Chase Awards and NJHS - 2011

His end-of-year award ceremony - I have no clue what he got, and the pictures are all blurry.

 My camera was acting up.  I got a picture of Chase's friend (Chase is right behind him) but didn't get a picture of Chase receiving his.  We are super proud of him!

Last Band Concert - School Year 2011

Chase's last band concert ever - he did not want to continue in 8th grade

 Dylan and his buddy, Blake

Outstanding Timberview Beginning Trumpet - We are so proud of him!

No pictures of Chase because he was in the back and couldn't be seen.

Chase - Tennis

Chase went from playing basketball to playing tennis.  Not really a spectator sport.  How well is it going?  About as well as football and basketball went.

More Basketball

We have watched a lot of this the past few months.  I'm not going to lie, a lot of it was PAINFUL.  I think I better not type anything else.

Twinks

We had to buy dress pants for Chase for the band concert. His buddy was there doing the same thing. They went shopping together. Maybe I do have a girl ;-). I am very happy with the friends that Chase has made. This friend is a good kid, even if he is a Giants fan.


- Jenna

Basketball

We went from football into basketball.  I played basketball growing up, so I am loving watching Chase play.

The first game was at his friend's school, so his friend came to watch.  I couldn't get his friend to say who he was rooting for ;-)

More Football

This one was from his next to last game, I didn't manage any good ones from his last game.

Mimi made it to this game

His little brothers loved putting on his pads

I think he has a future in football

Papa Comes to Chase's Game

Another football game, and my boy still looks cute in a uniform.

Papa was able to come to this game

Chase's 13th Birthday Party

Chase wanted to go to the deer lease with some friends for his birthday this year. Since the deer lease in August is hot and miserable, we decided to wait and do it in October (and by "we" I mean "Mark"). The only problem is that Chase was not able to invite everyone he wanted to come. Some of his friends had sports that weekend, so that helped with narrowing down who to invite. Chase and his friends had a great time. There was fire, night vision, pigs, and 4-wheelers, and no one got hurt! Happy birthday, again!

First Ever "Mommy Guilt Monday"

Before I had kids, no one told me about the tremendous amount of guilt that I would feel about what I was or wasn't doing right for my children.  Sometimes the guilt really gets to me, and I know that I am not alone in this.  Lately, the weight of the guilt has really been getting to me.  In an effort to purge my soul of some of this guilt, I am introducing, "Mommy Guilt Monday".  This may not be a weekly feature (even though there is plenty of material).  Feel free to play along.

Today's topic - Chase's sport development

Chase has wanted to play football for years.  The money and time commitment were more than we felt we could afford.  We did let him play flag football last year, but never tackle football.  This year he was able to play on the school team.  He is loving it, but he is at a disadvantage since he has never played before.  The mommy guilt hits.  I feel guilty for not providing him with the opportunities to play football in the past so that he would have had the experience that he needed in order to play better this year.  Guilt, guilt, guilt.

This week, Chase will be trying out for the basketball team.  Ask me if he has played basketball before.  

Football Game #2

This has to be one of my favorite pictures ever.

Still super cute in the uniform :)

Chase's First Football Game

Chase's first tackle football game ever.  He started the year on the "A" team.  He wasn't able to play very much.  Later in the season, his coaches moved him to the "B" team so that he could get more playing time.  For this game, he was on the "A" team.

Hanging out before time to play

They noticed the family

The 2 boys on the left are 2 of Chase's best buds.  They are super good kids (in spite of the fact that one of them is a Yankee's fan)

Dylan and his buddy, Blake, watching the action

Cade watching the game

Chase is the one on the end, #84

I know that he won't appreciate this, but my boy is stinkin' cute in his uniform.

I never thought that I would enjoy 7th grade football, but I do.  Go Hawks!!

Heifer Ranch (Backtracking Again)

A few pictures from Chase's youth group trip.  He was gone on his 13th birthday.  The youth minister was nice enough to let him call me on his birthday.

They had a cake for him.