AWANA 2012

For another year Henry and I taught in our AWANA club.  Henry taught Cubbies, for the 4th year in a row.  The other leaders consider Henry the "Cubby Whisperer" because he is so good with this age group.  I taught Ryan's class in Sparks.  This was my 2nd year as a leader.

Ally with her T and T class.

Me and Ryan as Sparks

Ryan Plays Baseball (Little League)

Ryan has always been a baseball kind of kid.  He could hit a ball with a bat at a very young age.  I don't know why Henry and I had not been putting him in baseball consistently.  This spring we enrolled Ryan in Little League Machine Pitch I.  Here are some random pictures from his season.

Don't you love how Ryan is skipping to base?

Last day in Savannah

On our last day in Savannah (we were only there 3 full days since the kids were still in school and I was still working), we spent some more time at the beach.

Savannah, Georgia - The Wedding

Henry's oldest brother is Sam.  Sam moved to Georgia when he was 20.  He got married and had a son, Damian.  Sam and Damian's mom got divorced when Damian was about 7 (he is now 17).  About a year after the divorce Sam started dating Cheryl, a women he knew from work.  Well, they fell in love, bought a house together and just recently moved to Dallas, TX together.  Prior to moving to Dallas, Sam proposed and they planned a Savannah, GA wedding.  So, even though they live in Dallas, everyone flew to Savannah for their wedding.  It was nice to see them take the vows.  It was a beautiful wedding in a beautiful city.

Since we are all Monroy's, here is how I will introduce the families:

The Henry's

The Travis'

The Originals

The 5 Grandbabies

The Brothers

The Sam's

Tybee Island

At the end of April we went to Savannah, Georgia for Henry's brother, Sams, wedding.  I had been to Georgia before, but never to Savannah nor the beach in Georgia.  We did some research and decided to stay at Tybee Island instead of in Savannah.  We rented a condo that was less than 1/2 a block from the beach.  Henry's parents stayed at the condo with us.

The first day at Tybee Island, we spent most of the day playing in the ocean.  This was not my first time being to a beach.  However, it was my first time playing in the ocean the way I did.  I was jumping into the waves and "riding" them into the beach.  The whole family and so much fun.  The kids swam, built sand castles and chased seagulls.  Henry's parents also went to the beach with us and his brother Travis and his family joined us later on.

Grandpa Turtle Turns 60!

Okay, this post is a little late.  I started writing it at the end of March.  I have been accused by some as slacking on my blog.  So here I go, trying blog on the last couple of months.

Over spring break we went to Jal to celebrate Grandpa Turtles (Henry's dad, Saul) birthday.

Henry (with family), his brother Travis (with his family), his brother Sam, Grandmama, Aunt Irene and Aunt Carol all went to Jal for a surprise birthday party.  Saul had no idea we were all showing up for the weekend.  You should have seen his expression when he answered the door and we were all standing there.  

Turning 60 is a pretty big deal for Saul.  Saul's father died from a heart attack.

Saul has had 2 heart attacks and 3 open heart surgeries.

Like I said, turning 60 is a pretty big deal.  Happy birthday to a great father-in-law.

Ryan as Mortimer

Ryan was a start at his first grade performance.  The last number for the performance was a skit of the book "Mortimer".  Ryan was chosen to be Mortimer.  Enjoy watching his great acting skills.

Before the performance started I heard a few students here and there say, to their parents, "that's Mortimer" while pointing at Ryan.   

After the performance we went to Dairy Queen for some ice cream.  As we were leaving Dairy Queen a random girl said "bye Mortimer".  Being dramatic Ryan, he asked "why does everyone call me Mortimer?"  Ally replied "I don't know Mortimer".  Pretty funny