The Kirven Five: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Summer 2010 in Review

Beach Week Grown Up Night Out

Camp Pee Dee

Dabo Swinney Football Camp

Bible School

All Star Softball

Bad Haircuts

It was a fantastic summer full of fun and foolishness. Life is so good.

The Difference Between Mom and Dad

The mornings in our house are, as you would expect, chaotic but my most favorite moment of the day also takes place in the midst of all the insanity. I love to wake up my children, especially Josh. I snuggle up to him and he grouches that he doesn't want to get up then after some smooches and hugs and a few pokes in the ribs he is laughing and giving me the best hugs. It is so nice to have that time with him without any distractions or naughty behavior. I leave him to get up and dressed and journey the girls room to wake them up with a silly song and some big hugs. Since it is still pretty early in the school year they are not too hard to wake up and even smile for me. I'm sure the day is coming when I have to use a cattle prod to get them going but so far it's been great even on those days when we have overslept.

Here's where the title of my little story comes into play. This morning was an overslept morning so their daddy was in charge of getting the children up while I got ready. How does daddy wake up his precious angels? He yells from the den to get up. No hugs, silly songs and cuddles just a yell. Now I am happy that he gets the kids up and they don't seem to mind his way so I am not complaining. I just find the differences between our parenting styles humorous and sometimes confounding. Life is so good.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

We Are Ready For Some Football

Clemson or Carolina? Who really cares when you have the Lee County Recreation Department 6 and 7 year old football teams. It is so much fun to watch the little boys learn to play and develop as athletes. Josh is playing for the Sonoco team that his daddy is helping coach. I had my apprehensions about letting my "baby" play football since he is so small but the child loves all sports and is loving every minute of being out there. He is playing quarterback right now which I hope means he won't get tackled quite as much. Lots of his school buddies are also playing which makes for more fun and just a bit of competition.

This Saturday there was a jamboree for all of the Rec. Department football teams. It was actually a lot more fun than I thought. Life is so good.

warming up

pre game lineup

my boy #12

check out those QB moves

run Joshua run

coach daddy sending in the play

AG was taking it all in.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Camping Kirven Style

Last weekend the children decided to go camping. I think the back yard made a perfect campsite. They had access to indoor plumbing and a refrigerator but still got to spend the night outside. It only took a few trips back into the house before they settled down and stayed out all night. Good times.

Beach Week 2010

Here are a few of the hundreds of pictures from our annual family beach vacation. We had a fantastic time being together. This year we had three, yep that's right, three houses. Our crowd continues to grow every year and it just keeps getting better. The children all got along and loved meeting their cousins from the north. Anna Grace was particularly enamored of Jake. I think they are gonna be good buddies. Life is so very good.