Crouch's Conundrums

It's A Wrap!

School is OUT and Summer has officially begun around our house!  I blinked and their school year has come to a close.  I am so proud of these two!  They both finished the year strong with ALL A's across the board! 

Collin's 3rd Grade class celebrated the end of the year with a Poetry Cafe - his poem was titled, "Hot & Cold".  They also had several field trips in May.  Andy got to chaperone the one to the Falls of Ohio, and I chaperoned the Downtown Scavenger hunt.  We had a great time with Collin and his friends at school.

We ended the scavenger hunt on the Belvedere overlooking the Ohio River.  It was the only day that week it didn't rain!  We were thankful for the beautiful sunshine that day!

AND...Collin earned the "MATHLETE" award from his fellow classmates this year.  He was so excited!  He has rocked his multiplication tables this year and has done very well in Math.  He says that math is his favorite subject.  He definitely gets that from his daddy...

Cooper had a busy spring semester too!  He tried out for the middle school Flag Football team in April!  He really enjoyed it.  It was a short season, but I was able to capture a few pictures :)

Cooper is #12 - Go Golden Eagles!

He also rocked out the Spring Concert in early May!  Playing the trumpet just like his Daddy :)  He also earned ALL A's in his classes!  Such a big accomplishment for his first year in middle school.  He earned the "The Mr. Goodbar" award.  :)

The boys were pumped for their first day of summer break, so we filled it to the brim!  After a relaxing morning sleeping in, we headed to the Main Event for some bowling and gravity ropes!  We had a great time, and I am excited to say that Momma was the top bowler yesterday!  lol

Collin was also brave enough to try the gravity rope course!  No fear...

To end the day, Cooper had a school friend over to go kayaking and fishing down Floyd's Fork in the Parklands.  It was a lovely evening!  I didn't get to capture many pics, but Cooper caught 11 fish including a large catfish at the very end!  He was pumped!  That definitely calls for ice cream and staying up late playing nerf gun wars!

We pray everyone has a fun and safe summer!  

Memory Lane

Boy - it has been WAY TOO LONG since I last posted to the blog!  I fully intended to post about a month ago, and then both of my boys decided to have birthdays.  He he  Oh, and Spring Break happened somewhere in there too!  

I believe I last posted at the end of October...YIKES!  We did have the holidays, and were blessed to be able to spend them alongside family and friends.  It was bittersweet for me, as this was the first round of holidays without my beautiful mother.  But, we celebrated Christmas "Nana" style complete with stockings and her famous breakfast casserole :)

We did start the year off with some snow, and we enjoyed sledding as a family (and with friends) in January at a local park!  We bundled up and "headed for the slopes".  Daddy even joined in on the fun!

In February, we celebrated several birthdays, including mine!  The boys even dressed up to take me to a nice dinner out!

Andy had a few events planned for that week including a night of painting at a lovely art studio in Jeffersonville!  He EVEN painted something for me too!

In March, we traveled to Bowling Green for Collin's first karate tournament!  There were a few times that you could find me biting my nails, but I was very proud of Collin for finishing in three areas that day!  Go Collin!  

The first picture is Collin "grappling" also known as wrestling.  This was the most nervous I have felt in a very long time.  Collin was up against another student who solely focuses on wrestling whereas Collin's studio teaches martial arts.  But, he did survive and finished without any broken limbs or tears!

This picture below was his Sparring session - he did awesome!

He finished the afternoon with weapons and showed off his nunchucks routine.

Before Easter weekend, we celebrated Cooper's birthday a couple of weeks early...he was excited to celebrate with his new friends from middle school over a game of paintball.  For Real?!?  Ok, here goes!  I am still having a hard time that Cooper is now 12 years old!  Time truly flies by when you are having fun with these two!

They all had a good time, despite some warrior wounds from the afternoon!

We then traveled to Mayfield to celebrate Easter weekend with family.  

Following Easter weekend, we loaded up the van and traveled to Gatlinburg for Spring Break.  We vacationed with Aunt Lolo, Uncle Clay, and Cousin Lila, and we all had a blast!  It was truly a fun and adventurous week.  The big boys tried their hand at fly fishing in the Smoky Mountain National Park for a couple of days.  It was fun watching them "gear up" for the outing!

Pardon the side view picture...

We also went on some hiking trails and saw some breath taking waterfalls!

We also enjoyed some shopping in downtown Gatlinburg...you cannot walk the strip in Gatlinburg without having a corndog!  And, Collin decided he MUST have a souvenir!

We ended the week with a trail ride at the Big Rock Dude Ranch!  Momma was a bit nervous to get up on the horse, but I did wear a helmet just in case!  

At the end of April, we celebrated Collin's 9th birthday!  The boys jumped to their heart's content at the "House of Boom"...unfortunately, we did not escape injury that day.  Cooper ended up with an ankle sprain, but we are happy to report that it has healed nicely.

And, his favorite birthday present has been his Batman Snuggie...yep, you read that correctly!

We are quickly approaching the end of the school year for the boys.  I am happy to report that Cooper has survived his first year in middle school...I should correct that to say that I have survived his first year in middle school!  They have both had another outstanding year in school.  We are extremely proud of all of their accomplishments!

Stay tuned for more updates, and I will try much harder to post sooner next time!