  I mean, he'll be stuck with whatever he picks for an entire year!  This decision is not to be taken lightly.  Eli chose the Oakland A's lunchbox because that was his little league baseball team.  Brady chose the New England Patriots because he likes them. :-)

 Brady Moore...his cubby hole and his desk.

 Eli Moore: outside his classroom and at his desk.

 

The boys had really good first days of school.  Poor Eli is having a much harder time than Brady adjusting, which is to be expected.  Eli and I prayed a lot those first few days; he missed his Texas friends so badly.  But now, two weeks into school, he's found a group of boys he plays football with at recess everyday and he is very happy.  Brady is doing a great job at school and is loving having homework and getting to be a big boy.  Several of the girls in his class have told me that he is their boyfriend, but when I look at him, he just shakes his head no.  Sweet boy, Brady.