Ok – it wasn’t really a dance because they aren’t allowed to dance or to even touch each other… in fact we’re not even sure they had music?   We are sure there was at least a few prayers said and maybe even a sermon delivered, but they still had fun.

Zac looking very Southern?   and Alex looking very conservative Midwestern?

A couple of oldies from the archives….

Alex in Providence, 1999

Sam in Preschool June 2006

So Dad, Gung Gung, Alex and Sam all went to Golden Corral today to see if the breakfast buffet was better than the traditional Cracker Barrel breakfast.  The final decision was that it was quicker and cheaper but maybe not better quality – at least not on this day.  The bacon, the main course for the boys, was quite overcooked.  On the other hand, Cracker Barrel does not have a chocolate fountain. Alex and Sam had a chocolate covered marshmallow and then completely shish kabob’d several gummy bears and then drowned them in chocolate.  We must say it must have been a painful and slow death for those poor guys, and the resulting taste was quite disgusting.  🙂  

Nana and Gung Gung came down for the weekend and we all went to Raleigh to celebrate Dad and Gung Gung’s birthday and of course Mother’s Day which is next week.  We made it to the Crabtree Valley Mall, the Arboretum (not quite as nice as the one in Richmond, jcra.ncsu.edu/ ) and then had dinner back at the mall at a very nice little restaurant called the Tomato Pie.  Everyone had a great time and of course we got a few photos….

Alex and Sam are getting almost as tall as Gung Gung

Sam went to Defy Gravity in Raleigh with his friends for Logan’s birthday party.  Unfortunately we didn’t get there in time to get any photos of Sam and his friends, but we did get a couple of shots of the complex. Sam was their for 1 1/2 hours and was pretty hot and sweaty when it was all over.

Christy posted this for us on her Facebook wall.

On game day, the boys all need to dress up and wear ties to school.  In this case it wasn’t a game but a Tennis Match.  Alex wore the new tie from Aunt Emma and Uncle Rupert and it was apparently a big hit with all of his friends.  The boys do clean up well and can actually look quite handsome when they try… now if we can just get them to smile for the camera.

The results are in and Sam got 2nd Place in the “other” category for the Fine Arts show.  The competition included entries from 13 other schools up through the Raleigh area.  Only two students from TCS  won an award at the competition, the other was a 3rd place finish by Christie’s daughter (Mom’s friend/co-worker in After School Care).  Sam placed 3rd last year and hopefully next year we can get both boys to enter in the competition.

The boys just got a new tent from Ikea if we remember correctly.  Sometimes they still get along this well….

           other times not so much.  🙂

Today was a very busy and a socially active day for the boys… Sam’s soccer game today was at 8am (cold and rainy) – so much for sleeping in this morning. Then Mom had to go to the grocery store and Dad had to go to Lowes.  By the time that was all done, we were off to Chick-Fil-A for the free sandwich for the soccer players.  We also had to take Alex and Matt back to the soccer field to watch Hanna play her game and then they were staying as their game started at right after the conclusion of her game.  In the meantime, Sam had to be dropped off at Josh’s house and Mom had to pick Dad up to go back out to Alex’s game.  After the 2nd game, we made a 2nd trip to Chick-Fil-A for the free sandwiches for the soccer players.  While we were waiting for Alex to eat with his friends we ran across the street to Sam’s Club to pick up a few things.  Finally home, we are now cleaning the house and waiting for another group of boys to come over and play video games with Alex and for Sam to call to come pick him up.
  As for the games, Sam’s team lost by 1 goal as Sam had 1 good save and almost a 2nd one but it just barely rolled in (we think his own teammate might have knocked it in accidentally) – final score was 2-1.  Alex’s team won with the help Of Matt and Cole both of which were not actually on the soccer team but we had some extra shirts and they both came out to play… hopefully nobody finds out, but they were also playing Wesley’s team and he didn’t seem too happy that they had all the help.  The final score for that game was 5-2 and Matt actually scored 4 goals while Wesley scored two for his team.

Sam had to go to the Fine Arts competition to show off his photo (earlier blog) and sing in the elementary class choir.  Of course he had to put on a tie and dress up for the competition so what better tie to wear than his new one from Aunt Emma and Uncle Rupert.  Mom thought he looked so handsome in the new tie she decided to take a photo – of course he still can’t smile in front of the camera. 🙂
   Thanks to Emma and Rupert for the ties, the boys look great in them.  Alex will be wearing his for the Junior/Senior Athletic banquet in a couple of weeks.