Brotherly Love

With 3 boys under one roof, there is LOTS of fussing, fighting, & wrestling in our house!!
I just LOVE those rare moments when my boys actually show that they love one another . . .

 

Missed us?!!

Hey People!!!
I know, I know . . . the Bowens Bunch has been gone WAY too long!!

Things have been extra busy at our house . . .
*We moved!!! Yes, we finally moved out of our rental (the house we've been in for 6 years), & moved into our wonderful new (temporary) condo. This was a BIG, HUGE, TIME CONSUMING ordeal, but we got it done. We will continue to look for the right home (house) for our Bunch . . .

*The boys finished up a FABULOUS school year, are still knee deep in a great baseball season & already enjoying some fun summer sports camps.

*Tim had another busy spring of workouts, practice, & recruiting.  He's already had a few summer camps, but is finally gearing up for a much needed vacation, which starts next week!

*I got a new position at school! I will (sadly) no longer teach 2nd grade, but I (excitedly) move to a new position - Reading Specialist!! This position will give me the opportunity to work with all students K-5, teachers, reading data, reading intervention, & prepare me for an eventual move into administration.  This move means a new classroom - we had SO much stuff at home & I had SO much stuff in my classroom - PACKING & MOVING (TWICE IN SAME YEAR) IS NOT FUN.
I also spoke this spring at a high school baccalaureate service (ahh!!!).
And, I am currently completing my grad school residency (internship) at my school.  This is THE LAST activity for grad school & I will be DONE!!!

Whew . . . there will be many posts coming chronicling all of these activities, plus some other fun stuff going on, but I just wanted to give you a little update until then!

I will try very hard not to leave so long again . . . believe me, the emails, texts, & phone calls pushed me to get my rear back into gear!! Hee hee!

Check back soon for the deluge of posts!!!

They're Back!

So Saturday morning, I was standing in my bathroom 

brushing my teeth when Tanner came rushing to the doorway.

"Mommy!" he exclaimed. "It's Mama Da & Hambone!! They're back!!"

And in fact, they were!

My grandparents, Mama Doris & Papa

(Mama Da & Hambone to my little one),

came to town to watch the big boys play baseball!

 

SOMEone was being uncooperative again...

Yep, that one!!

We hit up one of our fave spots after the game!

Yum, yum, yum!!!

 

Hot fries!

Tasty ribs!

Clean rib!!

Uh, bbq sauce in cheese biscuit?!

 

Great game (Yanks won 13-4!). 

Great company (it was great to see our grand/great grands!!).

 Great food (I'm still full!). 

Fabulous Day!!

 

 



Space Trip

Timothy & his 6th grade classmates took a trip to the Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville last week.
My mother & I were among several parents who tagged along as chaperones.
We experienced many interesting & entertaining things throughout the day long trip!!

We got to start with a tour . . .

we were amazed at all the super cool memorabilia!

The day was cold & rainy, which made walking between the

buildings for the various activities miserable . . . :(

We took part in a space lab!

The kids had to construct a lander with a parachute;

like the rovers that have been sent to Mars!!

Then the kids put eggs in the landers & we had an Egg Drop!!

Timothy's group's egg didn't survive the landing in one piece!

Next stop . . .

Lunch!!

And back out to the next stop . . .

The kids had some free time to enjoy some fun stuff -

Timothy said no to the rock wall :)

He said yes to the space ride :)

We could see them on the screen . . . so neat!!

And he said definitely no to this spinning ride!!

 We ended the day with an Imax Movie about

The Hubble space station - it was quite intriguing!!

 

I'm so glad we took this trip because we had A BLAST!!!

(Hee hee hee!!)