Mid May through June 2012

 It has been another VERY busy month!  I will try to catch everyone up...


Becky hiding in the  snack shack during a game

She didn't want me to take her picture

Thomas at bat

 On his way home!

 Picking up James after 6th grade camp

 There he is, to the right of center, posing for the camera.  The camp shirts were black and pink this year.

 James had a great time at camp, next post he will share some pictures with you.

We went to my mom's house on our anniversary, which is sandwiched in between mother's day and my brother's birthday.

 The kids played Diablo 3 in my brother's room

 Thomas is still a ham

Picture of the 3 generations of girls

My brother with James and Thomas

 Last band concert of the school year.  Not alot of kids made it, a 20 year old died in a car crash that morning, he just graduated from Burney High in 2010 and everyone was pretty shaken up.  The teacher, Mr. Castro, helped play and the substitute teacher directed.

 Academic Awards night, May 31st.  Becky got awards for every class except Home Management, which didn't give awards, and Spanish, the only class she got a B in.

 Each teacher called the kids up and handed out awards for their classes

 Click on any award to make it larger and easier to read.

Becky earned a letter this year. We'll have to get her a jacket.

 We got Becky's hair done with red lowlights, it looks pretty cool.

 This year they had a closing ceremony to hand out the baseball trophies

 Thomas receiving a trophy

Dropping off Becky and 2 other kids at 5:00 am at SFO on June 28th.... They are touring Europe: England, France, Wales, Belgium, and the Netherlands.  There is a group of 20 kids they are traveling with.  This is a People to People trip, just like her Washington DC one 2 years ago.

 They will be back July 16th.  Watch for Europe pictures!

 Thomas' team photo.  Click on it to make it bigger.

James received a president's award this year.  He got a 4.0 GPA.  Great job!!

Talent show

Most of James' Comedy skit from last month's talent show.  I missed the beginning because I didn't have the camera ready.

May 2012: Baseball, Eclipse, Driving lessons

Moments in Thomas' games...

Playing third base

At bat

Coming home

I went to pick up Becky one evening and saw a fox at the high school. The lighting was poor and the fox was running so it was hard to get a good picture.

 Becky's first driving lesson!! May 6th

 May 5th - 7th we had New Life Drama Company visiting our church.  The two guys here with Thomas are both named Joshua.  They stayed in Jerry and Susan's guest house.  We took them to see the falls.

We got a lot of pictures in front of my favorite sign while George fixed the settings on Susan's camera.

The man here on the left is Donny, who stayed with us.

 Jerry and Susan were not climbing on the rocks with us

Another game in Burney

 Another journey around the bases!

 Made it home!

 This game was in MacArthur 5/12/12 at the Fair grounds.

What's that in the parking lot? is it a bird? a plane? No! It's Becky driving George around  the mostly empty lot

Thomas at bat

 Thomas as catcher

 May 18th the boys went to a dance at the school. When we came to pick them up, Thomas was playing with his friends outside while James and the student council cleaned the gym

 Look at me ma!

Game in Bieber 5/19/12

 Slide!  Safe!!

Coming into home plate

 Happy boy!

 George and I graduated from the Ministry Training Institute 5/20/12

 And then we watched the Eclipse.
We were using homemade eclipse viewers, and then George got out some cardboard so we could have a larger viewer

Becky was at six flags on a CSF trip, so she did not watch the eclipse with us.

 We made the viewers in children's church this morning, and they worked fairly well.

The big viewer George made was easier for everyone to see

 Ring of Fire!!

 Wherever the sun shone through the trees it cast little circles all over the street

I managed to get an image in the lower right of this picture