2011 County Champ for Pole Vault!!!!

Here is his video vaulting 10-6. This was his 2nd attempt at it. 10-6 was his PR in a meet. Well he did only vault in 1 other meet this season.



He then went to 11ft and missed his 3 attempts at that. One of the corrections he made was with his hands and on the 3rd attempt he didn't think about his feet because he was so worried about his hands. After he missed his dad wanted him to try the 11foot again for the heck of it.....
Here he is at 11foot!!



and he made it!! Of course it was too late but he knows now that he can do it! That is OK, he didn't need 11 feet yesterday. He won it with the 10-6!

So proud of you Con man!!! It takes a lot to get cut from a sport you love, turn to another immediately and do an exceptional job at that also!!

Now looking forward to his baseball double header on Sunday!!

1st track meet!

First I have to apologize for the horrible quality of these pictures. I took these with a new lens I got for Christmas and on top of needing to learn how to use my camera, I have to learn how to use it with the new lens.

Anyway, C had his 1st track meet ever yesterday evening. He started to pole vault about a month ago, maybe 5 weeks ago and he has done great.


Here he is getting ready to go for the 1st time. I was a
bunch of nerves at this point!!




Up,


Up and away!!!

This was his 9.6 foot attempt and he made it on his 1st attempt.
I was thrilled and of course screamed when he made it!

He also made 10 foot on his 3rd attempt but he did not get 10'6". He has done that once in practice so I am sure he will get it next time!

Most of the pictures I got looked the same as these. I choose the ones where his form looked OK. I do have to say that is something he needs to work on. Whew, that part was bad but he is out there today practicing and working on form.

We have 2 meets this week and hopefully he will be able to jump in both of them. I cant wait to see how he progresses over the next few weeks!!

GO CON MAN!!!!!

We got a jumper......

.... I mean vaulter!!!

My Con-man is not going to let his getting cut from the JV baseball team stop him. Days after getting cut he decided that he wanted to try pole vaulting for the track team. His dad was a pole vaulter years ago and Conner thought this would pass the time until the baseball league starts this spring.

Hmmm I think Conner may have found himself a new sport. About a month after walking up to the track coach and asking if he could try vaulting (they had already started practicing), Conner jumped 10' 6" and will be jumping in his first track meet ever this weekend!

I am so proud of that kid!! He took something negative and definitely turned it into a positive for him.

GO CONNER!!!!
GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!!

A Lotta Curls, Signs and Something Else

Yup... just like the title says.... A Lotta Curls, Signs, and Something Else Poop!

Kennedi is starting to get longer hair. As it is coming in it is getting a lot of curls. I think I am going to have to read up and take lessons on how to do things with hair that curls. I would know nothing about this since mine is stick straight. I mean even when I curl my hair it still comes out straight. She definitely gets her curls from her daddy. You should see what his pictures look like when he was little. Don't worry Chris, I am not posting any or saying another word about it.

Signs... Kennedi is really picking up on the sign language. She does not have any hearing problems but we wanted her to learn some basic signs so that it would maybe cut down on the frustration of not being able to communicate. She is doing great. She loves to watch her My First Signs DVD and will make the signs along with the movie. She will also do signs on her own when she wants things. She can now sign: mommy, daddy, milk, more, baby, ball, eat, play, kiss and sometimes bath. She has also done friend but does not have that one down just yet.

Ahh yes, the one you have been waiting for I am sure. This is your warning... if you have a weak stomach stop reading now.....
Ok now that you have chosen to keep going, Kennedi has been a poop machine lately. Poor baby is just not feeling right. We are thinking it is some more teeth coming, at least I am hoping. She has no fever and no other signs of sickness so not sure what else it could be. She has such a raw bottom and is miserable at times. I feel so horrible for her and the pain she is in. We did get some prescription for the diaper rash and I am hoping to see an improvement in the next day or so. If not I think maybe I will call the pediatrician on Monday and get her in to see what is going on. I am really hoping that she is not forming a milk allergy. That would be awful for her. I am cutting way back on the milk to see if that helps some.

Well I guess that is all. I am about to head off to bed. I have to be up at 515 again tomorrow and out of the house at 545. Conner has another baseball tournament this weekend. The games are an hour away and of course we have the 8am game. UGH!! Well good luck CONNER!!

Avery also has a lacrosse game tomorrow. Unfortunately, I am going to miss it since I will be an hour away. I am really bummed about missing it. I do not miss many of the kids games and when I have to choose between them it makes me feel awful. I am looking forward to his call after the game telling me how he did... GOOD LUCK AVERY!!!