"Blue Devil Basketball Camp"

Ben with his friend Dalton and Ian

Ben with Coach Daugherty.

Ben getting his basketball signed by a blue devil basketball player!

"Fun in the Sun!"

...Check out Ian's face in this picture! HA!

"Cool Kids"

"My Little Rock Stars!"

"Easter 2008"

A "Wicked" Trip to Chicago!!

So if you EVER get a chance to see this show...you just have to go!! It was so incredible that it's hard to describe. We had seats in the 2nd row so I could see all the actors faces and expressions. The girls playing the parts of Glinda (the good witch) and Elphaba (the wicked witch of the East) were both amazing! The 1st act ends with the song "Defying Gravity". This is the part of the musical when Elphaba decides to give in to her wicked side. The song itself is so moving and powerful...so take that and add the witch being raised up in the air ...center stage and her black dress and cape being blown and FILLING the entire stage...and it was enough to send me into an emotional high and I just cried through the song! UNBELIEVABLE...that's all I can say! Anyway, there's my plug for "Wicked"! It was a great trip...unforgettable! Thanks YO's! I love you guys!

"Defying Gravity"

Views from our hotel room in Chicago!

Christmas Eve 2007

Mamaw and Papaw and the boys...

The boys each picked out special earrings for Aunt Abby all by themselves.
And she made sure that they felt very special about their choices!

Uncle John with the boys...

Daddy and the boys...
On Christmas Day, Nana and Papa come over for lunch and presents!

Indiana Snow!!

(I love this picture of Eric and the boys!! )

No one loves snow more than kids and we've had plenty of it already this season! These are pictures after our first snowfall (we've had more than one). The boys had a blast sledding in our yard and making a snowman, making snow angels and anything else you can think to do with snow (including eat the snow...which Ian did!!).

My "Snow Angels"...

"A Wicked Christmas"
I am going to see "Wicked" in Chicago! My high school show choir bought me two tickets to see "Wicked" in Chicago as my Christmas present!! What beautiful and wonderful kids that I get to work with every day. They are so thoughtful. I told them that they do not need to buy me such elaborate gifts...but that I sure was excited about this one! :) So, Eric and I are going to stay overnight in a hotel and then go see the show! It is going to rock!! I'm sure to have a blog on here about the show after we see it!

"The Scott Boys"
...Full of life, full of love, indescribable, irreplaceable, explosive, energetic, tender-hearted, stand-up comics, music lovers, dancers, wrestlers, hand holders, and heart holders.

"A Boy and His Dog..."

I don't know how well you can see in this picture...but our dog Barney is curled up behind Ben's knees...just as comfy and he can be! How adorable!

Happy Halloween!!

Here are some pics of my adorable "trick-or-treaters"! Ben went as a Transformer (Optimus Prime) and Ian is Pablo from "The Backyardigans"! Pretty cool!


Daddy had to work on Halloween night so it was just me and the boys trick-or-treating. However, Eric did get to take the boys trick-or-treating at my mom's office that same morning where they got more candy than should be LEGAL!

The boys with Mamaw and Papaw on Halloween!

We also trick-or-treated at Uncle John and Aunt Abby's house!

Carving the pumpkins...

We carved the pumpkins in the evening when we got home from the pumpkin patch. I carved and the boys pulled out the "pumpkin guts" as we liked to call them! We had lots of fun getting our pumpkins ready while listening to Daddy's "Horror Movie Madness" CD's which contain instrumental songs from scary movies! OOHHH!

"The Pumpkin Patch!!"

We took the boys to the pumpkin patch a few days before Halloween to pick out their pumpkins!They of course had a great time. Just looking at this picture, I can't believe how big they are both getting! My two little men...

They start young, don't they??

I came in the bathroom the other night and this is how I found Ben! Going to the bathroom WHILE READING A MAGAZINE! I had to laugh and I just HAD to take this picture! :)

Some Random Pictures from Ben's Birthday Party!!

Ben got to choose a couple of his friends to take to "Pinheads" (kid's bowling) for his birthday. They had a blast! This place also has a play area and you will see the climbing wall in the picture below.