Walker's Alamo Project

Apparently the ALAMO project has been and is

a BIG deal at South Bosque Elementary

for the 4th graders every year. 

Walker could.not.wait!!!

He knew from day one that he wanted

to build his Alamo out of Legos!

I, on the other hand, (after seeing many of

the amazing projects last year) worried how

in the world we would do this! 

Thank Goodness for DADDY!!!!!!!!!

He was just as excited as Walker.

They are two engineering peas in a pod;)

After many blue prints drawn by both,

one trip to the Lego store in Austin

and a couple Ebay orders for very specific parts...

my two favorite crazy big guys got busy!!!

It REALLY took some serious planning!

Father/Son bonding at its best!!!

IMPRESSIVE, Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've also been amazed at Walker's knowledge

of the Alamo and what all took place.

That boy is learning!!!!!!!

Much more than his mama ever did;(

I crack up at this picture...pretty typical...

Troy trying to fix one last thing!!!!!!

And Walker being goofy:)

SO proud of and SO in love with

these two guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ten years old and just everything

I'd ever dreamed of in a son!

I can take absolutely NO credit

in any aspect of this project;(

Maybe cheerleader?  I was certainly that:)

I absolutely LOVE how close these two are.

It's some kind of special! 

I had read in a book that little boys will and NEED

to reach a certain point and

make a shift from being "mama's baby boy"

to choosing to be like their daddy.

It's like part of the process of becoming

a man. They don't stop loving their mom

by any means, but there is supposed to be a shift...

(I think it was in Dr. Dobsen's Bringing Up Boys).

Well, this certainly happened with Walker.

It takes a great dad for this to happen, too.

I am blessed in that area.  I think raising

 a boy is SUCH a huge, HUGE thing. 

Close-ups of their AMAZING Alamo!!!!!!!!!

Walker made a 105 on the project

and Mrs. Bell loved it.  I cracked up

because Walker came home and told me

that during his presentation Mrs. Bell

asked him what he learned from making

this project.  He jokingly told her that

 'building an Alamo out of Legos is expensive!'

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!  I about killed him for that!

We also told Hadlee that in a few years

she could turn in this VERY same project.

Her response,

"I don't like Legos!"

Oh well!!!!!!!

 Way to go, Walker and Troy!!!

We will always

REMEMBER the ALAMO!!!!!!!!!!:)

Hunter in The Phantom of the Opera

We were alllllll so excited when Hunter

tried out for and got a role in Midway

High School's theater/musical production...

and also that it was

The Phantom of the Opera!!!

Midway's Fine Arts Department goes

all out for these productions and

this one was AMAZING!!!

I loved that Walker and Hadlee

insisted on going to see the Hunter B perform!!!

The entire family bought V.I.P. tickets

for the first night of the performance...

Hunter was set to perform in the Thursday

and Saturday night performances. 

Our family was so happy and thankful

that Hunter would finally get some

much deserved ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!

I cried when Lynna called me early, early

Thursday morning to tell me that

Hunter had been up all night with 103 fever...

she just knew it was the flu that was

going around:(  I called his teacher

as soon as I got to school to give her

the heads up.  Hunter was devastated

and wanted to still perform;(  Lynna

took him to the doctor:  FLU...

and no way could he/should he/or would they

let him perform with the flu:(((

I scrambled all day long to get us

tickets to the SOLD OUT performance

on Saturday night in the hopes that he

would be able to perform then. 

Poor, poor Hunter:(

 

THANKFULLY, he was better

by Saturday and we all had tickets again!:)

I was only able to secure one VIP ticket for

that night and of course Lynna got it!

But that was okay...we still had good seats.

The performance was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We weren't allowed to take pictures

during the show.  These were all taken afterwards. 

I would have loved to have been able to take

some of Hunter on stage in his role.   

It's hard to believe that there could be

THIS much talent in a high school!!!

I am not exaggerating at all!

Hunter was Monsieur LeFevre...

the original owner of the opera house.

He was INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

In true Hunter B fashion, he had totally

down played his role so we were shocked

to see how much he DID speak and act

in the first part of the play!

He was TRULY OUTSTANDING!!!

Plus he was in the chorus and other random

spots throughout the rest of the play!

That's our boy!!!!!!!!!!

We were all beaming with pride!!



I love this kid so much!

Our Happy Go Lucky Loving Hunter B:)

Our beautiful little Hoodie, Carli!!!

She and Hunter are great friends.

LOVE them both so much:)

Hunter is loved by EVERYONE!

Still in character...and telling me

he was sick of pictures!

Give the papparazzi a break, Hunter B;)

Walker and Hadlee were so

 good during the long play. 

Very intrigued by it all. 

Hadlee did ask me when "half-time"

was which reminded me my children

might need a little more culture;)

Not everything is sports centered

with a half-time!  So, they also

learned the term "intermission"!!!

The entire cast was amazing...

the kids loved getting to meet the Phantom!

SUCH a fun night celebrating, honoring

and enjoying success for our

Hunter B!  He soooooo deserved it:)

I dare say that Walker & Hadlee

were his two biggest fans...

in the show and in life!!!

Bravo, Hunter B, Bravo!!!!!!!!

 

We are so proud of you

and we love you more than you

could EVER imagine!!!

Baseball Ready

This is a sight that makes me

Happy Happy Happy!!!

My fam outside playing baseball:)

Before basketball was even over,

Bubba was starting up baseball ~

the batting cages, playing catch with Dad, etc.

This little slugger does NOT

want to be left out!!!!!!!

Walker has even passed down his

old bat bag to Huds:)

"Pleeese me go to baseball?"

One more year, Buddy, and

we can sign you up for T-ball.

Can't.Even.Believe.That!!!