End of School Fun

 

The last week of school is filled with all sorts of fun activities! The elementary school kiddos look forward to Field Day every year! 

Brent and I both volunteered this year in the Upper Field this year and our stations ended up being right beside each other! 

Brent's activity was a hit - literally - with the big kids. They all needed constant reminders to throw UNDERHAND. 

During a break in our section, we tracked down Kade in the water session. He looked to be having a great time in the Car Wash!

That water looked to be so refreshing! Even though this was the morning session - it was muggy and hot! 

Happy boy!

The following day, we all headed to Brock's school for his 6th Grade Award Ceremony. Brock made A/B Honor Roll for the year! 

Last day of 4th and 6th Grade for these boys! 

Look at how much they've grown in a year! 

August 2024 vs June 2025

Random May & June Things

While Brock was away for a weekend swim meet in Greensboro, Kade and I planned a fun evening together close to home. Since Kade loves steak and Brent was out of town, I suggested we kick things off with a trip to Outback!  

He very much devoured his 8oz filet! 

We were sharing pictures of our dinner so Brent and Brock shared pictures of their burger dinner & dessert in Greensboro as well!

Our next stop was Downtown Cary Park - explored the enclosed dog area and then took a walk around the pond. 

Finished with the playground - Kade loves this particular slide best! 

Brock performed amazingly well at all his events at the Greensboro Aquatic Center! He likes this pool - they play music under the water during warmups!

He won his heat!

Later that month, we celebrated another trip around the sun for Brent. :) 

Poor Brent had his glove broken by one of Brock's magnificently hard throws... I found a place that would re-lace and condition his glove to new! 

Moose outside waiting for his Dad (but also guarding me!). 

After a yummy birthday dinner downtown Apex for Brent, we stopped at Fresh (and Dairy Queen) for some ice cream. Moose was lucky - dogs have to be present (in the car) for the Pup Cup at DQ, but not at Fresh! A yummy Doggie Sundae - complete with vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and 2 mini dog treats!

Moose is so patient with me! Cheesy poof on his nose!

First day of June and a high of 82 - it was the perfect weather to take a Corso out on the lake!

He's smiling!

I have been making a point to capture a photo of Brock with my Dad every time he visits - it's such a fun way to see just how quickly Brock is growing! 

Picture on left (Brock in gray shirt) is from June 2025 vs Brock in RSA shirt picture is from March 2025! 

We've also been growing things outside of the house! We have our garden in the backyard with zucchini and green beans, but added this area for corn and carrots. 

We were surprised to see something else growing in the middle of those two vegetables. Brent persuaded me to let it grow even though I so desperately wanted to yank it out of there! 

I was so very glad I did! Look how tall the mystery plant and corn are!!!

We were rewarded with a beautiful sunflower!

Kade's Spring Soccer

Kade once again took part in the local town's spring rec soccer league, joining the Wolverines - and two kiddos from last season's team! 

After a few weeks of warm-ups and drills, Saturday soccer games kicked off with full-on excitement! Leading his team, Kade almost always was selected as a Forward! 

Practices were a full hour long in the evening and I discovered that Pleasant Park has a great sidewalk loop for me to get a work-out in too! 

Moose accompanied me on a night early in Spring when it wasn't too hot. 

He enjoyed watching Kade from the off-field sidelines. 

Kade wore Jersey #3 this year. 

We were blessed with some really great weather overall! The rainy cooler spring was a welcome relief from the humid hot days typical of the piedmont! 

Here's a video of Kade showing off his fancy footwork!

Another fun tidbit - for years, I watched all these other soccer parents bring out these fancy chairs with a built-in awning/covering while I juggled holding an umbrella to shield from the sun.... this year, Brent upgraded our chairs. What a world of difference! So much better! (You can see it at the top of the picture below)

Another weekday practice, another 2 mile walk! This practice was right after a rain shower, so you can faintly see a rainbow just over the playground through the trees. Alas, so much better in person. 

Kade is sometimes called in to take a goalie kick because he can kick it the hardest... this one came right back to our goal and was a little close for comfort. 

This game, Kade had the honor of serving as team co-captain!

Pretty blue skies!

Get that ball Kade!

End of the season and we are headed to the tournament! We placed 14th out of 16 teams with a record of 0-6-2. Not the best, but at least not the worst! 

The Wolverines played the very best game they ever played! I couldn't believe it! They looked amazing! Kade even had a breakaway shot on goal where he missed it by inches!! I couldn't get my camera up fast enough, so sorry this is from far away! Goalie is in greenish jersey to the left (inside goal box), Kade is next player to the right and ball is just on the left outside post. 

Kade with a throw-in!

Super impressive! With a team of only SIX players, they were able to defeat the third place team with a score of 3-1! Moving on to the second round!!

I didn't take too many pictures of the second round game.... two days later and with different players. Sadly, the team struggled to find their rhythm and ended the match with a disappointing 0–5 loss. 

Even though exhausted (see below), they still had fun! Thanks Wolverines! See you in the Fall!