Hamilton Happenings!

This week Ryan jumped off the starting block at school (yeah)! He has been letting the teachers just lower him into the water. He finally decided to jump- we were so excited and I got to wiitness it! I am so proud of him!
Cooper went to wrestling practice this week and decided that it is not for him. He kept getting laid out on his back and pretty much didn't like it or know what to do. So no more wrestling but he is amazing at hockey! Cooper skated on his rink and scored goals in the video above. I love it.
Landon is slightly naughty.... if you tell him not to do something or to not touch something- he goes and does it automatically. We need some listening ears. Anyone got any for my 2 year old?
Fred and the boys sent me flowers this week at work, "Just Because!" They were Daisies- my favorite. They are such happy flowers.

1st hockey experience

Ryan has been ice skating for a couple weeks now and is improving slowly. We went this past Saturday and got hockey equipment for him. His favorite thing so far is his Sydney Crosby #87 hockey stick. Yes, he is a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, only because Crosby is amazing! Today he went to Cooper's hockey practice to see if he liked it. Ryan was overwhelmed with the amount of kids there and that they can all skate. He did good but he was unsure. He says he wants to give it one more shot....so maybe Saturday morning he will try again. I am glad that he isn't giving up and wants to try again! We will let you know how it goes!!! Just so you know- Landon screamed the whole time Ryan was on the ice because he wanted to be out there too! 40 minutes of screaming- oh man!

Goofing Around to a Serious Note

Here are the boys being goofy today right before we had dinner. They continue to crack me up.... Trish and the kids are coming over to pick us up in a little bit to go to the high school for a fundraiser for one of my students that has brain cancer. Tonight faculty and students are participating in "Going Bald for Trey!" About 20 + people are getting their head shaved tonight and we are wearing our Trey t-shirts. Then the girls volleyball team is taking on the boys soccer team in a volleyball game. There are raffles and prizes tonight. It should be fun. There have been other benefits and fundraisers in honor of Trey to help pay his medical bills. Trey is a freshman at the high school and the tumor was found last July. He however has been going through chemo and his docotor was happy to say over Christmas break that the tumor is gone. When chemo is finished he still has to go through radiation. But it is good news for Trey, thank goodness. Trey is looking forward to coming back to school sometime in the future! (Update: the benefit last night raised $4,000 for Trey's medical expenses- it was a wonderful night and Trey came and watched as his Varsity Basketball coach got his head shaved!)

Ryan the Skater

Ryan has decided that skating is actually a great deal of fun! In the last week he has gone 4 times. One time he went two times in one day. We are hoping that our own ice rink will be ready by the weekend, we will keep our fingers crossed. I am including a couple videos of Ryan and a picture of Trish and Kenvin's ice rink at their house (they are in random order....).

Happy Birthday Aunt Jackie!

We hope you have the best birthday ever!We love you! XOXO

Ice Rink

Since Trish and Kevin have their own ice rink....Fred thought we should have one also. He and our neighbor Chris ("B") have worked on it for two days now. First phase was to snow blow the side yard, Phase 2 was to lay down the huge blue tarp and water it, Phase 3 was to put boards around it and plastic down over the tarp and start filling it up. Since the ground is so uneven they are filling it and then letting it freeze and then filling it more to try to make it even- I hope that it works! It has been fun watching from inside the house since last night it was 5 degrees outside and this morning it was even colder.... I am not complaining though- the cold really hasn't bothered me as much in the past. Maybe I have just come to realize that it really isn't going to stop snowing or get any warmer by complaining, I just have to ride out the winter months until Spring comes.... Of course now that we are putting an ice rink in I hope it stays cold for awhile. Ryan and Landon are ready to go out and use the rink, they don't understand that it isn't ready now.... freeze water freeze!

Happy Birthday Julie

We hope you have a super day! We love you Aunt Julie!