Guess What?

Guess what the following is?

1. Academic Excellence Award (All A's all year long)
2. Outstanding Citizenship Award
3. Writing Fair winner (Varner 4th grade & Cobb County)
4. Science Fair winner
5. National Physical Fitness Award
6. Recognition as a member of the News Team (they've been doing TV broadcasts that are shown to the entire school during the mornings)
7. Recognition as a member of the Vocaliers (the school's choral group)
8. Recognition as a member of the Target program (gifted class)

These are all the awards Morgan won at the 4th grade awards ceremony. She racked up and won the most awards of any 4th grader. She did win another award that her teacher gave her for Being a Future Personal Shopper :) I do believe that is Morgan's favorite. We are so proud of her and all her hard work though the year. That's our pretty girl.

 

Put me in Coach

Evan had his end of the season t-ball party last week and he was so excited to get his first trophy. He had a blast running around with all the boys from his team and was exhausted when we got home :) Next up.....Fall ball!  

ZoomZoom

Sorry I've been such a slacker but here is a picture of our new car. I keep saying it is my weekend car but it seems I'm always needing the van because this little thing just isn't large enough to haul all my stuff home from places like Target, Lowes, Kroger, Pike's, and of course the kids:)  

Yep, I live in Georgia

This is how Evan handles a two day garage sale. Our neighborhood had one on Saturday but it rained all morning but cleared up in the afternoon. If we know anything about garage sales your crowd comes in the morning. So Amber and I thought we would go ahead and extend it to Sunday. Believe it or not we actually did better on Sunday. I actually made about $200. Not bad for sitting in your garage for 2 days drinking bloody marys. Evan was a busy boy and worked really hard rearranging all the price tags on everything. 

Amber and the Boys

Evan and Daelin are really having a good time together lately. Poor Daelin is having a hard time keeping up with Evan but he is a real trouper. It is so fun to see mine and Amber's little boys playing together. 

How many eggs do you have?

Morgan and Evan had another egg hunt at Mom and Dan's house Easter Day with the eggs they colored the day before. I thought this was a cute picture. It's really hard to get a picture of them together being nice to each other. 

P Y T (Pretty Young Thing)

Another picture of my pretty girl.... 

Here We Are

Easter morning went pretty well with a few laughs I may add. Typically the Easter Bunny leaves the kid's Easter baskets on the kitchen table. Well this year the Easter Bunny thought he would mix things up a little and put their baskets on the dining room table. Well the kids wake up around 8am and run downstairs with out waking Todd and I up. Morgan comes in our room and says the Easter Bunny came last night and he left an entire bowl of candy on the table. Half asleep I say cool and that I will be right down. As I'm coming downstairs I look to my right on the dining room table thinking candy was going to be everywhere when to my surprise I see the Easter baskets untouched. I go in the kitchen and ask Morgan where her basket is and she says this all they got. I asked her if she saw the dining room table and I thought she was going to run me over getting in there. She said "Thank God, I thought we had been really bad this year and that the Easter Bunny didn't bring us an Easter basket and to be honest I was sort of disappointed" It was funny but sort of sad. What was in the bowl on the kitchen table was a bunch of left over candy that the Easter Bunny had no room for in the baskets. In the end Morgan and Evan loved their baskets and all the goodies in it! 

Hold me Daddy :(

Well Evan would not sit still long enough for me to take a picture of him before the egg hunt but he sure was worn out after all was said and done. Did I mention he found the prize egg? 

On Your Mark......

Beautiful Morgan getting set for the hunt! 

Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail

Our neighborhood has an Easter egg hunt every year for the kids. We have been going every year since Morgan was 2. It is tons of fun for the kids and all. Now onto to bragging rights. Not only did one of my kids find the prize egg but both of them found the prize egg in their age group. They each one a $5 gift card from Target. That's my kind of prize! Now I know everyone is thinking whoopee a $5 gift card from Target but I'm thinking my kids won the PRIZE EGGS!!!! With Evan scoring about 10 runs in his t-ball game earlier that day and both of the kids "hunting" down the prize eggs it was a proud day in the King family.......:) 

Pink is my Favorite......

After Evan's game we all came back to Mom and Dan's place and colored some eggs for Easter. Well the kids colored some eggs and the adults had a few cocktails. And yes, Evan favorite color was pink and Morgan is still concerned :) 

T-Ball Update

Well leave to Evan to make up his own rules for T-ball. We all know he like to run and this boy can run fast. T-Ball can get a little boring standing out in the field so Evan made his own excitement. He decided that when the other team was up to bat that every time they hit the ball he would run from 2nd base to home plate, tell the umpire that he scored then immediately out to the bleachers where were sitting and tell everyone that he scored. Oh, and then told this other lady that he was going to color Easter eggs today! When he was finished announcing his big news either he would run back out on the field (2nd base) or Clayton's dad would lift him over the fence and send him on his way. And in case you are wondering when it was his turn to bat he did really great and would stop at first. He really did score 2 times not the 6 or 7 times he thought he did. All in all it was great game for Evan and entertaining to all the fans!

Look what I can do......

I had to show off my self portrait skill. Apparently after a few drinks I'm not to bad at extending my arm and taking a picture. I won't put everyone to sleep with all the pictures I took like this plus I don't want to look like I'm bragging with my new found talent :) Oh, and I meant to cut off the top off Todd's head if that's what you all are thinking....hehe!! What a fun night and I wish everyone could have been here to celebrate 60 wonderful years of my Mom.

Margarittaville Club

Well I had to post a picture of the charter members of our Margaritta club down here. Every Monday and Friday we get together after work and have a few margarittas. Anyone is welcome but the only thing is you have to bring your own bar stool :)
I thought this would a good shot of Mom's new necklace Dan got her. It is so beautiful. Doesn't Aunt Cathy and Amber look great? Told you Mom had a great time :) Oh, by the way I have no idea if I'm spelling Margaritta right......

Happy 60th Birthday Mom!

All I can say is Dan really out did himself on this one. Not only did he get Mom a beautiful Omega necklace for the 60th birthday but he also got her 60 yellow roses (her favorite), and oh and limo took friends and family out to Copelands for dinner. No kids I may add!!! We all had such a great time and Mom was in rare form :) Happy Birthday Mom and thank you Dan for making Mom feel like a queen!

All in the Family

My brother, his wife Kelly, and my niece and nephew came down for a visit a couple of weeks ago and we had a great time. Kelly and I went to Lenox Square and well she shopped and I just looked around. :) We all trucked it down to the GA Aquarium and oh boy is all I can say. I was a nervous wreck keeping track of all the kids. Evan has officially met his match with his cousin McKenzie. All I kept hearing all weekend was how much Kenzie is just like her Aunt Nikki. Poor John and Kelly. I had this photo blown up to a 8x10 and framed for Mom's 60th birthday present. I think she really liked it. It sort of amazing seeing all the life Mom has created. Updates of her 60th b-day coming next!!

My Daughter is a Genius!!

Ok I may be exaggerating just a little bit Morgan did make all A's on her report card and did win a writing contest at her school. There was a winner in each grade and she won for 4th grade. Her picture is posted on her school's website if you want to check it out. http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~varner/

Sorry it has been forever and a year since I posted last and yes I do have tons to catch up on. Evan's t-ball games, Mom's 60th b-day party w/ pictures and John, Kelly, and the kid's visit w/ pictures as well.

Nikki

Evan and T-Ball

For those of you who don't know what Evan's favorite color is it's PINK. Well as any worried parents of a boy what do you do? You go and sign him up for t-ball!! We did ask him before if he would like to play baseball like Zach and Cody and he said yes. Well when I came home and told him I signed him up to play he said and I quote "I don't like baseball". You know it just wouldn't have been Evan if he didn't say that. I just love that little shit. We don't know when practice starts but I will keep you posted. Cross your fingers and pray that he likes it! Oh, and another quote from my other little shit Morgan (about Evan liking pink)......"Mommy, I don't want a brother-in-law". Am I doing something wrong?

Todd got a New Job!!

Todd started his new job at Kemira on Wednesday and is loving it. The really good part is his office is only about 5 miles from where I work. He went from about a 1 hr and 45 minute commute to a 30 min. commute. If he needed some sort of sign to see if he made the right decision to change jobs, on his first day there 285 was completely shut down. For those of you who don't know, that is the way he would have taken to UPS. Oh, and the $$$ isn't to bad either :) The other thing is that we can meet for lunch now and he can actually make it to the kid's after school activities. He is so much happier and I am so proud of him!