2011 review in pictures.... :)

LOTS of pictures! Be patient..... it's well worth the look into our year! :)

January 2011: Ashton's first ER trip :( (dx: basilar migraine)

January 2011: Ashton with IV/pulse ox :(

February 2011: Holden in front of EMHE's VA Beach Build

Feb 2011: See, we get snow too! :)

Feb 2011: lookin' like a little pro!

March 2011: See, I CAN do my homework!

March 2011: Wrestling match

March 2011: Operation Smile Final Mile

April 2011: Happy 12th Birthday Ashton!

April 2011: Happy 9th Birthday Holden!

April 2011: Happy Easter cousins!!

May 2011: Happy Mother's Day, Happy Father's Day, Happy Birthday,
Happy Anniversary and Merry Christmas to us! :)

May 2011: Mother/Son Date Night @ Chick-Fil-A

June 2011: Last Day of School (Ashton)

June 2011: Last Day of School (Holden)


June 2011: Mini Surf Camp

June 2011: Mini Surf Camp

July, 2011 - Happy Birthday America!

July, 2011: Cousins in a cage (aka. at the zoo)

July, 2011: The next 5 pictures are from Chowan River

handsome Ashton!

Ashton & Grandad

Holden on the intertube

David and Ashton

Holden and Mommy :)

July 2011: Toby Keith in concert - I WON tickets!

August 2011: Holden's camp teammates at British Challenger Soccer Camp

The next 7 pictures are from August 2011: Surfers Healing Camp

Ashton, surfing with his surfer, Tim

Chilling out with a pepsi

Ashton & Izzy Paskowitz, co-founder of Surfers Healing, Great to meet you!

Ashton & Kalani (one of his favorite people & his surfer from last year!)

Ashton with Tim, this year's surfer

Having the time of his life!

Heading out for another wave

August, 2011: Dealing without lights after Hurricane Irene

September, 2011: Back to School (4th grade)

September, 2011: Back to school (7th grade)

October, 2011: Ashton making pizza for dinner

October, 2011: Ashton and Holden at the pumpkin patch

October, 2011 - First roller coaster ride with Uncle Richard

November, 2011: Ashton in front of his new school, Hugo Owens Middle

Next 6 Pictures are from:

November, 2011: Gonnawannarunagain 5K and 1/2mi. Fun Run

Holden, coming into the finish line - 40:47

David coming into the finish line - 42:40

Ashton coming into the 1/2mi Fun Run finish line - 6:26

David and Holden running :)

Ashton and Holden with the WB XC team :) Thanks for coming out guys!

My 3 runners! :) Great Job guys!

November, 2011: Happy Thanksgiving!

December, 2011: Front of our Christmas Card

December, 2011: Heading to breakfast with Santa

December 25. 2011: Best. Christmas. Gift. Ever!

December 25, 2011: the Christmas of video games! :)

READY TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR!!!! :)

Merry Christmas (a little early) .....

My absolute FAVORITE Christmas Flash Mob .... Hallelujah!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011

Gonnawannarunagin 5K

David, Holden and Ashton after the Gonnawannarunagin 5K & 1/2mi Fun Run

So proud of my three guys! They ran in the first ever Gonnawannarunagin 5K & 1/2mi Fun Run yesterday with proceeds to benefit Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater (F.A.C.T.) and Camp Gonnawannagoagin (yes, this is the camp that Ashton attends every summer). Neither David nor Holden have really trained for the 5K, but with the proceeds going to such a wonderful cause, they both ran it anyways and they did GREAT!! Holden finished with a time of 40:47 and David finished with a time of 42:40. Considering Holden's never ran a 5K before and David hasn't ran one in 23years, they did awesome! Our cousin, Ryan Carroll ran and of course, he won with a time of 15:13, but well... he's a runner ;) Ashton finished the 1/2mi Fun Run in under 7minutes which is pretty dang impressive if you know him! No pictures of him running because I ended up running after him after not recognizing anyone of the volunteers..... but he finished WAY before me! LOL

Front Row: Ashton and Holden
Second Row: Nick Richardson, Katherine Mattias, Coach: Ryan Carroll, Alexis Dudek, Juliette Zadrazil and Zane Bolen
Third Row: Justine Sikes, Sarah Semp, Mark Judy, Blake Tidwell, and Kevin Sikes
Back Row: Andrew Werner and Terry Reel

Here's the rest of the pictures from the day ...... :)

Ashton, waiting for the races to start

Holden, waiting around for the races to start

Holden and David coming around the loop from the first 1/2 mi. of the 5K

Ashton, waiting for David and Holden to finish the 5K

Holden, coming into the finish line at 40:47 - Good Job Dude!

David coming up to the finish line with a time of 42:40 - Great Job Honey! :)

.... and he's off!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (again) to you buddy! We love you and hope you have a stupendously great, awesome, and terrific first day of school in your new school with your new teachers and new friends!! Remember to be on your very best, best, best, most excellent, best behavior...... :)

New Behavior Chart for New School

This is just a screenshot of the document that I made up. It doesn't look wonky like it does here - looks good :) Just thought I'd share for anyone else needing something similar! :)