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Falcon Football-6th graders

The 6th graders haven't had a winning season, but they have learned a lot and have certainly progressed.

Cousin Samuel thought Jacob was the most awesome football player out there. It made Jacob smile...even after a loss.


Jacob absolutely loves football and has found good friends in his teammates.

(Jacob is blocking in the center of the pic here)

Jacob puts all his effort into doing his job out there...even when he has to block a guy twice his size! They have faced several REALLY big kids this year...we begin to wonder: how many years do some of these kids get to be in sixth grade?
Jacob has knocked a couple of them on their backsides, though. Good job, kid!

Blake's Big Birthday!

We had a great night to have a party and had a great turnout to celebrate Blake's 40th!

Family, friends, neighbors and kids, kids, kids everywhere!

The Philby's move to Iowa!

It is so nice that my sister and her family have moved back to Iowa. We have had so much fun getting to see them so often.

A trip to Adventureland for the first time with Leah and Samuel. We had a big day with lots of fun...on Grandma Sherry's birthday!

Oh, yeah. The kids love to come out to our place...mostly because of the river. Getting onto the sand bar is a treasure hunt every time...we never know what we will find.

We don't really let them swim in the river...I don't trust currents, but this was an area between the shore and the sand bar so it was current free.

21st Class Reunion

Ever been to a 21 year reunion? Yes, we missed last year so got together this year instead. It was fun to see people I haven't seen in, oh, 20 to 21 years.

It was fun spending time with some old friends...and re-living the old b-ball days!

We also stayed with our good friends, the Reiders, and the kids had a blast swimming in their pool.

Disney Trip!

Our long awaited trip to Disney was taken the day after the kids got out of school for the summer! We had an awesome trip...though, of course, we were constantly on the go...trying to get everything done in 4 short days! Well, we didn't get everything done, of course, but we had prioritized activities before the trip so knew the things we most wanted to do as a family on this trip!

We managed to hit all of Disney's main theme parks...spending a day at each one. We really loved the Star Wars Weekend at Hollywood Studios and the night time shows at Hollywood Studios and Epcot! I could go to Disney every year...I'll never grow up!

Izzy

Isabel, or Izzy...the newest member of the Hardy family!

She was already 13 weeks by the time we brought her home, but she adjusted to our home and family quickly!

The kids, ok...and parents, loved her immediately!

The new house!

We moved into our new home the last week in January. We are really loving it...especially after living in our tiny little duplex for 7 months. It is nice to be able to move without bumping into each other all the time!

The front, the back and the "back, back"--quite a swamp during the spring thaw (right by the river), but a fun place to play and explore!

Busy, busy!

This winter Jacob played on a basketball team for the first time. We'll keep working on those fundamentals, but they did pretty well and certainly improved from the first game to the last...that's what it's all about!

In school Jacob participated in the boys singing team. They had a chance to perform the Star Spangled Banner before a local hockey game. They had a great time!

Rachel decided to try soccer for the first time this year. It has been ridiculously cold or rainy for all but one game this year. Maybe by the last game in June we will actually have some decent weather!

I went with Rachel's class on a spring field trip to a local conservation center to look for spring wildflowers. We had a pretty good day and did find some flowers, but nobody was dressed quite warmly enough...it was cold that day too!

Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday...we got to spend a lot of time with our families...which is the best part of the holidays!

We had a couple of days at Blake's folks enjoying his mom and dad, sister and brother-in-law, aunts and uncles and of course cousins. The kids were great big cousins to 2 year old Olivia...who has now refered to Jacob-boo and Rachel-cakes as her brother and sister!













We spent a LOT of time with Kerri's sister and her family, back from Albuquerque. The kids spent about every day of their winter break at Kerri's mom and dad's with the family while Kerri worked a few days...and then all together while we celebrated and just enjoyed each other! Cousins Samuel and Leah also kept Jacob and Rachel busy playing...I think they were ready to go back to school to get a little rest!!!