never leave a man behind

Tonight at baseball practice one of the players called Nathan, Nate and not Coach Nathan so Nathan told him to run the field. He started to run and Ethan asked Nathan if he could run with the boy. Nathan said yes. Ethan had already ran 4 laps and was resting when this happened. Ethan caught up to his team mate and he said, "I never leave a man behind." None of the other boys wanted to run an extra lap but Ethan did so his team mate did not have to run by himself.
When Ethan told me this I was speechless. What can you say. His heart is gold.

sweet Ethan

And this is another story to add to the many, many stories I have about my sweet Ethan Wallace. Tonight at baseball practice he was in the outfield and he looked down and saw this rock. He knows Ava loves to collect rocks so he picked it up and put it in his pocket for her. My sweet, sweet Ethan Wallace. He reminds me so much of my daddy. Papa is the kindest man I know and it makes me so happy to see Ethan being kind, not because anyone told him to, it is honest and pure.

cousins...

there's nothing like having a cousin-
We love having Hudson come play- and I think he loves it too. When he gets in Cullen's room he does not want to come out!

Daddy day

Today was a great day for Ava Grace! It was Daddy - Ava day. They were going to do anything she wanted to do.  They went Hiking at Umstead Park in Raleigh, ate lunch at Jason's Deli and then went to Barnes and Nobles to buy books! I am so glad Nathan takes time for his little girl.

there's no time...

for clothes.... there are toys waiting to be played with!

3rd year....

Our first day of home school- Our 3rd year... I can't believe it. I am defiantly not a pro by any means. I am still nervous and stressed out but I am wiser. I thank God for that. I am excited about this year. Ava is 4th grade- Ethan is 2nd. This will be a fun year learning about the Middle Ages and our Universe and weather- plus math and english. We still go to Classical Conversations Co-op and we love our home school family. We also go to a co-op on Wed. to do Science and History. The kids love it and I do to.

first day....

 First day of Preschool, Cullen's last year. I can remember when I took him 2 years ago to his first day of preschool and he cried and did not want me to leave and it broke my heart. Today, he walked right in and never looked back. My heart is sad. My baby, my last one, is growing up.