April was a very busy month for us. I can hardly believe it is May already! I know in the blink of an eye school will be over and it will be summer. However, I also know that there will be A LOT to do to get from here to there! Baseball season is just about over. Both boys love playing sports, but I think baseball is at the top of their list. Two weeks in a row Travis and Grandpa went fishing with some other families after the baseball games. Travis had never been fishing before and on his first time he caught three little fish. They brought them home just to take his picture with him. Here is the proud little fisherman!
This spring Connor has evolved with his "style". Every day he makes me giggle. This particular day was especially cute. I have no idea what this pose was all about, he cracks me up! Now just imagine him riding his scooter down the street to grandpa's house... dressed like this!
Getting ready for some baseball. Typical boys.
Last Saturday Travis had Confirmation and First Holy Communion. It was a big day for him. He chose my dad for his Confirmation sponsor. He has been preparing for this all year with his Cluster group. This is the box they made at their retreat with lots of memories from the activities they did. It was fun watching them grow over the last year.
Travis' Godmother, Stephanie, even flew out from California to be with him on his special day. We were so happy she was able to come for a quick visit.
Daryle and I had to sit way across the church... I was being silly and zoomed way in on these two!
Travis with his cousin Adrianna. It was pretty cool that they were in the same cluster this year. Since they make the groups by where you live we were pretty sure we would be in the same group. All of the kids were so cute!
They had a photographer to take a group picture of the kids. Keep in mind that this was only half of the group for this day. Our parish is so large that we had to have 3 different dates. Each date will have a group this large. It's so amazing to see the Holy Spirit at work through all of these children and their families.
Such a handsome boy!
My parents left before we did in order to get things arranged for the party. It would have been nice to have them in the picture too. Oh well, this will have to do for now I guess!
At the party I was able to get a nice picture of Travis with my mom.
Uncle Tom came over with his new Harley. He took Travis for a ride around the block. Travis held onto him for dear life! After the ride, Travis had a smile on his face a mile wide for the rest of the afternoon!
Since it is warm here at the end of April we told people to bring their swim suits. The kids had a lot of fun swimming and playing with water guns. Of course we had to have cake!
We were so grateful that my grandma was able to join us for the party. I am so glad I was able to take this quick picture of two of my most favorite people ever!
Although Connor had no desire to actually go for a motorcycle ride he was anxious to sit on it and pretend he was riding one.
I am so proud of Travis and how far he has come this past year. I can hardly believe he is 10 years old. He has received his Sacraments now and on *most days* I can see he is maturing into a fine young man. While it is exciting to watch him grow up and reach these milestones, it is also bittersweet. Where did my little boy go??
On another note, I have to share this conversation Connor had with my mom and dad the other night.
Connor: My birthday is next!
Grammy: Yes it is!
Connor: My birthday will be the last one for the year.
Grammy: Well, not really. Remember Grandpa and I have our birthdays in October.
Connor: Grammy, who picked you up from Russia?
Grammy: I was born in Arizona. Grandpa was born in California.
Connor: Oh. Well, if I go back to Russia and they try to talk to me I will just do this. (Crosses his arms and closes his lips tightly.) If they ask me questions I WON'T talk to them.
We are not sure what that was all about. Does he have deep seeded resentment? I think I need to start talking to him a bit about his adoption. He is such a deep thinker. Travis never likes to talk about it, in fact he will change the conversation when it gets too deep for him. (And believe me, he doesn't go very deep in the first place!) We are going to have to handle Connor in a whole different way. I have always read in parenting books to just answer their questions honestly and simply. Don't tell too much too soon. Let them ask first. Also, I know that it is important that these conversations are between parent and child as much as possible. I hope we are ready for the questions and that we are able to answer them all honestly and openly and in the healthiest way possible for everybody.
#growingup#milestones#wheredoesthetimego?
1 comment:
Wow, that's a big group of kids! It would've been fun to see the actual ceremony - maybe I'll make it to Connor's. :) Glad we got to celebrate with you. Seeing the cake reminded me that when we left, Jason mentioned the cake and Clara said, "What cake??" She totally missed it. Ha ha.
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