CHARLIE THE ATHLETE

Here are photos Jody sent of Charlie skateboarding, wearing the "Birdman" jersey his daddy got him at a recent Nuggets game!

He has his own photo ID for the gym, and wears a headband like his daddy. The ladies who work there think he is the cutest! He loves basketball, and he practices his dribbling every day when they go to the gym.

He can ride his bike without training wheels, too!

AND HE'S JUST 4 YEARS OLD!!!

Happy 4th Birthday, Charlie!

Sounds like Charlie is having a very happy birthday! Jody said:

"The Cardinals were playing against the Rockies, and we were pulling for the Cards. I like the Rockies too though, and he has Rockies gear as well. I took him to Toys R Us with your cash last night and he loaded up on presents. Mainly cars and sports stuff. We went to Joe’s Crab Shack to eat for dinner. He loves shrimp. Surprisingly, he loves sushi too……he calls it “snushi”. He had a good time. By the time we got home he didn’t get to open his presents, so we will do that tonight. I am going to take him to get a guinea pig tonight as well. He celebrated his birthday yesterday with his brothers, so he thought yesterday was his birthday. I couldn’t convince him otherwise, so he should be pleasantly surprised by 'another' birthday today."

Go, Rockies!

Daddy took me to a Rockies baseball game Saturday. It was cold, but I didn't care! I had a blast!! We left early because it started raining, and it was almost freezing rain! I fell asleep all comfy cozy on the way home!

I have a t-ball set, and Daddy practices with me. I'm a lefty and I'm already pretty good! I also like it when Daddy and I take Rocky for walks!

Christmas Eve

Lainey with her new Baby Alive doll

PEACH FESTIVAL

Waiting for the parade to start so they could catch candy!

Jumping in an inflatable on the square

Waiting patiently for snow cones before the parade

OUR BIG EVENT OF THE SUMMER

Jody and his family were here from Denver for nine days! Jody and Shannon and I walked the Peach Festival 4-Miler, and Ginger and Todd came with Lainey for the parade. Then boys all attended VBS all week. Charlie was in my class, and Ginger and Lainey joined our class one day and went to Family Night with us. It was a great visit!

VBS FAMILY NIGHT

A teenager helped Charlie go down this huge water slide!

With Sailor Jack

VBS AND WENDYS WITH LAINEY ON THURSDAY

BOYS, BOYS EVERYWHERE!

Nathan, Charlie, his 6-year-old brother Shea, and Thomas (Nathan and Thomas, Wayne's grandkids, came down to play a lot)

Charlie with his 8-year-old brother Taegan and his Daddy

GRANDPARENT HEAVEN

CHARLIE PLAYING OUTSIDE

Charlie made many trips to his great-grandmother's house

He liked Granny Hickey's cats

With his brother Shea playing in the shade

He loved playing in the dirt!

CHARLIE'S 3RD BIRTHDAY CAKE

We celebrated Charlie's birthday when he was here. He loves balls, so he had a Razorback cake with a real football on it.

CHARLIE'S FIRST DAY AT VBS

Charlie LOVED the High Seas Expedition today! I'm so glad he is 3 years old, because I happen to teach the 3-year-old class! He liked everything, but especially making "mush-beards" with PlayDoh. He was an ANGEL all morning!

CHARLIE IS COMING FRIDAY!!

We can't wait until Charlie and his brothers get here! Jody just sent this email--

Charlie is starting to get really sneaky and gets in the fridge and gets whatever he wants when we aren't looking. Saturday he got out the Tabasco, thinking it was juice, and snuck it outside and took a drink. I felt sorry for him, but it was hilarious. He was crying, screaming, gagging, and retching! I couldn’t keep myself from laughing though. It was quite a sight. Hopefully he learned his lesson about “sneaking” treats.

In the morning, if he wakes up before us, he pulls a chair from the table and gets into the freezer, and even climbs up on the counter looking for sweets. He’s a crafty one. Whenever he gets caught, and I ask what he is doing, he says “what are YOU doing?”! He says a lot of cute things now. He calls Blues Clues “Cous Cous”, for example.

He goes to all of my softball games now, and is a hit with all the girls on the team. They all pass him around in the dugout. We went out for dinner after last weeks game, and there was a band playing. He loved it. He danced and danced for a solid two hours. He is a dancing machine.

We are all looking forward to our trip. We should get there early afternoon on Friday. I plan to leave early afternoon on Thursday, and probably stay somewhere in Kansas.