Our first experience hiking was great. We hiked a 5.5 mile trail. Once we got to the top is was so worth it. The falls were beautiful and the kids had a blast. We are planning our next hike but aren't sure what trail we want to take. It was a great family outing :)
Kennedy had so much fun with her BETA friends and her daddy at the Space Center in Alabama. Jason had a great time too...this was a "mostly daddies" field trip, a great experience for him :) However, he did carpool with a few of the other dads so he missed the whole bus experience. Which as alot of you moms know, is an experience all in itself. :) 
These pictures are from Kennedys field day. It was such a fun day, I took off of work and spent the day with her. I love watching my kids play around with their friends. We are so blessed that both of our kids have some really great friends.
Kennedy and Chandler won the 3 legged race :)
This is part of the gang...
Kenndy and Talia
I thought I would post a picture of our every growing Azalea shrubs. They get prettier every year. 
First let me say Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms. I thought I would make a quick post. As with most of you, we are so busy with end of the school year stuff and sports. I wanted to give you a quick update.
Kennedy and Colin of course are still swimming their legs off again after about a month break. They have had one long course meet, it was just with one other team but it was great and very relaxing and fun. Colin did have a "qualifying time" in the 50 Breast, which was very exciting. Unfortunatly he will not go to that meet because it is the same weekend as City Meet, which we look forward too. Summer swimming sign ups start tomorrow, summer swimming is so much fun. Oh and don't let me forget to say that the last full week of school Colin will be at swim camp and Kennedy will go on May31 and be there for the week, she will get to miss the last day of school. They both have lots of friends going so they will have so much fun!
Colin is hot and heavy in baseball which we call our family sport :) We just love it so much. He has had a great year. But boy am I worn out :) Last week at his game he was so close to hitting a home run. Jason said maybe another foot or so. Hopefully he will hit one before the season is over. He went last week to visit the Intermediate School...he is excited yet a little nervous about going into 3rd grade. He is a very smart boy and will do great!
Kennedy was chosen to run with the Middle School in a track meet, however it got rained out. We are not sure yet if it will be rescheduled or not. She was so excited...and to think we used to think she had "slow legs". Our little girl has come so far :) She is growing up so fast and it really makes me sad...and let me just say she has been keeping us on our toes. She gets her braces off on June 8...that is the highlight of her life right now. She is very excited, what a great way to start Middle School.
We have 15 more days of school...and yes we are counting down! June 1 here we come! :)
We hope everyone had a very blessed Easter. It was a beautitful day so after church we spent most of the day outside. The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. We look forward to summer so we can play outside with them alot more. :)
We are on the same team again this year, the Cubs!! Colin has so much fun, all of his best friends are on the team. I must say that the parents have alot of fun too. There is just something about watching your kids play sports that brings out the competativeness in the parents, we get so excited. Stay stuned...I won't promise when but there will be more baseball pictures to come. 
I am finally updating...but these are a couple of pictures of Kennedy and her friend Madison. This was from the CSA Expo. Kennedy was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Madison was Susan B. Anthony. They had to write and memorize speeches like they were really these women. They did a great job. Oh, and special thanks to Mammaw for dropping everything she had going on to make Kennedy's dress and apron. She even let Kennedy borrow her dust cap, which belonged to Mammaw's mom. What a great Mammaw we have! 
Thanks Coach Josh for the awesome swim pictures. These were taken at one of their swim meets. Kennedy is doing breaststroke and Colin is doing butterfly. These will be framed for sure! :)+k+russell.jpg)
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We went to Chattanooga this weekend for our District swim meet. It was a great meet for Kennedy and Colin. Both of them improved their times on seveal of their races. Colin ended up winning 2nd overall and his age group (8 and under) won the meet. Colin's friend Thomas won 1st so needless to say as Colin says "the SAC Attack was there" :) (SAC is the name of their swim club) If you would like to see their times click here.
